Ricah Niaruo, of Hawaii, demonstrates part of the Fire Knife Dance for a Spokane Fire Department marshal Wednesday during rehearsal for the CIrque du Soleil show "Alegria" a the Spokane Arena. Dan Pelle, SRAre you planning to see Alegria at the Arena this weekend?
The Idaho Secretary of State's office says Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, has supplied the missing information from his campaign finance filings for a PAC he formed this year called "North Idahoans for Liberty," and it's closed the case without fining Hart. "Our main goal is…
Ah. My favorite day of the week. I love Thursday because I tell myself I will have my desk cleared, projects completed and stories filed BEFORE the weekend. And each Thursday this seems do-able. On Thursday I feel confident enough to add things like, "clean…
Marion Cotillard and Leonardo DiCaprio star in “Inception.” From movies.ign.com: "Here's what we learned from our list the "Top 25 Sci-Fi Films of All Time." A few of you don't know what Blade Runner is and way too many of you think Stallone's Judge Dredd…
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, defeated in Alaska’s Republican primary, announces her write-in campaign Friday in Anchorage.Credit the tea party, our election system or just plain ambition, but 2010 is fast becoming the year for established candidates to shun the two major political parties.Write-in or third-party candidates…
Stacks of charred newspapers can be seen at the Shoshone News-Press in Kellogg on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010. A fire was started at the offices early Thursday.A 21-year-old man arrested for arson at the badly gutted office of the Shoshone News Press in Kellogg apparently…
Cohl Orebaugh, 14, practices skateboarding on the half-pipe at Pavillion Park in Liberty Lake Sept. 8, before he went on to set a world record. Cohl Orebaugh, a 14-year-old skateboarder from Liberty Lake, set a world record Saturday for blunts and fakies accomplished in an…
OLYMPIA — Washington state’s ban on Internet gambling doesn’t run afoul of the U.S. Constitution’s protections of interstate trade, the state Supreme Court unanimously ruled today.The high court upheld a King County Superior Court ruling, later affirmed by the Court of Appeals, against Renton lawyer…
Rep. Phil Hart, right, talks with his attorney, Starr Kelso, left.On Wednesday, members of a ethics panel voted unanimously to recommend removal of Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, from the House Revenue and Taxation Committee. Shortly after the decision was rendered, Starr Kelso, attorney for Hart,…
Idaho GOP congressional hopeful Raul Labrador plans to travel to his native Puerto Rico next week to raise money for his campaign against Democratic U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick, the AP reports, with a $500-per-person reception next Thursday. More here at Eye on BoiseThoughts?
Mary Jane and Clyde Walden have been married more than 70 years. In May 1940, Gary Cooper, Ginger Rogers and Mickey Rooney graced the covers of movie magazines; Winston Churchill became Prime Minister of Great Britain; and in a tiny town in Montana, Clyde and…
COEUR d'ALENE - Lake City Development Corp. is helping college students feel relief. With a roughly $25,000 john, not tuition. The board has agreed to fund a new bathroom for Lewis-Clark State College and Boise State University students taking classes in the two portable classrooms…
ATLANTA – As a Christian author, gospel singer and leader of one of the nation’s best-known black megachurches, Bishop Eddie Long finds a wide audience for messages such as marriage is “between one man and one woman.” Those words hung heavy Wednesday over accusations that…
FRENCHTOWN, Mont. — Police say a Montana woman used an unlikely weapon to fend off a charging bear — a zucchini.Missoula County Sheriff’s Lt. Rich Maricelli says a 200-pound black bear attacked the woman’s 12-year-old collie just after midnight Wednesday on the back porch of…
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An eBay teddy bear sporting a 10th anniversary shirt According to this ABC news story 1-in-4 grown men travel with a stuffed animal.That's right, teddy bears, stuffed dogs and other plush animals are neslted alongside shaving cream and razors in many traveling businessmen's luggage.Really? Really?…
As Idaho voters make clear their displeasure with cuts to public education spending, the men running to lead the state’s schools for the next four years are campaigning in relative obscurity.A poll of 625 people likely to vote in the Nov. 2 election shows that…
Priscilla BellCOEUR d’ALENE — North Idaho College’s president says she has been diagnosed with breast cancer and will be taking medical leave for at least two weeks.Priscilla Bell told the Coeur d’Alene Press that she will take leave beginning today to undergo surgery. She says…
Many moms are breast-feeding their infants. But quitting too soon or introducing formula can reduce the benefits of breast-feeding. Associated PressWASHINGTON – Drugmaker Abbott Laboratories said Wednesday it is recalling millions of containers of its best-selling Similac infant formula that may be contaminated with insect…
Wednesday Poll: 78 of 136 (57.35%) respondents said they would rather see another cut of 7.5% in public education by the 2011 Legislature than see legisators raise taxes. 56 of 136 (41.18%) would prefer that taxes be raised to avoid a second straight year of…
Seattle Mariners' Jose Lopez slugs his third home run of the game against the Blue Jays on Wednesday.TORONTO — Jose Lopez hit three home runs, Michael Saunders added a two-run drive and the Seattle Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-3 on Wednesday night.Lopez hit…
Here's a handy dandly litte chart that will help you determine the difference between really wide-awake and you know--- death.According to the information provided I should be safe If I limit my coffee intake to less than 90 cups per day and keep my Monster…
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.
