The Idaho men's basketball team is participating in postseason play for the first time since the 1989-90 season. The Vandals (16-15) will play host to Drake on Wednesday in a first-round game of the CollegeInsider.com Postseason Tournament. Drake is 17-15 overall (finished 7-11 in the…
Washington State got its wish. The Cougars, a No. 7 seed, will take their 17-15 record into the NIT, facing St. Mary’s, a No. 2 seed, Tuesday night in Moraga, Calif., at 8 p.m. The game will be televised on ESPN2. For more on the…
The Gonzaga men’s basketball team, making its 11th-straight appearance in the NCAA men’s basketball tournament, drew Akron and will play in Portland on Thursday in the first round of the NCAA tournament. The Zags, 26-5 overall and a perfect 14-0 in the West Coast Conference,…
The Handle Extra debuts on Sunday today, with a coupla Merry Hucksters playing starring roles, including OrangeTV (with his Get Out! column), Betsy Russell (Eye On Boise tidbits) and yours truly with the print Huckleberries column. You'll also get Nils Rosdahl and weatherwoman Michelle Boss.…
Major John Chamness of The Salvation Army near the climbing wall at the Ray & Joan Kroc Community Center in Coeur d'Alene earlier this winter. The Kroc Center is one of three community centers that will open in Coeur d'Alene or Spokane in the next…
What kinds of do-it-yourself projects are you starting to do in order to save money?/Idaho Statesman.Car maintenance (changing oil, air filters and lights)Household fixes (plumbing, electrical, construction)Sewing and mending of clothesFood preparation (making your own pizza, bread, preparing sack lunches)Lawn care, landscaping and gardeningHousehold cleaning…
WinCo Foods is filing the preliminary paperwork for a 95,000-square-foot store in the northeast corner of the intersection of Appleway and Ramsey Road in Coeur d’Alene. The physical store itself is at least two years away in the acreage that now is a combination gravel-sand…
Councilman Mike Kennedy can’t do a thing right, as far as Dan Gookin and his OpenCdA.com playmates are concerned. In a recent post, Gookin slammed Kennedy for leaving his seat for coffee during the March 3 council meeting, not once but twice. Harrumphed Gookin: “What…
The Hudson’s experience is a bit like old-timey Blues or Country music, some really get into it and some just don’t appreciate its history and raw, essential simplicity. Obviously, the majority of local old timers (of all ages) fall into the former category, and some…
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.
