Kevin Foster hit four 3-pointers in the last 5:12 and finished with 36 points as Santa Clara upset Gonzaga 85-71 on Thursday at the Leavey Center. The Broncos (11-9, 2-2) hadn’t beaten GU on their home floor since February 2001. The victory ended GU’s nine-game…
"Stopped into a church/I passed along the way/well, I got down on my knees/and I pretend to pray/you know the preacher likes the cold he knows I'm gonna stay/California Dreamin'/on such a winter's day." Your Wild Card ...
While I had my nose to the grind stone, finishing another productive day at Huckleberries Online, Don Sausser had his head in the clouds, shooting another fantastic Inland Northwest winter sunset.
Eighteen can be an exciting age. Many young people anticipate attending college, while others plan to work or join the military. And most are eager to move out from under their parents’ wings and try to fly on their own. But for teens aging out…
5:47 p.m. A woman returned home @ Parkview & Park/Post Falls to find a man taking items from the house. The man threatened her before leaving in a tan car. The woman is very upset. 5:45 p.m. Officer finds an unoccupied vehicle crashed into a…
Coeur d’Alene senior post Carli Rosenthal is averaging 13.1 points, 8.5 rebounds and three assists per game. Greg Lee reports on the Vik senior's attempt to lead Coeur d'Alene High to a fourth straight state basketball championship here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) FBI bomb investigation…
An Atlantic bottlenose dolphin named Tanner, foreground, imitates the behavior of another dolphin, Kibby, rear, at the Dolphin Research Center in Grassy Key, Fla. During the study Tanner, who wore eyecups to block his vision, was able to copy the behavior of the other dolphin…
End-of-life decisions are often made well before the end comes. Legislation introduced Wednesday by Rep. Leon Smith, R-Twin Falls, would keep those decisions in the hands of those facing this question:If I enter a vegetative state, do I want to die or continue on life…
Republican Reps. Judy Boyle, of Midvale, and Rep. Vito Barbieri, of Dalton Gardens, will be the House co-sponsors of a bill aimed at nullifying federal health care reform in Idaho. I wrote about this issue in Thursday's Idaho Statesman. The bill will start in the…
The Tubbs Hill Foundation sent a letter re: plans to upgrade McEuen Field to Mayor Sandi Bloem, the City Council, and City Administrator Wendy Gabriel, which reads in part: "We would be opposed to construction of trailheads featuring artificial fountains or streams, other manmade features…
Caroline Kennedy, right, talks with Luci Baines Johnson Turpin on Capitol Hill in Washington, D. C., today, at a reception following a ceremony marking the 50th anniversary of President John F. Kennedy's inaugural address. (AP Photo/Harry Hamburg) Question: Can you explain what Camelot meant during…
Kage Mann: When I was growing up, I used to believe that JFK was a good president. When I started reading about his presidency, it became apparent that his youthful inexperience and indecisiveness plaqued his presidency. From the 'Bay of Pigs' invasion, to the 'Cuban…
Stickman: There is a Response to the McEuen Field Plan by the Tubbs Hill Foundation that just came out yesterday. I'm not sure where you can get a copy, but it explains the Foundations feelings about some of the things you mentioned that might affect…
Two years ago, Idaho legislators passed a law that exempts anyone under age 16 from having to have a driver's license to operate an off-highway vehicle, ATV or motorbike on national forest roads. Now, the Forest Service is doing a review of safety issues on…
Last Sunday, 11-year-old Sam and I cuddled on the couch perusing the newspaper. The morning sunlight streamed through the window behind us. Sam sat up, stretched and craned his neck looking at the back of my head. He frowned. “Uh oh,” he said. “Gray hair…
Wednesday Poll: Easily, Hucks Online readers dubbed their laptops and personal computers as their most indispensible electronics gadgets. 71 of 151 respondents (47%) said laptops and PCs were indispensible for them. 44 of 151 (29.1%) put cell phones/smart phones in that category. 21 of 151…
This Oct. 7, 2003, file photo shows Republican Arnold Schwarzenegger, right, being joined by in-laws Eunice Kennedy-Shriver, left, and Sargent Shriver following his victory in the California gubernatorial recall election in Los Angeles. Shriver, the exuberant public servant and Kennedy in-law whose singular career included…
At OpenCDA.com, Dan Gookin has taken aim at the proposal presented to the North Idaho College Board of Trustees last night to move the Third Street boat launch to the Education Corridor. Gookin asks: "is the Education Corridor about education or launching boats and parking…
Police are searching for a man who they say has a history of violence and has attacked his wife in the past. Police say 35-year-old Joseph Moron has a permanent restraining order against him and two active felony warrants. They say he's wanted for investigation…
CanI let you in on a secret? Typing two spaces after a period is totally, completely, utterly, and inarguably wrong. And yet people who use two spaces are everywhere, their ugly error crossing every social boundary of class, education, and taste.* You'd expect, for instance,…
State troopers guard the scene of a collision in the median near the Idaho state line Thursday on I-90. Snow was falling heavily in North Idaho and eastern Spokane Valley this morning. (SR photo: Jesse Tinsley) 12:07 p.m. Caller reports a man named Clifford is…
Although we have serious concerns with the proposal’s approach to parking, and we have serious concerns with the proposal’s approach to Tubbs Hill, we are in general agreement that McEuen Park is a location with great potential, and that placemaking is an appropriate design approach…
50 years ago today President John F. Kennedy was sworn into office. JFK's Inaugural address was pressed into the memories of millions of American citizens...often in brief sound bites or through aging black and white photos. ... His message of raw force and muscular defense…
In this frame grab taken from Associated Press Television News video, a suspect sits handcuffed earlier today in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Federal agents dealt another major blow to New York's five Mafia crime families by arresting more than 100 suspected mobsters throughout…
Idaho State University Assistant Professor of social work D.J. Williams is devoted to researching “self-identified vampires” and the vampire sub-culture and educating mainstream culture about them. “My interests involve how self-identified vampires understand themselves and their practices, and how they are interpreted by others, based…
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.
