Bubblehead: Hey DFO (and other denizens of HBO): If you get a chance, I, an Idaho blogger, am also a finalist for one of the Weblog Awards (in the "2501-3500" category). I'm currently in 2nd place, behind some guy from Massachusetts. If you get a…
Boisean Rose Beal talks about her harrowing experience escaping with her family from Nazi Germany days before the invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1939, during an international human rights celebration earlier today in downtown Boise. Beal is the only Holocaust survivor living in Idaho, and speaks…
*Cis wonders if OrangeTV would be up to the task of doing a restaurant review of Opaque on Hollywood's Sunset Strip were cusstomers dine in total darkness here.*Mayor Clay Larkin called HBO a few minutes ago to say he's bummed about Dick Haugen's ouster from…
Christie's specialist Laurence Fisher show off two light bulbs, made by Thomas Alva Edison, on display at Christie's in London earlier today. The bulb is part of a collection of 23 light bulbs used as courtroom evidence on July 8, 1890, in a case between…
District 5 State Representative Bob Nonini, right, talks with Joe Peak, owner of the Enaville Resort-Snakepit in Enaville on Monday, Nov. 13, during the Legislative tour overview of the Silver Valley and Benewah County/Kathy Plonka, Spokesman-Review file photo.Rep. Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d’Alene, is the new…
Steve HerlingKXLY, Inc.500 W. BooneSpokane, WA 99201(509) 324-4000In case you have some happy thoughts to share with KVNI/KXLY management for canning News Director Dick Haugen during the Christmas holidays.
Two lakefront property homeowners in the northern Idaho city of Coeur d'Alene say they have no plans to call police if people start showing up on their land on New Year's Day to participate in an annual Polar Bear Plunge. Dick Barclay and Jerry Frank…
Bryan Kim (right) addresses Judge Richard White during his first appearance in court with John Rodgers Spokane County Public Defender at his side Thursday in Spokane, Washington. He is being held in the deaths of his parents, Richard and Terri Kim here/Dan Pelle, The Spokesman-Review.Palousitics:…
Christie's specialist Laurence Fisher show off two light bulbs, made by Thomas Alva Edison, on display at Christie's in London earlier today. The bulb is part of a collection of 23 light bulbs used as courtroom evidence on July 8, 1890, in a case between…
Former United Nations Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick is seen in this Nov. 4, 1990, file photo. Former U.N. Ambassador Jeane Kirkpatrick, a onetime Democrat who switched to the Republican Party and became a heroine of conservatives, has died. She was 80 here. (AP Photo/File)Question: What do…
Item: Arizona State contacts Erickson: Newspaper reports Idaho coach in final trio of candidates/Jim Meehan, Spokesman-ReviewDFO: How many times have we gone down this tease road before with Dennis Erickson. First, he denies he's been contacted. Then, he sez he doesn't know what's happening, and…
Following is a memo Editor Steve Smith sent to the SR staff Thursday evening announcing some pretty major changes in newsroom leadership and, to a lesser extent structure.By now most everybody has at least some knowledge of the upcoming shifts, adjustments and staff changes. The…
When I read Dave Oliveria's blog this evening regarding the callous manner in which KXLY/KVNI fired longtime news director Dick Haugen I was caught totally off-balance, and terribly angry. In Spokane we often take great pride in our sense of "community", and while we occasionally…
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.
