Kerri Thoreson provided this photo and writes: I remember standing next to my father in 1998 as the 8-ton black granite monument was lowered into place in the Kootenai County Veterans Memorial Plaza. He'd worked for three years researching the names of all of those…
Okay. I admit it. After one week at the helm of the blog I am pooped. And I don't even sit at the controls full time. DFO deserves every one of his 213 vacation days. Light blogging ahead. I'll be out covering the Developmental Olympics…
SEATTLE – It’s been more than 30 years since crowds of people from around the Pacific Northwest stood in long lines at Seattle Center to see King Tut, the boy king. The Pacific Science Center is hoping the pharaoh will generate the same kind of…
Hattie Ponti, 15, was crowned as Washington state champion in a number of woman's categories in small-bore (.22 caliber) shooting events in 1997 SHOOTING — Girls will rule Saturday, June 9, at a Take Your Daughter to the Range Day sponsored by the Bonner County…
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A streaker who ran naked onto the field during a Cardinals game says he did so because he lost a bet. Twenty-two-year-old Collin Grundstrom of Jefferson City was captured at Busch Stadium after shedding his clothes before the start of the…
Maggie Sarner admits she is "grossed out" by head lice, those nasty little creatures that lay their eggs in the scalp and get passed from child to child at school. The Hollywood, Fla., mother of three and hair salon owner said she gets at least…
BOISE - For the past three months, one of Republican Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s departments has been headed by a Democrat and overseen by a majority-Democrat commission. It’s the state Tax Commission, which is constitutionally required to have four commissioners, with not more than two…
As with herpes, one of the peripheral embarrassments of contracting a computer virus is that everyone has a pretty good idea of what you were up to when you got it. Oh sure, it’s possible you just chastely pecked a misleading email link. But odds…
NEW YORK – A former convenience store worker confessed to luring 6-year-old Etan Patz from his school bus stop in 1979 and choking him to death in a basement, police said Thursday, ending a three-decades long investigation into one of the nation’s most baffling missing-children…
COEUR d'ALENE - Chili, personified, would probably be a bully. Spicy, beefy with an anything-goes recipe, if the meaty meal had a personality, that personality would be aggressive. What other food, if foods could, would rear back and punch you in the face? Noodles? No…
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – New Jersey will defy a federal ban and let people bet on the outcomes of football, basketball and other games this fall, Gov. Chris Christie said Thursday. Speaking at a news conference highlighting efforts to reinvigorate Atlantic City, Christie said the…
Brian Banks, in court with attorneys Justin Brooks, right, and Alissa Bjerkhoel, weeps as his rape conviction is dismissed Thursday in Long Beach, Calif. LONG BEACH, Calif. – A former high school football star whose dreams of a pro career were shattered by a rape…
Okay, I admit it. DFO dragged me kicking and screaming to Twitter. However, I am not at all sure we enjoy the same things about Twitter. Dave says it's a great source of breaking news. I'm mostly there for the conversations. A couple months ago…
SEATTLE (AP) — The value of your home may be a stronger predictor of your weight than the genes inherited from your ancestors, a new public health study from the University of Washington has found. Health researchers and government officials usually group people by income…
Long time Idaho State Representative Phil Hart, of tax protester fame, who lost his bid for re- election in the Republican Primary, won election to the Republican Party office of Legislative District Two Chairman, last night. The vote was 16 to 3. He ran against…
IdahoDad on Thursday Wild Card 5.24.12 on May 24 at 6:54 p.m. I’m scared. Some old guy named Bob Hough (“the voice of North Idaho”) just called me on the phone to warn me that so much is at stake. “Tubbs Hill! The boat launch!…
POST FALLS - The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee chose Neil Oliver as its new chairman at the Garden Plaza on Thursday night. Oliver edged Brent Regan 34-31 in voting by the precinct committee members. "I look forward to the challenge," Oliver told nearly 200…
Mike Dexter, left, Hecla Mining manager of community affairs, attends the shareholders meeting in Wallace on Thursday. WALLACE – The closed Lucky Friday Mine will begin rehiring workers in July and should return to a full workforce by the end of the year, said Phil…
OLYMPIA, Wash. (AP) — Internet retailer Amazon.com Inc. is dropping its affiliation with a conservative political group, in part because of some of the positions the American Legislative Exchange Council has taken, a spokeswoman said Thursday. Amazon’s decision follows that of several major companies around…
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.
