Brian Plonka/Spokesman-ReviewIn the case of the bald eagle photo from Sunday, the process broke down. The production folks are trying to find out how and why. The result was that the snowy, gray background behind the eagle was made bright blue making it look as…
Bob Barker, The Venerated Elder of The Chow Nation, is going to go live with Santa. While I am deeply sad about the separation, I know he will have a good life with Santa as his life here has detriorated to joyless interims of wakeful…
Susan Walsh/AP PhotoSen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, center, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., look at photos of a young man who used performance-enhancing drugs, as they announces legislation on a set of proposals that would cut access to performance-enhancing drugs Tuesday during a news conference on…
Kelley McCall/AP PhotoTina Meier, left, describes weaknesses in Missouri law before the Internet Harassment Task Force today in Jefferson City, Mo. Meier's 13-year-old daughter, Megan, committed suicide in October 2006 after receiving a cruel Internet message from someone pretending to be a 16-year-old boy. The…
Bob Moore, pollster for Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s campaign and head of Portland-based Moore Information, says his firm ran a recent poll just on its own, tacking questions about Otter’s job approval onto another survey his company was conducting in Idaho in late November. The…
Full Doug Clark column here10. Can't use floating golf green after last landing turned slow-putting pair into foursome.9. Nothing says roughing it at the ol' lake cabin like a copter run for Huddy Burgers.8. Poor guy needs something to cheer him up after the city…
You may recall my difficulties with the misuse of the word "travesty" a few months ago. Well, today's word is "censorship." I mostly hear this word from writers whose letters we didn't print or have requested revisions on. In my understanding, censorship would be gagging…
A North Idaho man shot himself Monday evening after breaking into his ex-wife's Post Falls apartment and attempting to kill himself in front of her, her friend and four children. The incident began about 4:30 p.m. when the 35-year-old man called his ex-wife threatening to…
A Boise resident is pushing to change state law to make homeowners associations comply with the same open meetings rules local governments must obey. Does your neighborhood have a homeowners association? -- Idaho Statesman. *Yes*No
Well, well. So Duane Hagadone wants a floating helicopter pad for Christmas. To be specific, the Coeur d'Alene hospitality/media tycoon wants the helipad PLUS a 200-foot dock just in case the Queen Mary ever stops by his new Taj Ma-Duane lake manse at Casco Bay.…
OrangeTV IllustrationThanks Dixie (Reid) for all of your service to this town. Some will always be against you and some will love you forever, but you gave your best and how can we argue that/Stickman.
Never could get into Fogelberg. Seemed like a poor man's James Taylor who was nothing to write home about anyway. After Dylan all the rest were pale shadows of greatness. Even Neil Young, who I really dig, is a lightweight compared to the man. Lennon…
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.
