Former Mike: I took part in a medical mission to Haiti about seven years ago and every reputable organization knows the rules and the problems with Haitian children being improperly taken into the DR. In my opinion this group was just being holier than thou…
Host Mario Lopez watches Miss Virginia Caressa Cameron react after being crowned Miss America by Katie Stam Miss America 2009 at The Planet Hollywood Resort & Casino in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Eric Jamison)Question: Has Miss Idaho ever finished in the top 10?
1. My birthday is in January. It always gives me something to look forward to after Christmas. This year I got a homemade yellow cake with chocolate frosting baked by my mom.2. League play begins for college basketball so the Zags play on television frequently.3.…
We're off to a good start as we welcome February this morning. We've kicked off the HBO Grub Club, asking for your reviews of The Porch in Hayden. And we've exposed another of OpenCDA.com's unfounded accusations re: the removal of the tennis courts from McEuen…
At As The Lake Churns, Pecky Cox snapped this photo of Friday's moon at 5 p.m. over Luby Bay on Priest Lake.Cartoon: Deja vu all over again/Milt Priggee, Seattle P-IIdaho senators blast Obama budget, Minnick gives mixed reviews/Kevin Richert, StatesmanHaiti PM: Idaho Baptists knew removing…
Mary Casey, left, collides with fellow Booker T. Washington students Caitlin Cash and Gentry Klawitter, right, as the group sledded down a hill in Tulsa, Okla. Saturday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Tulsa World , Stephen Holman)Top Cutlines:1. Democrats get tangled up as their…
5:08 p.m. A female who has been ordered by the courts not to step in a bar has left her 4 children with another female en route to a tavern.4:58 p.m. A male may be sitting with a gun in a vehicle at the Fairway…
So fast forward to Taryn's studio. I was a little nervous, but she put me completely at ease. She was such a good sport about all the outfits I had brought! She changed backdrops twice because she thought the black backdrop would look better with…
Parsing through this: There’s no meaningful doubt that Hurst and Iverson-Long are reporters: They’re doing that work. They produce news reports, by any reasonable definition. They’re covering the legislature. At the Statehouse. Their reports are disseminated to the public at large. The issue is in…
First lady Michelle Obama speaks about childhood obesity Thursday at the YMCA in Alexandria, Va. Meanwhile, a study released by the Idaho State Department of Education reveals that 30.5 percent of Idaho children are overweight or obese, including 25 percent of the first-graders. Damon Hunzeker's…
"Unemployed sucks. Yesterday, I heard back from two of my most recent spate of about 10 job applications. One was a sorry-we-decided-not-to-hire-anyone and the other was a sorry-we-decided-not-to-hire-you. When I was a young fiction writer with stars in my eyes, I used to save my…
According to Tribal Police, the Benewah County Sheriff’s Department has acted improperly on several occasions while serving misdemeanor warrants on tribal members. They stated that Sheriff’s deputies enter the homes of tribal members by force without the benefit of a search warrant in an attempt…
Ben Grundy wants to be treated like everyone else on the cheerleading squad. Instead, the 17-year-old senior at Garfield-Palouse High School says he's been treated differently because he's the only boy on the team. "I want to perform in dance routines and do all the…
OK, you Berry Pickers have had a week now to dine at The Porch on West Miles Avenue in Hayden. EagleKeeper told me yesterday that he and his wife enjoyed their meal their over the weekend, with one reservation. As you know, we launched the…
American citizens pose for a photo at police headquarters in the international airport of Port-au-Prince Saturday. Ten Americans were detained by Haitian police on Saturday as they tried to bus 33 children across the border into the Dominican Republic, allegedly without proper documents. In the…
Hostess Bob 'Sandy Beach' Hitchen, center, leads the dancers of past winners and contestants though a dance number during the Miss'd America Pageant at Boardwalk Hall, in Atlantic City, NJ, Sunday. New Jersey Star Ledger story here. (AP Photo/Ben Fogletto, The Press of Atlantic City)Question…
CoeurGenX: So I receive a call this morning from a Mr. Erin Jenkins with Confidential Investigations. He is asking questions about the city election with Jim Brannon and Mike K. My first question back to him was how did he get my name and number.…
Noon: A vehicle is broken down in the turn lane of H95 & Cherry, creating a traffic hazard.11:48 a.m. A new vehicle w/a dealer's plate is speeding on Appleway.11:33 a.m. Cheryl on Lolo Drive/Rathdrum reports that neighbor was shooting to close to her home this…
Two Haitian police officers sit next to Charisa Coulter, 24, of Boise, one of the 10 Americans who were arrested while trying to bus children out of Haiti without proper documents or government permission, as she rests on a cot at the University of Miami's…
The race with the most competitive fundraising is the 1st Congressional District. Several websites analyzing Congressional races, including CQ Politics and The Cook Political Report, are calling the race a tossup. Democrat Walt Minnick had more than $810,000 cash on hand and $250,000 in debt…
San Francisco’s upset win over Gonzaga dropped the Bulldogs to No. 17 in the Associated Press poll and No. 13 in ESPN/USA Today’s Top 25. GU was 13th and 8th, respectively, a week ago. Saint Mary’s, tied for first in the WCC with Gonzaga, received…
Councilman MikeK: The courts were removed sometime in October/November of 2009. Doug Eastwood had notified the council of this. The plan was to have the courts replaced in a Committee of Nine redo of McEuen Field, but for many reasons that hasn't ever happened. Courts…
'Catcher in the Rye' Poll: 65 of 110 (59%) said they have read the late J.D. Salinger's "Catcher in the Rye." Another 12 of 110 (11%) said they haven't read the book but would like to do so. Only 7 of 110 said they haven't…
A historical marker is shown in front of the former F.W. Woolworth store at the International Civil Rights Center and Museum in Greensboro, N.C. Four college freshmen walked into a Greensboro, N.C., dime store on Monday, Jan. 1 1960, bought a few items, then sat…
Contrary to what you might have read at OpenCDA.com, the city of Coeur d'Alene has no plans to replace the tennis courts at McEuen Field with a parking structure of some sort. Read: Finance Director Troy Tymeson has no clandestine scheme to build a two-story…
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.
