A hydro geologist is evaluating damage caused today when damage to a sewer pipe caused less than 2,000 gallons of raw sewage to spill in a residential area at Prairie Avenue and Rude Street. A private contractor caused the spill when he accidentally cut the…
Suchat Pederson/News Journal, APTed Kaufman speaks after being appointed by Gov. Ruth Ann Minner to fill the Senate seat Joe Biden is leaving for the vice presidency, in Wilmington, Del., Monday. Kaufman, a former aide to Sen. Joe Biden, is president of a political and…
RE: letter sent by attorney Jay Q. Sturgell on behalf of former Spirit Lake officer Christopher Love to city of Spirit Lake, alleging discrimination in firing: "Officer Love's termination was discriminatory and in violation of his rights under the policy and procedures manual. The City…
JohnA: The ("Disney On Ice: High School Musical") skaters were great, as always, but the props were basic at best. Now, there's not much you can do to make an ice rink look like a basketball court, but I'm thinking a portable hoop on each…
Courtesy: Timberlake Fire DistrictHere's another view of that mountain goat that butted his way into an Athol home on Thursday. You can read the text from the Timberlake Fire Protection District and see more photos here.*Judge dismisses Joseph Duncan appeal/Eye On Boise*Bogus Basin gets an…
Susan Walsh/APWorkers bring the Capitol Christmas Tree to its spot on the West Front of the Capitol in Washington, Monday. The tree is from the Bitterroot National Forest in Montana.Question: Do you erect an artifical tree or a real one? When?
Troy Maben/AP File PhotoIn this July 24, 2006, AP file photo, Idaho Gov. Jim Risch shows off the new Idaho state quarter design that features the image of a peregrine falcon to children at the World Center for Birds of Prey in Boise at an…
Item: Texas Pastor: Let's talk about sex: Rev. Ed Young wants married congregants to have sex daily for the next seven days/ABC NewsMore Info: Thou shalt have sex and lots of it — That's the message one Texas reverend spread to his megachurch congregation today,…
Item: Former Shoshone County sheriff Crnkovich dies at 75/Nick Rotunno, Shoshone News-PressMore Info: When Franklin Dean Crnkovich passed away Wednesday at the age of 75, the Silver Valley lost one of its own. A longtime North Idaho law enforcement officer, he was a man who…
Chris Pizzello/APPink is helped with her wardrobe as she arrives at the American Music Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines:1. "What's this? A note? 'Paid for by McCain Palin...?" -- OfCoffee.2. "OK, if I just loosen up a little here,…
Item: Black Friday stirs up passions on both sides/Shawn Vestal, SRMore Info: Black Friday, the post-Thanksgiving orgy of early-morning discounts, is as divisive as it is crowded. For the devoted, it’s a chance to get great deals on some things and to get a lot…
Listen to Doug Clark's 'On the Lam Again'You could argue, I suppose, that Eddie Ray and I are linked like two miscreants in the Chain Gang of Life. But what to do? Reader Marshall Smith supplied the answer: a brand new Eddie Ray ballad. He…
In the news this morning, there was another mall shooting, this time near Seattle, here. The father of the college student who committed suicide on the Web is appalled by the virtual audience who egged him on here. New research suggests that autumn babies are…
Did you vote the same way as your neighbors in the presidential election?/Idaho Statesman*Yes*I'm blue in red precinct*I'm red in blue precinct*Didn't vote
Ronen Zilberman/APHawaii's Ryan Mouton (2) runs past Idaho's Peter Bjorvik (89) and Malcolm Lane during the first quarter of an NCAA college football game at Aloha Stadium in Honolulu, on Saturday. Idaho ended the season with a 2-10 record. ESPN boxscore here.Men's BB: Idaho 78,…
RE: Girl lied about Ferris coach assaultWow, nobody's suggesting a public stoning or a witch's drowning? I know many of you cro magnons would prefer to believe mental illness is simply brattiness, willful snotty behavior, but if this kid, who did this at 15, has…
I am nothing like the majority of them that live in (Rexburg). Like I said I did not grow up here. My dad is a very active Mormon and is also the most Christ-like person that I know as well as the most non-judgemental person…
I have a fun tale for you that I heard second hand. Seems a staffer in the Spokane office was eating at a restaurant recently when she noticed a fellow at another table reading and constantly refreshing Huckleberries Online. She wondered why he kept refreshing…
At approximately 1:40 a.m. today, Sheriff’s Deputies and Emergency Medical personnel responded to the area of Beck Road and Prairie Avenue in western Kootenai County to an unknown injury accident. When emergency personnel arrived, they found a one vehicle roll over where the driver had…
The ex-girlfriend of a man on trial for vehicular manslaughter testified Friday that he and another driver acknowledged one another and revved their engines before speeding down Kathleen Avenue. Seconds later, 14-year-old Isaac Norris was killed when one of the cars T-boned a brown 1987…
NASA/APIn this image provided by NASA astronaut Shane Kimbrough participates in the mission's second scheduled session of extravehicular activity Thursday as construction and maintenance continue on the International Space Station.
Item: Local Market is farmers' markets' winter counterpart/Nils Rosdahl, SR. More Info: Although its debut was earlier this month, the grand opening for The Local Market CdA will be next Saturday. Located in the hallways of The Coeur d'Alene Plaza Shops at 210 Sherman Ave.,…
A block north of Sherman on 4th Street is the new Morgio's sandwich shop and I've already put a curse on the place. Last week, we walked downtown for a bite and decided to try out an $8.99 "high-end" sandwich only to be greeted a…
Dean Hare/APWashington State forward Caleb Forrest reacts after being called for a foul during the first half of an NCAA college men's basketball game against Sacramento State Friday in Pullman. ESPN game story & boxscore here.
In the news tonight, President-elect Barack Obama is set to pick Timothy Geithner as the next Treasury secretary here. Madonna and Guy Ritchie were granted a prelim "quickie divorce" here. Studies show many people disregard advice to get HIV tests here. And it's time to…
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.