Idaho's De Souza Luciano, right, pulls a rebound away from Nevada's Dario Hunt during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game at the Western Athletic Conference tournament in Reno, Nev., Thursday. Nevada eliminated Idaho from postseason play 87-71. ESPN boxscore here. (AP Photo/Rich…
Walter Schaar, a Fairfield resident, said the town believes its 100 years of marking Flag Day is the longest in the country. They have marked the occasion every year, although the record is a bit foggy for 1918, the year of the Spanish Influenza epidemic.…
"She was a gift from a friend," said Marvin Sevdy of Hayden Lake as he walked Babs, his Papillion on Monday. (Kathy Plonka/SR)
There's been only one new filing in local county and legislative races since we last checked the Web sites of the local elections department and the Secretary of State's office -- Repub Fred Meckel of Rathdrum has filed to run against Duane Rasmussen in the…
In the latest filings with the Secretary of State, state Sen. Joyce Broadsword, R-Sagle, appears to be facing a primary challenge from another Sagle resident, Dennis Englehardt in the far-flung District 2. Meanwhile, the dance card is beginning to fill up with 1st District Court…
Helo Hancock, legislative director for the Coeur d’Alene Tribe, gives some background for the House Judiciary Committee on land ownership on Indian reservations, and how they ended up, on some reservations like the Coeur d’Alenes’, in a checkerboard pattern of Indian and non-Indian ownership. You…
Spring breakers frolic for photographs during Spring Break at Daytona Beach, Fla., on Wednesday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel) Top Cutlines:1. I'm a creepy old guy with a martini/drooling in a manner unseemly/at the itsi bitsi teeny weeny/DAAY-tona beach bikini/in the…
5:04 p.m. A PFPD Blue reports a light pole is down but no wires are showing @ Willamette & Poleline/Post Falls.4:27 p.m. Someone is locked out of his white Voyager @ McDonalds/Rathdrum.4:25 p.m. A male has entered Taco Time, 2517 4th/CdA, after hitting his head…
Clayne Tyler, Clearwater County prosecutor, testifying on behalf of the Idaho Prosecuting Attorneys Association, spoke against HB 500, the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s law enforcement bill, but his comments riled Rep. Janice McGeachin, R-Idaho Falls. “‘Yielding to a foreign government’ - I have a problem with…
Benewah County Prosecutor Douglas Payne is at the Statehouse this afternoon arguing against the bill that would give the Coeur d'Alene Indian Tribe the power to arrest non-Indians on the reservation. (Photo by Betsy Russell, Eye On Boise)(Benewah County Prosecutor Douglas Payne) also said tribal…
Over the years, we’ve heard all the negative homeschool stereotypes. You know, like we’re just a bunch of anti-social gun nuts teaching our children that the Earth is 6,000 years old and the President is a Muslim communist. Okay, so that may actually be true…
In this 2004 AP file photo, Michael Newdow looks down at the fax copy of the Supreme Court's ruling preserving the phrase "one nation under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance outside his Sacramento, Calif., home. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled he didn't have legal…
"My three days as an early morning radio host concluded today," posts Councilwoman KerriT/More Main Street. "What a great time I had on the air at KVNI this week. There's an album of photos of the people who appeared on the show or in the…
Kathy Sims (pictured in SR file photo by Kathy Plonka), a former Republican state senator from Coeur d'Alene, has filed for retiring state Rep. George Sayler's House District 4 seat. Sims is a founding member of the new OpenCDA.com spinoff, Citizens for Honesty and Responsibility.…
They’re already running ads for "Cop Out" calling it the "No. 1 comedy in America." Sure it is. And beets taste like cotton candy. The funniest thing about "Cop Out," a "Beverly Hills Cop"-type comedy that tries to do for Tracy Morgan what "BHC" did…
I remember two years ago when I was really getting into gardening my wife caught me looking at backyard chicken books at the book store. She gasped and said, "Oh no! We are not getting chickens. I’m just getting used the compost pile." If I…
My favorite city beyond the confines of the Inland Northwest is Portland, Ore. I've had a good chance to spend time there since 1997 when the first of my two urchins checked into Portland area schools -- Junior at Linfield College in McMinnville and Amy…
Alisynn Thompson, 8, gets a couple of stuffed animals from Pat Enders of the Idaho Vandals Wednesday, while posing for photos at the Shriners Hospital in Spokane. The Humanitarian Bowl winners sent some players to visit children and hand out teddy bears from a teddy…
11:57 a.m. Motorist reports that a truck hit a light somewhere along Kathleen and turned it 90 degrees sideways.11:44 a.m. Caller reports that a 2003 pickup turning onto Howard from H54/Athol has expired tabs.11:19 a.m. Doris on 1400 block of Carpenter Loop/Post Falls reports she…
Gov. Butch Otter wants to save one of his favorite projects, a statewide broadband network connecting public schools, universities and businesses. He'd do well to protect the Idaho Education Network from his own staff. Otter budget chief Wayne Hammon did the project no favors by…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter said Wednesday night that he won't be introducing Ron Paul during his appearance at the Morrison Center on March 27. Otter said he was asked, but could not make it because of a prior commitment. "Ron Paul is a friend of…
This May 2, 2007, file photo shows Pro Football Hall of Fame lineman Merlin Olsen addressing a crowd during the Gridiron Legends Luncheon Series at the College Football Hall of Fame in South Bend, Ind. Olsen, who also starred in the old TV series, "Little…
Wednesday Poll: 56 of 113 respondents (50%) said Idaho has the best business climate among the 5 Northwest states. 21 of 113 (19%) picked Washington; 16 (14%) picked Wyoming; 11 (9%) picked Montana; and 9 (8%) picked Oregon.Today's Poll (in lefthand rail): Where should the…
Comcast Corporation Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Brian Roberts, flashes his thumbs up on Capitol Hill in Washington this morning, before the start of a Senate Commerce Committee hearing on consumers, competition, and the proposed Comcast-NBC merger. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Wild Card: You can discuss…
Since 1988, a national nonprofit with local ties has been facilitating humanitarian projects in Jamaica. Former KXLY television news anchor Lucinda Kay (pictured) said, “I was born into Great Shape; my mother and two aunties are the founders.” She said the organization got its distinctive…
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.
