Mike Vogt/Idaho Press-TribuneRepublican presidential hopeful, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, prepares to sign one of his books, titled "The Revolution," as he chats with his supporters Friday at the College of Idaho in Caldwell.Item: Ron Paul supporters from across state pack College of Idaho: 'He is…
If you're interesting in the Lakeland School District results tonight, you should check back here. Taryn Hecker will be covering the election for The Spokesman-Review. She promises to get me the results as soon as possible. I'll then post them here for discussion. As always,…
Greg Kreller/Idaho Press-Tribune, APBoise State gymnast Lindsay Ward practices her routine on the balance beam earlier today in Boise. Boise State will host the Western Athletic Conference gymnastics championships Saturday.
Silverwood Theme Park received 6,136 entries for its coaster naming contest, but the winning suggestion came from someone residing over 2000 miles away. Richard Palamara, an 18 year old college student and coaster fanatic living in Coraopolis, Pennsylvania, was the first person to submit the…
Chris Peterson/Glacier Magazine calls this photo simply: Heave Ho.When I assign my students Japanese and Chinese poetry of the early centuries A.D., I always wonder how it will go. For starters, many students find poetry difficult and I always wonder if this ancient poetry will…
The Spokane Co. bomb squad has been called to Pullman to investigate a suspicious package near the intersection of Stadium & Grand. Police have blocked off a 300 foot radius around the object/KREM2.DFO: Anyone know if Marmitetoasty has sent a package to Pullman? ;-)
"There is no artist as prolific as Mother Nature and surely some of her best work appears in North Idaho," posts Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho. "Ice breaking away from the shoreline of Beauty Bay, at the northeast end of Lake Coeur d'Alene, formed a mosaic…
Great. This is how my editorship of the BW will end? With me a victim of Hepatitis A? Dave Fotsch from the Central District Health Department assures me it will not. (Fotsch, a nice guy, is not a doctor.) When we got the news about…
In Don Verlin's salutatory as the newest in what's become an increasingly disposable line of basketball coaches at the University of Idaho, he had one intriguing request directed at people at the periphery of the program – students, donors, even the media. "We need you…
Item: Ron Paul supporters launch bid for local elections/By Nate Poppino, Twin Falls Times-NewsMore Info: (Rick Martin) and other (Ron Paul) volunteers have to create change on the county level. His group, he claimed, has a member in almost every (GOP) precinct election in Twin…
After many delays and much debate, HB 654a has passed the House to create a new crime in Idaho of coercing a woman into having an abortion. Rep. Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d’Alene, the bill’s sponsor, said, “Idaho can be the first state in the country…
Item: I-90 pothole wreaks havoc on drivers: ITD assists 14 drivers with paperwork for damage/Brian Walker, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: But this wasn't just any pothole. It was roughly 4 feet long, 12 inches wide, and 7 inches deep. With some vehicles it flattened one…
Some days we went on as many as four missions. Sometimes we patrolled, other times we picked up prisoners, often we made runs through town to the police fort. Matt Shipp, one of the twins we've been following, is on the "jump team." He's typically…
The Idaho Statesman will hold its sixth annual Culinary Walk About Contest. This year’s chefs chose pie as the theme. What is your favorite kind of pie?/Idaho Statesman *Apple*Peach*Cherry*Cream*Pumpkin*Other*Don't like pieDFO: Other (strawberry rhubarb)
Item: Teens linked to gruesome slaying: Father allegedly killed by daughter, boyfriend with baseball bat, wrench, sword/Meghann M. Cuniff, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: Dan Wortham was killed Friday night in what police believe was a premeditated attack by Jackie Wortham (left) and her 18-year-old boyfriend, Edmund D.…
Well, the weather (wo)man calls for spring time weather today. And that bright blue sky outside my second-floor window seems to indicate that's a good prediction. Dunno about you, but I've about had all the winter I can take this year. It's time to get…
I think it is a good economic plan to develop an educational cooridor. We cannot live on tourism alone. The cooridor will provide good paying jobs which is what we need. I gripe alot about LCDC and the things they do that I believe are…
"Robins were loving the weekend rain and the puddles that provided worms for the taking," writes Kerri Thoreson, OnLocation North Idaho. "Signs of spring are everywhere in beautiful North Idaho!"Stout-hearted men ... and women. All sizes, ages and shapes. 4000 of them. Fathers, mothers, brothers,…
Twin Fall's Amber Petersen (white) fights off the Coeur d'Alene High Viking Kama Griffitts (Blue) for a lose ball in the paint. The Idaho Statesman named Griffitts as the girls' basketball Division 5A player of the year here.(Steve Conner/Steve Conner Photography)
Patricia went to the Shore Lounge with her husband and some friends on March 16 for an evening of fun. Upon arriving at the night club, she saw her friend, Chad, was there with his girlfriend. They all sat down to next to each other…
Some angry people contacted editor Steve Smith over the weekend because they didn't like seeing sports stories on page A1, that such exposure for sports stories takes up space that can otherwise be used for non-sports news. "College ball is the closest we get to…
... for business and careers. The Lake City scores high in job growth (No. 3) but flounders in "educational attainment" (No. 91) here. Pocatello (at No. 22) is the only other Northwest town in the Top 25.
Item: 'Flutie Effect' is real, study shows: NCAA title can boost applications 8 percent/Associated PressMore Info: Gonzaga was virtually unknown in most parts of the country until it broke into the national tournament in the mid-'90s. The Bulldogs have been in the tournament every year…
Jim Hansen from the left-leaning advocacy group United Vision for Idaho made an astute observation over the weekend. For 35 lawmakers — a full one-third of the Legislature — the election season basically ended at 5 p.m. Friday. They're running unopposed, both in the May…
Emily Shih, formerly Emily Hwaung, holds the note sent in a 1987 class project that was recently found in Alaska, On Friday, in Seattle. About 21 years passed between the time Shih put the message in a soda bottle and Merle Brandell, not pictured, picked…
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.
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