8 days until show time. I imagine this last week of the bruising Coeur d'Alene city campaign will be full of flyers and flying accusations. Meanwhile, Post Falls has some good contests, including the mayor's race between Kerri Thoreson and Ron Jacobson. Will the Reagan…
On her way from a photo shoot in the Coeur d'Alene National Forest, Linda Lantzy/Idaho Scenic Images spotted this parked pickup, full of hunter's equipment, that'd been smashed by a dead tree that'd fallen from about 50 feet above. Linda said she frantically looked to…
On Facebook, OrangeTV is singing the praises of a new place opening in Midtown that's dedicated to Kombucha. Which, according to Wikipedia, "is a lightly effervescent fermented drink of sweetened black tea that is used as a functional food. It is produced by fermenting the…
5:20 p.m. Caller reports older white van stopped in middle of I-90/Yellowstone Trail, CdA. 5:09 p.m. Black vehicle w/broken axle disabled at top of e/b I-90/15th Street, CdA onramp. 5:03 p.m. Vehicle is broken down & blocking s/b H95/Prairie Avenue, Hayden. 4:51 p.m. Someone is…
Linda Lantzy/Idaho Scenic Images snapped this photo on the Idaho National Forests last night. She calls it, "Autumn Forest." A little while later, she stumbled onto the answer of the age-old question: If a tree falls in the forest, does it make a noise. You'll…
I’m appalled that Jack Riggs would use the Chamber of Commerce’s mailing list, which should be protected and neutral, to send a letter to chamber members. The content of this letter is misleading, and urges chamber members to “influence” and “educate” their employees to vote…
A vandal has caused $3900 damage to two signs at the intersections of two new entrances to North Idaho College, tearing off four emplems from two monuments, according to Coeur d'Alene police reports. The monuments were located at the Northwest entrances to Hubbard and River.…
Marianne Love/Slight Detour & Co. enjoyed a horse ride at Foxy Glen, north of Priest River, over the weekend. She has several photos that testify of the idyllic setting, including this one of a turkey checking out a rider. More here. For Becky (Nappi)/End Notes…
SR photog Jesse Tinsley posts on his Facebook wall: "Just a dusting, but still the first snow of the season in my (Post Falls) neighborhood." I didn't see snow around my place this morning. But I consider Halloween the first of three "pre-winter" holidays of…
Just saw that big red-white-blue eagle inflatable balloon in front of the Army-Navy Store on Government Way, with Mary Souza yard signs on it & the word "conservative." I'm sure that the eagle and the signs were placed there legally because the Army-Navy parking lot…
If the Idaho State Board of Education was doing its job, it would be an advocate for education. All education. That means education in the public schools, from kindergarten to high school. And it means education beyond high school - from community colleges to graduate…
Is state Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna softening in his opposition to pre-kindergarten programs? In a story in Monday’s Idaho Statesman, Luna suggests he is changing his views. Luna, like some Republican legislators, has questioned whether the state can afford to pay for pre-K.…
Visitors walk around the registry room on Ellis Island in New York in Monday. The island that ushered millions of immigrants into the United States received visitors Monday for the first time since Superstorm Sandy. Sandy swamped boilers and electrical systems and left the 27.5-acre…
Christie Wood (RE: AM Headlines): I just called my friend Alan and told him Welcome to blog land! He is not familiar with the blogs so he will get a kick out of the comments. He has got to be one of the nicest guys…
JohnA (RE: AM Scanner Traffic): 8:39 item: I was passed by the Montana vehicle coming down the 4th of July Pass and he was easily going 90. He slowed down for an instant passing me when he saw the ISP coming at us in the…
Mic Armon (RE: Doty: Mary was against process): Not only was Mary very much against the purchase of the Education Corridor, but 3 of her close supporters and their attorney Star Kelso wasted a huge amount of tax payer funds with their personal vendetta against…
In a letter to the SR, Tolli Willhite writes re: the Coeur d'Alene city elections: "We have seen the damage that can be done when we have views that only represent a small segment of our area. Last spring, we saw embarrassing statements made by…
Gail Gerlach testifies that a police officer pointed his hand like a gun and told him that if the shooting happened as he described, and he had indeed seen the victim wave something like a gun at him, then Gerlach was probably not going to…
A Sandpoint couple and 5 children were injured on Highway 95, near Sandpoint, this morning when their car overturned attempting to pass another vehicle. You can read the ISP report here. 12:17 p.m. Caller is concerned re: elderly neighbor @ Emerald/Diamond, Hayden. 12:14 p.m. Suicide…
Penn State will pay $59.7 million to 26 sexual abuse victims of former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky, the school said Monday. The terms of the settlements include confidentiality agreements, the school said in a press release. Of the 26 settlements, 23 are signed and…
The hearing room at the state Capitol went silent this morning as the first scheduled speaker, Chairman Nathan Small of the Shoshone-Bannock Tribes, addressed the Federal Lands Interim Committee about the prospect of Idaho trying to take title to federal public lands within the state.…
I’d like to go a month without having to address the state health insurance exchange. There are so many other obscenities in Idaho public policy requiring attention: Proposals to raise taxes in towns across the state; cities using military-grade equipment in little Idaho towns; cronyism…
In his latest Bay Views blog post, Bayview Herb gives his views on the individuals fighting to close down urban renewal in Coeur d'Alene. He makes this point about Riverstone: All URA funds were spent on publicly owned ground and invested in the infrastructure of…
Coeur d'Alene mayoral candidate Steve Widmyer and a slate of three City Council candidates are offering free pizza at a "Meet, Greet & Eat!" event scheduled from MacKenzie River Pizza, Grill & Pub, 405 W. Canfield Ave., from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Tuesday. The invite…
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.
