I don't get overly sentimental about the last day of the year. 2014 has had some incredible highs and some devestating lows for our family. I'm ready to turn the page and welcome 2015. We don't have any New Years Eve traditions. Sometimes our kids...
It’s a good time to be a pessimist. ISIS, Crimea, Donetsk, Gaza, Burma, Ebola, school shootings, campus rapes, wife-beating athletes, lethal cops—who can avoid the feeling that things fall apart, the center cannot hold? Last year Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff,…
RATHDRUM - Rathdrum is lighting up New Year's Eve tonight. The fifth annual "Let Freedom Ring" show will be at the northwest corner of Lancaster and Highway 41 on the south side of town in George Thayer's field. There will be a warning shot at...
You've heard that using screens before bedtime can mess with your sleep, but new research suggests the problem is even more serious. Reading from an iPad before bed not only makes it harder to fall asleep, but also impacts how sleepy and alert you are...
Participants in First Night Spokane 2010 visit a balloon sculpture on display at the Spokane Convention Center. Tonight’s First Night celebration ringing in the new year in downtown Spokane will feature fire and ice. “We have approximately 150 different performers and different types of activities,”...
NEW YORK (AP) — As city officials work to soften the New York Police Department's image and change how officers engage with citizens through reforms and training, part of the effort is happening online. The nation's largest police department, once a slow adopter of social…
I'm seeing lots of posts about New Years resolutions on my newsfeed. I've never been a fan of them. How about you? Do you make New Years resolutions? Have you been successful at keeping them?
The gun that a toddler used to shoot his mother at Wal-Mart Tuesday was in the zippered pocket of a purse designed to hold a concealed weapon, the woman’s father-in-law said today. Veronica Rutledge was shopping with her 2-year-old-son and three nieces when the fatal…
Idaho's new crop of lawyers this year is likely much smaller due to a steep drop in the number and share of people who passed the most recent bar exam. About 65 percent of test takers passed the July exam — one of two tests...
About a week before Christmas, I was in the grocery store and came across a product I'd been discussing with my daughter, Melani. Melani lives in Vancouver and hadn't been able to find this product in her grocery store, so I took a cellphone photo…
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley says he will commute the capital sentences of the state’s last four inmates on death row to life in prison. In a statement released Wednesday, the outgoing Democratic governor says leaving the death sentences in place “does not...
Adriana Janovich photo. Dress up a flute of sparkling wine for the holidays with a few fresh cranberries and sprig of fresh rosemary. Break out the coupes and Champagne flutes, and – as Dom Pérignon supposedly said when he sampled his first sip – taste...
Okay, I know DFO already outed me for saying I was tired of bald eagle photos all over my social media feeds, but this picture taken by Kerri Rankin Thoreson at Higgins Point is extra special. Kerri writes, "Nice of this fellow to pose with…
LEWISTON, ID - With the New Year, Idaho State Parks will be celebrating their 50th Anniversary. And you can join Hells Gate State Park in their celebration on January first. They'll also be holding the 2015 'First Day Hike' event, which is celebrated in all…
Today the Cda Press Poll asks: What would you think of another Clinton vs Bush presidential contest in 2016? Awesome. Bring it on. No! Been there, done that. I don't care. So far the No! votes far outweigh the other two choices. What say you?
Deaths from influenza and pneumonia have hit “epidemic” levels in the U.S. as flu activity became widespread in 36 states, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Officials reported 837 flu and pneumonia deaths to the CDC through its 122 Cities Mortality Reporting…
A woman has been accidentally shot and killed at the Hayden Wal-Mart by a 2-year-old boy who got hold of a handgun in the woman's purse, authorities said.
A man suffering from the Ebola virus lies on the floor outside a house on Oct. 21 in Port Loko Community, situated on the outskirts of Freetown, in Sierra Leone NEW YORK – A team of researchers think they have pinpointed how the Ebola epidemic...
MOSCOW, Idaho - A Moscow family is mourning the loss of their 13-year-old who died in a car crash over the weekend. Russell and Lisa Qualls were taking their 13-year-old adopted daughter Kalkidan to Montana to visit friends she grew up with. The family said...
Linda Lantzy of Idaho Scenic Images took this gorgeous shot December 28. She writes: I went for a morning drive in Eastern Washington near Chewelah today. This is one of several barns I photographed. This image available here: Don't miss my 25% off print sale....
Crossing my fingers (which makes it hard to type) that all well be well in blogland today. Wasn't thrilled to have yesterday morning's posts mysteriously vanish leaving only a sentence or a picture in some cases. Days like yesterday help me understand DFO's 134 vacation...
I’m not going to cross my legs like ladies do,” Fabio Panceiro told the New York Times last week, “I’m going to sit how I want to sit.” He’s not alone in his sentiments about New York’s Metropolitan Transit Authority’s (MTA) new campaign to discourage…
The people have spoken, again. Despite a rocky year for Democrats, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and President Obama and have both held on to their reign as the most admired man and woman in America, coming in with strong leads ahead of of…
Andrea S. Espinosa, Photo courtesy ADA County Sheriff's Office So this is how Idaho makes People Magazine. Idaho resident Andrea S. Espinosa, 25, was all smiles in her mug shot early Saturday morning after being arrested for punching a cop in the face as he...
Spokane Police Department tweets: "Monroe St. Bridge is closed in both directions because of a suicidal man on the bridge. Officers are negotiating with him. Please avoid the area." Thoughts and prayers for a good outcome.
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.