Led by Byron Wesley's 25 points, Gonzaga stopped Pepperdine 79-61 to earn another trip to the West Coast Conference Tournament final. You can see game story and box score below. And: S-R photojournalist Colin Mulvany covered the game. Check out this big picture gallery of game photos.
This is the week, I suppose, that state Rep. Kathy Sims, R-Coeur d'Alene, will trot our her latest attempt to stop urban renewal, as we know it, in the shining city on a lake that she was elected to represent. She failed in her attempt...
Gonzaga leaves the court as BYU celebrates their 61-55 win over the Bulldogs in the WCC women's tournament semifinal basketball game this afternoon at the Orleans Arena in Las Vegas, Nev. Story here. (SR photo: Colin Mulvany)
Nineteen wolves were killed in Idaho’s Lolo region last month in an ongoing effort to improve elk survival in the rugged area on the Idaho-Montana border. Federal Wildlife Service agents shot the wolves from an aircraft at the request of the Idaho Department of Fish…
Elected officials in Idaho do not need permits to carry concealed weapons. A group of state legislators is considering ending that exemption. But one north Idaho lawmaker (Vito Barbieri) who recently found himself in the national spotlight said politicians need the provision for their safety.
A woman drinks from a keg during the second week of spring break Sunday in Panama City Beach, Fla. You write the cutline. (AP Photos/The News Herald, Heather Leiphart) Weekend Winner -- Rhodetrip, with 5 likes: "You remind me of a cute little scottie I...
PM Scanner Traffic for Monday (18 items) includes T-bone crash on H53 at Hauser that has injured from 1 to 3 people ...
An already heated battle between the White House and Republicans over negotiations to curtail Iran’s nuclear program grew more tense Monday when 47 Republican senators sent a letter to Iran designed to kill any potential deal. The White House responded by accusing the Republicans of...
With a pivotal hearing on teacher pay looming on the horizon, the Senate Education Committee heard a sobering report Monday: Idaho school districts are facing a serious teacher shortage. The shortage is serious enough that districts are struggling to find qualified staff. Of 65 districts...
In this Feb. 27, 2014, file photo, protestors rally on the steps of the Idaho Statehouse in Boise to protest SB1254, a bill seeking to allow concealed weapons on the state's college campuses. Idaho lawmakers are once again seeking to remove a special exemption that…
Take a note to -- Police Chief Lee White: It may be time to run an emphasis patrol on Tubbs Hill to catch owners running their dogs off leash and not picking up their dog's poop. Off leash dogs & their clueless owners are out in force on Tubbs Hill today ...
Columnist Doug Clark was introduced to a Huddy Burger on a scalding day in 1976 when he arrived in Coeur d'Alene to become sports editor of the Press. All these years later, he asks & answers the question: Are Huddy Burgers really that good? In a word -- yes ...
Randy Stapilus of Ridenbaugh Press notes something that many missed in the hubbub surrounding the Idaho Senate invocation from Rajan Zed last Tuesday: Most senators were on hand to hear the prayer. When it comes to such prayers, Stapilus says, it's all religions or no religions ...
Armageddon/Bay Views The Rudy Giuliani issue/Arch Druid I'm not lazy, just respectful/Simple Mind We should ban polls/Dogwalk Musings Weird questions to end a week on/Clarksville CdA crews sweeping streets sooner/Coeur d'Alene Today Contempt & aggressive aren't same thing/Fort Boise
Prominent liberals are criticizing Hillary Clinton for using a personal email account on a private server to conduct work while Secretary of State. Lawmakers, pundits and even Saturday Night Live have skewered Clinton's alleged secrecy and efforts at damage control. Clinton allies have defended the...
On her daily walk on the Coeur d'Alene waterfront last week, Walkabout spotted these "birds" hanging out from perches on the new Avista Pavilion in the heart of McEuen Park.
Greater Spokane Food Truck Association has expanded into Coeur d'Alene with the addition of two businesses: Meltz Extreme Grilled Cheese and Coeur de Breizh Crepes. The Food Truck Association, in cooperation with the city of Coeur d'Alene, has organized the first food truck rally in…
Finally, some good news for suspended NBC News millionaire anchor Brian Williams. A new poll says despite his misremembering — in other circles, lies, distortions or exaggerations — he should be allowed to return to his old stomping grounds at “NBC Nightly News.” Williams has…
A 61-year-old woman died while skiing at Lookout Pass on Sunday. The Shoshone County Sheriff’s Office, along with family and friends of the woman, began searching for her at the ski area late Sunday night after she did not return from her ski trip. While…
On the Old School North Idaho Facebook page, Keva Wolfe posts this photo (courtesy of the Museum of North Idaho) re: the way Coeur d'Alene's waterfront looked after the lake was filled in from Sherman Avenue south. The vacant spot in the photo is the...
Today's Scanner Traffic (aa items) includes verbal fight over loud cell phone at St. Vinny's HELP Center ...
Coeur d’Alene-based sea kayaking guides connected in a personal if not spiritual way to a baby whale destined to die on a Mexico beach. “I’ll never forget the look in that eye,” said Michelle Darnell, back in...
Though lots of senators had questions about it, the Senate has voted 29-6 in favor of SB 1071a, Sen. Jim Patrick’s bill to require students to pass a civics test to graduate from high school. The bill has 21 co-sponsors from both parties; the idea...
Mrs. O, Huckleberry the Beagle & I walked the Dike Road (Rosenberry Drive) Saturday morning, as is our custom. In doing so, we encountered three friends -- all of whom gave thumbs up to the new look of the Dike Road. Which was open for...
AM Headlines: The Post Falls boys' basketball team won their 2nd 5A state championship in 6 years Saturday+firefighters battle 2 Athol blazes+voters to decide on levies/bond+JFAC OKs increase of community college spending by 3% (or double amount Butch Otter requested) ...
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.
