In a spot-on post, Marianne Love/Slight Detour explains why the region has come to love the Gonzaga Bulldogs. It's something that goes beyond wins and losses on the court: We love the Zags "because of the principles they live by and exemplify. We love the infectious, wholesome atmosphere associated with them and their fine university."
From the Huckleberries Files (April 6, 1992): On this week 25 years ago, Huckleberries told of a science project in the Coeur d'Alene School District that was almost banned. The problem? The project focused on sexually transmitted diseases and used he words "sexual intercourse."
In the "Now I've Heard of Everything" Department, today is National Hug a Newsperson Day. the National Day Calendar explains: "Each year this day gives everyone the opportunity to say “thank you” and hug their local newsperson." Do you suppose President Trump is handing out hugs to newspeople today?
A pair of inmates - one from Spokane and one from Post Falls - escaped from the Yakima County Correctional Center sometime late Monday or early Tuesday. A bed check at 4 a.m. Tuesday revealed that Steven D. Roche, 31, and Chad E. Tipton, 31, were missing. Nina Culver/SR reports ...
The driver of a red Nissan Sentra traveling southbound on H41 toward I-90 this morning offered mixed messages. The orange, handwritten message on the back window said: "If you don't like our culture then go back to your country!!" The bumper stickers below seem to oppose that message. Can anyone decipher?
In Monday's poll, 80% of Hucks Nation expected the Gonzaga Bulldogs to win the national college basketball championship. Today's Poll: How would you describe your mood today after tough Gonzaga loss in NCAA tournament final?
"It would have been easy for Gonzaga to bemoan the blown call on a night when the officiating often overshadowed the basketball, but none of the Zags took that bait," reports Jeff Eisenberg/Yahoo. Eisenberg goes on to explain why Gonzaga is a classy basketball team.
So where do we go from here? The 2017 Idaho Legislature is over. The Zags are don There are no contested school board races in Kootenai County. The City Council elections are 7 months off. So we're staring at 9 months of political inactivity on the blog. So you need to weigh in. Would you like to see Huckleberries do something differently?
The most commonly asked question since the end of the National Championship game Monday night: "When will Gonzaga be back in Spokane?" Well, the team tweeted out an answer Tuesday morning: "Hey Spokane! We'll be back at McCarthey at approx. 4:15 pm today. KHQ reports.
AM Headlines: Public Records (April 4)/Press, March was 2nd wettest on record/SR, Woman missing since Saturday/Press, Amazon tax deal to remain secret in Idaho/AP, 2 held on Idaho charges escape Yakima jail/AP, Low return of steelhead predicted for Snake River/AP + more ...
So how are you processing Gonzaga's tough loss to North Carolina in the NCAA Tournament championship?
So Sharon Gwyn of Coeur d'Alene is driving down the Montana interstate at 80 mph (which is the speed limit) when she says a monster GMC pickup with nice lettering on the tailgate. You can find out what the lettering said by clicking on link.
In a Facebook post, Cindy reports that her husband, Derek, had a headache recently. So she told him to find the migraine relief pills in the cupboard. What happened afterward can only be labeled #marriedlife. (Q: BTW, what do you take for headaches?)
Three-term Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter may have the approval of the majority of his constituents, but the majority of them say they don't want him to run for a fourth term in 2018, according to a recent political poll. (Of course, Otter has said that he won't seek a fourth term.)
The Idaho Falls Post Register reports today that Rep. Janet Trujillo, R-Idaho Falls, who married House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, in December, claimed thousands of dollars worth of per-diem for maintaining a second residence in the Boise area during the legislative session. More from Betsy Russell's Eye on Boise ...
In one of many sidebars to the Gonzaga game story this morning, Paul Turner/SR calls the 2016-17 Gonzaga basketball team "a gift to the community." He writes: "No, the Zags didn’t win the national championship. But the season they had was nothing short of inspiring." Agree?
John Blanchette, the superb sports columnist of The Spokesman-Review, puts Gonzaga's close loss in the NCAA Tournament finals in perspective.
There were plenty of things to discuss after Gonzaga's 71-65 loss to North Carolina last night. The Zags’ 14 turnovers. Or 27.6 percent shooting after halftime. Or their leaders, Nigel Williams-Goss and Przemek Karnowski, combining to shoot 6 of 25 from the floor. But the No. 1 topic of conversation was the awful officiating in the 2nd half.
Huckleberries Tuesday begins with Coeur d'Alene schools Trustee Christa Hazel to skip board meeting Monday to watch the NCAA Tournament championship between Gonzaga and North Carolina.
In a hard fought game that went down to the final seconds, North Carolina emerged as champions of the NCAA Tournament by besting Gonzaga 71-65. The Bulldogs finished the season 37-2. They were stymied much of the second half by the foul trouble of their big players.
If you're a Gonzaga Bulldog fan and haven't been following coverage on The Spokesman-Review, you are missing a lot. In my 47 years in the news biz, I've never seen a team covered this well by any media. And I'm not saying that simply because I'm an SR journalist. I don't operate that way.
It's almost show time. The faces and jerseys have been painted. The athletes are ready. Gonzaga versus North Carolina for all the marbles tonight in the NCAA Tournament final. North Carolina is a two-point favorite. We'll see.
Gov. Butch Otter wouldn’t say today whether he’ll veto the bill to repeal Idaho’s 6 percent sales tax on groceries, but as he responded to the just-concluded legislative session, Otter focused mostly on his concerns about the state general fund and how Idaho will be able to afford to deal with significant infrastructure damage from a tough winter.
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.
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