Before a public memorial at the Spokane Convention Center, a Spokane Fire Department honor guard prepares to remove the casket of firefighter John Knighten from a Station 4 fire truck Monday. Knighten, 45, died June 30 after a three-year battle with cancer. Colin Mulvaney, photo.…
Woke up this morning to find Thor had deposited a hairball on the stairs. The good news was at least it was on the uncarpeted section. The bad news is I "saw" it with my foot. The day can only get better, right? Here's your…
SPOKANE, Wash.--Dry Fly Distilling ranks among the 25 Top Craft Distillery Tours in the U.S. according to an online food and drink website. The Daily Meal named the Spokane-based company, Dy Fly Distilling, the eighth best in the nation. The article described craft distilleries as…
A Syracuse, N.Y. hospital is facing $22,000 in fines due to improper handling of patients, including one "dead" patient who opened her eyes as doctors were about to remove her organs. The Syracuse Post-Standard reported that the New York State Health Department found St. Joseph's…
So my BFF Bill Oakely, a producer of the television show Portlandia, and former writer for the Simpsons, breezed through Spokane this weekend and tweeted me this photo to prove it. Oakley, you may remember drew my ire when he read my article about the…
In this file photo Ben Wetzel displays one of his handmade holsters. SPRINGFIELD, Ill. — Illinois became the last state in the nation to allow public possession of concealed guns as lawmakers rushed Tuesday to finalize a proposal ahead of a federal court’s deadline. Both…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — More than 800 Idaho National Guard employees will start taking furlough days mandated by federal budget cuts. Idaho National Guard spokesman Col. Tim Marsano says about 860 full-time employees will have one unpaid day off each week between now and the…
NBCNEWS.COM - The big Ford F-250 pickup has become the favorite of U.S. car thieves, replacing the Cadillac Escalade, the luxury SUV that had topped the theft chart for nearly a decade. But although the big Caddy fell to only sixth place in the annual…
Kootenai Health’s new logo is described as a spark symbolizing the connection of service lines to create a unified whole. Kootenai Medical Center in Coeur d’Alene is changing its name to Kootenai Health. For the past six years Kootenai Health has been the name of…
In this file photo a few juicy arils give just the right burst of flavor to a bowl of Greek yogurt. Idaho will join three other states in a pilot program to serve Greek yogurt as part of school lunch programs. Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo…
On the Randy Travis thread LoveIdaho writes: "Randy Travis is one of the top country performers/songwriters of all time. Praying he makes a full recovery. ("Forever and Ever Amen" has been our song since it first came out. Yeah, we're that corny!)" Do you and…
Jimi Hendrix, John Mayall and Albert King played a series of concerts at San Francisco’s storied Fillmore and Winterland music venues in February 1968; the poster advertising the shows featured a bloodshot eyeball flying through a ring of fire. “It was totally cool and badass…
Point to Bay riders Jordan Achilli, Gabe Dawson and Mac Hollan are bicycling from Sandpoint, Idaho, to Prudhoe Bay in the summer of 2013 to raise money for a Sandpoint schools charity. A Sandpoint man riding a bicycle on a 2,750-mile tour to Prudhoe Bay…
Tina loves the restaurant business. A fanatic about food, she aspires to one day compete on a TV cooking show. For now, this 20-something chef at a restaurant in Pocatello has a dream to open her own eatery offering a menu of family recipes that…
In this Feb. 2, 2012 photo, a man passes a gas pump showing the price of regular gasoline at a gas station, in San Diego. Idahoans are now paying the seventh-highest gas prices in the country, AAA reports today, at an average $3.75 a gallon,…
Over at The Slice, Paul Turner ponders: Would it be better to have been a minor rock star or to have had a modest career as a pro athlete? Let's consider it. In the case of the former scenario, you could imagine old girlfriends hearing…
WASHINGTON – A federal judge voiced sympathy Monday for Guantanamo Bay detainees but said she was powerless to stop force-feeding by U.S. authorities. Ruling just before Ramadan, the monthlong holiday when pious Muslims fast during the day, Senior U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler said she…
COEUR d'ALENE - The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office is recommending prosecutors charge the driver of a boat that struck a teenager, cutting her with the propeller. The driver, Pamela Tempe, 34, of Spokane,is facing possible charges of gross negligent operation of a vessel and failure…
Country music star Randy Travis was in critical condition Monday in a Texas hospital, a day after he was hospitalized with viral cardiomyopathy. A news release from the singer’s publicist said Travis was admitted to the hospital Sunday in Dallas and is in critical condition.…
Idaho will recover nearly $420,000 from an Indian generic drug manufacturer who admitted selling drugs of inferior strength, purity or quality in the United States, including through Idaho's Medicaid program. It's part of a $350 million national settlement between the federal government, the states and…
Bayview Daze Parade Announcer and judges, L-R. Ralph Jones, Sheryl Puckett, Margaret Nelson and Sally Newcombe. (picture by Mike Lee) As I sit here facing my computer this hour after midnight, it has become totally quiet. The hoards of guests that pack Bayview, left immediately…
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.
