The Parting Shot today shows water trickling down as workers inspect part of the Lake Oroville spillway failure in Oroville, Calif., today. State officials say the erosion at Lake Oroville does not pose a threat to the earthen dam or public safety.
Today, Gonzaga prof Tod Marshall will pick up the 200 copies he had printed of "The Bard of Sherman Avenue: Poems by Tom Wobker." Tod tells Huckleberries that Auntie's in downtown Spokane and the Well Read Moose in Riverstone are both eager to offer Tom's poetry book for sale.
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday PM (17 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 17 more items) ...
In today's Cutline Contest, long-time Huckleberry Friend Ralph Bartholdt provides Huckleberries with an unusual winter scenic along Highway 95, near Genesee, south of Moscow. Tuesday Winner -- gitrdun.
Citizens for Coeur d'Alene Public Schools has scheduled a fund-raiser at the Art Spirit Gallery, 415 Sherman Ave., Monday. Funds raised will be used to promote the benefits of voting YES on the Coeur d’Alene School District 271 M&O Levy and Bond on March 14th. The district is running A $16M, 2-year M&O levy & a $35.5M construction bond.
President Donald Trump's executive order barring refugees and people from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the US is one of his most popular so far, according to a new poll from Morning Consult and Politico. The order has a 55% approval rating among voters polled, with 35% saying they "strongly approve."
Editor Rob Curley/SR says there's a big difference between beliefs and facts. And he's in the business to tell the truth. When a legitimate news organization makes a mistake, it corrects the mistake. Not so much for the purveyors of fake news and propaganda.
Idaho Sen. Jim Risch is staunchly defending his role in blocking a letter from Coretta Scott King from being entered into the record in the U.S. Senate during Tuesday evening’s debate over the confirmation of Jeff Sessions as U.S. attorney general, saying Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren violated Senate rules by bringing up the letter.
We can guess two things about that scofflaw who stole a debit card from a vehicle in Hayden recently. S/he was, indeed, petty, as in cheap. And S/he prefers Carl's Junior to the other fast-food burger choices (McDonalds, Burger King and Wendy's).
In January, days before President Trump’s inauguration, his daughter Ivanka Trump declared that she’d be stepping away from her management role at the clothing and shoe brand that bears her name. And yet, on Wednesday, the president lashed out on Twitter at department store Nordstrom...
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (17 items & counting) includes complaint that someone may be impersonating a police officer w/vehicle that has red headlights ...
When cowgirls get the blues after getting hit by a mini-avalanche, like SR bud Erica Curless did at the 12th annual Women's Souper Bowl on Mount Spokane Sunday, they trot over to their masseuse in their boots, spurs and Yaktrax.
Julie Titone, of Everett, Wash., a former regional editor who improved my copy during her tenure by re-writing my ledes, offers this word of advice about spare tires: "Go out to your car and make sure you can get the spare tire out." Julie learned this lesson the hard way. Of course.
House State Affairs Chairman Tom Loertscher, R-Iona, introduced a bill in his committee this morning targeting tribal gaming, seeking to alter part of the law created when voters passed Proposition 1 in 2002 to authorize tribal casinos. Specifically, Loertscher wants to add a clause banning slot machines or anything that looks or acts like one.
AM Headlines: Public Records (Feb 8)/Press, Gonzaga's redshirts sit & learn/SR, Task force seeks probation violator/Press, Study: Idaho's welfare system overwhelmed/AP, Panel OKs bill targeting 'foregone balances'/EOB, January tax revenues beat forecast by $23M/EOB, Idaho bill would define, ban motorcycle profiling/EOB ...
In the Tuesday poll, two-thirds of Hucks Nation disagreed with the U.S. Senate confirmation of Betsy DeVos as Education secretary by a 51-50 vote Tuesday. Today's Poll: How do you refer to this newspaper -- Socialist Review, Spokesman-Republican or Spokesman-Review?
In his editorial this morning, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune targets action by U.S. Sen Jim Risch's office in Boise to lock out the public. The action to lock doors and demand that the public make an appointment occurred after several citizens voiced displeasure about a timber sale.
"She was warned. She was given an explanation. Nevertheless, she persisted” -- Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell defending his action to block U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., from discussing the nomination of Jeff Sessions, R-Alabama, for attorney general.
President Donald Trump's executive orders have spawned more than 50 lawsuits in the past few weeks, but they earned a "hearty congratulations" from Idaho's chief executive. In a letter dated Jan. 30, Otter applauded Trump "for the executive actions you have taken, as well as your developing legislative agenda ..."
In his column today, Shawn Vestal examines the role alt-right Breitbart played in the trashing of Twin Falls, to achieve its political objectives. Breitbart weighed in heavily on the 'Muslim refugee crisis" in Twin Falls last year. Why is this important? Breitbart co-founder Steve Bannon is now an influential aide in Trump's White House.
"Socialist-Review"? Or "Spokesman-Republican"? We've been called both. But the nickname preferred by your neighbor may reflect his or her political views more than this newspaper's. Jim Kershner/SR looks into the complicated history of the newspaper that has supported my family for the last 33 years.
The Coeur d'Alene Press sought local reaction to the U.S. Senate confirmation of Betsy DeVos as President Donald Trump's education secretary. Two school superintendents were taking a wait-see approach. Others weren't as cautious.
The Huckleberries print column today begins with a tale of a Huckleberry Friend seeing a silver lining after slipping on ice and hurting her pinkie finger. You'll also see why Mayor Steve Widmyer and wife, Marie, are celebrating today.
According to Ryan Collingwood/Coeur d'Alene Press, the deadly crossing that claimed a 15YO Post Falls High girl Tuesday morning has been the scene of five other accidents dating back to 1986.
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.
