I'm continuing to experience technical difficulties as a result of the success this blog has had in recent weeks attracting display ads. It seems like it's harder to scroll through the copy. Also, I know that the display ad in the left rail is bleeding…
Raymond Pert, Inland Empire Girl and Silver Valley Girl decided to make a list matching BrodH20's (How You Know You're from Athol) with their own list about Kellogg. Here's How you can tell your from Kellogg. 1. You were born in the Wardner Hospital, which…
Ominous as storm cloudscoupling in the darkshadows swoopacross the Wolf Moon face,ravens fall from grace to groundbeat at window glassrasp the wooden sillrip shingled roof to shreds.My Daddy always saidcrowded creatures go madand humans likely willas their numbers cross the bar.Forests fill with peopleclearing trees…
AP File PhotoA farmer milks a cow during a protest to demand higher milk prices outside of Agriculture Ministry building in Lima, Wednesday, April 18, 2007. About 200 farmers participated with some of their cows in a national protest. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Martin…
A 26-year-old construction worker was critically injured today in a possible nail gun accident on a job at Gozzer Ranch near Harrison, Idaho. The man was found with a nail in the side of his head just after 9 a.m. and was flown by helicopter…
I have two days of work left until I head out of town on a ladies only scrapbooking weekend. In the meantime, there's laundry to be done, three more stories about child abuse to be written, bags to be packed and a parent meeting to…
Life's easy when you are a critic,Rippin' off comments acidic,But to try and create,Instead of berate,It's a challenge - and not parasitic!Andy Michaels/29 Words Or LessI realize that I'm trying to do something unusual, but I didn't think I was crossing the line of good…
... which fits quite well in Spencer's claims that the Salvation Army and ACI's Bill Radobenko are engaged in a fill-dirt cover-up at the future site of the Kroc Center:"A rabbit hole is the entrance to a rabbit's burrow or warren. In Lewis Carroll's Alice's…
Item: Can we prevent killings? Coeur d'Alene man says mass murders can be avoided if more people pack guns/Dave Turner, Marc Stewart, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: A Coeur d'Alene man said the massacre at Virginia Tech on Monday could never happen in a nation like…
*A little nugget spotted by Barb Scaroni in St. Maries Gazette-Record re: Coeur d'Alene Indian Tribe: "In this case, a wealthy tribe seeks to avoid paying property taxes to a county suffering with significant growth issues, unfounded mandates and a 3 percent cap on taxes…
ER units are en route to the Gozzer Ranch site on Highway 97, where an industrial accident has been reported. CPR is under way. Stay tuned.Update: 26yo male found unconscious by the side of the road with a nail in his head by his ear.Update:…
The Virginia Tech shootings sparked worldwide criticism of U.S. gun control laws. Do you think the U.S. should change its gun control laws? -- Idaho Statesman. *Yes*No*No opinion
re: The response by Major John Chamness (pictured) and project engineer Steve Walker to claims made by Larry Spencer that dirt being used to fill the gravel pit for the new Kroc Center was of poor quality.The Salvation Army is thrilled that after decades of…
I was musing over the news coverage of the killings at Virginia Tech and was struck by two things. There seems to be an almost obsessive attempt to find fault, blame, or responsibility. And there seem to be almost equally careful attempts to avoid responsibility.…
D.F. Oliveria started Huckleberries Online on Feb. 16, 2004. Oliveria's Sunday print Huckleberries is a past winner of the national Herb Caen Memorial Column contest.