James R Brinton, 86

Our Lord and Savior called James R. Brinton, 86, home to heaven on March 12, 2020, after an aneurysm rupture. Jim was born July 21, 1933, in Libby, Mont., to Harry and Grace Brinton. He grew up in Montana with his family of five siblings and has called Coeur d’Alene home since 1967.

Nutrition and your health

I have dedicated many of my weekly columns to nutrition. The reason I do this is because the largest segment of our health and fitness is based on what we eat. For those of us who understand this, we put a solid emphasis on eating right every day.

A gardener's work is never done

The good news is that our average high temperatures are starting to cool down. The bad news is that means summer is flying by and will soon be over… sniff.

Chickens give learning a reason

Today our school receives 13 laying hens; a donation from an amazing school nurse, Amy Bell, who sold her ranch to live the life of a city-dweller. The chickens are delivered early Monday morning by Amy’s husband, who trusts the children of Northwest Expedition Academy to nurture and care for their poultry. The office manager Michelle promises the chickens are in good hands as they place the last girl in the pen. Northwest Expedition Academy is now a farm.

Free pictures with Santa

Santa here for pictures

Stepped-up pooch presence

Secret Service starts K-9 patrols near White House

WASHINGTON - Planning a visit to the White House? Bring your kids and camera. But please, don't feed the animals.

'Pride' shines through at show

NIBCA's 49th annual home and garden event continues today, Sunday at fairgrounds

'Pride' shines through

Footprints of change: The Bird Museum

The best thing about being a kid is unfettered imagination.

Community Thanks

See who's thankful!

Bundy in spotlight again

Rancher denies firing gunshots near US researchers in Nevada

Nevada rancher and states' rights advocate Cliven Bundy said Saturday that contract researchers for the federal Bureau of Land Management had no business being on rangeland where he grazes cattle, but he denied he or his supporters fired gunshots near them.

Mind your P's and queues

The English are a funny lot — with some idiosyncrasies that seem as odd as, undoubtedly, ours must seem to them. Now that trips to the UK have become routine for us, thanks to our English daughter-in-law, one thing is clear:

MACKAY: The secret to happiness

Long ago in a small village, there was a place known as the House of 1,000 Mirrors.

Legoland Florida gears up for fall opening

Park near Orlando built on site of former Cypress Gardens

WINTER HAVEN, Fla. - Legoland officials said Wednesday they are counting on the popularity of the little plastic building blocks to draw families to their newest theme park, which will open this fall near Orlando.

RENT: Houses aren't affordable

Has anyone else noticed how rent prices for a house have escalated? It is unbelievable that our rental prices are so out of line with our average wage scale. This beautiful town environment is vastly becoming an apartment complex and losing the quality of life we all cherish — trading it for a completely different lifestyle! It is not surprising to see our moral values taking a big hit as the little house with a fenced yard for child and dog is no longer in the financial range of any single income family, so everyone is moving in together trading lifestyles in the process.

Shooting investigation underway in Shoshone County

Incident is an alleged attempted murder-suicide

One man is on life support, and a woman and dog were both shot following an alleged attempted murder-suicide in the Woodland Park area of Burke Canyon, north of Wallace.

Losing our historic places?

Hanford Chinatown, others listed as endangered

Pearl Elizabeth Benham, 74

Pearl Elizabeth Benham, 74, of Post Falls, returned home to be with God and her family on Friday, Aug. 10, 2012. She was born Nov. 30, 1937, in Farmington, N.M., to Robert Emery and Minnie (Goll) Hutchison.

Tom Tafel Keison, 70

On Aug. 31, 2020, Tom Tafel Keison graduated

DOG: Water guns for officers

Our police officers in Coeur d’Alene and some in Spokane seem to have a lack of backbone when police officers fear for their life when barked at by a black lab in a truck with a window rolled down halfway. They are without any question in a job they are not qualified to do. Fire him or her today.

The Pelican Briefly: What adventures await!

You never know what adventures await when you go out your front door. I planned to launch on Killarney Lake, paddle downriver to Rainy Hill boat ramp and meet up with the Coeur d'Alene Kayak Club before they left for Anderson Lake on Saturday, July 30.