Alison Boggs

More than 400 people lined the streets of Coeur d’Alene on Friday afternoon to pay their respects to Spc. Nicholas W. Newby, one of two Coeur d’Alene soldiers killed recently in Iraq.

Law enforcement representatives in Spokane and North Idaho will join members of the U.S. military in processionals today to deliver to funeral homes the remains of two Coeur d’Alene soldiers killed in Iraq. A procession around 11:30 a.m. will escort the remains of Army Sgt. Nathan R. Beyers from Spokane International Airport to Hennessey-Smith Funeral Home on North Division Street in Spokane. A second procession, around 1:15 p.m., will escort the remains of Army Spc. Nicholas W. Newby from the Coeur d’Alene Airport/Pappy Boyington Field to Yates Funeral Home on Fourth Street in Coeur d’Alene.

Law enforcement in Spokane and North Idaho will join the U.S. military in processions today to deliver to funeral homes the remains of two Coeur d’Alene soldiers killed in Iraq

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is calling for the city of Coeur d’Alene to remove hundreds of trees from its levee, which separates North Idaho College and the Fort Grounds neighborhood from Lake Coeur d’Alene. Rosenberry Drive, otherwise known as the “dike road,” draws thousands of people year-round as a place to park when headed to the college or the beach or events like Art on the Green. A section of North Idaho’s Centennial Trail also stretches along the road and is popular with walkers, joggers and bicyclists.

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is calling for the city of Coeur d’Alene to remove hundreds of trees from its levee, which separates North Idaho College and the Fort Grounds neighborhood from Lake Coeur d’Alene.

Dozens of neighbors who live near a downtown Coeur d’Alene homeless drop-in center say in the two years the center has been there, they’ve been subjected to panhandling at their homes, urine and feces in alleyways, trash thrown over their fences and drug dealing on their street corners. “My neighborhood is not anti-homeless,” said Cherie McCabe, who lives near Fresh Start, the drop-in center at 1524 E. Sherman Ave. But, she said, “It’s like we’re in jail. I literally do not want to go into my backyard.”

Union Gospel Mission broke ground Thursday in Coeur d’Alene on a women’s and children’s residential recovery center that represents the faith-based nonprofit’s first foray outside of Spokane County. When completed, the 42,878-square-foot center at 196 W. Haycraft Ave. will offer six rooms for short-term “rescue” and 28 rooms devoted to long-term recovery. Total capacity, depending on the number of children, will be between 80 and 100.

Two years ago, Tom Aylward couldn’t ride a bike. On Sunday, he rode 112 miles in 8 ½ hours. Two years ago, the 62-year-old couldn’t swim more than 25 yards. On Sunday, he swam 2.4 miles faster than many much younger competitors.

Tom Aylward of Spirit Lake did not finish the 2011 Ironman Coeur d’Alene on Sunday, but felt proud that he gave it his all. “I don’t feel bad. I did the best I could,” said Aylward, 62. “I was fine with what I did. It was tough. I can tell you, the Ironman is tough.”

Tom Aylward’s two years of training for the 2011 Ford Ironman Coeur d’Alene has always been a journey fueled in part by grief. When the Spirit Lake man’s wife died in May 2008, he became depressed and ate and drank too much. He ballooned to 319 pounds before grabbing onto the idea of completing Ironman to help him climb out of that dark hole.

In almost 30 years of working together on cars, it was the last car Russ Freund, of Post Falls, restored with his dad, Claude, that has attracted the greatest acclaim. In January, the purple 1925 Ford Model T Roadster won prizes for design, engine and finish at one of the country’s most prestigious car shows, the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, Calif. The car has been featured on the cover of two street rod magazines and has been photographed for a third. Journalists have called from New Zealand and France.

Members of the Kootenai County Constitution Party are planning to protest today the dedication in Coeur d’Alene of a public artwork sculpture of the Hindu god Ganesha – a four-armed being with an elephant head. A posting on the party’s website encourages Christians to protest the artwork, calling it an “abomination” approved by the “godless group of individuals” who manage the city’s public art program.

The crime scene investigators — students in Maureen Howard’s life sciences class at Post Falls Middle School — had five suspect vehicles, only one of which contained the type of glass found at the car accident. To find the vehicle that caused the crash, the investigators measured and weighed each piece of glass, determining its density and volume, until they found the culprit.