I'm going to close tonight by drawing your attention to a poignant post that Boisean Dennis Mansfield made today. It addresses the nasty issue of, well, nastiness in the blogosphere. It spotlights the Las Vegas Review-Journal's legal attack on Idaho blogger Clayton Cramer and a…
This photo provided by Ben Story shows a bear inside Story's car early this morning in Larkspur, Colo. Story said the bear got into his empty car, honked the horn and sent it rolling into a thicket with the bear inside. Ben Story said he…
On Monday, I'll be bailing on you for the next 2 weeks, to enjoy this viewtiful region in which we live while the sun shines. Cindy's warming up in the bullpen to fill in, as she does so capably. You can miss me -- or…
The Cramer case does suggest that there maybe a need for a national blogging association to focus on this narrow issue of fair use. Bloggers across the spectrum need to come up with a solid definition of fair use and then be prepared to defend…
A United States Air Force Thunderbird, piloted by Maj. Sean Gustafson, prepares to separate from the boom of a KC-135 air refueling tanker after refueling enroute to Spokane Thursday. Asia Hege's SR story here. (SR photo: Jesse Tinsley) Vestal: Impound company reaped what it towed…
Mexican sewer diver Julio Camara goes down on a cage for a dive at the city's drainage system plant, on the outskirts of Mexico City on Tuesday. Camara, who makes less than US $500 a month diving in the city's sewage system clearing blockages and…
5:24 p.m. A wallet has been found near the Fort Sherman playground @ City Park.5:17 p.m. Passerby is suspicious re: an adult male he saw alone in back seat w/little girl @ Seltice Way & Seeley/Post Falls.5:01 p.m. Caller reports that a male is sleeping…
On his Facebook page, OrangeTV published this late this morning. Which was OK. Because my wife brought me a Subway sandwich with all the fixings. A saw it for the first time a few minutes ago. I don't think I'm crazy about smoked salmon on…
Idaho Republicans seek salvation through their nostalgic worship of a mythological perspective of the founding of this country carefully omitting any inconvenient historical fact or rationale which led to the demise of whatever constitutional virtue they seem to be extolling. In other words they're grasping…
This is the kind of wonderful photo that happens when Live, Love, Laugh, Hope and her husband go for a ride as the sun is going down the mountain. More photos here.10 things I've been doing instead of blogging/A Butterfly MomentWhen living in a glass…
Only a few days after rejecting an endorsement from the Tea Party Express, one of the many national voices of the Tea Party movement, Rep. Walt Minnick says is he unsure if he will join the newly-formed Tea Party Caucus in Congress. The caucus is…
The letters to the editor of the Bonner County Bee reveals that the Bonner County Republican Central Committee continues to be tone deaf to the controversy it has stirred with its stand against the county fair's "fiesta" theme this year. As you know, Bonner County…
With the ocean surf near the Cocoa Beach Pier being safe to enjoy people came to the beach today Friday, as Tropical Depression Bonnie churns up the waters off the Cocoa Beach, Fla. While on the beach Melissa Colyer, 17 from Jackson, Mo. has a…
The headlines cited above ( "Are Tea Parties Racist?" and "Is the Tea Party Movement Racist?" and "But Isn't the Tea Party Movement Racist?"), though, were not from daily newspapers. They were from the blogosphere, where the standards of journalism are changing, where writers often…
Item: Judge: Competitive cheerleading is not an official college sport/New York TimesMore Info: Competitive cheerleading is not an official sport that colleges can use to meet gender-equity requirements, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in ordering Quinnipiac University to keep its women’s volleyball team. The parties…
I agree with the editorial in the Coeur d'Alene Press today in which the writer (M.E. Mike Patrick) remarks that the $4.5 million upgrade to Hayden's portion of Government Way is a source of pride -- whether or not it triggers economic revival. Quoth Patrick:…
A Tire Hogs team member grabs the back legs of a pig during the pig wrestling event at the recent Blaine County Fair in Chinook, Mont. (AP Photo/Havre Daily News, Nikki Carlson)Cartoon: Beltway Chicken Littles/David Horsey, Seattle P-ICartoon: Despicable me/Milt Priggee, Seattle P-I'Bandit's' attorney: 'He…
Jamie Lynn Morgan, social networker extraordinaire, had one of those Only In North Idaho moments while sitting on her porch this week. Seems a raccoon emerged from the trees. Only her husband, Tom, thought it was one of neighborhood cats, Jamie noted via Twitter. More…
Christa Hazel: I completely agree a technical program would be beneficial. But I keep looking at this in the same light as I would my own home: why add on a room to my house when the water heater needs to be fixed? That's essentially…
On her Facebook page, Kerri Thoreson posts an album of photos from last year's Julyamsh celebration by the Coeur d'Alene Indian Tribe at the Greyhound Park in Post Falls, including the one above. Julyamsh begins today. Chief Allan welcomes us to Julyamsh here.Question: Have you…
Thursday Poll: You Berry Pickers aren't sure what impact Walt Minnick's flirtation with the Tea Party Express had on his candidacy. 50 of 132 respondents (37.9%) said it had no impact. By identical counts of 38 of 132 (28.8% each), you said that the Minnick's…
11:30 a.m. Wells Fargo/Post Falls reports a male in a blue Honda Protege punched the front door of the bank because he was upset about something.11:26 a.m. A hatchback is traveling along the local interstate w/small kids in the back seat who aren't in car…
RE: Coeur d'Alene Press op-ed: Kootenai Technical Education Campus is win-win situation/Hazel Bauman, Jerry Keane, Mary Ann RanellsChrista Hazel: It's difficult for me to categorize KTEC as a "Win-Win" when 1) there are several schools in our district with no HVAC or 25% recycled fume…
Veteran reporter and commentator Daniel Schorr sits at the microphone in the studios of National Public Radio in Washington in this October 2005 AP file photo. Schorr, the last of Edward R. Murrow's legendary CBS team still fully active in journalism, has died at age…
Via Twitter, from Idaho Nation: "Special edition Robb Akey bobbleheads will be given away at one football game this year! You're Gonna Love It!"Question: Do you want a Robb Akey bobblehead?
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.
