I hate being pinched so don't even think about it. I planned ahead and had shamrocks painted on my fingernails. I'm good.My 4th-grader will be jigging and having scones and tea at school today. But I'll celebrate by watching my 17-year-old play in Mt. Spokane's…
Madeline Martinez, executive director of the Oregon chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws, smells marijuana buds at the Cannabis Café.Marijuana traffickers are taking advantage of our national postal service like never before, according to new statistics from the U.S. Postal…
Just in time for St Patrick's Day! Guinness disobeys the laws of physics. Science has finally figured out just why Guinness is so different. Unlike other brews, the bubbles in Guinness go down rather than up.Lucky members of the Royal Society of Chemistry investigated a…
Gov. Butch Otter holds his first public bill-signing ceremony of the session Wednesday, for the "Idaho Health Freedom Act."BOISE — Idaho Gov. Butch Otter on Wednesday became the first state chief executive to sign a measure requiring his attorney general to sue Congress if it…
Benewah County Sheriff Bob Kirts, left, greets Rep. Mack Shirley, R-Rexburg, a member of the House Judiciary Committee, after the committee on Wednesday agreed to hold the Coeur d'Alene Tribe's law enforcement legislation due to a new cross-deputization agreement between the tribe and Benewah County…
POST FALLS - After seeing her Italian restaurant come to life during the recession, Tina-Marie Schultz believes it's time to celebrate with those in need.She's planning a free meal in honor of St. Joseph's Day on Sunday, March 21, from noon to 3 p.m. at…
Rogers"...Rogers – who has played guitar for big names in the country music business, including Merle Haggard and George Jones – left northwestern Montana’s Flathead region on Thursday to make a trip to Calder, Idaho. He decided to take the remote Gold Creek Road across…
Weekend Poll: 67 of 98 respondents (68%) said Gonzaga was seeded properly at No. 8 and send to Buffalo, N.Y., where it could face No. 1 seed Syracuse in the second round. 24 of 98 (24%) said the Zags were seeded too low.Today's Poll: Is…
Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, keeps a well-highlighted printout of the U.S. Constitution on his desk in his state Capitol basement cubicle. The third-term Idaho lawmaker has proposed a dozen bills so far this session, his busiest session yet.COEUR d'ALENE - By next year, Idaho taxpayers…
Mountain View Elementary third-grader Jenna Whitfield listens to her teacher explain the importance of the 2010 census during a field trip to visit the 2010 Census Portrait of America Road Tour.Ryan Eaton visited the Coeur d’Alene Public Library on Tuesday afternoon during a school field…
Shown from the entrance, the Idaho Correctional Center is a privately run but state-owned prison south of Boise. Inmate numbers rose in Idaho, 22 other statesNEW YORK – Spurred by budget crises, California and Michigan together reduced their prison populations by more than 7,500 last…
Shanna Michel, center, piles out of Carol Yamamoto's 1960 Buick to help push it in the St. Patrick's Day parade Saturday, Mar. 13, 2010 in downtown Spokane. The car was carrying members of the "Red Hat Honeys".You write the cutline.
At Wired.com the Geek Dad has composed a list of the top 10 annoying habits of a geeky spouse. (His wife helped). Alas, for poor John Austin punning topped the list.Others include: 2. Using “frak,” or Klingon, or both, instead of regular swear words3. Weird…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi huddles with Rep. Charlie Wilson, D-Ohio, during a news conference Tuesday. Play nicely.
LOS ANGELES – Fox Broadcasting is inching closer to bringing Conan O’Brien back to late night.Key Fox executives, including Rupert Murdoch, are on board with the plan and would like to finalize a deal in coming weeks so they can make a splash on May…
Bison, including these shown Friday on Ted Turner's Flying D Ranch south of Bozeman, are back in demand as a beef alternative.Associated PressAdult female bison don’t take kindly to traditional pregnancy tests.The test, known as “rectal palpation,” involves a veterinarian inserting a gloved arm to…
WASHINGTON — Companies that hire unemployed workers will get a temporary payroll tax holiday under a bill that easily won final congressional approval Wednesday.The bipartisan 68-29 vote in the Senate sends the legislation to the White House, where President Barack Obama has promised to sign…
Iditarod winner Lance Mackey sits with his lead dogs Larry, right, and Maple after reaching the finish in Nome, Alaska, on Wednesday. NOME, Alaska – Lance Mackey won the 1,100-mile Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race on Tuesday to become the first musher in the event's…
President Barack Obama gestures as he argues for health care reform at Arcadia University in Glenside, Pa.CLEVELAND – A woman championed as the Obama administration's emblem for health care reform does not have to choose between her home and her health, according to officials at…
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.
