Gonzaga's Steven Gray, Saint Mary's Diamon Simpson and Omar Samhan and GU's Jeremy Pargo and Austin Daye battle for a rebound in the second half of the West Coast Conference matchup Thursday at the McCarthey Athletic Center at GU. Jim Meehan's SR game story here.…
Idaho's Mac Hopson passes the ball to Terrence Simmons as Boise State's Aaron Garner, left, and La'Shard Anderson defend in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Thursday in Moscow. (AP Photo/Lewiston Tribune, Kyle Mills)Idaho 63, Boise State 59Gonzaga 69, St. Mary's…
Washington State's Klay Thompson (1) moves the ball against Arizona State's Jamelle McMillan during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game in Tempe, Ariz., Thursday. Washington State won 65-55. ESPN game story & boxscore here. (AP Photo/Aaron J. Latham)
In the news this evening, President Obama slams Wall Street execs over bonuses here. California workers will take two days off per month without pay here. A study finds a link between preemies and autism here. Americans receiving jobless benefits hits a record here. And…
Rathdrum teenager Rose Flack jokes with her former classmates at Lakeland High School Thursday. Flack came back to the school to say hello at a pep assembly the day after she was featured as a contestant on American Idol. All she could say about the…
In the stands, I was tense. Not for the outcome, which didn’t concern me so much, but for Katie’s feelings. Part of her struggle with Asperger’s is an occasional inability to cope with strong emotions, and I was afraid of how she would handle the…
Special Olympic athlete James Neeson, from Maghera, Ireland, holds the miner's lamp that carried the Flame of Hope into Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, during the arrival ceremony this morning. The Special Olympics Flame of Hope, lit almost three months ago in Athens, Greece, where it began…
5:52 p.m. Officer "dispatches" deer after a car hit it on Highway 95 & Blackwell Island.3:48 p.m. R/P reports a road rage incident on West Hayden. A motorist reportedly tried to run over someone.3:35 p.m. Shaun Sauget, 29, of Bonners Ferry, and passenger Michael Harris,…
Kristen McIntosh, 7, eats snow from the fort her step-father was making in the snow in front of their apartment at Devonshire Gardens in Evansville, Ind. on Wednesday. McIntosh was too little to remember the last real snow so this was her first chance to…
Surrounded by members of Congress President Barack Obama hands out pens after signing the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act with Lilly Ledbetter, standind left of Obama, Thursday, Jan. 29, 2009, in the East Room at the White House in Washington. Idaho Democratic Party Executive Director…
I've been getting my first reports back about the new MacKenzie River Pizza joint in the old failed Cheesecake place on US95 and word is that it's pretty gosh darn cool. One of Stephanie's house cleaning clients said that "The Athenian" was actually some of…
Illinois lawmakers have not only thrown out Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich, they have barred him from ever holding public office in the state again. Both votes were 59-0. Blagojevich’s removal comes nearly two months after his arrest on charges of trying to sell Barack Obama’s…
Sen. Jim Hammond, R-Post Falls, commended Luna for focusing on preserving the time that teachers spend with students. In nearly 20 years as an elementary school principal, Hammond said, he concluded, “The thing that I would need more than anything else is the people that…
Jim, looking like Sam Elliot in cowboy boots and hat,walked over as I chatted with friends. He introduced himself and in a smooth, confident baritone said, "We need to be dating." How storybook, how romantic! Since I was totally unfamiliar with dating etiquette, all I…
You saw what became of former colleague Taryn Hecker in the post below. Now, Marianne Love/Slight Detour informs us that she spent an afternoon with another former SR colleague of mine, Erica Curless (above) here.We are in a black hole/Nuts & NonsenseThis stuff is burning…
In case you were wondering what happened to my former CDA bureau colleague Taryn Hecker ... I got this note from her today: "In addition to working at the youth center in the afternoons, I am opening up a photo studio and office in downtown…
It helps that four of Idaho's five starters haven't played against Boise State. This time last year Mac Hopson was riding the pine as a redshirt while Kashiff Watson, Marvin Jefferson and Brandon Wiley were honing their skills at the junior college level. The Vandals…
Item: Mail may show up less often after cut: Post office considers five-day delivery/Washington Post.More Info: Worsening economic conditions and the changing habits of Americans are threatening to do to the U.S. Postal Service what few things can: stop delivery of the mail, at least…
Special Olympic athletes Arnold Morgado, left, from Twin Falls,Idaho, and Ben Rigby, from Pocatello, Idaho, hold the miner's lamp this morning that carried the Flame of Hope into Coeur d'Alene, Idaho and the torch so it can be carried across Idfho. The Special Olympics Flame…
Not all girls like pink and Palmer, expressed concern that pressure to conform to a fluffy princess image of girliness will harm them. However, Spokane author Michael Gurian doesn’t think color preference is cause for worry. In the same article he said, “My daughters love…
The title paraphrases Nixon's famous petulant quote after he lost the California Governor's race in 1962, and it appears Sali won't go gently into that good night. He's itchin' for a rematch with Minnick after several thousand of his party abandoned him last time to…
"We're looking at those founders as our inspiration as how to do less with more" -- NIC PRmeister John Martin to Joint Finance & Appropriations Committee, as quoted in the CDA Press today.Question: Do you think John misspoke? Or was he misquoted?
Pedestrians stop to watch a live broadcast in downtown Chicago, of impeached Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich deliver his closing argument at his impeachment trial in Springfield, Ill., Thursday. (AP Photo/Charles Rex Arbogast)
Gore testified Wednesday to the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, of which Idaho freshman Sen. Risch is a member. Milbanks reported on their exchange: "What does your modeling tell you about how long we're going to be around as a species?" Risch asked. "’The…
So, the majority Democrats in the House voted for and passed by themselves the President’s so-called stimulus plan, what Michelle Malkin is calling the Generational Theft Act of 2009. Not a single Republican voted for it, including Idaho’s Rep Mike Simpson thank goodness. But one…
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.
