Coeur D'Alene "has developed in such a way that the working class white folks who grew up there aren't going to be able to raise their kids in the very community they grew up in," Benjamin says. The culprit is not necessarily individual discrimination, but structural and institutional [...]
Three brothers accused of harassing a Coeur d’Alene man because of his ethnicity say they simply asked to buy electrical equipment from the man and were stunned when he pulled a gun on them. Ira Gino Tankovich, 47, Frank James Tankovich, 46, and William Michael Tankovich Jr., 49, were indicted by [...]
The Rev. Andy Schumacher's journey to the priesthood began more than a half-century ago on a train bound for Oregon. "I used to stammer and stutter," he recalled. "I left Lewiston on the train and the car transferred at Riperia. I was sitting there in the middle of" [...]
You read it here first ... Duane Hagadone's "Sizzler" is the largest sailboat on Lake Coeur d'Alene and Fred Finney's "Lady of the Lake" is the largest lake yacht, but there's a new vessel being custom constructed right now in California that will be the biggest of them all. How spectacular is' [...]
Keith Allred announces that he will be running for the Democratic nomination for governor Thursday at Twin Falls High School in Twin Falls. Allred will address the Kootenai County Democratic Club luncheon at the Iron Horse at noon today. (AP Photo/Times-News, Ashley Smith)
Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SRRain, and more rain/Spokesman-Review[...]
Saw a letter in the CDA Press this morning in the Brannon v whomever by Jerry Weaver. Seems Mr. Weaver now wants to attack Mike Kennedy for “Chicago style politics” that I highly doubt were ever employed. So, since Obama from Illinois became president, EVERYTHING becomes Chicago [...]
Item: Bibles OK in Cd'A public classrooms: Administrators defend religious texts/Maureen Dolan, Coeur d'Alene Press
More Info: The Associated Press reported Wednesday that Bob Moffett, chairman of the board of Nampa Classical Academy, said he doesn't understand why his charter school is barred from the practice but another charter school' [...]
At her Cat House & Shooting Gallery, JeanC posts: Picked up a knock-off snuggie at Rite Aid on Saturday, they had them for $8 as opposed to the $14 for the real thing. So I had to get the zebra stripped one, I now match the throw pillows on the [...]
The Coeur d’Alene city government spends thousands of taxpayer dollars every year to show city employees they are appreciated. In fact, according to public records obtained by the Idaho Freedom Foundation, expenses under the heading of “Employee Recognition” totaled $4,489.42 in FY2009. “Employee Recognition” line items are listed under the Human [...]
In case you were wondering what nonsense had the OpenCDA.com crowd's shorts in a knot this week, Bill McCrory provides the answers. Seems they're all huffing about David Larsen's letter in the Coeur d'Alene Press. The money lines that has the conspiracy theorists gnashing their teeth are [...]
Spencer: Wow, do the CDA police need an attitude ajustment or what! My sister in law slid her car off the road, and the officer in charge was beyond a jerk. The only damage to the car was a dent in the door where it had bumped a post. [...]
Of the Coeur d’Alene 12th-graders surveyed in 2008, nearly 23 percent had smoked pot within the past month – up 6 percentage points from the previous survey in 2006. Ninth-graders’ use also increased/Jody Lawrence-Turner, SR. More here.
Monday Poll: 45 of 79 (57 percent) of the respondents said college professors and instructors [...]Item: Student pot use rises in CdA, falls in Spokane/Jody Lawrence-Turner, SR
More Info: Coeur d’Alene teens smoked more marijuana last year than they did in 2006, a contrast to a trend revealed in statistics released Monday in a federal survey about the drug and alcohol use among U.S. high school students. [...]
Recognizing an opportunity to take up a new hobby and make a few bucks, rockabilly music fan Chester D. Adkins set up some recording gear in a small space in the back of his wife’s downtown Coeur d’Alene record shop. Genevieve Adkins had opened Souvenir Records at 215 [...]
At OpenCDA.com, Bill McCrory reports that losing challenger Jim Brannon has filed an amendment to his lawsuit challenging the 2009 Coeur d'Alene city elections, dropping Kootenai County, County Clerk Dan English, and ex-county election administrator Deedie Beard from the list of defendants. The amended suit also seeks an injunction preventing' [...]
Item: Mine waste deal huge: Nearly $600 million allotted to CdA Basin/Becky Kramer, SR
More Info: Cleanup of mine waste in the Coeur d’Alene Basin got a $583 million shot in the arm Thursday, when Asarco Inc. agreed to settle environmental claims at 80 toxic sites around the nation. Asarco paid $1.8 billion [...]
MamaJD e-mailed this cell-phone photo of the Sarah Palin bus that just arrived in Coeur d'Alene. Here, it is shown in front of the Coeur d'Alene Resort parking garage. Tom Lutey/Billings Gazette discusses the fan reaction to Palin's Billings visit Tuesday here.
Cartoon: Apologies accepted/Milt Priggee, Seattle P-IErratic [...]According to our friends at OpenCDA.com and its "reliable source," Judge John Mitchell has disqualified himself from hearing the case involving challenger Jim Brannon's lawsuit to overturn the Coeur d'Alene municipal elections. I'll check that out in a bit. I'll post this Wild Card first, in case some of your' [...]
Coeur d'Alene Police are working to track down a man they say robbed a Northwest Boulevard coffee stand Saturday night. Police say a man walked up to the drive thru window at the Dutch Brothers coffee stand at 1680 Northwest Boulevard just after 8:30 Saturday night and pointed a gun at a clerk' [...]
In her latest newsletter, which was posted today at OpenCDA.com, Mary Souza opines that the Jim Brannon's lawsuit could serve to clean up Idaho election laws. But she didn't stop there. She then dredges up "the most famous local story" (of questionable residency, involving -- who else? [...]
Coeur d'Alene resident Haitham Joudeh woke to a call from the Coeur d'Alene Police Department on Friday morning telling him of the racist graffiti that was painted on his truck sometime after midnight. He talked about the incident that happened on the corner of Third Street and Coeur d'Alene Avenue today.' [...]
Top 10 reasons why the CDA Press online is more fun to read than Mad Magazine:
1. Actual headline: “Tough Toenails Tended”.2. Two words: Fish Tips.3. The story about the D Street “beauty” and her burst boobie, especially the line “”Because she was drunk, short, and ugly,” the victim told police for the reason [...]Responding to a conspiracy theorist that compares Councilman Mike Kennedy to a Chicago machine politician (where do they find these guys?), Mary Souza of OpenCDA.com is seeking doughnations for Jim Brannon's court challenge to the Coeur d'Alene elections. Writes Mary: "Anyone can donate by going to jimbrannon.com, where they can'" [...]
When he's not at his job as a faith-based addiction counselor, Chris Anderson sometimes dons flowing robes and a thorny crowns, picks up his cross and walks up and down a busy Coeur d'Alene street. Anderson told The Coeur d'Alene Press that it's part of his personal crusade [...]
