Today is the 191st day of 2009. There are 174 days left in the year. On this day in history: In 1890, Wyoming became the 44th state. Folk singer Arlo Guthrie is 62. Thought for Today: "A concept is stronger than a fact." — Charlotte…
A motorcycle is shown in between a car and a truck after an accident Thursday in Jefferson, Wis. The impact of a car driven by a 21-year-old woman landed the motorcycle driver in the bed of the pickup truck that was parked in front of…
Poolman: I was stalked and bitten by a loose pitbull as a child. I was on my bicycle at the time. Luckily I was able to zig and zag, zig and zag and then sprint and get away from the dog with only minor lacerations…
On Thursday, Abel Wolf, 35, left, and Dan Boucher of the State Public Defender System talk after Wolf waived his right to extradition in District Court in the Hill County Courthouse in Havre, Mont. Wolf and his 40-year-old wife, Denise Wolf, were arrested Thursday, July…
A reveler is seen on the ground, during the San Fermin bull run, in Pamplona, northern Spain, Friday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Jesus Caso, EFE)Top Cutlines:1. This reveler is now wishing he had listened to the PETA gals instead of just looking at them…
5:27 p.m. 51YO male is being transported to KMC from Plummer after he fell while drunk a suffered an "extreme bleed" at the back of his head. His scalp has been peeled back.5:26 p.m. R/P reports she and fiance are locked in her apartment after…
Earlier today, US first lady Michelle Obama looks up during a visit in the Sistine Chapel at the Vatican. Woman at right is unidentified. Michelle Obama also visited the Vatican Grottos underneath St. Peter's Basilica Friday, where pontiffs including Pope John Paul II, royals and…
Idaho’s minimum wage, currently $6.55 per hour, will rise to $7.25 per hour on July 24, as part of a three-step increase in the federal minimum wage approved by Congress in 2007. Idaho ties its minimum wage to the federal one, rather than setting its…
My son experienced heartache for the first time yesterday. The quail chick, which he had named Happy Feet because of the little bird's tendency to jump and dance, grew weak in the evening and stopped breathing. ... I've never seen my son so sad. Like…
Boz Scaggs never had much to do with the military, even though he was born just two days after D-Day, on June 8, 1944. Around the time American forces got interested in the situation in Vietnam, Scaggs had left the states for Europe and his…
Jeremy Russell of Puyallup, Wash., left, and Rob Hogue of Graham, Wash., use a bucket lift to work on the renovation of the historic wooden roller coaster at the Puyallup Fairgrounds in Puyallup, Wash. Built in 1935, the classic coaster is undergoing a renovation and…
Adam Morrison is back in the summer league, probably the last place he thought he'd be as he prepares for his fourth season in the NBA. But the former Gonzaga standout finds himself at a career crossroads. The Los Angeles Lakers won the NBA title…
An auction for condominiums in a high-profile Coeur d’Alene development has been postponed for the second time. The auction for 36 units at the Village at Riverstone, which was set for Sunday at The Coeur d’Alene Resort, has been delayed until Aug. 1, in order…
Investigators, from both the Spokane Police and the Spokane Sheriff's department, examine the scene while the body of a skateboard and knife-wielding man shot by Spokane Police lies on the sidewalk at left earlier today in North Spokane. Story here. (Jesse Tinsley/SR)Army Guardsman sentenced for…
This year things are and have happened that make me look at my life. I turned 35. Although I don't feel it, I am not as young as I once was. In August my dad is getting re married. I never really saw that happening.…
In this photo provided by the Vatican newspaper L'Osservatore Romano, President Barack Obama and Pope Benedict XVI, are photographed as they meet at the Vatican. President Obama sat down with the pontiff at the Vatican today for a meeting in which frank but constructive talks…
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That's Walt Minnick's signature on a letter from the House Blue Dog Coalition saying they don't like the current health care bill. One of the listed problems? It's not bipartisan. The letter says a reform to the bill must address each of their concerns, including…
The Idaho political blogosphere is a complete echo chamber. There's a few of us that read it. But if you look at it, my blog gets about 1,200 hits a day. Clayton Cramer gets about 1,000. But I'd be surprised if anyone other than Chris…
Joanna Blaszczak, left, a student at Cornell University, and Shan Xu, a graduate student from Chengdu, China, check the depth of a research hole as they work on finding and cataloging worm species at a University of Idaho research farm Tuesday in Moscow. (AP Photo/Dean…
11:19 a.m. Auto fire @ 5359 Government Way.11:10 a.m. Vivian reports a man and two females are shooting off fireworks on Hayden Lake, b/n Tobler's Marina and her home.11:07 a.m. Luke reports that a neighbor is cutting down his trees.10:53 a.m. Woman on Remington reports…
Item: Did a 16YO from Brazil catch President Obama's eye at G8 summit?/Herald.ieMore Info: OH DEAR -- she's young enough to be his daughter. And 16-year-old Mayara Tavares will no doubt be a little bemused about how she managed to grab the attention of Barack…
Jana Kemp is one of those politicians the Idaho GOP hardliners call a RINO - a "Republican In Name Only." Nowadays, Kemp doesn't even call herself a Republican. The former one-term legislator is running for governor as an independent. In the inevitable Twitterization of Idaho…
Patrick Siler hasn't painted anything in 10 years. That's about to change. The 69-year-old Pullman man is dusting off his paint brushes and going to work on an 18-foot-by-20-foot mural in downtown Pullman's Pine Street Plaza. Story here.//Moscow-Pullman Daily NewsIdaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SRBonner County police…
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