Word is out that Sarah Palin has signed on as a contributor to FOX News. Wow. Just when I've started viewing selective FOX programming. What a bonus! Sometimes I think FOX News Sunday has some merit. That is until Brit Hume suggested Tiger Woods would…
A cardinal chases a wren away from a feeder Saturday near Maysville, Ky. (AP Photo/The Ledger Independent, Terry Prather)
I'm dedicating today's wild card to well-respected and -loved local attorney Scott Reed. Who graciously let Coeur d'Alene police off the hook after he was almost arrested as a possible burglar over the Christmas holidays. (See below for a chuckle.) Local police have been going…
A car was spray-painted with swastikas sometime early Friday outside the downtown Coeur d’Alene home of a woman who regularly has African-American friends visiting. In addition, about two weeks ago, some men drove past the Front Avenue home in a white pickup truck, slowed down…
Seattle Mariners broadcaster Dave Sims, pitcher Garrett Olson, Mariners Moose and pitcher Doug Fister pose for a picture at Providence Sacred Heart Children's Hospital. The group is touring eastern Washington as part of the Mariners 2010 Caravan. The three Mariners will be in Eastern Washington…
Utah State fan Bill Sproat tries to distract Hawaii center Douglas Kurtz as he shoots a free throw during an NCAA college basketball game Monday in Logan, Utah. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Herald Journal, Eli Lucero)Top Cutlines:1. “Anyone who dresses like that, or…
5:55 p.m. Amber Alert of 4:12 entry has been canceled. Mother and son found in Helena, Mont.5:47 p.m. Neighbor believes someone in a pickup is burglarizing home at 16300 Riverview (& Signal Point).5:30 p.m. A female DUI may have fallen asleep at the wheel @…
Long-time Kootenai Health CEO, Joe Morris, has announced plans to retire in May 2011. "Joe has been with Kootenai Health for 36 years. He has led Kootenai through times of economic downturn, growth, and expansion of services we provide," said Jim Curtis, M.D., chairman of…
The Coeur d'Alene Police Department has released this surveillance video of a man described as being in his late 20s to early 30s who robbed Washington Trust in downtown Coeur d'Alene early this afternoon. You can read the latest description update of the robber from…
It's easy enough to avoid real-life trolls. Keep your billy goats in check and avoid sketchy bridges. But online (you know, in the world where you aren't in charge of Capra aegagrus hircus and the safe maritime transportation thereof), anyone with a blog is bound…
It's a titanic battle, and it's in the 3-D of reality: A Chicago alderman versus "Avatar." Eleventh Ward Ald. James Balcer believes the new blockbuster movie is anti-military and anti-American. Balcer is a decorated Marine veteran of the Vietnam war, and now he's going into…
Usually, public television is above this kind of awkward, reality-show kind of confrontation. Yet here was Wayne Hammon, Gov. Butch Otter's budget chief, arriving at Idaho Public Television for the airing of his boss' state of the state address. Minutes earlier, Hammon walked reporters through…
This image released by People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals shows a new PETA ad that features Carrie Underwood, first lady Michelle Obama, Oprah Winfrey and Tyra Banks. The animal-rights group says it is pulling an ad campaign that used the likeness of First…
One of my downtown Berry Pickers provided this shot of a KCSDeputy standing guard near Washington Trust a few minutes ago.12:43 a.m. Coeur d'Alene police are looking for a suspect who just tried to rob Washington Trust Bank, 218 E. Lakeside Ave., Coeur d'Alene. The…
Trish Gannon/River Journal: A question for you merry Hucksters. Most of you know I've started a blog for the River Journal, and I'm getting ready to make it live. And then I come across a link on here to a page of posts from the…
After his near-arrest Dec. 23, attorney Scott Reed sent this letter to Sgt. Christie Wood/Coeur d'Alene Police Department: "It was a most interesting experience. I am at an age where nothing very exciting ever happens and this certainly was a memorable event. Also, in retrospect,…
RathdrumBob: I have a question: when did it become acceptable to substitute "have a nice day" for "thank you"? This seems particularly true of young ladies working at fast food establishments, or am I just being old and crotchety? I have pointedly said "you're welcome"…
In this Jan. 16, 2007, photo by Kathy Plonka/SR, then-sophomore Katie Baker is shown on her home court at Lake City High. Bill Speltz of the Missoulian reports that the freshman post for the Montana Grizzlies has injured her knee and is out for the…
11:55 a.m. A telephone or cable line is hanging down over 5000 block of Hayden Lake Road.11:43 a.m. A white passenger car and a black SUV, both w/Washington plates, are slamming their brakes in front of each other e/b on I-90 @ M/P 9 (Huetter).11:29…
Americans are giving Barack Obama a split decision on his first year in office, according to a national poll released Tuesday. Forty-eight percent of people questioned in a CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey said Obama's presidency has been a failure so far, while 47 percent of…
Wayne Hoffman of the Idaho Freedom Foundation provides 12 proposals he'd like to see pass in the 2010 Legislature, including:Cut taxes.Eliminate state agencies. There are too many agencies and too many programs. Stick to the proper role of government. Eliminate the fluff. Find ways to…
Otter, now a centrist, still gets heat from the left. Dick Gardner and Richard Slaughter, economists who worked under Democratic governors, complained that he should have seized the opportunity of lean times to reform a tax code riddled with giveaways for business. A fairer system…
The Dallas Cowboys Cheerleaders perform before an NFL wild-card playoff football game between the Cowboys and the Philadelphia Eagles Saturday in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Sharon Ellman)Question: Where you ever a cheerleader?
Keith Allred, former head of The Common Interest citizen group and now a Democratic candidate for governor, was in the Capitol rotunda after Gov. Butch Otter’s State of the State address, and he was plenty critical. “Gov. Otter today delivered a message of decline and…
JBelle: I think everybody does their job and works hard. And—everybody has a job to do and a protocol to follow. I wasn't there but identified closely as I am at work by 5 am during the dark months of winter. You see many strange…
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.
