EWU fans cheer the arrival of the team at Pizza Hut Park in Frisco Texas for the National Championship game against Delaware in Frisco Texas this afternoon. Eastern Washington and Delaware will kick off at 4 o'clock today. (SR photo: Christopher Anderson) Question: Who wins?
The Rev. Jesse Jackson, American civil rights activist and dynamic orator, will visit the University of Idaho on Monday, Feb. 7, as part of the university's Black History Month celebration. Over the past 40 years, Jackson has played a pivotal role in virtually every movement…
All day long, the anticipation weighed on us. Would we be ready? Were we up to the challenge? Not the big game. That's tomorrow, when our beloved alma mater, Eastern Washington University plays the University of Delaware in the Football Championship Subdivision title game. No,…
Idaho State Tax Commission Chairman Royce Chigbrow has resigned. In a hand-delivered resignation letter sent to Gov. Butch Otter, Chigbrow wrote, “Our system of taxation is not perfect, but I tried to do my best on behalf of every Idahoan during my tenure, while treating…
"Blitz," the Seattle Seahawks mascot, tosses a football, Friday, during a rally for the Seahawks NFL football team in Renton, Wash. The Seahawks will host the Saints Saturday in Seattle for the first round of the NFC Playoffs. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren) Seattle P-I columnist…
... that Marvin Erickson's house on Canfield Mountain at 4095 E. Erickson Drive/Dalton Gardens (follow ugly Z on hillside) is available for a cool $575,000. Marvin gained local infamy by carving that huge Z in the side of Canfield for an access road to get…
In his second inaugaral address, Gov. Butch Otter said today: “Over the next four years you can expect my administration to keep building partnerships for addressing some of our most pressing challenges, to keep clearing the way for entrepreneurs to create more career opportunities and…
Speaking of the EPA, Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson, newly named chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and the Environment, which oversees funding for the EPA, said of the agency: “The EPA is the scariest agency in the federal government, an agency run amok. Its…
Twitter friend CdANightOut just tweeted that Kerri Thoreson, long-time Hucks Online regular & local columnist & KVNI personality, now has a sandwich named after her. Rosa's Italian Market & Deli, 120 E. 4th, now offers "Kerri Thoreson's Main Street Mojo Sandwich." It consists of "Albacore…
Noonish: Mother reports that daughter's ex-boyfriend took a 42-inch TV that didn't belong to him a few minutes ago, after being kicked out of the house on Stach/CdA 3 days ago. Noonish: Teens pulling into Burger King parking lot are throwing firecrackers at other vehicles.…
"I caught the limit," said Tom Colnaric of Hayden about ice fishing at Fernan Lake in Coeur d'Alene recently. At the time, Tom said that the ice was about 4 inches near the docks. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Wet weather to…
Thursday Poll: 110 of 200 respondents (55%) don't want to see the 3rd Street boat launch closed, as proposed by Team McEuen for an upgrade to McEuen Field. 79 of 200 (39.5%) said they would want the public boat launch closed. 11 were undecided. Today's…
Griffiths' complaint focuses on Hart's participation in a meeting between local judges and North Idaho lawmakers, at a time when he had his own tax appeal pending before one of the judges making the presentations. Hart's appeal of an order to pay more than $53,000…
Key lawmakers are splashing cold water on a tea party-backed proposal to extend Idaho's sales tax to cover most services, while also lowering the rate from 6 percent to 4 percent. “I don't know whether that particular piece of legislation will ever materialize,” House Tax…
As I was walking out of the Team McEuen presentation last night, I joked with a member of the Lake City Development Corp. that I wondered what part Mary Souza or Bill McCrory were going to attack at OpenCDA.com today. It didn't take me long…
After Cabbage Boy chided me for something I'd written this AM before the first cup of coffee kicked in, Cindy sent a Facebook message suggesting that I embrace the message on this sign that she bought in Leavenworth, Wash., during her junket for a free-lance…
Years ago, I worked with a member of Congress who had this basic rule: Never repeat details of a conversation with the President of the United States. He would say in general terms what he and the President talked about, but he not say exactly…
Just four days after being sworn in, Idaho's 1st District GOP Rep. Raúl Labrador will appear on the signature Sunday talk show, "Meet the Press with David Gregory." Labrador's office announced the booking late Thursday in a news release. By Friday morning, the Meet the…
In 1951, Nampa native Herbert Littleton died after throwing himself on a grenade to save the lives of fellow Korean War soldiers. Fifty-eight years later, the 111th Congress paid tribute to the Medal of Honor recipient by renaming Nampa’s post office in his memory. The…
I ran into Larry Spencer sitting by himself outside the meeting room after the Team McEuen presentation re: McEuen Field expansion and upgrades last night, sitting by himself. "I bet you're the only person in here who wasn't impressed in some way about the presentation,"…
On Christmas Eve I read about the 90-year-old Carousel that used to live at Playland Pier near Independence Point during the ‘40s and ‘50s. Being nearly 75 years old myself - I was in wonderment of these, when I was little. Children now, do not…
Thank you Coeur d'Alene Press for printing the names of the committee to redevelop McEuen Field. Now we know who to fire, sue and generally hold accountable for this idiocy. To those elected officials on that list, get those resumes ready, you'll be looking for…
I'm headed to North Idaho College after work tonight to check out the McEuen Field proposal. I'll probably stay for first 45 minutes, to hear the Team McEuen presentation. Mebbe a little bit more to get some idea of the public reaction. I'm open to…
Bill Pickard is framed by the ribs of the Conway Mastodon at the Ohio Historical Society in Columbus, Ohio Thursday. The skeleton of the Ice Age pachyderm is being disassembled so it can be reassembled in a more flattering position. (AP Photo/Mark Duncan)
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.
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