University of Wyoming defender Sonny Puletasi sacks University of Idaho quarterback Chad Chalich during the first half of an NCAA college football game at War Memorial Stadium Saturday in Laramie, Wyo. Story here. (AP Photo/The Wyoming Tribune Eagle, Michael Smith) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Above…
From Facebook Friend Brian Cronin: "I've bit my tongue on this long enough. The glorification of high school football, as evidenced by the TV news coverage on Friday nights, represents the many ways in which we prioritize the wrong things (and send very clear messages…
A company hauling human waste from Spokane into Idaho as fertilizer has sparked a legal fight with the Coeur d’Alene Tribe. Gobers Pumping and Repair, with business partner St. Isidore Farms, will have to prove that injecting 54,000 gallons of sewage from septic tanks and…
I'm probably just behaving like a silly Danish senior citizen, but a reader offended me the other day. A fellow elder emailed me what he considered a joke about black people and brown people going to heaven where they stole the Pearly Gates.I was doubly…
Idaho lawmakers are pressuring state schools superintendent Tom Luna to rework the terms of a Wi-Fi contract he stubbornly authorized in July, but the larger questions of why this deal was done remain unanswered. Lawmakers were stunned when they learned that Luna was about to…
In Friday’s paper, letter writer Geoffrey B. Clark declared it “is past time to end anonymous posts.” He’s right. Starting Sunday, Sept. 15, we will no longer have anonymous commenters at IdahoStatesman.com. For years, we have struggled with the dichotomy between our print commenters, who…
Artist Harold Balazs talked about his upcoming show in his studio near his home in Mead, Wash.,on Tuesday. Balazs’ joint show with painter Mel McCuddin, opening Friday at The Art Spirit Gallery in Coeur d’Alene, will hint at this new direction. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)…
As you know, Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls will have challenged races for all but one council seat (in Post Falls), with three-way races featured for the mayor's seat and three council seats in Coeur d'Alene. Late Friday afternoon, the Kootenai County Clerk's Office provided…
Item: Cost of counsel: Price of public education increasingly includes legal fees/Maureen Dolan, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: The Coeur d'Alene School District's recent consideration of whether to privatize school busing went on for several months, and it included 64 hours of legal work with…
In the “Believe It or Not” Department, the Coeur d’Alene School Board will decide whether Mark Twain’s “The Prince and the Pauper” is appropriate reading in eighth-grade classrooms. Before you dial the district office, however, there’s more to the story. Seems the Coeur d’Alene School…
Well, the dance cards are officially filled -- and everyone has a contestant in Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls, except Post Falls incumbent Councilwoman Linda Wilhelm. Three-way races for mayor and all three council positions in Coeur d'Alene, with Balance North Idaho and Reagan Republican/Reclaim…
Southern California defensive end Leonard Williams, right, and linebacker Devon Kennard force a fumble by Washington State quarterback Connor Halliday during the first half of an NCAA college football game in Los Angeles, Saturday.The Cougars used a interception return for a touchdown and a field…
Sam McPherson started the game by taking the opening kickoff back for a touchdown. He ended it by forcing a pair of turnovers — a diving interception and a fumble recovery — to clinch victory for Bothell. In between, anything and everything seemed to occur…
Sandpoint's Carson Paul (3) tries to escape East Valley's Trey Meyer (25) during the game at East Valley on Friday. East Valley built a 37-3 lead over visiting Sandpoint before yielding 18 points late to beat the Bulldogs 37-21. Game story and boxscore from nwprepsnow.com…
The tale of a moose searching for a mouse on the north shore of Lake Coeur d’Alene entered the imaginations of local children five years ago and has grown into a small enterprise supporting the city’s library. “Mudgy & Millie,” by Susan Nipp and illustrator…
Ukraine's Kyryl Natyazhko, left, challenges for the ball with Germany's Philip Zwiener, during their EuroBasket European Basketball Championship Group A match in Ljubljana, Slovenia, on Friday. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)
Former Post Falls Councilman Joe Bodman filed today for Post Falls Council Seat 2, creating a four-way race for that position. Bodman, 700 Riverside Harbor Drive, submitted a list of six names on his candidacy petition, including Gwen Bodman, Tom Jennings, Virginia Jennins, Rik Van…
Gary Herfurth, of 3411 Mocassin Road, appears to be the final candidate for the Coeur d'Alene City Council, opting to run for council Seat 6, against Kiki Miller and Noel Adam. Herfurth paid a $40 filing fee and, therefore, didn't need to provide 5 names…
U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is shown in 2010 in an undated video released by the Taliban. Mullah Sangeen Zadran, who died today during a drone attack and who was involved in Bergdahl's capture, is pictured at right. Story here. (Provided by Intelcenter via AP)…
Time 2 Vote ... Stacy Keibler and the Charmin Bear have some game time fun while The Charmin Relief Project helps bring fans an upgraded tailgate bathroom experience (portable toilets) before Thursday night’s NFL kickoff game between the Denver Broncos and Baltimore Ravens at Sports…
5:26 p.m. Posf Falls female returned home and began throwing items at male. 4:52 p.m. Someone suffering chest pain @ 3100 block of N4th/CdA. 4:44 p.m. Workers handling commercial alarm at Cabela's accidentally set it off. 4:42 p.m. 2 vehicles in Riverview Landscaping lot after…
Under pressure from legislators, the state Education Department and the company it selected to provide WiFi to high schools statewide have agreed that payment should be made only for services provided. The change, announced Friday, marks a major shift in a controversial contract with Education…
Montana’s Supreme Court on Friday blocked a judge from re-sentencing a former teacher who got just 30 days in prison for raping a 14-year-old student, a sentence that was widely criticized after the judge said the victim was “older than her chronological age.” Justices said…
During the Coeur d'Alene City Council meeting Tuesday, City Hall critic Frank Orzell raised questions re: the McEuen Field project. You can read Orzell's concerns in the draft minutes of City Clerk Renata McLeod's report below: Frank Orzell, Coeur d’Alene, stated that he wanted to…
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.
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