You didn't think I'd let the day slip by without posting a picture of my adorable cat Thor, did you? Heaven forbid! Thor is a bit of a foodie. He watched with rapt facination as I peeled apples for for my Thanksgiving pies. He's also…
SALT LAKE CITY – Mormon leaders made their most significant outreach yet to gays and lesbians, unveiling a new website Thursday that encourages church members to be more compassionate in discussions about homosexuality. Church officials insist they haven’t changed the Mormon teaching that marriage is…
SEATTLE — A federal judge has struck down a Washington state law aimed at battling online sex trafficking after an internet advocacy group filed a lawsuit challenging the measure’s constitutionality. Judge Ricardo Martinez’s order was filed Thursday in Seattle after the state declined to continue…
A Facebook friend writes: "Well that was awful. Root canal at 7 this morning. My first. Why didn't somebody warn me??" I've had a root canal. Not fun. I've also experienced unmedicated childbirth four times. Also, not fun. What's the most painful thing you've experienced?
Robert Carpenter hangs an angel on a tree during a vigil for missing cousins Lyric Cook, 10, and Elizabeth Collins, 8, who vanished while riding bikes in Evansdale in July, Thursday, Dec. 6, 2012, in Evansdale, Iowa. Authorities announced Thursday they are confident bodies found…
Duane Rasmussen also snapped this photo of former State Representative Dick Harwood, sporting some new facial hair. He relates the story behind the beard. "Earlier in the day I met Dick Harwood and his wife at the farm store just South of the county fair…
This week's Twitter round-up includes: Candy Canes: Bite or Suck? Ozzie's Birthday, Things My Husband Says, Needs & Wants and Tragic Fashion news. Cindy Hval's Friday Funnies Apparently, I've turned into a tissue-tucker, just like my mom. Do you have any traits/habits that you can…
Duane Rasmussen snapped this pic of Governor Butch Otter and his wife Lori taking a turn around the dance floor at the Governor's Ball last night at the Cda Resort. Are you a good dancer?
COLUMBIA, S.C. — South Carolina’s governor appears to have closed the door on appointing Stephen Colbert to the U.S. Senate, all because he didn’t know the state drink was milk. During “The Colbert Report” on Thursday, Colbert urged fans to send Gov. Nikki Haley messages…
First, take Tubbs Hill, Sherman Avenue and The Coeur d'Alene Resort. Mix in falling snow, twinkling lights, silent night and firelights.Then, bring in people with packages, good cheer, and a magical time of the year.Add music to those lyrics, and you've got a "Coeur d'Alene…
“This is a horrible tax.” Alex LaBeau’s assessment of Idaho’s business personal property tax could not have been clearer. LaBeau is the president of the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry, a pro-business advocacy group, and he was presenting his case for eliminating the tax…
WWII veteran Ray Daves is the subject of “Radioman,” a book by author Carol Hipperson. Dan Pelle, photo Several years ago I met members of the Lilac City Pearl Harbor Survivor Association. They kind of adopted me. Sharing their stories and their memories has been…
The latest Mary Souza missive it out and she's making a list and checking it twice. Guess who is coming out on the naughty side? "Well hold onto your wallets, taxpayers, because the City of Coeur d’Alene has a long shopping list too, and we’re…
Lawerence Denney presides over the House Thursday morning for a final time. Former House Speaker Lawerence Denney is the new chairman of the House Resources Committee. “I told Scott that I want to do anything that I can to help him be successful, and if…
TWIN FALLS, Idaho – Small Idaho high schools will have the option to play six-man football next fall. The Times-News of Twin Falls reports the Idaho High School Activities Association voted Tuesday to support a pilot project for three years, starting next fall. Participating schools…
This undated image made available by NASA and photographed by the Expedition 28 crew aboard the International Space Station shows the moon, at center, with the limb of Earth near the bottom transitioning into the orange-colored troposphere. WASHINGTON – Attention, wealthy nations and billionaires: A…
WASHINGTON – Americans are living longer, and Republicans want to raise the Medicare eligibility age as part of any deal to reduce the government’s huge deficits. But what sounds like a prudent sacrifice for an aging society that must watch its budget could have some…
I've been here so long that I remember sharing a yuletide evening with Frank Henderson and his late, first wife, Lillian, back in the 1980s. Amy Dearest grabbed something off the Henderson's tree, which embarrassed us. But not the Hendersons. Who just laughed. Now we…
On his Facebook wall, SR buddy Jesse Tinsley offers another fab photo of an eagle looking for fish food on Lake Coeur d'Alene.
I went out and got the mail and found it snowing, just a little, like snow sprinkles. It's December already and shoppers are in a frenzy. This year, more than any other, I am NOT doing the shop-til-you-drop thing, buying trinkets and goblets and niknaks,…
5:09 p.m. ISP officer reports crash on e/b I-90/MP 30 (east side of 4th of July Pass). 4:57 p.m. 2-vehicle, noninjury crash slowing traffic @ w/b I-90/NW Blvd, CdA. 4:43 p.m. 76YO female suffering undisclosed medical emergency @ H54/H95, Athol. 4:03 p.m. Caller reports driver…
Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter (shown with student Dan Bach of Coeur d'Alene) toured the North Idaho College welding facility today. Otter, who has taken several welding classes at the College of Southern Idaho, spent an hour talking to NIC welding students and instructors while checking…
At the Idaho Statesman, Kevin Richert has prepared a Friday editorial that gives Gov. Butch Otter and education reform allies the tongue lashing they deserve for stating they will resurrect parts of failed propositions: And where does Otter find the mandate to resuscitate three laws…
"Tomorrow's Slice asks readers if they have been there," posts Paul Turner/The Slice. "I hope to go some day. Hawaii and South Dakota are the two states I have yet to visit. The idea that you can see the ship down below has always struck…
At the Coeur d'Alene City Council meeting Tuesday, Councilman Mike Kennedy asked Councilman Dan Gookin about remarks he made on KVNI radio that morning re: details of separation packages for five department heads. Gookin said on the radio that he hadn't known all the details…
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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