Coeur d'Alene's Dayna Drager (5) squeezes off a shot while being squeezed by Lewiston's Tanis Fuller (22) and Nicole Redd (12) late in the game Tuesday at CdA High School. Lewiston upset Coeur d'Alene 45-42 in the finale regular season game for the two teams.…
Groundhog's Day is special in our family because my father was born on this day in 1921. He looked a little like a groundhog after he put on weight in his later years. Born and raised in sunny northern California, he usually saw his shadow…
Michael Jackson's children Paris, left, and Prince Michael Jackson II accept the Lifetime Achievement award on behalf of their father at the Grammy Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)Question: Did you view the brief comments by Michael Jackson's children at the Grammy's…
We were the only group that included skaters over the age of 20. The rink was infested with hormone-heavy middle schoolers (and a few horny highschoolers). I couldn't believe all the tonsil hockey going down. Gag. I don't think I'd want Kegan going there without…
CindyH: What DFO can give me on my BIRTHDAY which is FEBRUARY 10: 1. A 2010 Boise Firefighter calendar.2. An offer to live blog my son's first varsity soccer game of the season.3. An in-depth weeklong assignment to cover the creation of a firefighter calendar.4.…
In this Thursday photo, Marci Beagley testifies about the events leading to the death of her son in Clackamas County Court in Oregon City, Ore. Beagley was found guilty today of criminally negligent homicide for praying over their ill son instead of seeking medical help.…
A gull holds a starfish in its beak at the North Jetty at the entrance to Humboldt Bay in Eureka, Calif. on Monday morning. The National Weather Service has forecast showers and rain for the rest of the week with highs in the mid-50's. (AP…
5:19 p.m. A male is choking a female in a pink coat. in a dispute over a backpack @ 6th & Sherman.4:50 p.m. A large piece of plywood is lying on I-90 @ M/P 4 (near Spokane Street/PF).4:46 p.m. Justin is banging on the door…
Barb Ormsby, a cardiac nurse for 23 years at Sacred Heart Medical Center, joined dozens of other Sacred Heart nurses who held an informational picket on S. McClellan St. to protest working conditions at the hospital Tuesday. The nurses are upset about bathroom breaks, staffing…
The reality of the situation is Otter, along with Idaho legislators, only live so long. Our generation will have to put up with their choices long after they are gone, and we will have our work cut out for us in putting the state’s higher…
Former Republican vice presidential candidate -- and GOP future presidential candidate? -- Sarah Palin took out after White House chief of staff Rahm Emanuel today for referring to a group of liberal activists as "retarded." "Just as we'd be appalled if any public figure of…
First District Congress candidate Vaughn Ward has joined four Idaho elected officials in signing a pledge to "oppose legislation relating to climate change that includes a net increase in government revenue.” In a news release Tuesday, the free market group Americans for Prosperity, said Ward…
In this Sunday, June 27, 1993, file photo, a man has the slogan "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" painted on his torso as he prepares to march in the 24th Annual Lesbian and Gay Pride Parade in New York. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, appearing before the…
... spotted on a black Jetta on Sherman Avenue recently: "Who needs boys when you can have a vampire?"
In Christianity, the term “born again” refers to a spiritual or metaphorical rebirth, or the accepting of the Lord as Savior. Today, “born again” has been removed 10 times over from its original meaning and morphed into what is convenient for the speaker. People claim…
Everybody knows who Idaho’s most famous inventor was: Rigby’s Philo Farnsworth thought up the essential technology for television in 1927. But who’s No. 2? Gotta be Boisean Caleb Chung, co-inventor of Furby, the wide-eyed robotic toy that’s sold 40 million units since its introduction in…
St. John Vianney School students recoil at the sight of a human operated "Baby T-Rex as members of the Walking With Dinosaurs: The Arena Spectacular made a visit to the school Monday in Spokane Valley. The show, which includes 17 life-size dinosaurs, many of them…
Here's what I don't understand re: the claim by Marybill re: a two-story parking garage that would block Dennis Wheeler's view of Tubbs Hill from across the street at Coeur d'Alene Mines. It would be political suicide. The town simply wouldn't put up with such…
Punxsutawney Phil, right, is held by Ben Hughes after emerging from his burrow on Gobblers Knob in Punxsutawney, Pa., to see his shadow and forecast six more weeks of winter weather this morning. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)Question: Most of us have seen the movie "Groundhog…
Betsy Russell's response to Randy Stapilus re: Idaho Reporter: The Capitol Correspondents Association is not a professional fellowship. It’s the entity designated by the joint rules of the House and Senate to credential members of the press for access to the press seats on the…
At OpenCDA.com comment section, Mary reacts to being called out by Mayor Sandi Bloem on Huckleberries online re: that unsubstantiated rumor Mary was circulating -- you know, the claim there's a clandestine plan to build a two-story parking garage at the site of the old…
Mountaineer students are shown cheering at a basketball game against Ohio State Jan. 23. University officials have asked students to tone down their language after profanities shouted at the game were heard on national television. (AP Photo/West Virginia University, Jim Lawther)Question: Do you have a…
11:21 p.m. 4 dogs are running in traffic @ H95 @ M/P 422 (near Kidd Island Bay Road).10:44 p.m. Neighbor reports that 3 men are stealing 2 dirt bikes from a Post Falls trailer owned by a male who is in jail. (However, PFPD Blue…
The state legislation had nothing to do with resolving the health care crisis in Idaho and was instead taking the partisan hackery, with ideological undertones, pervading the federal legislation, to the state level. In debate the sponsor even acknowledged the defensive nature of this legislation…
I know it's amazing how that large chunk is so waisted. Hell, there's already a gazeboo there. The boat ramp could stay just move the parking lot for boaters to the south side of city hall it's just dirt there, pave the darn things and…
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.
