I'll let you in on a secret. As part of my 38th anniversary gifting to Mrs. O, I gave the go-ahead to get another dog. Which is the good news. The bad news is that she wants a Beagle puppy, which apparently aren't available in…
Recent rains have made for lush roadside attractions, like these wild perennial lupine, on Cow Creek Road outside of Genesee. (Lewiston Tribune photo: Steve Hanks)
Public Policy Poll: When asked whether they prefer cats or dogs, dogs win big with 52% while just 21% choose cats. 44% of voters say they own dogs, and 21% of dog owners say their dogs bark and jump on people every time they enter…
Ithaca, N.Y. is a relatively small college town, but one thing that might make up for its size is its brain power. That’s because Ithaca tops a new list from Lumosity that ranks U.S. cities by their raw cognitive performance. ... Many of the cities…
Time2Vote ... Spanish bullfighter Rafael Cerro is tossed by a Lozano's ranch fighting bull during a bullfight at Las Ventas bullring in Madrid Sunday. Amazingly, Cerro escaped the incident with just some bruising. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) Tuesday Winner --…
5:13 p.m. ISP officer reports dead deer under guardrail @ e/b I-90/MP 7.1 (H41/PF). 5:02 p.m. PFPD Blue checking on abandoned vehicle along Horsehaven/Post Falls. 4:54 p.m. Group of males are harassing females at the entrance to CdA's City Park. 4:51 p.m. Driver of gold…
The statue of Jesus Christ at Whitefish Mountain Resort overlooks Whitefish Lake and the Flathead Valley in Whitefish, Mont. A Montana judge says a 6-foot-tall statue of Jesus that was placed on federal land on Big Mountain near Whitefish nearly 60 years ago can remain.…
CindyH tweets: "Just finished a phone interview. Guy called me Sandy the whole time. Do you correct people when they say your name wrong?" Anyone?
KHQ's Cristi Aranguiz spoke to people on opposite sides of the gay marriage divide today: One man who is a Chemistry professor at North Idaho College is openly gay and spoke about the conundrum living in a state that does not recognize gay marriage, and…
On Tuesday, Pecky Cox/As the Lake Churns, posted this photo of a dragonfly that she watched being born at Priest Lake. Writes Pecky: "At the end of the nymph stage, the dragonfly emerges from the water to molt. Molting can take a few hours as…
Andrew Cain's sister said she doesn't hold the Latah County Sheriff's Office responsible for her brother's suicide on Sunday. Still, she wants an apology from a deputy she claims harassed the 19-year-old Pullman man across the state line using the department's Facebook page. Cain had…
I admit that the Kootenai County GOP Central Committee is an endless source of amusement for me, dating way back to my beginnings at the Spokesman-Review. Did you know, for example, that former GOPCChairman Chuck Lempesis called for a shortlived boycott of the SR re:…
People watch as Jerry Deal walks up Castro Street in a wedding dress after the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on gay marriage earlier today in San Francisco. The justices issued two 5-4 rulings in their final session of the term. One decision wiped away part…
The door of life revolves about; she’s coming in , I’m headed out. The Bard of Sherman Avenue
How much do you know about rabies cases in North Idaho, local grads making it big, Color Me Rad or other recent news of note? Take our weekly interactive quiz and find out. You could win two movie tickets or a $50 gift card to…
If the Board of Correction - and by extension, Gov. C.L. (Butch) Otter's administration -- refuses to examine whether farming out prison management to profit-oriented firms is a good deal for Idahoans, then somebody else should. Why not the Legislature? Next year, the contract binding…
The first eyewitnesses in the murder trial of George Zimmerman testified Wednesday that they believe Trayvon Martin was yelling for help and being beaten by Zimmerman before he died. The witnesses, former neighbors of Zimmerman's in the Retreat at Twin Lakes gated community, described trying…
The tart taste of rhubarb transports me to my childhood home on Spokane’s South Hill. A huge, leafy plant sprawled against the fence in our backyard. My dad would hand me a sun-warmed stalk and I’d dip it into a smattering of sugar and munch…
A gust of wind blows Pope Francis' mantle as he reads his speech in St. Peter's square at the Vatican after his weekly general audience today. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino) DFO: I lost another umbrella to a gust of wind during my daily walkabout Tuesday. How…
11:41 a.m. Caller reports noise problem in 8200 block of Ridgewood Drive/Hayden. 11:30 a.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for June 25-26 here. 11:14 a.m. Noninjury, non-blocking 2-vehicle crash reported @ Govt Way/Kathleen, CdA. 10:52 a.m. Caller in 1600 block of Meadowbrook Acres, CdA,…
There are far fewer journalism jobs than there were 13 years ago; meanwhile, the number of PR jobs has skyrocketed. The Web has changed the game, and content marketing has emerged as the dominant trend. The Bureau of Labor Statistics reports that the number of…
Tuesday Poll: A supermajority of Hucks Nation sez Kootenai County GOP Central Committee came out on short end of stick as a result of the failed attempt to censure 4 Republican legislators for backing the state health exchange. 95 of 125 respondents (76%) said the…
... That Kootenai County GOPoobah Neil Oliver wasn't happyhappyhappy with Huckleberries Online. In discussing the attempt by uber-cons to censure 4 GOP legislators last night, Oliver admonished the Central Committee and other local Republicans not to air their laundry in public. He said this is…
A hummingbird relaxes in its nest outside the home of Kim Jones on Tuesday at Newman Lake. (SR photo: Tyler Tjomsland) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Temperatures to rise to upper 90s/SR Idaho to play USC in 2015/Brian Murphy, IS 6 endangered Idaho falcons released in…
Idaho’s constitutional amendment barring same-sex marriage and civil unions of any kind stood after Wednesday’s U.S. Supreme Court rulings. The court’s striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act on constitutional grounds applies only to federal benefits in the 12 states and District of Columbia…
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.
