As I mentioned earlier today, I'm celebrating three anniversaries in the next coupla weeks -- my 32nd wedding anniversary on Thursday (which'll tie me with my mother and my late father), my 37th year as a professional journalist (this week), and my 30th year in…
10. I never watch six hours of television a day.9. I don’t wear flip flops to school and when I wear sandals I wear socks because my feet get cold and I don’t want to hurt my toes.8. I can’t ever pronounce Beyonce or déjà…
Idaho Escapee IllustrationLooks like Idaho Escapee is up to his old tricks with the photoshop software.*"I believe the good blogging doesn't really start until you've truly found your 'blogging' identity and gone through various cycles to determine what works best for you," posts Southwark Lad/Bronx…
The mother of a 9-week-old baby is pleading to stay out of prison following an Idaho Court of Appeals ruling that the judge who placed her on probation was out of bounds. After 18 months on probation and two years of sobriety, recovering meth addict…
Eric Francis/AP PhotoNorth Carolina center fielder Seth Williams attempts a leaping catch, but drops the ball, hit by Louisville's Chris Cates in the third inning of a College World Series baseball elimination game in Omaha, Neb., today.
The foreman at a Coeur d’Alene company used racial slurs and told racial jokes in the presence of two African-American employees, according to a lawsuit filed today by the U.S. Equal Opportunity Commission. The suit was filed on behalf of Shawn Fletcher and his nephew,…
My biological father is a sperm donor and that is all. I have met him over the phone. I have visited with my biological grandfather in person and we correspond sometimes. They are not around for the day-to-day give-and-take of a familial relationship. They are…
JimmyMAC: Downtown CDA has overcome a lot to be where it is today. It wasn't long ago that downtown was regarded as a financial sinkhole when attracting solid tenants. I don't think it is unsympathetic to protect what has taken years to build. From what…
Lawrence Banderob will spend at least 35 years in prison for murdering 76-year-old Miriam Waltch in February 2006. Banderob, 39, was sentenced this morning in a Benewah County courtroom. First District Court Judge Fred Gibler ordered Banderob to serve 35 years to life under a…
Douglas C. Pizac/AP PhotoSharn Ives holds a portrait of her grandson, Samuel Ives, as her husband, Eldon, right, answers questions during a news conference Tuesday in American Fork, Utah. The 11-year-old was dragged from his family's tent and killed by a black bear on a…
Some of Sali's detractors have assumed — rather wishfully — that Sali is a one-term political accident who could be dispatched either in a one-on-one GOP primary or in the 2008 general election. I'm skeptical. Still no sign, although it's early, of a primary challenger.…
Does one actually have to live IN Cour d'Alene to be elected to City Council? If not, then count me in. I'll do whatever it takes to do the following: Open the beaches to all (especially me). Open the resort to all (mostly me). Open…
Thanks to the warming summer days, we've seen neighbors we haven't seen in months. We now know who's pregnant again (or at least showing since last fall) and we know who got their boobs done. It didn't take the men in the 'hood long at…
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.