EJS: I like the huckleberries system, that's a great idea. Something like one to five huckleberries with one stop below with complete sour berry and one higher as in hot huckleberry pie. Flo, yes indeed overall value is a selection as well. I'm willing to…
This undated photo provided by Jen Gallardo shows a billboard on the corner of 52nd St. and Broadway in New York featuring a photo of Charles Phillips and YaVaughnie Wilkins. Phillips, a co-president of software maker Oracle, acknowledges he had an affair with a woman…
EJS has dubbed The Porch on E. Miles Avenue to be the first venue for the new HBO Grub Club. Now, you Berry Pickers have a week to dine there and prepare some thoughts re: the restaurant fare, service, bathroom cleanliness, etc. We'll begin the…
Every time I hear the music from about 1980-1984, I'm back to Spokane. I'm geared up, fired up, screwed up; I'm deep in grief, deeply depressed, dire and alone; I'm walking the streets, riding the bus, riding my bike, riding my ass; I'm shopping at…
UI Vandals footballers enjoyed being the center of attention as the community and college celebrated their Dec. 30 Humanitarian Bowl victory over Bowling Green. Holly Bowen's story in the Moscow-Pullman Daily News here.UI president warns against further budger cuts/Betsy Russell, SRDistrict fighting suit brought by…
Bikini-clad golf fans applaud as the final competitors arrive at the 18th green during the second round of the Mitsubishi Electric Championship golf tournament on Saturday at Kaupulehu-Kona, Hawaii. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Chris Stewart)Top Cutlines:1. Tiger Babes in waiting -- JeanieS.2. Tiger struggled…
6:07 p.m. Super 1/Post Falls has caught 2 male shoplifters who were cooperative at first but are starting to get belligerent.5:41 p.m. Macy's/Silverlake Mall clerk reports that a shopper had his vehicle stolen.5:11 p.m. Post Falls male reports that his 25YO pregnant wife left in…
Rep. Carlos Bilbao, R-Emmett, offered a plan Monday to increase punishments levied on those who graffiti traffic signs and buildings. Bilbao pitched the proposal to the House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee. Bilboa cited the costs of cleanup as his reasoning for bringing the legislation…
Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns offers yet another viewtiful landscape of her neck of the woods. Cucumber quandary: Stickman saves the day/Bent's Beer GardenWhistling past the graveyard/Dogwalk MusingsIs fat my destiny?/From A Simple MindFavorite movie with understated actors/Gathering Around the TableFifth Avenue Restaurant and Mitzy's…
In this Friday photo, a Los Angeles City firefighter on a harness on a helicopter rescues a dog from the Los Angeles River. The dog was hoisted from the Los Angeles River by helicopter after trying to scramble up the steep concrete sides for more…
The other most common idea on the list is to alter how Idaho treats convicted criminals, but among those calling for changes, there is no one-size-fits-all answer. Many respondents felt the state should do more to assess the needs of convicted persons and determine if…
Sen. Joyce Broadsword, R-Sagle, persuaded the Senate Judiciary Committee today to introduce legislation prompted by the case of a 3-year-old St. Maries child whose severe abuse cost her both feet, a finger and a kidney, but whose abuser got just 10 years in prison, the…
OK, Berry Pickers, we have a name and a site for the first review en masse of a local eatery. The name, HBO Grub Club. The first target, er, restaurant to be reviewed in the next week is The Porch, 1658 East Miles Avenue, Hayden…
The U.S. figure skating team waves to the crowd following an exhibition after the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in Spokane. From left are Benjamin Agosto, Tanith Belbin, Johnny Weir, Mirai Nagasu, Evan Lysacek, Emily Samuelson, Evan Bates, Jeremy Abbott, Caydee Denny, Jeremy Barrett, Amanda Evora,…
Item: More and more skiers, snowboarders wearing helmets at Bozeman-area resorts/Amanda Ricker, Bozeman ChronicleMore Info: Nearly 50 percent of all skiers and snowboarders in the United States wear helmets these days, up from about 25 percent during the 2002-2003 ski season, according to the National…
Was it really only a year ago that Boise State guard Anthony Thomas guaranteed nothing but wins against Idaho for the rest of his Bronco career? Nobody is promising anything about tonight's arch-rivalry game at the Kibbie Dome, pitting teams with a combined 1-12 conference…
I live with a geneticist and a feminist, so as you can imagine my opportunities for touting the superiority of men are limited. Luckily, I came upon an article in the journal Nature that claims the Y chromosome — the thing that makes a man…
Charlie White carries his partner Meryl Davis on his back and legs as they glide backwards during their gold medal winning performance in the Championship Dance of the U.S. Figure Skating Championships in the Spokane Arena Saturday in Spokane. (Christopher Anderson/SR)Cartoon: Carrie Nation meets doobie…
I personally know the relatives of people who have been killed by drunks who have been caught and convicted of DUI more than once. I also knew my neighbor, a teacher and mother, who was killed by an intoxicated driver who already had at least…
Joker: You know, I was doing some thinking and it might be possible for Jim Brannon to lose money on his own fundraiser. Assuming the Greenbriar Inn isn't giving away dinner and drinks, any smart business would charge Jim Brannon or Mary Full of Grace…
President Barack Obama stands with Los Angeles Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, in the East Room of the White House in Washington this morning during a ceremony honoring the 2009 NBA basketball champions Los Angeles Lakers. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)Question: Who'd you rather have campaign for a…
Noon: Spirit Lake police are responding to an accidental, self-inflicted BB shot injury.11:53 a.m. Moe reports the theft of a violin.11:39 a.m. Caller reports that someone in an e/b maroom Escort is throwing beer cans out the window on I-90 @ M/P 5 (Spokane Street).…
Item: You're number 1: Alaska village up first in census/Associated PressMore Info: Census workers and trained locals are expected to take a week to interview the rest of Noorvik's residents, using the same 10-question forms to be mailed to most households on March 15. Census…
With the success of this past football season, Vandal fans were finally able to trade the paper bags over their heads for T-shirts, hats and sweatshirts proudly emblazoned with logos of silver and gold. The team notched its first winning record and bowl game win…
A New Orleans Saints fan stomps on a stuffed bear dressed in a Minnesota Vikings jersey as Alleta Rohr, left, and her daughter, Rhonda, right, drag it down Bourbon Street in the French Quarter before an NFC conference championship football game between the Minnesota Vikings…
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.
