Wednesday Poll: A plurality of Hucks Nation 129 of 275 respondents (46.91%) said the Coeur d'Alene School Board should grant a Coeur d'Alene attorney's request to "Add the Words" to district policy, extending civil rights protection to the LGBT community. However, 78 of 275 respondents…
Senate Majority Caucus Chairman Russ Fulcher is urging Democrats, Libertarians and members of the Constitution Party to re-register and vote in the May 20 closed Republican primary. “NEXT FRIDAY, March 14, is the last day you can change your party affiliation to Republican in order…
Officers from the Coeur d’Alene Police Department, Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office and Idaho State Patrol surround a corner of the Mobil 1 Lube Express on Appleway Avenue while using a camera to check inside a crawl space for suspect who fled police Wednesday in Coeur…
The city of Coeur d’Alene passed an ordinance that protects lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered residents from discrimination, and now a citizen is asking the Coeur d’Alene School District to do the same. Susan Moss, an attorney and parent, is concerned that because the district…
The leaders of Idaho's Democratic legislative minority think it's time the FBI steps in and gets to the bottom of the private prison fiasco. Good for them. But let's face it: This isn't much of a reach. In fact, they've collided with an orchard of…
Idaho Senator Jim Risch’s cruise to easy re-election just may not be the lock Republicans would like to think. A poll of 773 Idaho voters (the margin of error is +/- 3.5%) during late February by Public Policy Polling revealed some potential problems for the…
Governor Butch Otter, as the leader of Idaho’s Republican Party, should have clout when it comes to issues such as closed primaries. But on this issue, party loyalists are more likely to listen to former Sen. Rod Beck than Otter. Now, the governor is stuck…
2 vehicles are buried nose first into a washout that caused the crashes and sent 3 to the hospital early this morning. (Photo: KCSD) More than three-quarters of an inch of rain fell at Spokane International Airport on Wednesday, breaking a more than 60-year-old record…
This undated handout image provided by the US Postal Service shows Star Spangled Banner forever stamp. The Smithsonian Institution is beginning a celebration of the 200th anniversary of the flag and song that became the national anthem with a new forever stamp from the U.S.…
The company that provided crowd management and security manpower at last year's Diamond Cup hydroplane races didn't get paid by event organizers. Randy Scott, director of operations for Portland-based Starplex Corp. which does business as Crowd Management Services, said CMS has asked the Diamond Cup…
Item: Here come 200+ jobs: Alliance Data not a typical call center/Mike Patrick, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: If you've got emotional resiliency and want a job, Alliance Data might have one for you. In fact, it plans to have at least 200 of them.…
9 Days & Counting (to affiliate with the Republican Party to vote in the closed GOPrimary in May): I'm not going to brag -- because there are other people who have pets that they love, even cats -- but my Beagle Huckleberry graduated w/honors from…
Ginger Singleton, of Bremerton, Wash., pushes her golf bag cart up a soggy path at the Rolling Hills Golf Course in Bremerton, Wash. Heavy rain is expected all week. (AP Photo/Kitsap Sun, Larry Steagall)
It looks like a few new candidates have filed paper work to run for Kootenai County GOP precinct committeeman positions. Once the dance card is filled, I'll try to break down which faction each candidate belongs to. Jennifer Locke has a solid challenger in Donna…
Sponsors of SB 1254, the guns-on-campus bill, held a Statehouse press conference this afternoon to announce that the Idaho Sheriff’s Association, after a poll of its members, has endorsed the bill. “There was a pretty wide margin that were in favor of this bill,” said…
"If you commute across the prairie on Hayden Avenue or Prairie Avenue," posts Councilwoman KerriT on her Facebook wall, "watch for several places where there is water over the road. I took this photo mid-day on Hayden Avenue, just west of Hwy. 41 where the…
"It's good for the plants," said Jayleigh Coye , 9, during her rainy walk to John Brown Elementary in Rathdrum on Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Kathy Plonka) 20YO father charged w/hurting 4MO son/Press Data security: Senate focuses on 1 bill/The EDge Nature Grocers to open…
Time 2 Vote ... High school senior Rachel Canning, 18, left, talks with her father, Sean Canning, during a break in proceedings, in Morris County Superior Court in Morristown, N.J., Tuesday. Rachel Canning is suing her parents for financial support and college tuition after she…
Caleb Duke and his wife Nicole named their coffee shop Grumpy Monkey to stand out a bit from other shops, and of course to give people something to laugh about when they came in. "We just kind of liked the idea," Caleb says. "It's hard…
Patchy sunshine and a mild southwest wind have combined to send afternoon temperatures into the 50s in the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene areas for the first time since Nov. 19. At 2 p.m., Spokane International Airport was at 53 degrees while Felts Field in East…
State lawmakers are plowing through a sea of bills, hoping to keep on course for an early March 21st end of session. But some among them -- known as Democrats -- say the Republican-dominated legislature is intentionally steering clear of substantial issues. "My biggest disappointment…
Every state senator or representative from North Idaho’s districts 2 through 5 is backing a move to use negotiation, rather than litigation, as the state and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe look to settle federal reserved water rights in the Coeur d’Alene-Spokane River Basin Adjudication. The…
I'm not Catholic and have never observed Lent, but just to be on the safe side, I'm giving up lima beans -- Cindy. Question: Izzit just me, or is Cindy missing the concept of Lent?
Cis posts of her blog, From A Simple Mind: "I am 9 years old today. ... I was born out of boredom. I think. It was late at night. And just because she saw the words. Anyone can blog, it is as easy as 1.2.3.…
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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