I was listening to Joe Paisley's morning show on KVNI/ESPN 1080 today when I recognized a familiar voice, that of Coeur d'Alene City Councilman Woody McEvers. Actually, I recognized a word from back in the day before I figured out Woody was the one being…
The college graduating class of 2012 is in for a rude awakening as they head out into the workforce. According to a new study out of Northeastern University, half of all college graduates are unemployed or underemployed. No student is immune either, because at Gonzaga…
Larry Spencer has written an open letter to Kootenai County employees: "I will start this letter with a confession of sorts. As I have been actively campaigning, I did not conduct a thorough examination of the pay scale and classification issue that is causing a…
The 2012 National Teacher of the Year Rebecca Mieliwocki, who teaches at Luther Burbank Middle School in Burbank, Calif., stands on stage during a ceremony with President Barack Obama in the East Room at the White House in Washington today. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Question: Can…
Before he got elected to the U.S. Senate, Jim Risch served a few months as Idaho governor. Lieutenant governor at the time, Risch rose to the job in mid-2006 when Dirk Kempthorne got the nod to serve as President George W. Bush's interior secretary. Risch…
The Kootenai County commissioners voted unanimously after a public hearing on Thursday to approve Silverwood Theme Park's request to rezone more than 400 acres in the park from rural to commercial. The commissioners agreed the rezone is necessary for the acreage, most in a triangular…
Duroc: I understand that the recall issue is a big deal, and it deserves prominent attention on HBO. But what about some balance? How many weeks do we have to beat a dead horse? Anyhow, I’m down to checking HBO twice a day, just to…
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.
