Seattle starter Brandon Maurer surrendered six first-inning runs en route to his second loss of season. SEATTLE – Jose Altuve drove in four runs and hit one of Houston’s five homers, and the Astros broke out of their offensive slump with a 16-9 win over…
Don’t know your pork butts from your rump roasts? It may be getting a little easier. The American meat industry is rolling out a refresh of the often confusing 40-year-old system used for naming the various cuts of beef, pork, lamb and veal. That’s because…
Sunday at the dinner table, we were discussing things we have vomited and rating the return trips on a worst to best scale. (What? You don't do this? You must not have sons). Ethan, 23, said Popsicles made the most pleasant return trip. Then he…
It only took a few hours for a six-minute song about race to spark a backlash after its release Monday. The song by the unlikely duo of Brad Paisley and LL Cool J, "Accidental Racist," was slammed by music critics and fans alike for its…
U.S. Postal Service carrier Nancy Schmidt walks along Ninth Street in Rapid City, S.D. on Tuesday afternoon, April 9, 2013 WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Postal Service backed down from its plan to eliminate Saturday mail delivery because Congress barred it, officials said today. But…
COEUR d'ALENE - Mark Cotner is moving on. Cotner, the director of KTEC (Kootenai Technical Education Campus), is leaving Idaho to return to the Midwest. "My wife has taken a position back home, so I guess I'm chasing a girl," said the Oklahoma native.Cotner and…
One of the suspected assailants in last month’s brutal attack on a WSU professor is in custody. The woman, whose identity wasn’t immediately available, was arrested today in Pullman after police received an anonymous tip allegedly linking her to the attack on professor David Warner,…
Just finished this wonderful book by Bill Bryson. One of my favorite sections is when he explains his loathing for dogs and opines that cows make the perfect pets. “To my mind, the only possible pet is a cow. Cows love you. They will listen…
Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pa., right, and Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., finish a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, April 10, 2013, announcing that they have reached a compromise on background checks for gun buyers in the aftermath of the horrific Connecticut school shootings…
BigMac Not all parenting is equal. I hold my students to high standards (all mine are college prep classes), and I require all my students to perform. Most parents are OK with that. A highly vocal minority always wants my head on a platter for…
Old-fashioned Red Devil’s Food Cake, left, barely gets a tinge of red from the chemical reaction between acid and alkaline ingredients in a recipe from The Spokesman-Review’s Dorothy Dean’s Homemakers Service in 1936. Red Velvet Cake was popularized later in a leaflet from 1962 and…
BOISE — An Idaho family has sued the U.S. Forest Service demanding more than $1 million after a large dead tree at a remote campsite fell and injured their young son. Richard and Melinda Armstrong, of Caldwell, said their family was camping in the Boise…
The Washington attorney general’s office is suing the owner of Arlene’s Flowers in Richland for refusing to provide wedding flowers for a same-sex marriage. State justice officials filed a consumer protection lawsuit against the business and owner Barronelle Stutzman on Tuesday, asking the court to…
As per NIV's request for coverage, Mary Souza's latest: You may not be aware of the terrible performance of our area grads, I certainly was not, so let me give you the facts: I was shocked to learn that, for the students graduating from Lake…
Sen. James Inhofe, R-Okla., left, confers with Adm. Samuel Locklear, commander of U.S. Pacific Command, on Capitol Hill in Washington on Tuesday. WASHINGTON – The commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific reassured Congress on Tuesday that the U.S. military could intercept any missile launched…
The firefighters and city governments who gamed the system – and the taxpayers – for massive extra pension payments have cost the state more than the extra million bucks or so they’ll collect in retirement. They’ve dumped gasoline on the fire that is blistering the…
Dylan Quick, suspect in a community college campus stabbing spree, Tuesday CYPRESS, Texas – A 20-year-old student went on a building-to-building stabbing attack at a Texas community college Tuesday, wounding at least 14 people – many in the face and neck – before being subdued…
COEUR d'ALENE - The Coeur d'Alene Tribe is working to place roughly 370 acres of land it owns on the reservation back into its reservation trust. The six parcels of land, which the Tribe purchased from late Silver Valley business mogul Harry Magnuson more than…
A federal judge has ruled that a state senator's wife overstepped her role as a legal assistant and had an “inappropriate” relationship with a convicted murderer who is suing the Idaho Department of Correction for sexual harassment. In November, Renee McKenzie, wife of Republican Sen.…
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.
