Well, four hours of my training for a new digital-first system is in the books. And I'm not all that sure that I've made much progress. I'd like to think I made more than columnist Paul Turner, who was one of the seven guinea pigs in the first class of the training for the new program. He looked befuddled. I merely pulled my hair out.
“Spokane Doesn’t Suck” is far from the best thing Derrick Oliver could say about his adopted hometown. But it's a concise message that he can fit on a T-shirt. And he's raised $6,000 by selling T-shirts with that message. What do you think? Does Spokane suck or not?
JohnA, who may or may not be attached to that fishing pole in the right foreground, snapped this photo of a plane that picked up water from Hayden Lake several times today. JohnA didn't know where the plane was fighting fire today. But there are…
The Pacific Northwest Inlander shines its spotlight on Coeur d'Alene artist Kimber Follevaag, who considers herself to be an unconventional fiber artist: "Combining such disparate materials as metal, embroidery thread and photographs, Follevaag creates work that brings textiles to a new level."
Scanner Traffic for Thursday PM (21 items & counting) includes serious crash involving driver of 4-wheeler who rolled vehicle down mountain onto road, just above Fernan Lake Village. CPR is being performed.
The daily roundup of Huckleberries Online Blog Roll links includes Kootenai County sheriff's wannabe Tina Kunishige advertising her candidacy via a rolling billboard in the county courthouse parking lot.
There will be no appeal of today’s Idaho Supreme Court ruling overturning Gov. Butch Otter’s veto of legislation to ban slot machine-like “instant racing” machines, according to the Idaho Attorney General’s office. “It’s been clear from the get-go that the Secretary of State has said…
Poetry is as timeless as language itself and a local group offers a supportive forum for poets, both novice and accomplished. Since 1937, Poetry Scribes of Spokane have met to share poems, offer feedback and indulge in their love of verse. (Question: Have you ever written poetry?)
Chief Allan, Coeur d'Alene Tribe council chairman, has issued a statement re: the Idaho Supreme Court decision overturning Gov. Butch Otter's veto of a ban on "instant gaming." Chief Allan's bottom line? Even Idaho's highest elected officials must follow the Constitution. Whatta concept in Idaho, hunh?
Even in a state with high poverty rates, Nampa is a high-poverty district. In 2014-15, 64 percent of Nampa’s 14,892 students qualified for free or reduced-price school lunch. In five Nampa elementary schools, this percentage topped 80 percent — well above the statewide average of…
U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, once a strong voice of reason within conservative GOP circles, seems to be veering far right to avoid a political challenge from that extreme. During a series of small-town meetings recently, Crapo seemed to be siding with the radicals calling for state takeover of federal lands. Which will never happen.
Idaho’s highest court says the state must enforce legislation banning lucrative instant horse racing terminals. In a unanimous decision issued today, the court ruled that Gov. Butch Otter’s veto of the legislation was invalid because he didn’t complete it within the required five-day time span.
Recent news accounts and alarming photos of desperate Syrian refugees fleeing into Europe captured the attention of Luke Sharon, a 9-year-old boy in Coeur d’Alene who wants to contribute to relief efforts. After his family talked about the plight of the refugees, Luke got on his dad’s phone and made a short video to call attention to the crisis.
State Sen. Mary Souza and her House side kick, Rep. Kathy Sims, are staging a town hall on urban renewal next Thursday. Souza says, apparently with a straight face, that she's open to anything the public has to say about urban renewal. But I suspect that she'll listen most to those who agree with Sims and her that it needs to go away.
The downtown office is trying to teach this old dog a new trick -- how to use the new digital-first software that will be going live later this month. Greg Lee, Betsy Russell & I spent 4 hours this morning in the downtown office trying to grasp the basics. When did you last learn something new in technology that was radically different than before?
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.
