Moscow Minidoka & Stacy are "write" that I have a case of the Mondays. Brain & fingers aren't fully engaged as I prepare for my second cup of coffee. That's why you see some typo bobbles below as I substituted "right" for "write," etc. As…
Dina De Laurentiis is overcome with laughter as she and her mother Martha, rear, sister Carolyna, third from right, and others at the funeral of her father, Italian filmmaker Dino De Laurentiis, at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles today.…
On her Facebook page, Cindy writes that she's "savoring her first egg nog latte of the year and thinks egg nog like beets may be the dividing line between those with sophosticated taste buds and those whose taste buds are in a state of arrested…
As expected 2009 Coeur d'Alene City Council election loser Jim Brannon and his attorney, Starr Kelso, have filed an appeal of Judge Charles Hosack's decision to the Idaho Supreme Court. The two apparently didn't wait for Judge Charles Hosack to rule on their request for…
Paul Dunham, an 83-year-old from Hayden featured in a compelling SR story/photo essay, died today. Dunham suffered from a neuromuscular disorder that prevents him from lifting his arms above his waist. He was able to remain in his home as long as possible as a…
A fan holds a sign during an NCAA college football game between Idaho and Boise State Friday in Moscow. The future of the rivalry between Idaho and Boise State is in doubt because of BSU's pending move to the Mountain West Conference and their desire…
6:03 p.m. Caller reports finding a boxer who just had puppies tied to a speed-limit sign near Silverwood.5:37 p.m. Female driving along I-90 reports her sunroof shattered for an unknown reason.5:19 p.m. Coeur d'Alene police activity report Nov. 14-15 here.4:47 p.m. Hit-and-run accident reported @…
On her Idaho Scenic Images Facebook page, Linda Lantzy offers this photo of sun & fog along the Centennial Trail. I'd guess that it was taken on the trail east of Coeur d'Alene. BTW, Linda is now selling calendars & Christmas cards featuring her North…
You can now follow 5 Spokesman-Review sports reporters on a Twitter link that Blogmeister Ryan has posted in the righthand rail beneath my caricature. The Sports Twitter will feature all the latest tweets by Greg Lee (prep sports & Spokane Indians), Jim Meehan (Gonzaga &…
Cis (re: "Boundary County Republicans (heart) Hart"): Actually it doesn't surprise me … being the area is a close to the movie "Deliverance" … And I have never been a fan of Anderson, but I have to give him kudo's for stepping up to the…
OrangeTV: I was holding off on going there, hoping that DFO would eventually get it out of his system but I have to get it off my chest: Election Day was two weeks ago and pretty much all I still see on this blog is…
Texas Rangers relief pitcher Neftali Feliz hugs from third baseman Mitch Moreland (18) after the Rangers beat the New York Yankees 7-2 in Game 2 of baseball's American League Championship Series Oct. 16 in Arlington, Texas. Texas, of course, went on to beat the Yankees…
It’s not just a couple of disgruntled Democrats anymore who want to know what the Idaho Tax Commission is up to. The 13,000-member Idaho Education Association and two other teachers’ groups last week joined state Rep. Shirley Ringo, D-Moscow, and her attorney, Robert Huntley, in…
After months of training in Idaho and Mississippi, hundreds of members of the 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team are now on their way to Iraq. At about 10:40MT Sunday morning, the first jumbo jet took off from Gulfport International Airport in Mississippi. It was filled…
Facebook unveiled a new messaging platform today that takes aim at one of the Internet’s first applications, e-mail. Although blogs had been speculating that Facebook would announce an e-mail service to rival Google Inc.’s Gmail and others, Facebook said e-mail was just one component of…
Karen Liesse, of Kent, adds a remembrance to the tribute outside the Home Plate gate, Saturday at Safeco Field in Seattle. Dave Niehaus, who called the first pitch in Seattle Mariners history and described more than three decades of occasionally good and mostly bad baseball,…
The weekly poll at the Lewiston Tribune last week asked: "When do you think the appropriate time is for people to put up their outdoor Christmas decorations?" The choices included: "The day after Halloween is OK by me," "Mid-November is acceptable," Thanksgiving or the week…
The Snake Pit Derby Dames defeated the High Desert Darlins of the Tri-Cities 208-142 at Skate Plaza Sunday night, to finish the season 6-1. In this photo, Jada 'Pippi Headstomping' Bellrose (center) is trying to block out High Desert jammers, while Kristen "Holly Shyt" Binyon…
In the comments section Friday, Larry Grant, the Demos' 2006 candidate for Congress writes: in 2008, I stepped aside to let Walt run because I thought he had a better chance of winning than I did. I was right. He squeaked by in a tough…
Noonish: Sheriff's Major Ben Wolfinger sez strange, dead animal spotted in Hayden this AM was a raccoon not a monkey.11:50 a.m. Motorist reports that 5YO girl tried to get away from strange male in sweatpants before boarding a school bus near Woodland Middle School.11:10 a.m.…
Weekend Poll: 117 of 223 respondents (52.47%) voted that the city of Coeur d'Alene should pay the approximate $105,000 in legal fees and costs accrued by Councilman Mike Kennedy to defend himself from Jim Brannon's election challenge. 99 of 223 (44.39%) said the city shouldn't…
Boundary County Republicans sent the following letter to House Speaker Lawerence Denney: The Boundary County Republican Central Committee strongly believes that our legislators should be held to the highest standards of ethical behavior and moral conduct. We believe that Rep. Phil Hart meets these expectations…
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California is shown on Capitol Hill in Washington Wednesday, past the set up for the news conference for House Speaker-in-waiting John Boehner of Ohio. The petite woman in purple silk edged her way behind a raucous mob of reporters awaiting…
In August, while interviewing new Washington State athletic director Bill Moos for the first time, he told me a story about his 1971 Cougars team. After suffering several lopsided losses during Jim Sweeney’s first three years of rebuilding the program, the Cougars won a game…
She's a lawyer who writes romance novels about vampires. While Rebecca Zanetti doesn't limit herself to penning dark love stories about passionate bloodsuckers, that's the tale that caught a major publisher's eye. It earned the Hayden woman a three-book deal with Kensington Book's Brava division.…
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.
