So, I don't get a three-day weekend because I'm working today and then heading back into the wilds of Idaho Sunday night or Monday morning.But. I guess SOME people get 3-day weekends. If you're one of those fortunate folks you can tell us how you'll…
The NBA, in its infinite wisdom, has recently signed licensing deals with a handful companies to brand various NBA team logos onto toast, pizzas, even outdoor grills. Reportedly, a team logo panini press is also in the works. "A lot of people watching NBA games…
ABERDEEN, Wash. — A statewide coalition of service stations has filed a lawsuit against Gov. Chris Gregoire, the Department of Licensing and the state to challenge fuel tax reimbursement agreements with regional American Indian tribes.The nonprofit Automotive United Trades Organization, based in McCleary, filed a…
Mitsubishi 3D glasses are shown in front of an 82-inch Mitsubishi Home Theater TV with 3D-Ready technology at the International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas.Associated Press photosNothing can ruin a good movie faster than the sudden feeling that you're about to throw up. But…
In two races in which the incumbents won handily this week - state Controller Donna Jones by 56.5 percent to challenger Todd Hatfield's 43.5 percent, and Idaho Supreme Court Justice Roger Burdick by 58.4 percent to challenger John Bradbury's 41.6 percent - a look at…
A man who shot and killed a college student home for Mother’s Day after a fight at a Coeur d’Alene bar last year will serve at least 20 years in prison before he’s deported to his native Honduras. Juan C. Aldana Villanueva, 23, was sentenced…
Manager Kim Rolli restocks racks of donuts at a Boston branch of Dunkin' DonutsI've been thinking a lot about donuts today. Specifically, the old-fashioned donut I was unable to resist this morning, despite the fact that it was day-old and someone else had nibbled on…
An appearance on the TV reality show “Judge Judy” has brought a Spokane man more than just 15 minutes of syndicated fame. Joshua J. Mulvey, 26, now faces new criminal charges in an Internet fraud scheme after a Snohomish County man who saw the episode…
The Washington Post, in its "The Fix" political column today, calls Idaho 1st Congressional District GOP nominee Raul Labrador "the latest insurgent candidate to beat back the establishment and then be faced with joining forces with it," and reports that Labrador is "going with wholesale…
College students today are less likely to "get" the emotions of others than their counterparts 20 and 30 years ago, a new review study suggests. Specifically, today's students scored 40 percent lower on a measure of empathy than their elders did. The findings are based…
Idaho's gas prices are at least 20 cents per gallon above the national average, and they've been that way for most of the spring, the AAA says, mainly because Utah refineries aren't producing enough to meet demand. AAA tells the Idaho Statesman prices likely will…
An inspector general's audit says the U.S. Department of Energy wasted $25 million because it didn't ship certain radioactive wastes from Hanford, Wash. to Idaho for processing, in part because Hanford workers protested that the move would shift jobs to Idaho; Tri-City Herald reporter Annette…
P. Tom Sullivan, a former Coeur d'Alene restaurant owner and now a businessman in Tetonia, Idaho, won the Democratic primary on Tuesday for a chance to challenge U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo in the fall. The day before the election, Sullivan issued a press release acknowledging…
Ron Artest puts up the winning shot as the Lakers defeated the Suns in Game 5 Thursday night. LOS ANGELES – Ron Artest stumbled into Los Angeles Lakers playoff lore with one remarkable bank shot to beat the Phoenix Suns.Artest rambled into the lane and…
POST FALLS - Jim Beers believes the wolf controversy will jolt urban centers after all.And, when it does, it won't be pretty.Beers, a retired U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service biologist and wolf expert from Minnesota, told about 50 people attending his talk on "The Wolving…
Construction continues at the Coeur d’Alene Casino Resort Hotel near Worley on WednesdayThe Coeur d’Alene Tribe decided more than two years ago it wanted its casino and hotel, near Worley, to be known as one of the region’s destination resorts.It already had a widely prized…
A major portion of an Idaho prison-conditions lawsuit that stretches back nearly three decades could be closed, as a federal judge weighs whether changing conditions and procedures at the Idaho State Correctional Institution have done away with rampant violence, near-routine brutal rapes of newly arrived…
WASHINGTON — The House has voted to repeal the 1993 law known as “don’t ask, don’t tell” and allow gays to serve openly in the military.The House vote tonight came several hours after the Senate Armed Services Committee took the same course and approved a…
The one county whose election results took the longest to determine - the same county where a prominent longtime state senator, Gary Schroeder, was defeated by his GOP primary challenger - had an 11 p.m. machine malfunction that led to a technician driving from Kootenai…
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.
