In the weekend poll, a plurality of Hucks Nation said it didn't plan to watch the Republican National Convention, now that Donald Trump has enough delegates to clinch the nomination. Today's Poll: Is Hillary Clinton's email scandal important to you?
USA Today’s editorial board on Tuesday condemned Hillary Clinton for using a private email server as secretary of State. "Everyone, including Hillary Clinton, now agrees that the newly confirmed secretary of State made a mistake in 2009 when she decided, for the sake of ‘convenience,’ to run her own email system out of her home in Chappaqua, N.Y."
No one working full time on minimum wage in any state, city or county in the U.S. can afford a two-bedroom apartment, including in Spokane and Coeur d’Alene. That’s the conclusion of a new report from the National Low Income Housing Coalition that found that Washington is the 10th most expensive state in the country for housing. Idaho ranked 44th.
The Coeur d'Alene Police Department, responding to neighborhood complaints, has shut down a long-time drug distribution house in a northeast Coeur d'Alene neighborhood. Drugs and cash were seized and one arrest was made.
Scotty Crandlemire, of Meridian, Idaho, has patented an urn that automatically scatters ashes. It’s meant to be more dignified and less traumatic than attempting to scatter ashes by hand. (Question: Have you ever scattered a loved one's ashes?)
Disturbing the rocks and earth on Tubbs Hill may not be against the law, but it is disturbing to those who care for the natural beauty of the hill. A man was seen digging up grass, moss and dirt and moving large rocks on the hill between markers 26 and 27 by the main entrance near Third Street on several occasions for more than a month now.
The Washington Post has shined its spotlight on the tiny town of Dietrich, Idaho, after a $10 million lawsuit was filed against the school district A Dietrich couple has sued, claiming that three football players sexually assaulted their mentally disabled son with a coat hanger.
Idaho ranks poorly in a new national report that charts reduced state investment in higher education and rising tuition across the country. The report found that state spending on higher ed per student in Idaho remains 30.8 percent below pre-recession levels. When adjusted for inflation, that’s the seventh-highest percentage in the country.
I spent Friday helping family on my wife's side move into a house in Coeur d'Alene Place. And I plan to spend Saturday and Sunday helping host family on my side. Memorial Day Weekend marks the unofficial beginning of our summer here in viewtiful Coeur d'Alene. My far-flung extended family has enjoyed visiting more regularly than it used to do.
It has been what we in the news biz refer to as a slow news day. DFO was worried the level of excitement would wane with the primary election behind us and I can see why he was concerned. There's not much to report. I'm leaving you with this cool picture of Athol I dug out of my family's archives.
Suzan Marshall believes somebody killed her husband five months ago, despite a police investigation and autopsy that determined Spokane Veterans Affairs surgery chief Dr. John Marshall fell into the Spokane River during a morning run and drowned.
Ground squirrels found dead in the desert in Ada and Elmore counties have initially tested positive for plague, prompting a warning from public health and wildlife officials for the second year in a row. Authorities are still confirming the diagnosis. But people out and about in the desert southeast of Boise and Kuna should take precautions.
Happy Friday, HBO! Super Sub Taryn is in the house! Or is it on the blog? I am actually blogging from my home, so I guess I'm both in the house and on the blog. What's even more special is that I'm blogging live from Rathdrum, the true county seat.
Not too long ago, the polls indicated that if the general election came down to a choice between Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, Clinton would win in a landslide. Then Donald Trump secured the Republican nomination, large numbers of Republicans who had opposed him offered their (often grudging) support.
Last weekend I ran into old friends who had just been named to the Southern Poverty Law Center’s list of anti-government radicals. Once I might have swallowed SPLC propaganda without question. Not after 2013, when the SPLC pinned the Singing Nuns of Mount St. Michael to their “hate map” of extremist groups./Sue Lani Madsen, SR.
Residents of Coeur d’Alene should start seeing new garbage carts soon, as the duties of city garbage collection transitions from Waste Management to Coeur d’Alene Garbage next month. Coeur d’Alene Garbage will officially take over garbage collection for the city of Coeur d’Alene beginning July 1.
SR columnist Alan Liere has some news you can use this weekend if you're going flyfishing (and some stuff that will interest spincasters, too): The North Fork Coeur d’Alene River has been fair this week. Hatches are varied and wading is possible. The St. Joe River is a pretty good option now.
Most visitors come in through the door, but Necia Wright, who lives in the Good Samaritan Village in Spokane Valley, got out of the shower to a loud crash and found a deer in her living room. The animal crashed right through Necia's front window where it's now boarded up, then raced down the hall directly at her.
A baby born in India on Monday is likely the biggest ever born in the country, and she could be the heaviest girl ever born anywhere. The 19-year-old mother, Nandini, gave birth to a girl weighing 15 pounds and measuring 24.4 inches.
I was just out on assignment (or shopping for groceries) and spotted a funny little car in the parking lot at Super 1. It was the first time I'd seen a funny little car in Rathdrum. I told the driver, "Hey, that's the first Smart car I've ever seen in Rathdrum."
After powering through the word "schottische" and being stumped by the word "triskaidekaphobia," team "Hive Mind" celebrated a coin toss victory at the Kootenai County Adult Spelling Bee.
Every year my Granny Franny and her sister Lucille would bring flowers to the cemeteries to decorate the family grave sites. I went with her many times over the years and decided to continue the tradition this year in her memory. (Question: Do you visit the cemetery on Memorial Day?)
Spirit Lake is in the middle of a revival reports Brian Walker/CDA Press. A free-standing motel, pub and a farmers/crafters market are in the works. (Question: Should we be concerned that up-and-coming Spirit Lake might try to take the county seat?)
New York City plans to start enforcing a first-of-its-kind requirement for chain restaurants to use icons to warn patrons of salty foods after getting an appeals court's go-ahead Thursday to start issuing fines. (Question: Should the gov't be policing salt like this?)
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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