BILL BULEY
Bill Buley covers the city of Coeur d'Alene for the Coeur d’Alene Press. He has worked here since January 2020, after spending seven years on Kauai as editor-in-chief of The Garden Island newspaper. He enjoys running.
Recent Stories
Cookies calm Audubon Society crowd
Wolf program packs Tuesday meeting
COEUR d'ALENE - The typical meeting of the Coeur d'Alene Audubon Society sees about 30 people or so.
Man's second-best friend
David Albertini helping ducks survive winter
COEUR d'ALENE - There are followers of David Albertini as he walks around the edge of the pond at Riverstone.
Seeking a dog who can ham it up
Auditions for Sandy in 'Annie' on Saturday
COEUR d'ALENE - Think your dog might be the next Lassie, Benji, Balto, Old Yeller or even Cujo? Then Christian Youth Theater-North Idaho wants you - and your dog, of course.
Bye, bye, bucket
ElderHelp assists with senior's leaky roof
POST FALLS - Billie Stone said goodbye to the bucket at the end of her bed Tuesday.
Howling mad
Pro-wolf people hold vigil, call for end to killings
COEUR d'ALENE - Kathy Stewart calls her green van the "Wolfmobile."
Future uncertain
Snakepit closes while Rose Mary, Joe Peak battle cancer
ENAVILLE - It was about 2 p.m. Friday when the driver behind the wheel of the silver truck turned off Coeur d'Alene River Road.
'Dear Son'
Hayden’s Gary Miller meets son John Hall given up in adoption 61 years ago
HAYDEN - In recent years, when Gary Miller would see men about 6 feet tall, dark hair, he would silently ask himself a question.
Snow and wind chaser
Sans winter conditions here, Coeur d’Alene man travels for snowkiting
For two months, Paul Donnolo had been chasing wind and snow.
Coeur d'Alene's Cleo Perry marks a century on Earth
Coeur d'Alene's Cleo Perry marks a century on Earth
COEUR d'ALENE - The phone rings, and Cleo Perry snatches it up and holds it to her ear.
Helpers deliver for Dirne
Medical center to open at new home today
Boy, what a birthday present
Mom delivers son on New Year's Day; first 2012 baby born at KMC
Huge crowd swims, shivers
Sanders Beach is packed for annual Polar Bear Plunge
Record run for 35th Hangover Handicap
35 year Hangover
Five-mile run on New Year's Day has become a Cd'A tradition
It's about the kids
Letter shares story of how Children's Village made a difference
Postal Service justice
Clerk pursues mail thieves, gets license plate number for police
COEUR d'ALENE - When Randy Craig looked out the window of his Coeur d'Alene home and saw people stealing mail, he wanted justice for the beleaguered Postal Service.
In Person: Santa Claus
Hopefully, by the time you read this, Santa Claus is back at the North Pole, resting, after a night of squeezing down chimneys, eating cookies, drinking milk and, of course, delivering presents around the world.
Count them- all 8,798
Virginia rail spotted during annual observation
COEUR d'ALENE - Out of nearly 9,000 birds counted Saturday, one stood out.
A nonprofit to Cherish
Ministry provides meals, faces financial shortfall
COEUR d'ALENE - Debbie McKenzie wept as she thought about the financial woes that have clouded the future of the Cherished Ones Ministries soup kitchen.
Lucky Lady's day
Cat at KHS shelter over a year adopted
COEUR d'ALENE - Lucky Lady's lucky day was Tuesday.
From cage to couch
Marty Becker hopes to help KHS shelter animals find homes
HAYDEN - Marty Becker didn't hesitate to unlatch the gate leading to the growling, barking dog.
Not just a home for the holidays
Veternarian Marty Becker to visit KHS shelter Tuesday
Langley doesn't photograph well.
Chris Carlson: Recollections on 'Idaho's Greatest Governor'
IN PERSON
After nearly nine years as someone's press secretary, you get to know them well, personally and professional.
Paid in full
Locals take care of layaway bills at Kmart, too
Eagle count soars
Kokanee spawn rebounding, too
Christmas story comes to life
Nativity scenes keep tradition alive; other programs offered
Hearing about Christ's birth is one thing.
Back from Alaska
Daughter brings father’s boat back home, plans to float it in Lake Pend Oreille
The Pretty Lady, says Gary Dawes, is not your ordinary boat. Whoever made it knew what they were doing. They knew boats.
Hit-and-run driver sought
Woman injured after being struck in crosswalk
Joe Hamilton: Pilgrim's pilot
IN PERSON
There are plenty of stores where you can buy food. There are lots of places to buy supplements. There are many shops that offer select beers and wines.
Eagles have landed
But most are staying away from Higgens Point
Something in the air
Pinehurst air 'unhealthy' due to cold, wood stoves
Walk the streets of Pinehurst these days and you'll see it. And likely, you'll smell it.
Her father's story
Hayden woman documents dad's life, role at Pearl Harbor
HAYDEN - Carolyn Brooks Wood is especially proud of the Stars and Stripes that fly outside her home.
DEQ calls for burn ban
Ridge of high pressure has kept Northwest rain and snow free
Ray Garland: Return to Pearl Harbor
IN PERSON
The license plate on the SUV in the driveway outside the Coeur d'Alene home tells you who lives inside:
All laughs, no apologies
'Wrong Chimney' opens today at Lake City Playhouse
Thrifty moves
Success steers couple in car rental, sales business
'Drop it, or I'll shoot you'
Tim Patterson stepped in when attacker held knife to woman's throat
COEUR d'ALENE - Tim Patterson has no doubts he would have pulled the trigger.
Goodwill employee fights off attacker
Police say man tried to steal purse, bank deposit
In memory of mom and dad
Cd'A woman opens senior daycare
A movable feast
Post Falls woman brings food to centers, shelters
Betty's bull
Coeur d’Alene woman, at 73, gets first bull elk
Ray Capaul has a new nickname for his wife, Betty.
Union Gospel Mission ahead of schedule
$6.5 million raised for center
COEUR d'ALENE - As Keith Green walked through the Union Gospel Mission building under construction in Coeur d'Alene, he was bundled up - but still smiling.
Work up an appetite on Thanksgiving
Turkey Trot set for Thursday at Snake Pit
ENAVILLE - The annual Turkey Trot at the Snake Pit is scheduled at 8:30 Thanksgiving morning.
'Crazy' enough to work
New warming center opens in Post Falls
Not just talk
Community turns out with turkeys for food bank
Will adjust bones for beans
Chiropractors treat more than 100 clients free to help food bank
Perfect conversation piece
Don Larsen raises funds for organization that helps children
Missing Post Falls hunter found safe
A Post Falls man was found safe Saturday morning after spending the night in his vehicle when it became stuck in the snow on a hunting trip.
It isn't over
Hundreds of turkeys donated, more still needed
