Gonzaga guard Kevin Pangos (4) drives past St. Mary's forward Rob Jones (22) in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game tonight in Moraga, Calif. (AP Photo/ Tony Avelar) Matthew Dellavadova hit five 3-pointers on the way to 26 points and also dished…
I'm thisclose to reaching a milestone today -- a combined 1500 Facebook/Twitter friends/followers. I set a goal last fall of 900 Twitter followers and 600 Facebook Friends. I picked up 5 FB Friends last night to reach 603. But I'm one Twitter follower short of…
Stage crew workers prepare the set for a keynote speech by YouTube at the 2012 International Consumer Electronics Show today in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) Question: Have you ever posted a video on YouTube? What was it of?
Thanks to a donor, Spokane police officers have new toys to use to comfort children in traumatic situations. A young woman who wishes to remain anonymous recently gave the Spokane Police Department 1,600 Beanie Babies in near perfect condition. “Apparently she got into her 20s…
5:33 p.m. Teen suffers face injuries in head-on crash that's blocking H41 & Boekel/Rathdrum. 5:25 p.m. Driver complaining of neck pain after crash in front of Hayden WalMart on Honeysuckle. 5:21 p.m. 24YO son forces way into Powderhorn/PF home, attacks woman's husband, leaves (possibly w/someone…
Sorensen Magnet School third-grader Lauren Baldeck demonstrated ways to keep warm and dry in the wilderness during the Hug A Tree program at the school in Coeur d'Alene on Wednesday. The program, offered through the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office, teaches participants the importance of staying…
Item: Schools are 'social service bureaucracies': Duncan Koler criticizes programs that help needy children/Coeur d'Alene Press More here: At Monday's school board meeting in Coeur d'Alene, Hayden anti-IB activist, Duncan Koler, criticized the district for proposing to add an advanced pottery class to its course…
As a little girl growing up in Spokane, Kari Turnbough learned to cook on a woodstove in her Grandma Zula’s kitchen. While her new Post Falls restaurant, appropriately called Grandma Zula's Kitchen, isn’t an exact replica, it does include a woodstove. And knick-knacks on the…
During a recent care-free afternoon, Marianne Love/Slight Detour too her dogs on a walk -- and spotted interesting sights like the one above. More photos here. Top Post: I’m a little obsessive. Whenever I log onto my email I often quickly scan the junk folder.…
Ivy Littlejohn, 13, of Pacolet, S.C. watches as Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas speak in West Columbia, S.C. A 76-year-old great-grandfather who gives eye-glazing speeches on monetary policy, displays a crotchety streak and disappears from the Republican campaign trail for days at a…
"Long family drive today featured what I call fibonacci whining: "Are we there yet?!" at 1/2 way there, 3/4 there, 7/8 of the way, & 15/16ths" -- Sisyphus. Question: Are long trips with your kids a pleasant experience?
The Inland Northwest Council of the Boy Scouts has sent out 10,000 emails asking supporters, Scout families and volunteers their views on selling Camp Easton. The goal, said Tim McCandless, the CEO of the Spokane-based regional Scouts group, is to help board members decide whether…
Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter said Idaho will not and has not faced “staggering” state employee layoffs like many other states have during his annual State of the State address delivered Monday. But what does “staggering” mean? Idaho has laid-off 928 people over the last five…
Pat Wolman, left, of Mt. Pleasant, S.C., and Ruth Rambo, of James Island, S.C., inquire about Republican presidential candidate former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman's policy on social security with Huntsman wife, Mary Kaye Huntsman, following his campaign's town hall meeting Wednesday in North Charleston, S.C.…
When I was driving to work this morning, it was 16 degrees. I saw a teenager walking to school wearing shorts. Brrrr! -- Nina Culver, Spokane Valley Blog via Facebook. Question: What is the strangest sight you've seen during this mild winter?
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta phoned Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Thursday and promised full investigation of a video that purports to depict four U.S. Marines urinating on the corpses of Taliban fighters — a video both men condemned as deplorable. In a separate public statement, Panetta…
Idaho Democrats unveiled draft legislation setting up a new independent state ethics commission today, and they also announced that they’ve agreed with GOP leaders to set up a working group, with lawmakers from both parties and both houses, to agree on a bipartisan bill within…
Religious workers can't sue for job discrimination, the Supreme Court ruled Wednesday, saying for the first time that churches — not courts — are the best judges of whether clergy and other religious employees should be fired or hired. But the high court tempered its…
AK-47s. Bodies falling out of moving vehicles. Biker bars. These generally don’t come to mind when most folks think of family home movies. But these things do occur to Spokane siblings David Ball and Donna Larsen. For them, these are staples in the movies they’ve…
With an arrow that went completely through its breast, a Canadian goose takes a brief refuge on a sandbar in Percival Cove across from Capitol Lake, Wednesday in Olympia, Wash. (AP Photo/The Olympian, Steve Bloom) DFO: Wonder who's the lunkhead who tried to down a…
Noonish: PFPD Blue en route to 1500 block of American/PF to catch truant. He does. Noonish: Woman in 10900 block of Hauser Lake Road reports neighbor's dog charging fence. 11:49 a.m. Driver reports vehicle ran red light @ H95 & Dalton/CdA. Not willing to sign…
It is rare – very rare – that a state Supreme Court rises up on its hind legs and says to the United States Supreme Court we think you blew it. Yet, that is pretty much what the seven member Montana Supreme Court said just…
Phones are ringing off the hook at Stillwater Christian School. The Kalispell private school announced Tuesday afternoon that Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow will be the featured speaker at Stillwater Christian's community banquet March 7. Since then, calls have been pouring in from people wanting…
Boise State University football coach Chris Petersen led the Broncos to a 56-24 thumping of Arizona State on Dec. 23 in the MAACO Bowl played in Las Vegas — the gambling capital of the U.S. But it wasn’t until he returned to Idaho that he…
The Mariner Moose plays peekaboo with 4-year-old Daniel Vitrenko at Providence Sacred Heart Children's Hospital on Wednesday. Watching are Mariners' former player and broadcaster Mike Blowers, left, and Vitrenko's mother, Iulia Vitrenko, right. The Moose, Blowers and two other players, Tom Wilhelmsen and Blake Beavan,…
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.
