I was running way ahead in my posting this evening, expecting to go home early, grab a bite, and sit back to watch Washington State play Texas Pan-American. Then, all the lights went off, from a little after 5 until a little after 5:15. Everything…
John Toomey, the naughty Santa Claus who was fired from Macy's, visits with nine-year-old Retta Campbell of Sebastopol, Calif., on the first day of his new job in San Francisco. Toomey lost his 20-year job playing St. Nick at the Macy's downtown San Francisco store…
Kerri Thoreson, host of the Monday morning KVNI Main Street show, wants to know if any of you have questions that you want her to ask me when I'm on her show Monday morning (7:40 on AM-1080). Kerri posts this comment: "For anyone outside of…
5:55 p.m. PFPD Blue has stopped vehicle involved in 5:35 p.m. WalMart shoplifting try.5:54 p.m. Unattended death reported @ Dee Court & Reed/Hayden.5:35 p.m. PFPD Blue is looking for a man wearing a baseball cap with a skull on it who tried to leave WalMart/PF…
Eastern Washington football coach Beau Baldwin congratulates Mario Brown after his fourth-quarter TD in last week's playoff win against Southeast Missouri State. Baldwin was only 11 years old when his father died unexpectedly of a major heart attack. Now, he's poised to lead his No.…
Purdue's Brittany Rayburn (5) hits Texas A&M's Sydney Carter in the face during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday in College Station, Texas. Rayburn was ejected from the game for the flagrant foul. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)Top…
When Urban Meyer suddenly announced his retirement on Tuesday evening it did not take long for the rumor mill to begin churning out names for who would be his successor in Gainesville. One name that has consistently come up to replace Urban Meyer has been…
One of the things I’ve learned over time as a photojournalist is to follow sound to a good photo. Tonight (Wednesday), as I was shooting my first high school basketball game of the season, I heard a loud scream coming from the bleachers. As I…
President Barack Obama joins former President Bill Clinton as he speaks in the briefing room of the White House in Washington on Friday. Clinton implored Democrats to back the tax-cut deal that President Barack Obama negotiated with Republicans. MSNBC story here. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)Question:…
Idaho GOP Chairman Norm Semanko has been appointed as general counsel for the Republican National Committee, according to RNC chairman Michael Steele. In a news release, Steele said: “I am delighted to have someone with not only the legal and political acumen that Norm possesses,…
In the comments section, Lynne writes: "Does anyone happen to have a spy in the kitchen at Tito Macaroni's? I must have the recipe for their romano crusted chicken salad and the dressing before Tito's is gone forever (sob)." And Angela, on the Tito Macaroni's…
Hawaii slotback Greg Salas, center, holds up the WAC championship trophy as Hawaii head coach Greg McMackin, right, looks on at the end of the NCAA college football game against UNLV at Aloha Stadium, Saturday in Honolulu. Hawaii defeated UNLV 59-21. The Hawaii victory won…
On his Facebook page, former SR buddy Ken Paulman writes that "he saw someone indifferently place a Tickle Me Elmo doll back on the shelf at Goodwill yesterday. Remember when people were beating the hell out of each other to get those things?" I didn't…
An interesting thing happened this fall in our tiny circle of homeschooling friends. 3 of the 4 families we’ve grown closest to over the years decided to quit homeschooling. Each of them had a different reason. One was due to the economy and the need…
Item: Expulsion unlikely in Columbia Falls (Mont.) High gun case/Kristi Albertson, Daily Inter LakeMore Info: Under school policy, DeReu faces an expulsion hearing, which is scheduled for 6 p.m. Monday in the district office’s board meeting room. But district Superintendent Michael Nicosia said it’s unlikely…
More than a dozen Idaho river advocates gathered in front of the Idaho Transportation Department’s headquarters today to deliver a 50-pound bag of peanuts to DMV administrator Alan Frew. “The people who oppose the megaloads are not ‘nuts,’ Mr. Frew,” declared Bill Sedivy, executive director…
Demonstrators jump from the top of a bonfire in Parliament Square in London as students protest planned tuition fee increases. Students were so incensed over the decision by British Parliament to triple university fees that some even attacked the Rolls Royce carrying Prince Charles and…
Assuming someone else's identity up to 30 hours a week isn't a normal curriculum for University of Idaho students, but it's been a large part of Lucas Tate's life since 2006. He retired from playing Joe Vandal, the UI's burly yet friendly mascot, this spring…
Noon: Coeur d'Alene police activity report for Dec. 11-12 here.11:54 a.m. A father has pulled a knife on his son in the 15000 block of Mill/Rathdrum.11:38 a.m. Caller is willing to sign a complaint against driver of dark-blue semi who is swerving & speeding on…
Elizabeth Smart addresses the media outside the federal court house following the guilty verdict in the Brian David Mitchell trial today in Salt Lake City. Mitchell was found guilty for the June 5, 2002 kidnapping of Elizabeth Smart. (AP Photo/Colin E Braley) More here. (AP…
Sen. Brent Hill, whose colleagues elected pro tem earlier this month, opined in 2005 that Medicaid's spending is out of control. Wrote Hill, "When a small number of cells in an otherwise healthy body multiply without control, healthy tissue is destroyed and survival of the…
Thursday Poll: Hucks Nation doesn't believe the Gonzaga Bulldogs (now 4-4) will win the 2011 West Coast Conference title. 47 of 105 respondents (45.19%) said the struggling Zags will fail to win this season's conference title. 27 of 105 respondents (25.96%) said they will win…
The Heisman Trophy finalists, from left, Oregon's Le Michael James, Stanford's Andrew Luck, Boise State's Kellen Moore, and Auburn's Cam Newton are shown. The Heisman Trophy, awared to college football's top player, will be presented on Saturday in New York. (AP Photo/File)Question: Obviously, Cam Newton…
Despite widespread talk of economic recovery, jobs that pay enough to meet a family’s needs in Idaho are few and far between, according to a new report released today and prepared by the Alliance for a Just Society. The 2010 Northwest Job Gap Report, Searching…
Tom Hasslinger of the Coeur d'Alene Press reports this morning that the three people who cast illegal votes during the 2009 Coeur d'Alene city elections -- Nancy E. White, Ronald E. Prior, and Susan R. Harris -- are being charged with one count of illegal…
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.
