For the first time in quite awhile, the photo function on my blog is acting up. I couldn't post a photo from CDADave's blog nor a terrific "Parting Shot" photo I found on AP. Alas. I'll survive, however. And be back here tomorrow raring to…
My own little story about the Brunswick is as follows: It was the winter of 1968; over 100 inches of snow fell that year, burying our fair city. The snow berm in the center of Fourth Street was so high, that drivers put red flags…
Greg Lee/Idaho Preps has broken another local story re: a 1998 Lake City High grad who has been named coach of the Timberlake High baseball team here.
Some of you will recall former Spokesman-Review reporter Rasha Madkour, who covered the Post Falls beat earlier this year. A practicing Muslim, Rasha married her fiance Ramsey Ashour in Egypt this summer. And Holly Pickett of the SR was there to film the happy event.…
Lance Deacon sprays water from the back of a truck to help keep a controlled burn contained on the Rathdrum Prairie on Monday, near Rathdrum. Bluegrass farmers have resumed burning field stubble on northern Idaho's Rathdrum Prairie, drawing complaints from opponents of the practice who…
Issue: Baristas are having a cow over dairy "thefts": Starbucks employees hammer free-loading customers online/Melissa Allison, Seattle Times business reporterMore Info: If someone pays $2 for espresso, then fills half the cup with milk at the condiment bar, is that stealing? People are saving $1…
A former California police officer will be recommended for hire as Coeur d’Alene High’s head baseball coach. Chris Stangel was selected over three Coeur d’Alene assistant coaches, Coeur d’Alene athletic director Larry Schwenke said. Schwenke said Stangel’s hiring is pending approval by the school board.…
Gasoline prices are falling — but not in Idaho. In Idaho, gasoline averaged 36 cents a gallon higher than the national average on Monday, defying a dramatic nationwide drop at the pump caused by falling crude-oil prices. A Washington-based industry analyst said Idaho's stubbornly high…
Paris Hilton, right, and her sister Nicky watch the Max Azria spring 2007 fashion show in New York City Monday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)
Sixteen years ago, some clueless U.S. senators were taught a lesson on sexual harassment during the confirmation hearing for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Many women were appalled by the dismissive attitude and general disregard for the charges leveled by Anita Hill. Since then, sexual…
CDADave: Every year, people flock to Moscow, drink beer in the Kibbie Dome and watch the Vandals. The football team is an excuse for the Alumni Association to keep on functioning. I still have no idea of the purpose of an Alumni Association other than…
Dan of the County: I see gas in Iowa is down to about $2 a gallon and we're still WAY above the national average at about $3. In fact, an article in the Statesman said Idaho is now higher than Caleefornia for the first time…
Gripes about Californians are nothing new in North Idaho. Just ask Louis Pirillo. From 1943 to 1946, Pirillo served in the U.S. Navy as a barber at Farragut Naval Training Station on the south end of Lake Pend Oreille. He told staff writer Jim Hagengruber…
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.
