Most people have memories of high school they would just as soon forget. Not Regina Crosby. The writer and director, now living in Los Angeles, used her four years of teen angst at Coeur d’Alene High School as the backdrop for her first film, “Teenage…
Seems Jim Brannon is now introducing himself at forums as "the guy who got fired." He did so last night at the VFW candidates' forum. It's beginning to appear that the firing may have given Brannon something to discuss beyond urban renewal. Dunno if it's…
A Hattiesburg firefighter comforts two small children as other firefighters work on an injured victim near the intersection of 6th Avenue and West Railroad Street after vehicle was struck by a westbound Amtrak train around 5 p.m today in Hattiesburg, Miss. (AP Photo/The Hattiesburg American,…
At OpenCDA.com, Mary Souza is trying to connect the dots to say that city officials are behind executive director Jim Brannon's layoff/firing/whatever at Habitat for Humanity. Quoth Mary in the comments section today (under "Smoking Gun"): "Interestingly, and somewhat surprisingly, the city of CdA gave…
5:29 p.m. Trinity Lutheran on 5th/CdA reports overcooking set off fire alarm.5:27 p.m. Small grass fire is smoldering along H95 & Kidd Island Bay Road.5:25 p.m. 2 juveniles on bikes reportedly tossed gasoline on water and lit it on fire @ Honeysuckle Beach/Hayden. Hazmat team…
North Idaho College graphic design student Joe Ingalls of Coeur d’Alene films an interview between Idaho First Lady Lori Otter and student Emily Steigers of Hayden as part of a production the students in the video production class are creating on the Idaho Meth Project.…
Members of the Kimberly High School band rehearse folding a 120 by 60-foot American Flag on the field at Papermaker Stadium in Kimberly, Wis. The flag, which weighs 450-pounds and is the largest ever flown, will be delivered to the stadium by a Village of…
At Remember The Roxy, OrangeTV posts this photo of what Kidd Island Bay looked like back in the 1950s. It has developed a little since then.Currently, congress is in the process of adding yet another category to hate crimes. First race, then religion, now sexual…
True love is letting your lady watch Glee without complaining about how ridiculous you may view it. Yes, Glee is silly and a bit juvenile, but the catchy tunes and dramatic high school plot make it worth 43 minutes on Hulu/production manager Kelsey Samuels, UIdaho…
MamaJD, who accompanied PapaJD on a short trip to the Bay Area, emails: "We ended up staying at the hotel that held an honest to goodness old fashioned San Francisco Democratic fundraiser for the DNC that included a speech from President Obama. The area around…
MountainGoat Report: No matter that the state has already extracted its pound of flesh from the most disadvantaged among us—mental health facilities closing their doors, more single mothers living in poverty, programs for the elderly being cut, to name a few—all while keeping $200 million…
Six-year-old Falcon Heene sits cross-legged on the roof of his family's van outside his home in Fort Collins, Colo., after the little boy was found hiding in a box in a space above the garage on Thursday. Falcon Heene at first had been reported to…
CindyH: So I met my editor downtown for coffee this morning. As we were leaving the coffee shop, I tripped on a crack in the sidewalk and went flying into the street and landed on my face! I probably should update my lip avatar to…
No charges have been filed yet in a case of pettit theft involving three kinds of winter squash and some tomatoes. On Wednesday, Mike Plante told Coeur d'Alene police that he saw a neighbor and another person taking 10 squash -- of the butternut, buttercup…
What if Rush Limbaugh wanted to buy the Seahawks? Oh, my. The conflagration would have been second in local history next to the Great Seattle Fire of 1889. As one of liberalism's castles on the hill, Seattle would have spilled thousands into the streets to…
Colleen Bitter, assistant brewer at Kettlehouse Brewing Co. in Missoula, Mont., checks the contents of a brew kettle at the brewery earlier this week. Bitter is the only female brewer in Montana, and one of only a few nationwide. Story here. (AP Photo/The Missoulian, Tom…
Joker: Geez, the school should let the teenage lesbian do whatever she wants. Seriously, who flips through their yearbook 10 years after graduating? Most people put their yearbooks in a box that goes into the garage for eternity. With things like facebook and myspace aren't…
Idaho First Lady Lori Otter answers a question on the Idaho Meth Project posed by North Idaho College student Emily Steigers of Hayden during an interview in NIC’s television studio. The interview was the first in a series scheduled by NIC video production students for…
"Is there anybody out there that really believes given the timing of Brannon's dismissal that it was not done to intentionally humiliate the man and throw him off prior to a debate? Wouldn't it have been appropriate to fire him during a normal business hours…
For news junkies, particularly those with an interest in state politics, there is only one Betsy Russell—the Spokesman Review Boise Bureau chief who is the voice of the blog Eye on Boise. The president of the Idaho Press Club, cofounder and current president of Idahoans…
Arpie: I sent home a health district form with all my students last week for free swine flu shots or nasal inhalers. 3 of 21 kids so far have signed up. I'd say most aren't taking this seriously and a few fear the nasty govinmnt.Question:…
Veronica Rodriguez, right, the mother of Ceara Sturgis, a 17-year-old lesbian, complains to reporters that her daughter deserves to have her senior portrait, included in the yearbook of the Wesson Attendance Center even though she is wearing a tux instead of the over-shoulder-drapes traditionally worn…
11:48 a.m. ISP officer is transporting a woman to Michael D's to call tow service after she broke down in a red SUV on I-90 & Sherman Avenue exit.11:33 a.m. A 37YO woman who has been sick with pneumonia has fallen down stairs @ Government…
A third-grader is in trouble with the law after he showed up at Atlas Elementary School armed with a knife he'd taken from his mother's purse Monday. The Kootenai County Sheriff's report says the student told a classmate, who told a teacher, which prompted a…
Attending the Homecoming football game on Saturday was like stumbling into a giant Alcoholics Anonymous meeting, but that is expected. What I did not expect that much of this drunken, boorish behavior would be from parents, not the students. In particular, a near fight between…
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.
