Supporters of United States's biathlete Sara Studebaker celebrate during the women's 4x6 km biathlon relay at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Whistler, British Columbia, today. (AP Photo/Jens Meyer)Question: Have any of you ever painted your body to show support for a sports team or athlete?
Blogfest is now officially behind us. The Olympics are still with us. And the sun is shining on this Mother of All Nice Inland Northwest winters. I forgot to mention here that I encountered some of the area's best and brightest walking along the waterfront…
Item: WSU researchers studying role lack of sleep plays in decisions/John Stucke, SRMore Info: Need another reason to get eight hours of sleep each night? Washington State University researchers say sleep-deprived people make poor decisions because they struggle to remember and interpret important information. Hans…
Coeur d’Alene artist Joan Grey Smith is inspired by the grass that covers the Earth, which she describes as so ordinary yet primary to the existence of the world. Her prints and pastels on this subject will be featured in an exhibit titled “Grass Roots”…
Yolanda Turner, 34, of Head Turner Styling Studio in Greensboro, N.C., puts a string of pearls around her model, Dionne Battle, 32, left, to enhance the Titanic-theme fantasy hairstyle she creates backstage before the Bronner Brothers Fantasy Hair Show in Atlanta on Sunday. You write…
5:35 p.m. Caller smells natural gas @ H41 & Prairie/Rathdrum.5:19 p.m. Patrol officer reports an oil slick of 75 to 100 feet is spreading out from Honeysuckle Beach/Hayden. Hazmat team has been called.5:12 p.m. Caller wants an unwanted person removed from A Street & Idaho.3:25…
I felt as though I have just come from "A Tale of Two Sightings" of the Ward for Congress campaign yesterday. First I had a very positive and enjoyable conversation with Vaughn Ward, candidate for Congress in the 1st CD. We discussed many issues, including…
Rep. Dick Harwood, R-St. Maries, has asked the House Resources Committee to let him withdraw his road-kill bill, HB 562, and the committee agreed unanimously. “My intention with this bill was just to make it real simple, if you see a dead furbearer out on…
Kootenai County Commissioner Rich Piazza announced his candidacy for a second term of office today, pledging close scrutiny in holding down expenses and taxes, maintaining infrastructure, promoting job creation and addressing county growth issues. "I’m a Reagan conservative," he said, "but I serve ALL the…
Item: Coeur d'Alene may cut back outdoors drinking: Proposal would cut one hour from sidewalk dining/Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: The city of Coeur d'Alene might scale back late night drinking - at least outdoors. The city's General Services Committee is recommending the city…
A promotional poster for the play "Avenue Q." Puppet cleavage has been ruled out for advertising posters in Colorado Springs, Colo., bus shelters. Lamar Advertising rejected posters for a touring production of the Broadway show because they show the cleavage of a fuzzy pink puppet.…
The House Resources Committee has agreed to send HB 531 to the House’s amending order with committee amendments attached, to clear up a wording problem in the bill. The measure, from Rep. Judy Boyle, R-Midvale, would make all hunting licenses and tags secret, plus add…
CPD Blues are still looking for the driver of a vehicle that plowed into a home on Master's Drive Monday morning. Remember? It was an AM Scanner Traffic item. A patrol officer spotted the silver car driving erratically on Fairway Drive and then turn onto…
I remember the night that I took my youngest brother, Doug, to see “Easy Rider.” We sat through the entire film - the chopper-preening, the mustachio-grandstanding, the smoke-huffing - only to be faced with that ridiculous ending, which would become from that point on a…
American missionary arrested on child kidnapping charges, Laura Silsby, 40, speaks to the press after leaving the courtroom in Port-au-Prince earlier today. Behind her is fellow missionary Charisa Coulter, 24, (orange blouse) and both are from Meridian. Now, it's reported that they should be freed…
Bill Moos said yes today to Washington State University’s offer to replace Jim Sterk as athletic director, a source confirmed to The Spokesman-Review. Moos told WSU president Elson S. Floyd he would accept an offer, made last Thursday. Terms of the deal have not been…
Ryan Bedford, the American flag seen in his hair, reacts after his race during the men's 10,000 meter speed skating race at the Richmond Olympic Oval at the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, earlier today. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)Question: Does it bug you to…
I didn't think much about retirement until I turned 60 in November. Now, I find myself using the statement: "I don't know how many more years I'll be doing this." Why am I bringing this up now? I thought about the future of Huckleberries while…
After years of taking millions from gullible Americans, the scam artists have taken to Craigslist. The old scams aren’t capable of bringing in the easy money like they used to, so the scam artists have evolved and found a new tactic. The new scam involves…
Monday Poll: A supermajority of 79 of 110 respondents (72 percent) of you Berry Pickers opposed the Idaho House action this week to pass the abortion and emergency contraception “conscience” bill. Only 23 of 110 (21%) backed the House vote.Today's Poll (in the lefthand rail):…
The hearing set for 1:30 on HCR 42, the measure to block a scheduled 1 percent COLA for state retirees, has been canceled - which means the bill is now dead. Sen. John Andreason, R-Boise, chairman of the Senate Commerce & Human Resources Committee, said,…
In this image released by Comic Connect Corp., a the June 1938 cover of "Action Comics" that first featured Superman, is shown. Originally selling for 10 cents, the rare comic book has sold for a record-smashing $1M in New York. Story here. (AP Photo/Comic Connect…
Those people who donate blood are a noble lot. It is a selfless act to donate not just blood, but the accompanying time and effort. Even with the promise of cookies and juice in the end, my fear of needles and complete uneasiness in seeing…
11:24 a.m. EMTs are bringing a pregnant 21YO domestic abuse victim to KMC.11:21 a.m. Deputies have decided that a burglary has occurred @ the Athol residence on Victory Lane (10:29 a.m. entry).11:07 a.m. Steven @ Western Ranch & Howard/Athol wants to see an officer re:…
Rhonda Smith of Sevierville, Tenn. pauses as she testifies about her Lexus' apparent sudden acceleration earlier today on Capitol Hill in Washington while appearing before the the House Oversight and Investigations subcommittee. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)You can use this Wild Card to discuss politics in general.…
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.
