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Former Spokane firefighter Chism arrested

Former Spokane firefighter Todd Chism was arrested early Saturday on suspicion of driving while intoxicated. Chism was stopped about 2 a.m. Saturday after he allegedly drove the wrong way on Ash Street near Euclid Avenue, according to Spokane police. Chism was cited and released.
News >  Spokane

One killed, three injured in I-90 crash

A 37-year-old Silverdale, Wa., man died Saturday in a single-car rollover accident that closed eastbound Interstate 90 east of Moses Lake for several hours. Robert H. Goodwin was a passenger in an eastbound 2008 Mazda minivan driven by Bridget A. Singletary, 36, of Silverdale. Shortly before 3 p.m. Saturday, 6.5 miles east of Moses Lake, Singletary fell asleep at the wheel, Washington State Patrol said. The minivan left the road to the right and when Singletary awoke, she overcorrected, sending the minivan back into the eastbound lanes. The vehicle rolled off the right side of the road, crashing through a fence, WSP said.

News >  Spokane

Have trailer, will travel … in grand style

The sign on the front of one vintage travel trailer camped out at Riverside State Park Saturday read: “I am fairly certain that given a cape and a nice tiara I could save the world.” Maybe the members of Sisters on the Fly aren’t about saving the world, but they are about restoring old trailers and putting the glamour in camping – or “glamping.”
News >  Spokane

Lysacek back as whirlwind slows

In the four months since Evan Lysacek was last in Spokane, he’s had quite a time of it. An Olympic gold medal in Vancouver, B.C. A second-place finish on the popular TV series “Dancing With the Stars,” which ended Tuesday. Performing at 26 of 41 stops on the Smucker’s Stars on Ice tour.
News >  Spokane

Spokane hits triple digits for first time in ‘09

Yes, it really was that hot. The National Weather Service recorded an official high at the Spokane International Airport of 101 degrees today, tying the record for the day set in 1971. It also marked the first time this year that Spokane reached the triple digits, said Laurie Nisbet of the weather service.
News >  Idaho Voices

Bridge grad found right time, place

Christina Abrahamson’s journey to high school graduation began in 2003, when she started at Lakeside High School in Plummer. After nearly two years of struggling to fit in, she dropped out of Lakeside and transferred to an alternative school in Spokane Valley. Eventually, she moved in with her grandparents on the Spokane Indian Reservation and attended Alliance Alternative School in Wellpinit, Wash., for her junior year.
News >  Idaho Voices

Grad takes it step by step

For many students, high school is all about drama. For Stephen Sloniker, a Post Falls High School graduate, school was where he could leave the drama of his family life behind and find success. Sloniker, 18, was born in Eastern Washington but spent most of his childhood in Missouri. He relocated to Post Falls two years ago to be with extended family after his father was convicted of burglary and sentenced to five to eight years in a Kansas prison.
A&E >  Food

Chips and cherries … mmm

In late April, Sheila Naccarato, of Spokane, wrote in looking for a recipe for a cherry white chocolate chip cookie printed in The Spokesman-Review a few years back. Digging this one out of the archives was easy enough. Waiting for cherries to start cropping up in local produce sections took some time.
News >  Spokane

Dispute in bar turns deadly

An apparent barroom altercation turned deadly early Saturday morning in Coeur d’Alene. Timothy I. Williams, who went by the name Timothy Wolfe, of Worley, Idaho, was shot in the head about 2:15 a.m. Saturday as he and a group friends were walking near Third Street and Indiana in downtown Coeur d’Alene.
News >  Idaho Voices

Gardening lessons

Near the corner of Seltice Way and Greensferry Road in Post Falls, there are a bank, a tire store, a pawnshop. There’s also a one-acre residential lot dotted with towering cherry trees and apple trees in serious need of pruning.
News >  Idaho

CdA Tribe mourns homicide victim

A 22-year-old Post Falls man was arrested on charges of first degree murder today following a fatal shooting early this morning in downtown Coeur d'Alene.
News >  Spokane

Climber injured in fall

Crews from Spokane County Fire District 9 rescued a climber who fell partway down a cliff Sunday morning at Minnehaha Rocks in John Shields Park. The climber and his friend were doing some lead climbing Sunday morning when the accident occurred, said Deputy Fire Chief Jack Cates.
News >  Idaho Voices

Easing her emergency

When you’re young and uninsured, a sudden and devastating medical diagnosis can seem like the end of the world. For one Coeur d’Alene woman, however, a community of caring individuals is coming together to lend a hand.
A&E >  Food

Huckleberry Cheese Squares a simple, heavenly snack

On April 8, when I shared the recipe for the Huckleberry Slump served at Anthony’s at Spokane Falls, I dropped a mention of my favorite huckleberry dessert, the Huckleberry Cheese Squares my grandmother made. Not so fast, readers Bev Varcoe and Laura Borhauer wrote in separate e-mails. Would I be willing to share?
News >  Idaho Voices

Community gardens together

Downtown Coeur d’Alene’s Garden District is about to boast one more garden. A big one. Three vacant lots at the corner of 10th Street and Foster Avenue will be transformed this spring into Coeur d’Alene’s first Shared Harvest Community Garden.
A&E >  Food

Anthony’s brings slump down in size for home cook

Bev Varcoe of Spokane wrote a few weeks back about the Huckleberry Slump served at Anthony’s at Spokane Falls. On a recent visit there, she asked a helpful waiter if he would get the recipe for her, and he obliged by hand-copying the ingredients. Unfortunately, that made enough dessert to feed 24 people. Varcoe asked for our help.
News >  Idaho Voices

Medical condition prompts fundraiser

A fundraiser is being held today for a Coeur d’Alene woman with a rare medical condition and no health insurance. Tabatha Gass, 28, has a large Tarlov cyst growing on her spinal cord. The fluid-filled sac hampers her ability to walk and work. She has been unemployed since October. A specialist in the Midwest has agreed to remove the cyst, but Gass will have to pay for the surgery herself.
News >  Idaho Voices

They’re not waiting

Google the words “Idaho child care standards” and up pops the top response: “Idaho child care worst in the country.” A group of North Idaho care providers remains hopeful the latest child care licensing bill co-sponsored by Rep. George Sayler, D-Coeur d’Alene, will become law, thus improving Idaho’s child care image. In the meantime, they’ve taken it upon themselves to improve the quality and professionalism of family, or in-home, child care.
A&E >  Food

‘Moosewood’ lentil soup ‘over-the-top’

Before all the snow melts and spring sets in, I thought I’d clear the decks on a soup request. Back in January, Janet Peterson of Spokane wrote in asking about the “absolutely-over-the-top- delicious lentil soup recipe” served at the Rockwood Bakery on the South Hill.
News >  Idaho Voices

These kids are far from idle

The 40 school buses in the Lakeland School District drive a total of 3,300 miles a day. The buses warm up for about 15 minutes, putting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. A group of district fifth-graders put their minds to the question: How can we reduce the carbon emissions from district buses? Their solution earned them a trip to Denmark in May to present their idea at the European Children’s Climate Call.
A&E >  Food

Corned O’plenty

With the imminent arrival of St. Patrick’s Day, our attention turns to all thing Irish. Soda bread. Potatoes. Corned beef. The role of corned beef in Irish cuisine is up for debate. According to the Web sites europeancuisines.com and irishcultureandcustoms.com, corned beef was the food of kings, as beef was too expensive for average folks, and thus never really part of the cultural fabric.