I caught the Kelly Hughes band for the second time this summer Friday evening -- at Hayden Days. Kelly was as entertaining as always. A large crowd was on hand to enjoy the music and browse the many booths lined up on the east side…
Palestinian children, some flashing the V-sign, play with the photographer at a United Nations school where hundreds of families have sought refuge after fleeing their homes following heavy Israeli forces' strikes, in Jebaliya refugee camp, Gaza Strip, Friday. Over 140,000 Palestinians are seeking shelter in…
24 Likes: "She just doesn't know when to shut up" -- Scootermom (RE: Nonini's wife angers local vets)
This is TGIFriday. But I'm treating it like a Monday. First, I was halfway to work on my bike when I realized that I had forgotten my bike helmet. Then, I forgot to put the coffee pot entirely under the drip area -- and had…
Frum Helen Back (RE: Watergate figure retired in Idaho): We were eating dinner when the story broke. My Republican husband made the comment that the Democrats probably staged the break-in to look like the Republicans did it. That's when the war started between the two…
Russell Edwards narrowly escaped injury on Wednesday afternoon when a tree crashed onto his 1998 Ford Mustang as he sat in the drivers seat in his drive way in north Spokane. The car is totaled and Edwards only carried liability coverage. Story here. (SR photo:…
From Post Falls police Facebook page: Destiny Wood (17 year old female) has been reported (and entered into NCIC) as a runaway. She was last seen on 7/23/14 at her residence in Post Falls. She is 5-3, 156lbs with auburn hair and brown eyes. Destiny…
5:40 p.m. Caller reports swimmers jumping from pedestrian bridge, north of I-90, in Washington. 5:15 p.m. Female, possibly drunk, has taken children from Anton Avenue in car toward Silverwood. 4:59 p.m. Several transients loitering @ Exxon station @ 201 W. Appleway/CdA. 4:57 p.m. Lifeguard reports…
Norman Reedus ("Darryl"), right, takes a selfie at "The Walking Dead" panel on Day 2 of Comic-Con International today in San Diego. Looking on from left are Chad Coleman and Emily Kinney. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP) Question: I lasted 2 seasons with "The Walking Dead"…
Forty years ago on Aug. 9, President Nixon became the only U.S. president to resign. For his role in helping end what President Ford called "our long national nightmare," a Meridian man continues to win praise for his courage. Tom Railsback, an Illinois Republican who…
Idaho’s new public records ombudswoman grounded into a double play her first time up. Let’s hope it’s only a blip and not a signal of Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter’s less than enthusiastic support for transparency. Cally Younger, an attorney for the Otter administration, was named…
The John Walsh scandal is just painful to watch. Who is advising him? Anthony Weiner? Larry Craig? -- Marc Johnson Story: Montana Sen. John Walsh: PTSD not to blame for plagiarism/Wall Street Journal
Folks snapping “selfies” with a bull elk that was foraging for food in a vacant lot in Garden City last night caused the antlered animal to become spooked and take off gallivanting through Garden City. “Spectators … were getting too close to the elk,” according…
"If there route had gone through Spokane," begins Paul Turner/The Slice blog, "What might have happened to the guys in 'Easy Rider' while here?" Do you think the Easy Riders would have gotten out of the Inland Northwest alive? (Photo: www.telegraph.co.uk) Bayview BBQ/Bay Views Weather…
I generally ignore the Facebook re-posts that ask things like "Which female Harry Potter character are you" Or "Which state is most like you." But I was interested enough in one posted on Facebook Friend Ben Wilson's wall that I answered the questions inside: "Which…
On her Facebook wall, Kerri Thoreson posts: The Julyamsh Pow Wow starts this evening at the Greyhound Park. I love everything about the celebration. The grand entry with the Warrior Society color guard and eagle staff, the parade of horses and seeing several hundred dancers…
You know you're in Otis Orchards when you drive passed a sign that says ”Ahhhh fresh manure...” -- Cindy Hval.
On his Get Out! North Idaho Facebook page, OrangeTV writes of Crafted Taphouse, 523 E. Sherman Ave: "The consensus about Crafted Taphouse so far seems to be: great food, great atmosphere, sloooooooow service. Perhaps they are still working out the bugs, and they have been…
U.S. Senate candidate Nels Mitchell and U.S. House candidate Shirley Ringo will speak at a two Living Wage Rallies on Monday. Mitchell and Ringo will be on the Lewis-Clark State College campus, 500 8th Ave., Lewiston, 10:15 a.m., at the campus fountain. There will be…
A Puget Sound couple who write a post, called "Live It in a Day" for the Growing Sound Roots blog recently visited the Inland Northwest, describing Spokane as "a cute little town with a lot to offer in a day." Of Coeur d'Alene, the couple…
Ted Nugent's recent spate of offensive and racist comments that have sparked protests and canceled shows are damaging his image and could well cripple his income if he continues, according to veteran concert promoters and industry journalists. In a week when two casinos operated by…
No, this isn't a photo of the Bayview/Athol area cleaning up after Wednesday's thunderstorm. The AP caption sez: "Indian villagers cross the river Baitarani in a country boat after the same was flooded following monsoon rains near Akhuapada in Jajpur distict of Orissa state, India,…
12:08 p.m. Driver of Cadillac, registered in Rathdrum, weaving, driving on shoulder before turning @ Pleasantview. 11:46 a.m. Possible stroke reported @ 1100 block of Alaska Loop/Hayden. 11:32 a.m. Injury accident reported just north of H95/Kathleen Avenue intersection, CdA. 11:32 a.m. Abandoned vehicle reported at…
Rich Landers, SR Outdoors blog writer, posts: The females in my family have never had a problem squatting in the woods to relieve themselves — this video seems to suggest it's a problem for some outdoorswomen. But the Pee Pocket device the video promotes has…
Thursday Poll: Controversial rocker Ted Nugent wasn't on the radar screen of Hucks Nation before he was booted from a gig at the Coeur d'Alene Casino for racist statements. 71 of 133 respondents (53.38%) said they hadn't paid attention to Nugent prior to the hubbub.…
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.
