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
Dawn of 'Twilight' fans
Costumes, parties highlight latest movie
Residents urged to help with burglaries
Police department is investigating recent robberies
COEUR d'ALENE - Police are encouraging residents to form block watch groups to help combat a wave of daytime burglaries in the area.
Hoping for a Thanksgiving miracle
Food bank needs 3,000 more turkeys
COEUR d'ALENE - Rosemary Topp didn't mind waiting in line, in the cold, Wednesday morning to pick up her Thanksgiving food basket from the Community Action Partnership Food Bank.
Tale of the Trail
Jim Richards maintains the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes
ENAVILLE - When Jim Richards applied for the job to watch after the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes, he liked his odds.
On the prowl?
Pets don't come back to home inmiddle of city
COEUR d'ALENE - Something, says Maureen De La Torre, got her cats.
Turkey for all in Cd'A
Restaurants planning free Thanksgiving dinners
COEUR d'ALENE - Mike and Charity Wixom, owners of Pepe Caldo Pizzeria, will be serving up a free dinner on Thanksgiving.
'I do' at 11 sharp
Couple married on the 11th month, 11th day, 11th minute, of 2011
Welcome to the 'Hood'
Daniel Connelly, 20, directs CYT show
He was the lion in "Wizard of Oz."
Help sought for Thanksgiving meal
Dogged disease
Vets, Kootenai Humane Society urge owners to have pups vaccinated against parvovirus
Return of 'Messiah'
Coeur d'Alene Symphony will be joined by choirs, soloists
Postal workers present petition Special delivery
Letter carriers seek signatures supporting six-day service
COEUR d'ALENE - More than 200 carriers headed out from The Coeur d'Alene Resort, but they weren't delivering letters.
No small sighting
Cd’A man snaps picture of pygmy owl
COEUR d'ALENE - When the small bird flashed by Steve Record as he stood in his yard on a Tuesday afternoon, he turned, followed its flight and watched it land on the fence.
Summer Theatre director resigns
Laura Little to leave at week's end
Ted Wheeler: Always thinking
IN PERSON
Ted Wheeler believes he's found the solution to the country's, even the world's, economic woes.
HOMELESS in North Idaho
Man tries to remain upbeat in face of poverty
For Pete's sake
Owner offers $500 reward for cat's return
'Desire' for the Playhouse
Rebecca McNeil directs drama
COEUR d'ALENE - Blanche DuBois gives the audience every reason to hate her in "A Streetcar Named Desire," says Angela Carlson.
Post Falls nurse is Burundi bound
Amy Ford hopes to establish medical clinic in Africa
POST FALLS - Amy Ford is off again.
Crying times
Food bank already gearing up for record need for Thanksgiving
COEUR d'ALENE - Sometimes, Carolyn Shewfelt gets to talk to people who turn to the Community Action Partnership food bank.
Chelsea in charge
2006 CHS graduate fulfills her dream of owning coffee stand
COEUR d'ALENE - Now that Chelsea Gurno operates her own coffee shop, she's having a blast.
Coats ready for kids
Hayden cleaner washes 700 in three weeks
HAYDEN -The call and question came to Sonja Zimmerman about 10 years ago.
Birds of a feather
Jim Powell says grouse has become his best buddy
ROSE LAKE - When friends ask Jim Powell how his morning went, his answer might seem strange.
Broken, but bouncing back
Jeff Marsan recovering after being bucked off horse, breaking his wrists
'We need this'
Annual fundraiser set Saturday for St. Pius soup kitchen
'Occupy' movement comes to Cd'A
Hundreds rally to protest corporate greed
Bill Davis: Veteran for Veterans
IN PERSON
Bill Davis knows how it feels to be fired at, and return fire.
Holy ground, sacred place
Hundreds attend opening of exhibit that shares story of Tribe and Jesuit priests
Called by God
Dr. Charles Bwalya Musonda opens 24/7 house of prayer
HAYDEN - Dr. Charles Bwalya Musonda isn't shy when it comes to explaining what brought him from Africa to North Idaho.
Tough times for Kootenai Humane Society
More animals, fewer donations create huge challenges for KHS
HAYDEN - Luce spends 20 hours a day in his kennel at the Kootenai Humane Society.
Randy Mann: He knows weather
IN PERSON
Even on his wedding day, the weather snatched the spotlight from Randy Mann.
For Josh and Fernando
Running helps Monica Preciado deal with deaths of brother, husband
Flying free
Release of golden eagle marks ceremony
WORLEY - A few moments before Jane Fink released a golden eagle, a mother watching with her family turned to her small child.
Silverwood donates $50K to Children's Village
Funds were collected from 'train robberies' during summer at park
COEUR d'ALENE - Train robbers, turns out, are the good guys.
'Tradition' packs Playhouse
'Fiddler on the Roof' sets attendance record
COEUR d'ALENE - Call now.
'An epidemic out there'
Women use own money, time to try and help, control feral cats
COEUR d'ALENE - Just as soon as Lynne Doria tosses a few pieces of tunafish, they come running.
Monsters and much more
'Scarywood' opens tonight with more fright-night horrors
Monsters don't say boo.
Sacred Mission Day of the dolls
110-year-old dolls will be part of exhibit at state park
CATALDO - First, the crate was opened.
Carriers deliver message
Rally supports bill employees say could end USPS financial crisis
COEUR d'ALENE - For 41 years, Jim Mathey has been a carrier with the Postal Service.
Meet Mrs. Cd'A
Leslie Duncan will try for Mrs. Idaho America title
COEUR d'ALENE - Meet Leslie Duncan, also known as Mrs. Coeur d'Alene.
Cd'A's best kept secret
Sunrise Rotary has raised more than $200K in five years
COEUR d'ALENE - The Coeur d'Alene Sunrise Rotary is a great organization, but lousy at publicity.
Time to get serious
Chamber hopes to add more members, boost economy
COEUR d'ALENE - Marliee Wallace says every time the bell rings this week, that's good for the economy.
'Just push through it'
Laura Narolski, fighting cancer, will run Race for the Cure
COEUR d'ALENE - Laura Narolski was always what her friends called the picture of health.
Stories of war
Bud Kirchoff honored by Rotary Club
HAYDEN - Bud Kirchoff did not receive a medal, ribbon or a plaque from the Hayden Lake Rotary Club on Thursday.
Could be his best
Cd'A's Tim Christie earns writing, photography awards
Tim Christie is a helluva photographer.
It's about the wood-fired oven
Fire Artisan Pizza blends rustic, modern theme with excellent food
COEUR d'ALENE - The first place Doug Johnson takes a Tuesday morning visitor to Fire Artisan Pizza is to the wood-fired oven.
Give us this decade, our daily bread
Hayden woman receives loaf dated May 17, 1955
Jeanne McDermott just planned on having a piece of toast Tuesday morning. That was all.
Run, walk, live strong
Race for the Cure Sunday at NIC; still time to register
COEUR d'ALENE - Tiffany Moe is hoping that some day, there will be a cure for cancer.
Jim Ballou: Writer, survivalist
IN PERSON
The question Jim Ballou pitched to his dad, Gene, was this: Could this world ever revert to the Stone Age?