CARSON CITY, Nev. (AP) - Former U.S. Rep. Helen Chenoweth-Hage died Monday in a car crash, her daughter said. Chenoweth-Hage, a Republican who was elected to Congress from Idaho in 1994 and served through 2000, was 68. Her daughter, Meg Chenoweth Keenan, said Chenoweth-Hage was…
...of the fifth-grade teams playing at halftime of the big Coeur d'Alene/Lake City high schools game nicknamed the (drum roll, please) -- Redskins? I'm not into PC. But that's over-the-top in almost anyone's league.
In our pre-kids days, The Otis and I used to go out to eat quite a bit. We still go out at least a couple times a month, usually with kids in tow. There are always a few places where you know it's OK to…
Over 12,000 schoolchildren brush their teeth in an effort to set up a new world record of mass tooth-brushing and be registered by the Guinness Book of Records, in Budapest, Hungary, recently. The previous record was set up by 10,800 participants in the Philippines last…
Authorities investigate the scene in Nickel, Pa., of where a school shooting occurred today. A 32-year-old milk truck driver took about a dozen girls hostage in a one-room Amish schoolhouse Monday, barricaded the doors with boards and killed at least three girls and apparently himself…
Issue: University leaders' pay soars: Officials cite need to draw top talent/Shawn Vestal, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: (Retiring V. Lane) Rawlins' compensation for the 2006-07 school year is $514,450, and while he has turned down raises in earlier years, his pay has risen steeply since he was…
A man suspected of embezzling more than $30,000 from the Post Falls Little League has turned himself in after more than a month on the lam. James A. Harris, 37, (pictured) showed up at the Post Falls Police Department just before 11 a.m. Sunday with…
Over 12,000 schoolchildren brush their teeth in an effort to set up a new world record of mass tooth-brushing and be registered by the Guinness Book of Records, in Budapest, Hungary, recently. The previous record was set up by 10,800 participants in the Philippines last…
Somewhere, Ron Rankin is smiling. Rankin didn't live to see property tax reform take hold in Idaho. But he helped establish the anti-tax climate that kept the pressure on politicians to do something. In the late 1970s, he pushed the One Percent Initiative that was…
Sue: It's almost comical to me that some will yell loudly that this (Rep. Mark Foley) scandal shouldn't be seen as a partisan issue. Almost immediately they will inject a statement to make it partisan: i.e., Franks (what was his scandal?); Congressman William Jefferson w/$90,000…
Issue: Rumsfeld says he won't resign: Coming under renewed fire for management of war/Associated Press Question: Should Secretary Donald Rumsfeld be fired? 1. No, he's the best man for the job 2. No, he's done as well as can be expected under extremely difficult circumstances…
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.
