Ironman 2008 and Car d'Lane are in the books. A mild summer finally appears to have arrived (although my bride of 33 years pointed out that the days are now getting shorter). My garden is as finished as it ever is this time of the…
Item: Controversial reality show shot in Eagle airs this week/KTVBMore Info: Baby Borrowers is set to debut on NBC at 8 p.m. (MDT) this Wednesday, wedged between episodes of Deal or No Deal and Celebrity Circus. The show gives teen couples their own house, and…
Michael Jamison/Missoulian, APCrews clear drifts on the Glacier National Park's Going-to-the- Sun Road on Thursday in West Glacier, Mont. A 75th anniversary celebration of Going-to-the-Sun Road is scheduled Friday here. The Daily Inter Lake published an editorial about the famous road here.*Love triangle shooting leaves…
Mormon church leaders will ask California members to join the effort to amend that state's constitution to define marriage as being between a man and a woman. A June 20 letter sent to Mormon congregation bishops and signed by church president Thomas S. Monson and…
If it wasn't for Amy Dearest, I still wouldn't own a cell phone. I don't like talking on any phone let alone a tiny one that doesn't fit in the crook of your neck. And I don't like to be interrupted by a caller whenever…
Which of the following Ironman Coeur d'Alene 2008 stories did you enjoy most:*Blind Ironman Robert Plaskon complete course/OnLocation North Idaho*Ironman finisher offers marriage proposal/KXLY*Leonore Rupert sucks it up/MamaJD*Ironclad vows/OnLocation North Idaho*Inspirational Ironman Chris Houde/MamaJD*Other
Item: Zimo: Fee proposal for non-motorized boats in Idaho is not popular: Non-motorized boaters like canoeists may have to pay a state registration fee if the idea gains momentum/Pete Zimowsky, IStatesman. More here.Pete Zimowsky: My gut reaction is that you are going to see proposed…
Lisa Poole/AP PhotoCarolyn Kirk, mayor of Gloucester, Mass., speaks to members of the media before a meeting earlier today at city hall in Gloucester, Mass. Principal Joseph Sullivan, who first claimed that some of the 17 pregnant girls in his school had made a pact…
In case you missed it (and if you blinked, you might have), Bill Sali held a press conference last week regarding gas prices. Among other things, he called for more 'bipartisanship' in Washington, D.C. Makes you wonder about his quote last week in the Bonner…
Antony Heinig, 46, of Coeur d'Alene was killed in a single-car rollover Sunday morning on Interstate 90, 15 miles east of Coeur d'Alene. Heinig was the passenger in an eastbound car driven by Anthony J. Cardwell, 26, of Coeur d'Alene. The car left the road…
The experience can border on sensory overload. It’s like Halloween and Christmas rolled into one and served with a side of Carnivale. It’s like Disney bought the entire nation of Italy and somehow managed to condense it into an Americanized theme park that fits inside…
AP File PhotoIn this Aug. 20, 1992, file photo, comedian George Carlin performs his routine during a benefit at The Bitter End in New York. Carlin, 71, whose staunch defense of free speech in his most famous routine "Seven Words You Can Never Say On…
Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North IdahoOn the morning of the eve of Ironman Coeur d'Alene 2008 (bottom photo), writes Kerri Thoerson/OnLocation North Idaho, love was in the air for a San Antonio, Texas couple. Dr. Pete Valdez is running his first Ironman on Sunday but he crossed…
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.
