Well, I survived the KHQ interview with Alex Rosier w/o anyone getting hurt. KHQ is interested in having me on its News Break programs more often. I was in the early summer before Dave Cotton got a promotion. I have a pretty good face for…
Twin first graders Acaja-Lyn, left and Jillian-Kate Scott, posed together during picture day at Atlas Elementary School in Hayden today. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)
On her Facebook wall, Cindy asks: "So. What's the last thing you set on fire?" She's already received 18 responses, including: Sam: Nothing big. Just some loins. Jocelyn Stott: Toaster oven. My third. Tim: I've been court ordered not to talk about it... Joe: One…
5:23 p.m. Drivers in black convertible raising & lowering roof on n/b H95 @ Aqua/CdA. 5:21 p.m. Male hitchhiking next to disabled pickup on H41/MP 14 (Seasons/Twin Lakes). 5:04 p.m. Female in red Bonner County Explorer possibly DUI @ H95 & Dalton/CdA. 5:03 p.m. Two-vehicle,…
Andrew Long and his 3-year-old mule, Termite, ride on a sidewalk along a busy street in Hamilton, Mont., last week. Long was at the store to get a pack of cigarettes. Long says using a mule is cheaper than buying gasoline. (AP Photo/Ravalli Republic, Perry…
Linda Lantzy of Idaho Scenic Images, which provided this photo of “Blue and Gold” from fall 2011 on Lake Coeur d'Alene is featured in a Coeur d'alene Library exhibit during October. A reception will be given for Linda from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday. A…
States have always been the laboratories of democracy, but few have tried to legalize marijuana so it can be regulated and taxed. That’s because Congress adopted a law more than five decades ago that treats pot the same as heroin. The prohibition of marijuana has…
In a fiery debate Tuesday before a sellout crowd of 450, Idaho state schools chief Tom Luna defended his controversial “Students Come First” school reform laws, while critic Brian Cronin charged they’re not reforms at all, but ways to justify underfunding Idaho schools. Luna dismissed…
Here's the KHQ interview with Alex Rozier re: the Coeur d'Alene School Board vote on the Hayden Meadows PYP program. It's the second item after about a minute lead-in about a body being found in the Spokane River. KHQ Right Now - News and Weather…
A post on the Twin Falls Times-News Facebook site reads: "Our most recent site poll about the killing of a Washington wolf pack was overwhelmingly in favor of killing wolves when they endanger cattle (776 votes), with "endangered wolves should never be killed" trailing (105…
Republican vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan and his wife Janna, walk towards Elly’s Tea and Coffee House earlier today in Muscatine, Iowa. Ryan is on his “Victory in Iowa” bus tour. (AP Photo/Muscatine Journal, Joe Jarosz) Question: Would Clinton & Stacy on "What Not to Wear"…
The public gets its first chance to formally weigh in on the future of Idaho's governor's mansion, the prominent hilltop abode that's unoccupied but costing the state hundreds of thousands annually to mow, water and maintain. The state holds a hearing on Tuesday afternoon starting…
Idaho overnight visitors statewide spent more than $1.8 billion in 2008, and in Kootenai County alone, recreation and tourism employs nearly 14 percent of the work force. To support this growing sector of the region’s economy, University of Idaho Coeur d’Alene is introducing a Recreation…
State schools Supt. Tom Luna made a comment shortly before the end of today's City Club of Boise forum on school reform, saying, “Any carpenter can build a barn, any jackass can kick it down.” Asked what he meant by that, Luna said afterward he…
I just listened to the public testimony of Katie Hamilton, wife of Coeur d'Alene School Board Chairman Tom Hamilton, from last night. During the testimony, she said that one of her two children had been slandered by the pro-PYP elements at Hayden Meadows School as…
On her Facebook wall, Kerri Thoreson posts: "I vowed to take a swim on the first day of October and no surprise the Spokane River at Q'emiln Park was quite refreshing. Later this week the overnight temperatures are going to be near the freezing mark…
Betsy Russell is live-blogging the debate between Superintendent Tom Luna and Democratic legislator Brian Cronin today in Boise. Click here. State Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna is speaking first at today's City Club of Boise forum. “About 30 states have passed some form of education…
11:27 a.m. Officer en route to pick up speed trailer from 11672 Strahor/Hayden. 11:15 a.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Oct. 1-2 here. 10:48 a.m. Trading Company caller reports abandoned white Subaru @ 863 Cloverleaf/Hauser. 10:27 a.m. Shirtless male runs from vehicle involved…
Monday Poll: Hucks Nation says Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney stands more to lose if he does poorly in Wednesday's debate than Democratic president Barack Obama. 86 of 151 (56.95%) said Romney stands more to lose. 65 of 151 (43.05%) said President Obama stands more…
Patrons of the Coeur d'Alene School District received a second dose of what life will be like for the next 7-8 months under the largely appointed School Board. The decision to dump the Primary Years Programme at Hayden Meadows without careful study was rooted in…
North Carolina's A.J. Blue runs the ball as Idaho's Bradley Njoku (11) defends during the second half of an NCAA college football game in Chapel Hill, N.C., Saturday. North Carolina won 66-0. Josh Wright reports that Idaho is having trouble filling out its 2013 schedule…
East Providence, R.I., animal control officers remove a female poodle mix from under a car's front grill. The dog survived an 11-mile ride from Taunton, Mass., to East Providence after darting into the street. The driver slammed on the brakes, but didn't see the dog…
Joker: I think people need to think about what Mary Souza would do if something didn’t go her way? I wish I could recall what that is? Question: Is this 5-0 vote against the PYProgramme recall worthy, with the School Board elections only months away?
A breezy new book explores how individuals made the Gem State what it is. But for the intervention of an elderly Nez Perce woman on behalf of Lewis and Clark in 1805, what later became Idaho might have wound up in British hands. So argue…
A judge today blocked Pennsylvania’s divisive voter identification requirement from going into effect on Election Day, delivering a hard-fought victory to Democrats who said it was a ploy to defeat President Barack Obama and other opponents who said it would prevent the elderly and minorities…
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.
