We're going to kick off the HBO Book Club Thursday. I chatted with Librarian Bette Ammon this afternoon. She's going to prepare a coupla questions for us by Wednesday afternoon for posting Thursday, to get us headed in the right direction. I should be able…
Of the movies now playing at Riverstone Stadium 14, which do you plan to see on the big screen:*Harry Potter*Transformers*Ratatouille*Live Free or Die Hard*Evan Almighty
My first night on the dining floor, a crotchety octogenarian with eyebrows drawn down into a permanent scowl had to wait ten extra minutes for his steak, and spent the time amusing himself by making me cry. He called me an idiot, asked if I…
Justin Connaher/The Reporter, APA women's team wrestles a hog during the firemen's picnic in Eldorado, Wis., Saturday. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines1. Bacon in the glow of publicity, Kroc pots use their heavy-hammed approach to go hog wild trying to find a pig in a…
Let this page be the first to relay the following message from Idaho Democrats to those Republicans who just filed suit in federal court to close their party's primary elections to all who haven't registered publicly as Republicans: Thank you, thank you, thank you. What…
Idaho State Controller Donna Jones announced today that the state has a $247 million budget surplus – and she thinks that money should be spent to fix roads, rather than Gov. Butch Otter’s idea of a $200 million a year tax increase. “As a former…
The state Board of Education has voted unanimously to name these five trustees to guide the new Western Idaho College: Hatch Barrett, Mark Dunham, Jerry Hess, Guy Hurlbutt and M.C. Niland. Hess and Niland were two of the four co-chairs of the “Community College Yes”…
Item: Young adults have little interest in news: Just 16% surveyed, age 18-30, say they read paper every day/New York TimesMore Info: What we found is that what people mean when they say they are engaged in the news has much more of a glancing,…
Twin Falls is taking some note, amid its substantial growth, of a population mark estimates now project: It is over 40,000 people. The Times News there is reflecting a little on that - is it good or bad, and does it make the community more…
Note: I'm moving this thread up b/c this story broke late Friday and deserves attention this morning -- DFO.A former state lawmaker is calling for an investigation into a possible “criminal conspiracy” over how the city of Coeur d’Alene contributed money for the Salvation Army…
You want cute this morning? I'll give you cute this morning, courtesy of young mothers with blog links at Huckleberries Online, pseudonymed Mommy Dearest of the BrodH20 blog and Jen/A Butterfly Moment. On Thursday, Jen took her boys and 4-year-old nephew, Aidan, to the free…
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.