In a speech that was both somber and soaring, he returned again and again to Afghanistan, arguing that the war was morally just and strategically necessary to defend the United States and others from more terrorist attacks. In a moving passage, he invoked the memories…
At More Main Street, KerriT provides a photo of the autograph that about 1,200 people stood in line in single-digit temperatures last night to get. Kerri provides more photos of people who braved the frigid weather to get Sarah Palin's autograph here.
SR photographer Kathy Plonka has returned from the front lines (read: the line waiting for Sarah Palin at the garden center of Fred Meyer) with some swell photos, including one of the woman who has been waiting at the front of the line since well…
Cotton insulation. Bamboo flooring. Concrete countertops. All of these can simultaneously make your home beautiful and Green, and, for the past 15 years, Spokane area shoppers have been able to find these and more under one roof at EcoDepot. “EcoDepot is the only environmental building…
Automotive Technology student Thomas Rusche of Coeur d’Alene (seated) and classmates Nick Rardin of Post Falls and Jordan Justice of Tensed check out a Tesla Roadster electric supercar in the automotive lab at North Idaho College. Owner Warren Fisher of Coeur d’Alene brought the car…
Dressed as a combination Elvis and Santa Claus, Tom Pall waves a sign advertising for a colon hydrotherapy clinic Wednesday in Las Vegas. Pall, who has been waving the sign for four hours a day for the past three months, said he gets 40-50 people…
5:27 p.m. A man going in and out of consciousness is slumped over the wheel of a vehicle pulling a boat @ Honeysuckle Beach lot/Hayden Lake.5:21 p.m. Damon reports a possible suicide in Post Falls.4:58 p.m. Water from a broken pipe is flooding a 2-story…
Item: Sandpoint eyes user fee for City Beach/Keith Kinnaird, Bonner County BeeMore Info: The city’s quest for new sources of revenue could result in a user fee for non-residents at City Beach. Councilwoman Helen Newton said the non-resident user fee was suggested by employees and…
KREM2 provides an up close and personal look at the Spokane Valley 13YO who wanted to know what would happen if she licked a metal pole in the single-digit temperatures that we've had in the Inland Northwest this week. You can read the story here.
MamaJD phoned HBO moments ago to explain how she ended up helping with the books at Sarah Palin's autographfest at Fred Meyer. She was standing in a small group with Coach Dean Lundblad, who knows members of the Palin family. She and others in the…
Sarah Palin autographed books at Fred Meyer in Coeur d'Alene this afternoon. (Kathy Plonka/SR)OrangeTV: I'm okay with all the coverage. I like celebrity gossip. She's irritating in a somewhat enjoyable way. At least it's always a good time making fun of her and her supporters.…
... "I've been invited to help in Sandpoint tonight too!"
... from Palin book signing at Fred Meyer: "(Sarah Palin's) wearing black jacket with a patriotic military pin. Todd is wearing beige sweater. I'm now helping out in the book tour and within 10 feet."
First, it’s not a legitimate means of assessment because the Broncos can’t do anything about it. They’re in the conference they’re in, and have to play those opponents. Assessing the Broncos by looking at the other teams is a bit like judging my job performance,…
An issue of Editor & Publisher is shown atop newspapers in New York earlier today. The journalism trade journal Editor & Publisher is shutting down after 108 years of publication. Editor Greg Mitchell of Editor & Publisher said he was shocked by the decision to…
MamaJD just texted Huckleberries Online to say: "Mission accomplished! I got my book signed!" I responded via e-mail by asking her (for OrangeTV's sake) to describe what Sarah Palin was wearing and whether hubby Todd was by her side. Stay tuned.
Eleven months before crucial midterm elections, a national poll indicates that the public is divided over whether the country would be better off with Democrats or Republicans controlling Congress. According to a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey released Thursday, 40 percent of people questioned say the…
Allred may be a relative unknown statewide — especially compared to incumbent Gov. Butch Otter and even GOP primary challengers Rex Rammell and Sharon Ullman, an Ada County commissioner. But he's well-known around the Statehouse and Idaho public policy circles. His group has analyzed some…
As someone who has lived most of her life in the Spokane area, I consider myself quite familiar with the city and all its amenities. But when an invitation crossed my desk to see Spokane through a visitor’s eyes, I was intrigued. The CVB (Spokane…
"I've been here since 10 o'clock last night," said Spokane resident Mary Ann Porter, left. She was first in line to get her copy of Sarah Palin's book signed at Fred Meyers in Coeur d'Alene. The book signing began at noon today and will continue…
Actress and author Christina Crawford, daughter of actress Joan Crawford and author of the book “Mommie Dearest,” has been appointed to the Benewah County Commission by Gov. Butch Otter. Otter named Crawford, who now operates the Seven Springs Country Inn near Tensed and who has…
12:07 p.m. A second-grader is having an extreme temper tantrum in Prairie View Elementary office.12:04 p.m. A motorist is upset that a timber company is blocking his road while falling trees, off H95, b/n Chilco & Ohio Match.Noon: A Post Falls banker reports that a…
In August, my husband and I celebrated our 58th wedding anniversary in the nursing home. On that occasion, a young employee there asked me what were the secrets of a good, long marriage. I was taken a bit by surprise and only a flip answer…
Say you had an investment portfolio worth about $252 million. An investment broker offers you a return of 1.7 percent. Would you take it? Hardly. You could do better with a savings account. So why is the state of Idaho satisfied with such meager results?…
MamaJD just sent this photo via phone from inside the garden center at Fred Meyer, where people have been waiting all night to get their Sarah Palin's book autographed.MamaJD: Everyone is in good friendly spirits. There is a cameraderie going that is hard to describe.…
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.
