A man prepares to climb to safety after fire department rescuers threw a rope down to him near the underside of the Monroe Street Bridge on Wednesday. Spokane rescue crews used a car from the Riverfront Park Skyride to bring a man up from the…
The Associated Press reports that Idaho Tax Commission Chairman Royce Chigbrow allegedly tried to use his position to help a friend embroiled in a dispute with a former employer. The allegations, revealed in emails and documents that the AP obtained under the Idaho Public Records…
Things got a little wild west-ish on the blog yesterday. Politics makes strange blogfellows and all that. Anyhow, today is a fresh snowy slate-- for most of us. I've got a busy day ahead what with less than 48 hours left to fufill my 2010…
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo NEW YORK (Reuters) – Former Obama administration auto industry czar Steven Rattner agreed to pay $10 million to resolve lawsuits by New York's attorney general over kickbacks allegedly paid to do business with the state's pension fund. Rattner is…
Rooney Mara and Jesse Eisenberg star in “The Social Network.” DENVER, Colo. -- It was the best of movies, it was the worst of movies, and Movies in Toto is here to tally both lists for your consideration. The good news is three of the…
WASHINGTON – Failed U.S. Senate candidate Christine O'Donnell said Thursday that accusations she misspent campaign funds are politically motivated and stoked by disgruntled former campaign workers. The Delaware Republican appeared on several network morning shows to defend herself a day after The Associated Press reported…
It seems that food allergies are more prevalent today than ever. It’s commonplace for food labels to warn that their products may have come in contact with nuts and for preschools to ban nuts of any kind. Indeed food allergies are on the rise in…
JERUSALEM – Former Israeli President Moshe Katsav was convicted of rape Thursday, a dramatic fall from grace for a man who rose from humble beginnings to become a symbol of achievement for the nation's Jewish underclass. The disgraced politician, who had rejected a plea bargain…
Merrymakers watch the early fireworks show finale obscure the clock tower in Riverfront Park Monday evening, Dec. 31, 2007 at First Night, the New Year's Eve celebration in downtown Spokane. On Dec. 31, 2001, Spokane grappled for the first time with a concept called First…
Moving this up from yesterday as new information has been forthcoming. At Open Cda commenter Appalled says: "Over a year ago I formally complained by affidavit to the BOCC and Barry McHugh regarding among other things Sandy Martinson’s operation of a bank account in an…
LOS ANGELES – Nintendo’s 3DS video game system might be hazardous to the health of children younger than 6, according to a warning posted Wednesday on the Japanese video game company’s website. “Vision of children under the age of 6 (is in) the developmental stage,”…
They could have been home watching television or playing video games. They could have spent the evening catching up on homework or texting their friends. Instead, a group of teens spent a recent evening learning to tie rope rescue knots. As members of Spokane County…
Arleen Grose was stunned to learned that her main source of transportation will be cut after today. The Hayden 75-year-old is among those affected by the sudden stoppage of the Kootenai Area Transit System (KATS) in urban Kootenai County and the North Idaho Community Express…
LarrySpencer on OpenCda:New allegations from anonymous source on December 30 at 9:35 a.m. Uncovering corruption in Corrupt d Alene is as easy as shooting fish in a barrel. It is easier that that, actually. It is like shooting big fish in a small barrel with…
Sledders, boarders and parents stand perched atop a hill at Valley Mission Park ready to take to the slopes. A Spokane man was arrested after two children he was towing on a sled behind an ATV slammed into a parked police car, sending the kids…
When Carl and Mara Crowell decided to open their specialty pet boutique, Pawpular Companions, in Liberty Lake, they turned to SCORE Spokane and found the help they needed. A new year often marks fresh beginnings or serves as an impetus to act on long-held dreams.…
COEUR d'ALENE - Coeur d'Alene police investigating a suspected case of embezzlement by a former longtime Kootenai County employee have determined about $139,000 is unaccounted for from a 10-year period. Coeur d'Alene detectives received a report Dec. 7 from Kootenai County Clerk-Auditor Dan English of…
An Air India plane is seen at Newark Liberty International Airport on Sunday during a snowstorm that caused thousands of flights to be canceled in the Northeast. NEW YORK – With many streets still unplowed, New Yorkers are griping that their billionaire mayor is out…
LOS ANGELES – Coming soon to a grocery store near you: Those nutrition labels slapped on everything from cereal to soda pop will soon be required on packages of meat. T he U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday that the new rule, slated to go…
The Gonzaga men’s basketball team shook off a little rust, incorporated Steven Gray back in the lineup and pulled away from Lafayette College 83-55 Wednesday at the McCarthey Athletic Center. Post-Christmas break games haven’t been kind to Gonzaga in recent seasons. The Bulldogs had dropped…
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.
