Gonzaga's Steven Gray (32) shoots over St. Mary's Mitchell Young of Australia, in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game tonight in Moraga, Calif. Gonzaga led throughout and won 89-82. Jim Meehan's SportsLink story here. And: ESPN boxscore here. (AP Photo/Dino Vournas)California 93,…
Now that the Seahawks have signed Pete Carroll on to coach the Seahawks, we can look at his salary and squirm. ESPN, in its infinite wisdom, has made this painful process easier by cooking up a calculator to help ordinary Seattleites figure out just how…
An immature bald eagle fights with two adult bald eagles while the birds eat a goose carcass at Union Reservoir in Longmont, Colo., on Wednesday. A fourth adult bald eagle later joined the group before the birds dispersed. (AP Photo/Longmont Times-Call, Richard M. Hackett)
I'll be back around 8 o'clock tonight to post the running boxscore for Gonzaga's showdown with tougher-than-nails St. Mary's in Moraga, Calif. The Zags had a tough time at Portland's Chiles Arena Thursday. This one will be ever bit as tough as that. ESPN2 will…
For 25 years, P.J. Trzeciak has been turning gawky teens into self-confident young women. When she started a small modeling agency with $500 and some rented tables and chairs she had no idea what would blossom from those humble beginnings. “I never dreamed it would…
Moscow Minidoka e-mailed this poster from the University of Idaho, announcing the bash planned for the University of Idaho football team for its win over Bowling Green in the Humanitarian Bowl. Gov. Butch Otter will be one of the guests. E-mails MM: "Otter's timing is…
Kristyne De Mott, wearing a wedding, dress holds up a sign for Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby before an NHL hockey action between the Penguins and the Calgary Flames in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, Wednesday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff McIntosh)Top Cutlines:1. After…
5:35 p.m. 16YO male suffered cut and busted knuckles on hand after hitting a horse on Chase Road, a half mile north of Hayden Avenue. Horse went through vehicle window. Horse can't be found.5:27 p.m. All lights at i/s of Highways 95 & 53 are…
Proprietor Steve Widmyer plans to roll out the chicken wings, meatballs, and other fare in mid-February to host Blogfest VI at his Fort Ground Grill in Coeur d'Alene's Fortground area. Steve and I will put the finishing touches on the fare for the event in…
The Gaels have made it pretty tough on their opponents, too. St. Mary's scores 82.5 points per game, has center Omar Samhan averaging a double-double (20.8 points, 10.9 rebounds) and employs an efficient backcourt: Mickey McConnell leads the WCC with a 2.5-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio. Matthew…
Ha Mok-Min, right, and Bae Yeong Ho hold their trophies after winning the LG Mobile Worldcup World Championship today in New York. The Koreans won the top prize in the competition, which tested the speed and accuracy of the participants typing messages on mobile phones.…
Spokane County residents may want to avoid backyard sunbathing in April. That’s when county Assessor Ralph Baker (pictured) wants to take a series of high-resolution, low-altitude aerial photographs that promise to make goose pimples visible around the globe. At least, the photos would show new…
Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, wants the president to poke the powers-that-be in college football by inviting Alabama and Boise State to visit the White House, the latest move in Hatch's ongoing offensive against the Bowl Championship Series. It is customary for the president to invite…
Jenny smokes a marijuana cigarette at a medical marijuana rally at Lincoln Park across from the Capitol in Denver, on Thursday. (AP Photo/Ed Andrieski)Question: Sometimes, the poll results on this blog amaze me. I know the comments section is pretty balanced among conservatives, liberals, and…
Clayton Cramer (pictured), a conservative Idaho blogger and former legislative candidate from the Boise area, asks an interesting question in a short post recently: "How many other bloggers get threats to try and get them fired from their day jobs?" He didn't explain the question.…
It will now be possible - and because it will be so convenient, I suspect it will happen routinely - for many legislators to move from their private offices down a non-public hallway and into a hearing room. From the new "garden level" offices lawmakers…
The House State Affairs Committee has voted 13-4 to introduce legislation proposed by Rep. Lynn Luker, R-Boise, to eliminate the current $1 checkoff on tax returns through which Idahoans can donate to political parties. The money doesn’t come out of people’s refunds, so doing the…
Americans love holidays. Especially holidays that revolve around food. We’ve got Thanksgiving. We’ve got the Fourth of July. But how about a day to celebrate one of the nation’s favorite desserts? We’ve got that too. Jan. 23 is National Pie Day. Created by the American…
Rico, a Belgian malinois, wears a harness that lets people know that he is part of the Spokane Police Department Wednesday, which was graduation day for three new police dogs at the Spokane Police Academy, where K9 cops train as well. (Jesse Tinsley/SR)Winter slumber: Bears,…
11:03 a.m. Resident of 5300 block of Wolf Lodge Creek reports theft of chainsaws.11:01 a.m. Post Falls Family Physicians has called for an ambulance to transport a female who has a head wound from falling in the shower.11:00 a.m. An occupied, white vehicle has broken…
A North Idaho man has been re-arrested on additional felony rape charges. Post Falls Police say Jordan Vernon, 20, was arrested again on Tuesday for three additional felony rape of a minor charges. Vernon already faces five similar charges. He is accused of meeting teen…
He Pingping of China, 21, sits on the foot of Sultan Kosen of Turkey, 27, during an event organized by Guinness World Records in Istanbul, Turkey, Thursday. The towering Turk, Kosen, is the tallest man walking the planet with a height of 246.5 cm (…
Crapo also cited a Wall Street Journal/NBC News poll in December that showed the Tea Party movement has higher favorable ratings than either the Democratic or Republican parties. The poll found 41 percent of respondents said they had a very or somewhat favorable view of…
Item: 'I can do some good for somebody': Retired nurse, Carlin Bay resident heads to Haiti to help/Bill Buley, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: When Deanna King heard about the earthquake that hit the capital of Haiti on Tuesday, she knew what she had to do.…
Make no mistake, times are tough in Idaho, nevertheless, what Otter has suggested - and he has proposed elimination of several small agencies, including the 40-year-old Idaho Human Rights Commission - is more about philosophy than budgets. Otter has suggested, by virtue of his budget…
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.
