11:21 a.m. EMTs are responding to a possible unattended death of a 90ish woman in the 1100 block of West Hayden Avenue.10:59 a.m. A manager at Triple Play wants to speak to an officer re: found pills.10:35 a.m. 14YO boy with a history of anxiety…
Why would Luna run? Well, to start; I’m pretty sure that most will agree that he’s egotistical enough to think that one term as Superintendent of Public Instruction is all he needs in order to run for higher office. His OTJ training hasn’t really worked…
The raucous, hostile behavior of some University of Idaho fans at Thursday night’s men’s basketball game against Boise State University prompted UI Interim President Steven Daley-Laursen to send an e-mail letter to the campus community on Sunday condemning those fans’ actions. The urgency of Daley-Laursen’s…
Idaho First Lady Lori Otter reads Ida visits the Capitol to third and fourth-graders at Webster Elementary recently in Lewiston. Otter collaborated with Boise State University on the book to provide a fun way for kids to learn Idaho History in school. (AP Photo/Lewiston Tribune,…
Item: ISP feeling budget pinch/Betsy Russell, Eye On BoiseMore Info: The governor’s recommended budget for next year for ISP calls for an 8.2 percent cut in state general funds, and a 5.1 percent cut overall. However, it’s one of the few areas where the governor…
I feel like a new woman today with my apple peeler. I brought it home yesterday afternoon, screwed it to the counter, practiced with three apples and then wondered how many hundreds of hours of my life could have been spent hiking, biking or riding…
Yesterday's post with all its French sayings made me think of my favorite personal saying, one I coined and use as somewhat of a mission statement: "that which works for me may not work for you." I'll let you think about it for a moment.…
In the news this Groundhog's Day evening ... the U.S. Senate confirmed Eric Holder as the first African-American AG (without the votes of Idaho's Crapo & Risch) here. Of 7 actions taken by President Obama so far, 5 have wide support but not his decision…
Former President Bill Clinton, center, and daughter Chelsea Clinton, right, look on during a ceremonial swearing-in for Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton today at the State Department in Washington. (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari)SR's Today In Pictures here
Bon sang ne saurait mentir! What's bred in the bone will come out in the flesh, the French like to say. Screw them and their stupid Laguiole knives I like to say. I picked up a brand new one with a spicy, aromatic juniper wood…
Jenna Cassidy of Spokane, shown with here six-month-old son Collin today, is trying to organize local residents to picket the Avista building this coming weekend over the price of electricity and natural gas. A recent monthly power bill for her 900 square foot home was…
Brandy Urbanec of Raymond, Neb., celebrates as her duck named Mama Donna crosses the finish line first to win the annual Quack-Off duck races in Avoca, Neb., Saturday. The annual duck race, in it's 29th year, is held as a benefit for the local fire…
5:29 p.m. A deceased deer is laying on Ferrell by The Shanty bar/Huetter5:10 p.m. Elderly woman who'd been weaving in and out of traffic has struck a vehicle in front of The Torch bikini bar on Lakeside/CDA.4:49 p.m. R/P reports illegal burn on French Gulch…
“There must be strong reasons to reject a new President’s nominee but my ‘nay’ vote today is justified regarding Eric Holder’s nomination to become Attorney General of the United States,” said Crapo. “Holder’s track record is one that many Idahoans take issue with. He is…
The young men convicted of killing a 14-year-old boy in a 2006 street race could be out of prison within six months. While Kootenai County Judge Fred Gibler this morning sentenced Daniel W. Cutting, 20, and Dominick F. Salois, 21, respectably, to two and three…
Did I miss the announcement? Or did the CdA Press fail to mention that it was raises its single-copy rack sales to 75 cents, as of today? The Sunday edition increased from $1.50 to $2. The SR sells for 50 cents on the rack in…
Gov. Butch Otter went in for shoulder surgery today, after a recent team roping accident, according to the email message below that went out today to state agency heads. Click here to read a letter from First Lady Lori Otter about what happened, which says…
"The closest we come to groundhogs in North Idaho is their cousin, the marmot. Often found near water, there's quite a large neighborhood of the creatures in Falls Park in Post Falls," posts Kerri Thoreson, OnLocation North Idaho. More here.Compromise? Not: Well yes, this is…
North Idaho College sophomore point guard from Seattle, Wash., Melvin Jones made an improbable 3/4-court shot as the buzzer sounded to defeat Scenic West Athletic Conference rival the College of Southern Idaho 69-66 in a nail-biting game Saturday, Jan. 31. Stacy Hutson's news release here.
Rep. Penny Morgan, a four-term lawmaker from Billings, is almost always a good Republican. She is pro-life. She believes the best budgets are tight ones and frowns upon higher taxes. But there's a part of Morgan, 48, that splits from her party - the part…
In this still image taken from a television ad provided by PepsiCo Inc., New England Patriots' Matt Light, center, New York Giants' Justin Tuck, left, and Baltimore Ravens' Ray Lewis appear in a commercial for SoBe Life Water which will air during Super Bowl XLIII.…
A bill to eliminate the Idaho Women's Commission was introduced by a Senate committee Monday, but the measure faces stiff opposition. Sen. Joyce Broadsword said the commission — founded by Gov. Bob Smylie in 1965 by executive order and established by law by the 1970…
King County Executive Ron Sims walks to the podium to speak at a news conference where he announced that President Barack Obama will nominate him to be deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Monday in Seattle. In a news release,…
Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps poses next to a Mazda car at a Mazda event in Beijing, China Jan. 11. The record-breaking swimmer is in Beijing for the first time after the Beijing Olympics on a trip tied to his new sponsorship deal with the…
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.