The Rev. Bobby Turner of Columbus, Ohio, places his hand on the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial. President Barack Obama is scheduled to speak on the 50th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington. WASHINGTON – Next week, the nation’s first black president, a living…
Goodness gracious! Guess I stirred the hornet's next with my post about anonymous blog commenting yesterday. In all the back and forth my point kind of got lost. Bottom line? The Spokesman Review allows commenters to post under whatever name they choose. I was expressing…
From left, Nick Frost, Eddie Marsan, Simon Pegg, Paddy Considine and Martin Freeman in a scene from “The World’s End.” Sci-fi movies, we all know, create unlikely heroes, and this summer is no exception. Remember Brad Pitt as a U.N. inspector in “World War Z”?…
A measles outbreak has sickened 25 people in Texas, with most of the cases linked to a church led by the daughter of televangelist Kenneth Copeland. Fifteen of the measles cases are centered around Eagle Mountain International Church in Newark, Texas, according to Tarrant County…
Faced with a simple inquiry on an employee's status, Jerome officials declined to answer questions that Idaho law requires them to. Last night, I noticed a local news organization reporting that the city of Jerome fired its fire chief, Jack Krill. The story didn't cite…
With summer winding down, the calendar is filling up with outdoor beer events: • Laughing Dog celebrates its eighth anniversary with its annual barbecue, Saturday from noon-7 p.m. at the brewery north of Sandpoint. Along with $5-per-plate chow, there’ll be live music, games and prize…
In his seven years on “Saturday Night Live,” Dana Carvey created one of the most memorable characters in the show’s history. Yes, Church Lady, we’re talking about you. Isn’t that special? Then there was Garth Algar, who went on to big-screen fame in “Wayne’s World,”…
Two animal incidents marked the news yesterday in Boise: A bear found wandering in the North End, which was tranquilized and taken off to the forest north of Lowman for release; and a bull rampaging down the Greenbelt in Eagle after breaking out of its…
Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, R-Spokane, said the GOP plans to pick away at President Barack Obama’s signature health care legislation by targeting provisions she said are causing bipartisan headaches. “To get the entire bill repealed, or defunded, is probably not realistic,” McMorris Rodgers said Thursday…
Dear Mr. Dad: I’ve read stories about people having ID numbers etched into their children’s teeth and not letting their kids play outside, and those Amber Alerts make it seem as though hundreds of children are being abducted and murdered every day. Like most parents,…
DETROIT – Even the most grizzled rock ’n’ roll veterans can still get bowled over once in a while. So it’s been for Black Sabbath founding members Ozzy Osbourne, Geezer Butler and Tony Iommi, the pioneering English metal musicians who have watched as their new…
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP) — Army Maj. Nidal Hasan was convicted Friday in the 2009 shooting rampage at Fort Hood, a shocking assault against American troops at home by one of their own who said he opened fire on fellow soldiers to protect Muslim insurgents…
A lot is riding on Tuesday’s levy election for the Plummer Worley School District on the Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation. The cash-strapped district of about 400 students has eliminated all funding for athletics, cut kindergarten to part time, ordered three furlough days for all employees…
Dozens of police officers and city and county SWAT teams have converged around the Double Eagle Pawn shop at 3030 E. Sprague Avenue after a man jumped behind the counter, grabbed a gun and fired shots inside the store. The gunman told police he wanted…
Ben Affleck will don Batman’s cape and cowl. Warner Bros. announced Thursday that the 41-year-old actor-director will star as a new incarnation of the Dark Knight in a film bringing Batman and Superman together. The studio says Affleck will star opposite Henry Cavill, reprising his…
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration escalated its fight with Texas Republicans on Thursday over voting rights for minorities, as it urged judges to block a strict new voter-identification law that administration lawyers argue is discriminatory. The case is the second this summer in which the…
BOZEMAN – The U.S. Supreme Court is making decisions that should be left to Congress or the people, from wiretapping to “inventing” new classes of minorities, Justice Antonin Scalia said this week. In an apparent reference to the court’s recent decisions on gay marriage and…
Thalon Hansen, 10, right, of Spokane, struggles to beat Courtney Anderson, 11, of Spokane, in the race to blow a rubber duck the length of a trough Friday morning at Camp Goodtimes in Post Falls. 2005 file photo. Area groups are teaming up to save…
Duane Rasmussen sends this photo of city council candidate Amy Evans at the North Idaho Fair. Do you visit the political booths when you attend the fair?
A teacher career ladder program costing $253.8 million over six years. Restoring school operational funding to pre-recession levels — at a five-year cost of $82.5 million. A shift to funding Idaho public schools based on enrollment — at a potential cost of $60 million. Another…
A youth was injured after a steer became agitated Thursday at the North Idaho Fair and Rodeo. Dane Dugan, the fair's general manager, said he was told by 4H staff the child was sent to Kootenai Health for a probable broken jaw. Dugan said he…
SANDPOINT – An archaeological dig conducted ahead of a North Idaho highway project has uncovered nearly 600,000 artifacts from the late 1800s to early 1900s at Sandpoint’s original town site. Officials unveiled last Friday some of the artifacts found during the dig conducted from 2005…
Jimmy Lamastus, right, has been a motocross racer since he was 5. He is now getting his kids, Carson, 6, and Holden, 4, involved in racing as he gets out. 2007 SR file photo COEUR d'ALENE - Behind all that noise, jockeying for position and…
Lill Duncan takes a photo of a memorial erected in memory of Delbert Belton, an 88-year-old World War II veteran who died Thursday from his injuries after being beaten at the Eagles Lodge at 6410 N. Lidgerwood St. “He was family to me,” said Duncan,…
Spokane Police have arrested one suspect in connection with the beating death of World War II veteran Delbert Belton, the department said Friday. The juvenile male will face charges of first degree robbery and first degree murder, according to a release from the police department.…
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.
