I enjoyed interviewing Riverstone developer John Stone this morning. He's visionary. He's candid. He certainly has guts -- to take on a project that will have $1.5 billion invested when its built out. All this, on a former brown field. He also told me about…
Item: Starbucks increasing beverage prices 9 cents in most US stores/Associated Press More Info: In a statement issued after markets closed for regular trading Monday, Starbucks says the price hike will take effect July 31, bumping the cost of most drinks by about 3 percent.Question:…
While Boise is still socked in with smoke – the Idaho DEQ today declared a Stage 1 air quality alert in Boise and Valley counties due to heavy smoke from wildfires – and Idaho has more wildland acres burning than any other state, the state…
Bayview Herb/BayviewsA Sunday afternoon fire consumed the 38X36 foot storage shed of Will and Connie Collins, Located on Perimeter Road in Bayview. Lost were two snowmobiles, a Harley, an ATV and a 14 foot boat and motor. The Timberlake fire dept. promptly answered the call…
Daug Gone: Christie, we are waiting to find out what CDPD Blue thinks about those emails from your top law enforcement officer.CPD Blue spokeswoman Christie Wood: It is difficult to speak for individual officers (and I won't) because who knows what they say or think…
... as a result of safety concerns involving nearby dam/Jeff Humphrey, KXLY (Video: here)DFO: Better safe than sorry.
Duane (Hagadone) should have applied for urban renewal money to dress up his new print building because it's the most stark box that I've seen. I look back at what the Cowles did on Monroe in Spokane with his print building. It's a dramatic difference.…
Item: Falcons to speak on Vick's future: QB told to stay away from training camp after charges of dog fighting/Associated PressI cannot put into words how sickening the allegations (re: dog fighting against NFL quarterback Michael Vick) are. If true, and I suspect they are,…
In the "AM Hucks" thread today about the racist incident at Hayden Lake, Larry Spencer comments that the best way to deal with racists is to ignore them. According to Spencer's theory, the local racists are seeking publicity and the region can hurt them most…
So, for the fun of it and because I know this blog's readers are thoughtful and forward thinking, let me pose a few questions for a slow summer's day.1. Is there a future for a mass market print daily newspaper such as the SR? If…
Item: State minimum wage rises to $5.85: Increase covers those federal rules don't/Betsy Russell, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: Thousands of Idaho workers will see increases today from $5.15 an hour to $5.85 an hour that might not have happened otherwise. Here's why: Idaho's legislation merely matched the…
Item: B-17 sparks attention, memories: Flying Fortress tour stops at Coeur d'Alene Airport/Noah Buntain, Spokesman-ReviewKathy Plonka/Spokesman-ReviewMark McWhorter of Hayden and his son Cade, 2 1/2, check out the B-17 Flying Fortress, a World War II vintage bomber airplane at the Coeur d'Alene Air Terminal in…
Developers salivateOver land they think is greatBusiness buildings and dwellingsIs what they're sellingSoon there'll be no open land in the state.Idaho Escapee
Ugh...story (about the two racists on Hayden Lake) made me sick ... esp. since I just heard of 2 racial incidents in the last couple of weeks involving some friends of mine with darker skin. They had pulled up to their apt. complex so she…
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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.
