Danielle Owens walks through a display of wedding dress Friday at Storybook Bridal in Coeur d'Alene as she begins her wedding planning consultation with Cameo Events. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo: Jerome A. Pollos) Glamorous, reality-TV-caliber weddings aren't packing the books like they used to at…
SB 1160, the budget for the state’s Liquor Division, has passed the House on a 36-29 vote. Rep. George Eskridge, R-Dover, noted that the budget includes no state general tax funds and reflects a 1.2 percent increase over this year’s level; it includes funds to…
Tom Hearn (Coeur d'Alene School Board candidate): I hope in this school board race that Mr. Handeen and I can focus on a good discussion about what is best for the Coeur d'Alene schools and stay away from the partisan political nonsense that has too…
It was at a detox center where Dan Lynch's life began to change. As a former police officer in San Francisco, the Post Falls resident turned to alcohol to deal with the trials of his job. "My captain sent me to detox and, while I…
Daffodils are covered with wet spring snow in Lancaster, Pa., Monday morning as a storm stretching from the Midwest to the East Coast is burying thoughts of springtime weather under a blanket of heavy wet snow and slush. (AP Photo, Intelligencer Journal / Lancaster New…
Here's a post that I made Oct. 6, 1911, after attending a Coeur d'Alene City Council candidates forum, involving Councilman Steve Adams. It's not like he didn't warn us that he had radical views: One more thing before I leave Coeur d'Alene City Council candidate…
11:53 a.m. Red Ford Explorer/cream Lincoln crash @ Mullan/NW Blvd by Human Rights Center. 11:23 a.m. 13YO boy recently diagnosed w/seizure syndrome seizing for 3 minutes @ Canfield MS. 11:14 a.m. Children are in street chasing dogs @ 35235 N22nd, CdA. 10:47 a.m. 50ish male…
First the firing of the best public defender in Kootenai County History over personal attacks and council bullying, now a country treasurer not daring to retire for fear far right politics will skew what has been twelve years of smooth operation. Perhaps it is time…
In the Zone 5 Coeur d'Alene School Board race, Tom Hearn will face Ron Paul activist Bjorn Handeen. Here's a Coeur d'Alene Press photo from Oct. 28, 2012, discussing Handeen's activism: Ron Paul's North Idaho supporters in the 2008 presidential election have regrouped for 2012.…
Originally posted at 9:49 a.m. Saturday, March 23 (Treasurer Tom) Malzahn (pictured) chose to remain, he said, out of concern that the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee would not choose an adequate replacement for him. "It's not about me. It's about the citizens of Kootenai…
Idaho players watch the final seconds of a first-round game in the women's NCAA college basketball tournament against Connecticut in Storrs, Conn., Saturday. Connecticut won 105-37. Story: Idaho finds value in humbling loss here. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Freedom Tree felled at…
Who will take care of us when we are old and frail? The answer has remained constant for centuries: Your grown children. Maybe not in their home, but in their hearts, minds and actions until the day you die. You took care of them as…
Weekend Poll: A supermajority oppose the move by Coeur d'Alene City Councilman Steve Adams to side step the judicial confirmation process and put federally mandated sewer expansion at risk by seeking a public vote. 325 of 469 respondents (69.3%) oppose Adams' move. 136 of 469…
Ring-tailed lemurs sit in their enclosure in the zoo in Straubing, Germany, this morning. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/dpa, Armin Weigel) Friday Winner: We had only one vote for any of the four entries in Friday's contest. Therefore, I'm not declaring a winner. You…
Let’s hope our city council doesn’t become like our Congress, held hostage by a few. It is sad when individuals in the minority are unable to get what they want, then decide to paralyze the system with petty accusations, so nothing gets done. Time and…
After almost a year and a half of on-the-job training, the Adams saga just gets weirder. It reached a low-water mark last week in yet another heated debate over the city's wastewater treatment plan, this time a post-meeting whizzing match first with City Attorney Mike…
For the second consecutive year, Idaho lawmakers may siphon dollars from underfunded schools, colleges and health care - and extend a tax cut to businesses. It could have been worse. Far worse. That's cold comfort, but a political reality in a legislature that loves only…
Former longtime Idaho state chief economist Mike Ferguson argues in a new op-ed piece that the importance of a state insurance exchange is “dwarfed” by the ramifications of whether or not Idaho expands its Medicaid program, “yet we have heard almost no consideration of that…
Gonzaga's coach Mark Few walks arm-in-arm with players Elias Harris and Kelly Olynyk, with Mike Hart trailing, after losing to Wichita State in their third round NCAA Division 1 Men's Basketball Championship game Saturday at the EnergySolutions Arena in Salt Lake City, Utah. (SR photo:…
Do you suppose that the hard-working 911 dispatcher bit her tongue when Coeur d’Alene Councilman Steve Adams SOS’d to tattle on City Attorney Mike Gridley? A short version of the two-minute 911 call made by Adams after the testy council meeting Tuesday: He’s bigger than…
Orginally posted at 9:42 a.m. Saturday, March 23 Item: Public defender John Adams to be history/David Cole, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: The Kootenai County commissioners unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday to end his term this fall. "It's absolutely a termination," Adams said. Adams…
First, I'll provide two stories that should ease your minds re: the Gonzaga Bulldogs as we enter the second round of the NCAA Tournament today. John Blanchette tells us why we shouldn't be freaked out re: that tight win over Southern Thursday here. Many teams…
Gonzaga's Kelly Olynyk, center, is sandwiched between Wichita State's Carl Hall, left and Demetric Williams during the first half of a third-round game in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament in Salt Lake City on Saturday. Gonzaga's season ended with a 76-70 loss to Wichita…
After a wedding photo shoot in front of the Salt Lake Temple, groom Evan Call carries his bride Samantha to help keep her dress from getting muddy. "Her feet were freezing too," said Call as the newlyweds heading back the temple to join their wedding…
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