I rarely pray for rain. But I am this week. I'd rather have liquid sunshine than snow because Amy Dearest & Okie Doke are headed to Coeur d'Alene for the Thanksgiving holidays. While Mrs O and Amy Dearest are binge watching the "Gilmore Girls" sequel on our new, ha-huge TV set, I have a laundry list of technical issues for my tech-savvy son-in-law.
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday PM (14 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 13 more items) includes injury crash involving ejection of one motorist @ Huetter Road/Lancaster Road on the Rathdrum Prairie. 2 ambulances en route ...
The Cutline Contest today features Baylor head coach Kim Mulkey re-acting to a call in an NCAA college basketball game against Southeastern Louisiana in Waco, Texas. Tuesday Winner: JohnA.
Nearly 2,000 Idaho state employees were in the process of being converted from salaried to hourly wages ahead of a new federal rule on overtime pay set to take effect Dec. 1. That all changed Tuesday with the news that a federal judge in Texas granted an injunction against the changes. Zach Kyle/Statesman reports.
Idaho Gov Butch Otter is among the Republicans President-elect Donald Trump is supposedly considering for Interior secretary, bringing the state into the national political parlor game this Thanksgiving week. Rocky Barker/Idaho Statesman reports. Question: Would you support this appointment?
In today's editorial, the Spokesman-Review comments: "Along with the revival of civics classes, our educational system could, perhaps, introduce courses in media literacy, because Americans are in serious need of a reality check." Question Are you sure that you can tell fake news from the real stuff?
The annual turkey pardon is a silly tradition, and President Obama knows it. On Wednesday, before pardoning turkeys named Tater and Tot, Obama summed up his feelings about this particular duty. Danielle Kurtzleben/NPR reports.
Taylor Viydo/KREM 2 was asked, via Twitter, by the couple who found officer Brenda Knight of the Post Falls Police Department in a ditch recently why she wasn't taken to jail. After all, she was charged with DUI. Taylor tweets his response.
Do you remember when some of our Kootenai County legislators fought tooth & nail to keep a mental health crisis center from opening in Coeur d'Alene. We lost the center to southeastern Idaho for a season. But have one now. Now, a third center has opened, in Twin Falls, and a 4th is planned in Boise.
The number and rate of abortions tallied by federal authorities have fallen to their lowest level in decades, according to new data released Wednesday. The latest annual report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, incorporating data from 47 states, said the abortion rate for 2013 was 12.5 abortions per 1,000 women aged 15-44 years.
A car burglary suspect wasn't ready for the swift justice handed out by homeowners on Spokane's South Hill. Seems a couple spotted a man in their car, chased him down and took away a replica gun that he brandished at them. Seems the suspect was also hit over the head with a sparkling cider bottle and required medical attention.
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (13 items & counting) includes Hayden female who asked 911 to send ambulance because a male is threatening to cut his wrists if she leaves -- and she's leaving.
That our wacky local precinct committee men & woman passed a resolution last night calling on the Secretary of State to investigate threats or intimidation aimed at Idaho's 4 electors for President-elect Donald Trump.
My favorite Thanksgiving family tradition is ...
AM Headlines: Idaho Records/Press, Many mourn slain police dog/AP, Zags, Quinnipiac to open tourney/SR, American Redoubters prepping for storm/KREM 2, Idaho to seek $11M for parolee services/AP, Kootenai County eyes site for ORV park/Press, UI, WSU join search for super spuds/Daily News + more ...
Seems as though I'm not the only one who doesn't like driving the Columbia Gorge in bad weather, especially at night. Arpie is headed to Portland for the Thanksgiving holiday -- and hopes the new rubber under his car and on the wind shields will help. Q: Do you have any harrowing tales re: driving the Columbia Gorge?
Grumpy Cat’s got a message just in time for the holidays and she doesn’t care how you feel about it. In vintage David Letterman style, the grumpster has posted her Top 10 pet peeves on her new blog at Pawculture.com, according to the Associated Press. Q: What is one of your top pet peeves?
In the Tuesday poll, a supermajority of Hucks Nation support the announcement from President-elect Donald Trump's camp that the new president won't pursue an investigation into Democrat Hillary Clinton's emails or foundation. Today's Poll: How would you describe you mood as we head into the Thanksgiving/Christmas holidays?
The Twin Falls Times News is calling on U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo and other Idaho political leaders to denounce the role that Stephen Bannon, the former executive chairman of Breitbart News, will play in the future administration of President Donald Trump. The Times News remembers to turmoil created by Breitbart in Twin Falls.
In her Main Street column for the Coeur d'Alene Press, Kerri Thoreson comments that holiday travel is not for the timid: "Traveling by air any time can be so stressful, and at the holidays it’s ratcheted up several notches." Kerri tells of the stress she encountered during a quick trip to Salt Lake City. Question: Have you ever flown standby?
Walkabout recalls Ice Storm that began on Nov. 19, 1996. She and Stickman heard trees falling on nearby Tubbs Hill that night. And the darkness as the storm knocked out power throughout the region.
Joshua McQueen, executive chef of Vandals Dining, and a few members of his staff staff spent Tuesday peeling about 300 pounds of potatoes, preparing 150 pounds of green beans, 30 turkeys, 14 hams and an array of sides for those unable to make it home for the Thanksgiving holiday. They expect to feed 600.
Black Friday looks like it’s going to be soggy – and chilly – for shoppers, especially those arising before dawn to get in on early-bird deals. National Weather Service forecasters say a series of storms will move over the region on Thanksgiving Day, lingering through Friday and into Saturday. Mike Prager/SR reports.
The paint had hardly dried on the racial slur painted on the side of the Martin Luther King Jr. Family Outreach Center, when some were dismissing the possible hate crime as a hoax. SR columnist Shawn Vestal says that our experience with Rachel Dolezal may have caused us to become cynical. We need to resist that urge, he says.
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.
