Boise State's Dan Paul (47) tries to stay in the field of play as he runs the ball near the goal line, but fails to score as Idaho's Aaron Grymes, center, and Homer Maugain, right, defend, the first half of an NCAA college football game…
Gonzaga's Robert Sacre, top center, puts up a shot over Southern's defense as teammates Mangisto Arop (10) and 41 Steven Gray, second from left, watch in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game tonight in Spokane. Sacre's father is the athletic director for…
Inland Northwest fans have a busy night tonight, as the Idaho Vandals & Boise State Broncos will kick off the Governor's Cup at 6 p.m. on ESPN2 (I'll post running scores here after the game starts, so you can discuss the game as it plays…
Spokane Police gather near the body of a male who was shot by police after a chase, near the corner of Indiana Avenue and Madison Street in Spokane. Meghann Cuniff's SR story here. (SR photo: Dan Pelle)KXLY report w/videoKREM report w/videoKHQ report
They're called stragglers: political campaign signs that stay up in the public right of way long after the votes are counted, the dreams fulfilled -- or the hopes dashed. In Ada County, the highway district has jurisdiction over most of these signs with emphasis on…
5:50 p.m. A disorderly tribal male is near bus stop @ Coeur d'Alene Casino/Worley.5:42 p.m. Property owner & hunter who trespassed (and killed deer w/bow & arrow) are arguing on Fernan Terrace Drive.5:34 p.m. Caribbean Tan, on Government Way, wants an adult male who exposed…
On her Twitter account, Holly Bowen/Moscow-Pullman Daily News posted this photo of a sign that's waiting for Boise State Bronco fans when they show up to park at the Kibbie Dome today.Police shoot, kill man in North Spokane/Meghann Cuniff, SRIdaho no longer reddest of the…
A couple onboard the Carnival Splendor cruise ship holds a T-shirt with the message "Next Stop The Daily Show" written on it as the ship approaches the dock in San Diego, Calif., Thursday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Top Cutlines:1. Samuel Avalos, miner…
In the annual food drive challenge between the University of Idaho and Boise State University, the Vandals dominated. Of the total 35,123 pounds of food collected, University of Idaho students gathered 34,500. Boise State contributed 623 pounds. "I would really like to thank the statewide…
On her Facebook page, Estar Holmes posts the photo above plus a couple of others of multi-talented Dave Falcone filming a promotion piece of the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes for the North Idaho Tourism Alliance. Dave & Ron Gardner are helping with the project.
"It's a damn shame that the Mariners never lived up to their play-by-play man" -- Art Thiel, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, re: Seattle play-by-play announcer Dave Niehaus, who of a heart attack this week at age 75. Full Thiel column here.
On Nov. 4, Oregon offensive lineman Carson York was named to the ESPN Academic All-District 8 team, with a 3.70 grade-point average as a journalism/advertising major. The redshirt sophomore from Coeur d'Alene, Idaho, was a first-team all-Pacific-10 Conference academic selection last season. He's also a…
I have a habit of checking out the book shelves whenever I'm invited for the first time to someone's place. The titles reveal a lot about the host family. I have 3 1/2 book shelves. My books reveal that I collect old books, biblical &…
In 2008, in Idaho’s 1st U.S. House district, Republican Bill Sali lost his office to Democrat Walt Minnick. In 2010, Minnick in turn lost it to Republican Raul Labrador. Question: Which of these Republicans, Sali or Labrador, would you suppose won about 45,000 more votes…
Ellen Jaegar models her "nasty and inebriated" Idaho Vandal fan T-shirt she intends to wear to the UIdaho-Boise State game tonight. On her Facebook page, Kerri Thoreson writes of this photo: "You'd have to be a UI Vandal fan who was insulted by Boise State…
At about noon today, Trish Gannon/River Journal wrote on her Facebook page: "There is a mouse butt on my floor. Tail, hind legs and hindquarter ... and ... nothing else. Guess the cat was full." I appreciate Trish's nonchalance at finding part of a mouse…
Bill Cosby’s job titles, over the last 50 years, have included comedian, actor, writer, producer and director. Yet during a phone interview last week, we asked Cosby if he considered himself something a little meatier: an educator. “Yes,” he said. “Period. Day one. From the…
Alternating between rage and anguish, I watch stupid, damned, poor, ignorant cretin devil Bambette (Bambi’s sister) in the mirror. She’s standing in the road, looking not much worse for wear. I hope she’s thinking, “Daaaamn that hurt,” all the while knowing she’s not thinking at…
University of Idaho offensive lineman Spencer Beale signs autographs for students at McDonald Elementary School in Moscow on Thursday. UI football players ate lunch with students at the school, and students wore Vandal clothing to school to celebrate UI&'s game against Boise State today. Christina…
Noonish: Harassment reported at Harmony House, Maple & Dakota/Hayden.11:36 a.m. Humane Society thrift store calls police to handle argument b/n mother & daughter.11:24 a.m. A deputy & CdA police are checking out silent alarm @ Bank of America, 357 W. Canfield/CdA. 2 customers have exited…
Three shirts, two pairs of pants, one pair of shoes, a coat, a handful of toiletries, a laptop, a small amount of homework which will probably not get done and a copy of Dante's Inferno. These are the only possessions I will carry during a…
This weekend, the Idaho Vandals (women's cross-country team) will try to add more accolades to their strong 2010 season at the NCAA West Region Championships at Eugene, Ore. Idaho's women, who won their third WAC title in six seasons on Oct. 30, have their eyes…
Thursday Poll: A plurality of 66 of 241 respondents (27.4%) said the best way to lower the federal deficit is to overhaul the tax system. Other reponses include: 61 of 241 (25.3%) said the best way to cut deficit is to eliminate earmark; 46 (19.1%)…
At the Lewiston Tribune this morning, editorialist Marty Trillhaase gives House Speaker Lawerence Denney jeers in his weekly Cheers & Jeers column for waiting until Rep. Phil Hart gave him permission to remove Hart from the House Rev & Tax committee. Trillhaase chronicles Hart's problems…
The Idaho Vandals Facebook site is promoting "Black Out In the Dome" for the Governor's Cup showdown between Boise State and University of Idaho tonight, encouraging Idaho fans to wear black Vandal apparel to show their support for the home team. (Photo courtesy: UIdaho Athletics…
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.
