11:53 a.m. Someone is suffering a bleeding problem in 1800 block of A Street/CdA. 11:35 a.m. Driver of silver Honda w/1 taillight speeding/reckless @ e/b I-90/MP 2 (Pleasantview). 11:17 a.m. Driver of Ford box-style van possibly DUI @ w/b I-90/MP 22 (H97, Wolf Lodge). 11:04…
In this Duane Rasmussen photo, Coeur d'Alene School Board candidate Bjorn Handeen looks on as his opponent, Tom Hearn, answers a question from the audience at the Mica Grange Thursday night. The Mica Grange deserves a hat tip for staging a successful, civil forum for…
Thursday Poll: A plurality of Hucks Nation says Mayor Sandi Bloem is the best mayor that Coeur d'Alene has had. 91 of 189 respondents (48.15%) agreed that Bloem, now finishing her third and last term, is the city's all-time best mayor. Another 47 of 189…
The Latah County Republican Party has voted to censure its chairman for his vote as a Moscow city councilor supporting an ordinance outlawing discrimination based on sexual orientation. The Moscow-Pullman Daily News reports that a small assembly of county Republican precinct committee members voted 7-6…
A trooper with Idaho State Police pauses while processing the scene of a fatal collision Thursday on Highway 41 near Twin Lakes. Story here. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo: Shawn Gust) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Tree thinning jolts Twin Lakes residents/Brian Walker, Press NIC asks LCDC…
In his weekly Cheers & Jeers column, opinionator Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune offers cheers to ... Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, both R-Idaho. With their support, the Senate Monday voted 74-to-20 to consider enabling states to collect sales taxes due on transactions…
Apparently, the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans used their dirty election tactics again and came up WRONG again. Their attack this time was on an outstanding teacher in the Post Falls School District. The political group tried to dig up dirt, but there was none. The…
Any conservative-Republican candidate who agrees to the upcoming CEP “balanced” Coeur d’Alene Schools Trustee debate is truly brave. It is similar to walking into the lion’s den. The board of directors consists of two former liberal school board members, one of whom quit after the…
Now is the time to build an event center in Coeur d’Alene for sports, trade shows and community gatherings, North Idaho College officials told the city’s urban renewal agency Thursday. NIC, which would own and operate the building, anticipates asking for $10 million in urban…
All six Coeur d'Alene School Board candidates were on hand last night during a two-hour forum in which audience members asked the questions. They are, from left, Christa Hazel, Brent Regan, Bjorn Handeen, Tom Hearn, Ann Seddon and Dave Eubanks. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen) The six…
Ex-cons housed here? Not in this backyard. Seattle-based nonprofit Pioneer Human Services has been denied a permit by the Dalton Gardens planning commission to open a federal prison residential re-entry facility. Pioneer sought the permit for property at 5648 N. Government Way, which Pioneer has…
Paineite (re: "My 2 Cents: Don't Run, Mike"): The fly in your oinment, DFO, is that if everyone took that view and just stepped away when the stench became overwhelming (as indeed it is), then nothing would get done and the shire would be overrun…
I'll be at the Mica Grange tonight (7 o'clock) to watch the Coeur d'Alene School Board forum, involving all six trustee candidates. My favorite uber-con, Jennifer Locke, will be there, too -- to introduce me to her baby, Isabella. Mebbe Sara Meyer. Also, I know…
Offensive tackle Eric Fisher, from Central Michigan, stands with NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell after being selected first overall by the Kansas City Chiefs in the first round of the NFL football draft on Thursday at Radio City Music Hall in New York. Story here. (AP…
Keith Erickson (re: "My 2 Cents: Don't Run, Mike"): As much as I respect your views, Dave, you've rejected some solid candidates that would be pro-growth and support the progressive direction of the current council. By putting thumbs down on the likes of Kennedy and…
5:26 p.m. PFPD officer en route to HQ to view suspicious email. 5:04 p.m. 76YO female possibly suffered stroke in 1300 block of E. Indiana/CdA. 4:51 p.m. Female trying to change tire on large vehicle @ H53/Atlas, Rathdrum. 4:49 p.m. Undisclosed road hazard reported in…
On Monday, Cassandra Davis, from Who's Running Who, stands with Maximus, a client's dog before a run in Moscow. The dog-running business is owned by Ryan Hayes. Ryan Hayes, like many other recent graduates, had to decide what he wanted to do after college and…
From Post Falls Police Facebook page: "Update on our missing person case - This morning Avista closed the third channel section of the dam which allowed staff from the Post Falls Police Department, Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department and Post Falls Parks Department to search the…
Nic, at Rants, Raves & Random Thoughts, can't explain how he, who hated vegetables as a kid, grew up to raise vegetable-loving kids: It must have been a texture issue. The scent, taste, textures; I found it all revolting. The fact that the food I…
Here's another Pecky Cox/As the Lake Churns photo of the 2013 Priest Lake Loggers Day at Nordman over the weekend. The females at the event were as tough as the guys. RIP, Laverne & Skip/Bay Views No. 1 song on this date in 1983/The Slice…
Councilman Mike Kennedy is struggling with a re-election decision while dealing with a serious medical issue involving his extended family. Although Kennedy has been a solid council member, who has formed part of a majority of four in moving Coeur d'Alene ahead, I hope, for…
Narrative: A few years ago the Coeur d’Alene Fire Department approved a concept for a “Fire Safety Awareness Board” promotional campaign with Firehouse Promotions in Moline Illinois. The concept was for Firehouse Promotions to print a number of fire safety messages for the Coeur d’Alene…
On her Facebook wall, Kerri Thoreson writes of the photo above: "Five years ago the historic log house, circa 1932, long owned by Duane Hagadone, was bought by Rocky and Mary Watson and barged from Casco Bay to Cougar Bay on Lake Coeur d'Alene. I…
Jennifer Locke: I went to a sheriff's and commissioner's forums last spring and they were pretty exciting. Better than any Presidential debate on television. I love going to all the local forums. I wish more people would attend these forums. I think they would learn…
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.
