'Tis a day for remembrances. Of veterans who have served this country well. Of Dave Niehaus whose descriptions of Seattle Mariners ballgames were more thrilling than the games themselves. Of the wonderful summer and rapidly fading fall that is going, going ... and about to…
Portland Trail Blazers' LaMarcus Aldridge(12) dives for a loose ball against Detroit Pistons' Ben Wallace (6) and Austin Daye (the former Gonzaga Bulldog) during the second half of an NBA basketball game in Portland Tuesday. Aldridge had a team high 19 points as the Trail…
Remember that opening/closing scene from "Saving Private Ryan" when the guy who got saved is walking among the rows of white crosses, wondering if he was worth the effort? Well, Cis/From A Simple Mind has a post today along the same lines. With Veterans Day…
Willie Earthman arrives each day at the East Central Senior Center, dressed for a party. And why not? When you are 102, each new day is a celebration. On a recent morning, she sat at a table at the senior center, wearing a red dress…
Live, Love, Laugh, Hope offers a series of viewtiful fall photos of North Idaho, including the rustic scenic above. Click here and enjoy "The Last Dance of Fall".
5:30 p.m. Caller reports that driver of a truck loaded w/trees from Aqua is traveling 20 mph under limit on H95 & ran a red light at Canfield.5:15 p.m. Caller reports a male sitting in vehicle at e/b Huetter rest stop is flashing lights at…
Former Sandpoint soldier Brandon Adam is doing incredibly well after losing both legs while serving in Iraq in 2007. Today, Brandon is married to a teacher, expecting his first baby, and enjoying life in Colorado Springs, Colo. Marianne Love/Slight Detour updates Brandon's progress for a…
Peter Mundt returns with a video to promote Friday's Governor's Cup rivalry game between the University of Idaho & Boise State at the Kibbie Dome. You should enjoy Bing Crosby singing the Idaho theme song on the video below.Question: Predict the score of the Vandals-Broncos…
A Coeur d'Alene company was handling the demolition of that smoke stack that fell in the wrong direction Wednesday in Springfield, Ohio. No injuries were reported when the former Ohio Edison Mad River Power Plant's 275-foot smoke stack fell, knocking out power for more than…
Workers prep the large Conoco Phillips refinery equipment loads at the Port of Lewiston Monday in Lewiston. Betsy Russell/SR has latest here. (AP Photo/Lewiston Tribune. Barry Kough)Cartoon: Let the downsizing begin/Milt Priggee, Seattle P-ITop-ranked Viks resemble No. 2 Capital/Greg Lee, SRWAC to expand, Montana says…
Can you figure out which one of the three young Portuguese boys in this photo is me? A cousin posted this photo on her Facebook page yesterday. I'd never seen this photo before. Anyone?
Just got off the phone with Dr. Cyndie Hammond after she texted me about an hour ago. Seems Cyndie and Senator Jim Hammond have had quite an adventure this week as two of 4,500 passengers stranded aboard the Carnival Splendor. Cyndie tells me that they…
U.S. Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, appears headed for victory as a write-in candidate as she seems to have built an insurmountable lead over Tea Party rival Joe Miller as counting of voters' write-ins continue. This New York Times story by Nate Silver explains why Murkowski…
Some guys just can’t catch a break. It seems Rep. Tom Trail, R-Moscow, is one of those guys. Trail, a veteran of the Idaho Legislature, has pitched a resolution supporting production of industrial hemp to his colleagues in the Idaho House of Representatives on an…
First, you need to remember that a car bomb was found under Cyndi Steele's Mitsubishi when she took the vehicle for servicing to Fast Lane Quick Lube on Bosanko/CdA June. Then, you'll appreciate the sign my wife saw on Fast Lube's readerboard Wednesday: "We help…
It's been a little while since we took a stroll together down Foodborne Illness Lane, but it's so pretty this time of year so let's have a go at it, shall we? Panhandle Health District is kind enough to provide us with a website, which…
On her Facebook page, Kerri Thoreson has posted a number of photos from the dedication by the Coeur d'Alene Indian Tribe of its Warrior & Veterans Memorial in Plummer this spring, including the one above. At this moment, the Coeur d’Alene Tribe’s Veterans Program is…
11:59 a.m. Caller, from Kroc Center, wants to provide more info re: a battery.11:48 a.m. Business at 200 W. Hanley/CdA reports catching a shoplifter.11:47 a.m. Maintenance officer advises security not to ticket contractor parked in North Idaho College loading zone.11:38 a.m. Caller wants someone to…
Here in Montana, the tempera paint wasn’t even dry on the misspelled Tea Party congratulations posters when former U.S. Representative Rick Hill announced that he’s running for governor. And he wasn’t even the first. Two other Republicans, Ken Miller and Cory Stapleton, had already decided…
If "Joe Vandal'' and "Buster Bronco'' were ever going to get into an always entertaining mascot fight, they better get to it Friday night. No. 4 Boise State and Idaho may never face each other again. It seems unfathomable in a state as sparsely populated…
Wednesday Poll: 64 of 115 respondents (55.7%) believe the Idaho Vandals don't have a chance of beating No. 4 Boise State in the annual Governor's Cup game at the Kibbie Dome Friday. Only 5 of 115 (4.4%) predicted that the Broncos win streak over the…
Editor’s note: Spoiler alert re: the Tooth Fairy and Santa Claus. I found it wrapped in tissue and tucked within the zippered pocket of my purse. The small pearly white gem had been there for a month and we’d all forgotten about it – even…
Christie Wood (re: Kennedy tab to date: $107,000): I get it that the plaintiffs see this as a challenge of election laws (although I am convinced it is also very personal) but they do have the ability to seek changes through legislative action rather than…
No word yet on whether the nation's most powerful elected officials will actually be sipping Goji Berry Cherry Slurpees when discussing tax cuts on Nov. 18. But the Slurpee sellers at 7-11 are giddily taking advantage of the golden marketing opportunity with a "Slurpee Unity…
Frankly, it's hard to feel much sympathy for her - particularly when, in a recent interview with ABC News anchor Diane Sawyer, she assessed her own performance the past three years as "job well done." What a spectacularly self-serving fantasy. In 1974, after two years…
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.
