Item: Idaho murals of hanging about to get some explanation/SRMore Info: Murals depicting white settlers accosting and then hanging a shirtless Native American man have been displayed openly in Idaho’s temporary Statehouse for the past year, with a note from the state Historical Society promising…
Elaine Thompson/APPeople wait for a bus under umbrellas and in view of giant video screens behind projecting beach scenes Friday in downtown Seattle. The National Weather Service canceled a winter storm warning for the central Puget Sound region, saying the storm is tracking farther north…
Item: Group asks people why they quit church/SRMore Info: Before looking for a solution, the group wanted to identify the various reasons why members choose to leave their churches. One unique kind of research the group began using Oct. 9 involves a specially painted Spokane…
5:32 p.m. 13YO reports that his friend has text-messaged him that he wants to hang himself.4:10 p.m. ISP has issued a traveler's advisory, asking motorists to stay home unless travel is essential. Chains are required on Fourth of July and Lookout Passes.4:09 p.m. Woman caught…
Courtesy: Simple MindHere's how things looked 10 minutes ago from Cis's front yard in Kootenai, Bonner County. Cis writes: "An inch and a half and still coming."DFO: According to Scanner Traffic, there's been 5 or 6 accidents in the last half hour as a result…
Sounds like someone wants to limit free speech. Scary when you know that Hartgen used to be a publisher in Twin Falls. Newspapers generally require real names in print and monitor very carefully the content that goes on their sites, even in cases where real…
Item: Anti-smoking groups hope Obama will be role model/Jocelyn Noveck, APMore Info: Of all the things President-elect Barack Obama needs right now, one of them surely isn't a new set of lofty expectations on his well-burdened shoulders. But recent attention to Obama's on-and-off smoking habit…
Courtesy: OnLocation North Idaho"Frosty the Snowman's belated arrival in North Idaho will be on the Arctic Express!" posts Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho. "For the next three or four days we'll see several inches of new snow and frigid, even below zero temperatures. As these icicles…
At the root of it, Hartgen has a legitimate concern. He believes the anonymity of the Web cheapens the debate by allowing people to hurl insults that he describes, in one of his favorite quips, as "untouched by human brain." Hartgen never was a publisher…
Jake Barber/UI ArgonautAccording to Olivia Hodges' landlord, the bathrooms in the UI student's apartment building have had remodeling plans delayed due to manpower problems. Story here.*Heaviest snow expected Saturday/Mike Prager, SR*Ex-Moscow man who infected women w/HIV looking for new trial/UI Argonaut*Cities brace for strict discharge…
Item: Anonymous blog commenters shielded by Oregon ruling: OregonianMore Info: When Terry Beard became the target of nasty Internet postings, the Portland businessman discovered that a quirk in Oregon law can make it impossible to clear your name, no matter how outrageous the attack. A…
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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.
