Loyola Marymounts' Anthony Ireland, right, and Saint Marys' Clint Steindl chase a loose ball in the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday in Moraga, Calif. Visiting Loyola Marymount handed St. Mary's its second WCC loss of the season 75-60. Game story here.…
Presidential candidate Rick Santorum must be enthused re: the reception he received in Coeur d'Alene and Boise Tuesday. Overflow crowds in both places. A chance to tee off on the floating green. It'll be interesting to see the type of crowd Mitt Romney attracts when…
Juanita Aasso, 77, slow dances with friend Roy Elkis during the Valentine's Day Dance at the Neighborhood Center Inc. West End Senior Center on Tuesday in Houston. Approximately 50 seniors attended the Valentine's Day Dance where the DJ played Tejano music, soul, and pop music…
Prior to taking shots at President Obama and Mitt Romney at a campaign rally in Coeur d'Alene Tuesday, GOP presidential hopeful Rick Santorum took by far his most impressive shots on an adjacent golf course. Before speaking at a rally at the Hagadone Events Center…
5:49 p.m. Motorhome being pulled by truck using only chain is weaving badly @ 12th & Cecil/PF. 5:46 p.m. Traffic lights aren't cycling properly @ H41 & Hayden/PF. 5:36 p.m. Post Falls father is trying to prevent 14YO son from running away. 5:27 p.m. Disabled…
Deon Watson (from left), Bubba Duran, Keagan Dunn, Matt Howard and Jake Cheesman admire the trophy given to their team, the Coeur d'Alene Vikings football team, for Junior Male Team of the Year at the Sportswriters and Broadcasters luncheon Wednesday. Greg Lee story here. (SR…
The Idaho Democratic Party has issued its second correction in two weeks, this time correcting a guest opinion it distributed earlier today from party Chairman Larry Grant that said proceeds from former Congressman Bill Sali's proposed special license plate “would go to Sali's recently formed…
Photographer Don Sausser writes of the remodeling occurring at the Coeur d'Alene Resort entrance & beyond today: "The resort’s entrance canopy appears as large plastic wrapped gift during it’s update."
GOP presidential candidate Ron Paul is tentatively scheduled for a rally Friday evening at the Spokane convention center, and is picking up endorsements in and around Spokane. State Rep. Matt Shea, Spokane County Treasurer Rob Chase, and Republican Central Committeemembers John Christina of Spokane and…
On the editorial page of Wednesday’s USA Today, state schools superintendent Tom Luna argued against President Obama’s proposal requiring states to require students to stay in high school until age 18, or until they graduate. USA Today argued in favor of the proposal from Obama’s…
If Bent's BBQ pulled pork, the Fort Ground Grill's Mac & cheese, & Marie's famous cookies don't attract you to Blogfest 2012, how about door prizes? Joe Butler's busy stealing assortment of SR goodies to serve as door prizes for Blogfest attendees. Writes Joe: "We…
Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum addresses the crowd at a rally on Tuesday in Boise. State Treasurer Ron Crane (red tie) is sitting in lower right behind Santorum. (AP Photo/Press-Tribune, Charlie Litchfield) Idaho's Treasurer, Ron Crane, has been a friend of mine…
Our current-events News Quiz aims to not only educate and entertain, but also to give everyone who plays a chance to win free stuff! This week, two lucky entrants will win two tickets to the weekend's Spokane Golf Show. In addition to the random drawings,…
Romney returns to Boise Friday. But in addition to his standard operating procedure — talking to the $1,000 to $2,500 fundraiser circle — he has worked a public event into his Idaho itinerary. I’ve heard it said that time is one of those inflexible commodities…
For the second presidential election in a row, State Representative Phil Hart has endorsed 12- term Texas Congressman Ron Paul for president. According to Rep. Hart, “Ron Paul is the only candidate who understands our economic problems. He is also the only frontrunner candidate who…
Floyd Brown and his daughter Olivia Brown pose for a photo Monday in Anthem, Ariz. Borwn, pulled Olivia, a high school junior, from a local public school after she came home upset that one of her teachers was using profanity in the classroom and school…
11:44 a.m. Leroy wants to see a deputy re: credit card fraud. 11:41 a.m. Female w/history of suicide threats is threatening again in 4900 block of E. 16th/PF. 11:37 a.m. Hayden Shopping Center reports trespassed female has returned to Albertson's. 11:16 a.m. White truck &…
At Tuesday night's rally in Boise, Crane introduced Santorum and sat behind the presidential candidate on stage at Capital High School. Crane is the first statewide official to endorse anyone other than Mitt Romney for the GOP nomination. Former state Sen. Ric Branch, R-Midvale, warmed…
Except for the buzz cut, Gilberto Gonzalez seems like a typical wholesome 19-year-old: Enthusiastic, helpful, a bit shy. But when he’s asked to stand in front of the fire truck for a photo, it all changes. He raises his chin, squares his shoulders. His eyes…
Tuesday Poll: A majority of Hucks Nation doesn't believe either Republican Mitt Romney or surging Rick Santorum can beat President Barack Obama in this year's general election. 149 of 294 respondents (50.68%) took that position. 77 of 294 respondents (26.19%) said Romney would have a…
GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum told a Boise audience Tuesday night that he would work with Congress to transfer federal lands to states and sell lands to the private sector. Santorum said the federal government "doesn't care" about its western lands and could make money…
Mikaela Mayer, right battles Queen Underwood during their match at Northern Quest Casino on Tuesday. Queen won 27-20. The women were fighting for a place on the U.S. Olympics Team. John Blanchette's report here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Avista's yearly profit…
Some 283,000 Idahoans received free preventive care through their private insurance carriers, and nearly 153,000 Idaho Medicare patients received similar benefits. So says the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, in a 2011 report on the federal health care law. Nationwide, some 86.5 million…
French bulldog named Baby, left, attends the feeding of six wild boar piglets at the Lehnitz animal sanctuary outside Berlin, Germany, earlier today. The Lehnitz animal sanctuary outside Berlin says Baby took straight to the wild boar piglets when they were brought in Saturday, three…
Nearly 1,300 Idaho teachers left the profession in 2011, up from about 700 the year before. More than half of the educators who abandoned teaching last year left for "personal reasons," according to data from the state Department of Education. School districts reported another 96…
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.
