We should have an interesting weekend discussing the attempted blind-side by the Kroc Center complaint, filed at the 12th hour by Tom Macy and Kathy Sims of anti-local option tax fame. Major Chamness of the Salvation Army sez it doesn't change things for the Kroc…
... that a 64-page complaint has been filed against the city of Coeur d'Alene for contributing $3M in taxpayer revenue to prepare the Kroc Center site. By Tom Macy, a Post Falls resident, and Coeur d'Alene Honda owner Kathy Sims (the pair who successfully fought…
Tim Hahn/AP PhotoParamedics place the driver of a Ford Taurus onto a stretcher after a 1,500-pound wrecking ball slammed into the back of it North Main Street at Randolph Street in Meadville, Pa., Monday. The wrecking ball damaged numerous vehicles after it broke loose from…
... there's a boat sinking near the Coeur d'Alene Resort docks...there's a guy on Tubbs Hill whacking at trees with a samurai sword
... that extra $3 charge on our vehicle license renewal notices isn't going exactly where it's suppose to go. A Berry Picker did some snooping around after he spotted the $3 charge and discovered the 2006 Legislature passed a bill that allowed the ISP to…
Item: Readers offer tips for beating the heat: Take a dip, get out of town, catch a flick, commenters say/Spokesman-ReviewQuote (from MikeK): "A cooled-off below-ground basement, closed blinds, cooler of iced drinks, kids watching a movie, wife nursing the baby, me reading a book –…
Four members of ASAP, the loosely formed coalition of activists at the center of the July 4 Riverfront Park protest that ended with 17 arrests, met with Spokesman-Review staff Thursday evening for an informal conversation about the group, its members and their political and social…
... from A Matter of Opinion blog here.All the attention certain conservatives pay to Barack Obama's middle name is starting to get under Leonard Pitts' skin.Read his column from today's Opinion page here:What's in a name? NothingQuestion: Now tell us your middle name and/or what…
Which Harry Potter book is your favorite? -- Idaho Statesman. *Sorcerer's Stone*Chamber of Secrets*Azkaban*Goblet of Fire*Phoenix*Half-Blood Prince*None DFO: Early ones; they've gotten bulkier and less interesting as they've gone on.
Sometimes politics carries precious little surprise. The long-expected federal lawsuit over closed primaries, filed Wednesday by a group of 71 Idaho Republicans, was a political story as predictable as another 100-degree high temperature. Equally predictable was the reaction from Idaho Democrats. Can't say I blame…
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Some of my early ideas for HBO cute coffee cup captions Orange TV hates your joint!Ask Herb how to make $ from urinals!You're a hammock Lesley Presley! Pepperoni!Jayson Ronk, Pay Up Punk!Anymouse? No thanks I buy my mice at Petco! Homeskewlng Rokcs!Maam I Roar!Ask me…
Spokesman-Review PhotoIn 1999, Dick Haugen, then with KVNI, asks 9-year-old Heather Hendry if she snuck into her brothers' rooms to collect loose change for Hayden Lake Elementary's donation of $515 in loose change to the 1999 Child Abuse Prevention Campaign Thursday morning. DFO: Were you…
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.
