In a game for the ages, Gonzaga fought off the game West Virginia Mountaineers today to win 65-62 and move on to the Elite Eight Saturday. Gonzaga guard Jordan Mathews, shown being defended by two Mountaineers in the photo, sank a 3-point shot with a minute left for the game-winner.
This is the day that I come up for air. All 4 columns are written for the week. And my next deadline isn't until 5 p.m. Friday, for the Monday newspaper. AND I have plenty of material now for that Monday column. Hallelujah! It's definitely...
Scanner Traffic for Thursday PM (12 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 13 more items) includes 12YO kid getting stuck in swing seat reserved for little shavers at Sunset Park ...
The Cutline Contest today features Vice President Joe Biden being licked by a 4-month-old golden retriever named Biden. Wednesday Winner: Kevin Richert.
The city of Coeur d'Alene will be seeking public input when it unveils a major update to its Trails & Bikeways Master Plan. The update will be unveiled from 4 to 6 p.m. Tuesday in the Coeur d'Alene Public Library Community Room, 702 Front Ave.
Many prognosticators are expecting an upset today when No. 1 seed Gonzaga faces No. 4 seed West Virginia in San Jose later this afternoon. West Virginia is known for its full court press. But Gonzaga doesn't seem to mind going in. Question: Any predictions?
House procedural delays, caused by stubbornness by hardline conservatives, have forced the Idaho Senate to throw in the towel for the day. The delays also mean that the 2017 Legislature will continue to meet deep into next week, a waste of public funds.
It was chilly out during the noon hour. But the children's play area at McEuen Park was busy.
AP ledes: "GOP House leaders delayed their planned vote Thursday on a long-promised bill to repeal and replace 'Obamacare,' in a stinging setback for House Speaker Paul Ryan and President Donald Trump in their first major legislative test." Trouble in GOP paradise?
Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise was thinking about the tactics of state Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, and her Tea Party colleagues when she wrote this limerick. Hardliners have balled up the works in the Idaho House by insisting on full readings of slam-dunk bills.
It appears that certain legislators are determined to monkey up the works by using delaying tactics to halt business in the Idaho House of Representatives.
During her road trip with hubby, Derek, to Montana, Cindy Hval spotted this bumpersnicker on a Prius at Quinn's Hot Springs. Question: Can you describe the uncoolest vehicle that you've owned?
Remember The Bard, a fan of the late Bard of Sherman Avenue, shares the thoughts of many toward the recent hard winter and the coming of spring.
Scanner Traffic for Thursday AM (13 items & counting) includes small mud slide on H97, near Beauty Bay Creek Bridge/Lake Coeur d'Alene ...
AM Headlines: Where are they now? 1999 Zags/KREM, Sunshine Minting has eye on Nevada/Press, Scott forces full reading of another bill/EOBoise, Officials: Beware of drinking well water/SR, Teen fight videos surface on social media/Tribune, Fernan Elementary says bye to therapy dog/Press, •Kayakers risk dangerous conditions at stateline/KREM ...
David Townsend, the communication coordinator for the Coeur d'Alene Library and a lover of the Pilgrim's Market salad bar, feels betrayed/bamboozled today -- not that it's necessarily a bad thing in this instance. Butternut squash masquerading as shredded cheddar cheese is the source of his angst.
In Wednesday's poll, a majority of Hucks Nation would like to see the city of Coeur d'Alene use the die/dice that washed up on Lake Coeur d'Alene's north shore as public art, if its owner decides to get rid of it. Today's Poll: On a scale of 1 to 10, how nervous are you about this country's future?
On Wednesday, Cindy Hval wrote about her uneasiness re: the "empty nest" that looms in the not-to-distant future for hubby Derek and her. Now, Phaedrus comes along and says that there's nothing to dread. The house will be quieter and you'll miss the kids, he says, but there's many upsides to the new situation.
You've heard the one about a group of Seasoned Citizens unnerving staffers from Congressman Raul Labrador's Lewiston office. Seems they walked into the office unannounced prompting a field staffer to call the cops. Now, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune has fun with this scenario.
Proposed changes to work assignments are one of the main reasons the Lucky Friday miners voted to strike March 12. Union and management remain far apart on a variety of issues, most of which are unrelated to pay. Becky Kramer/SR reports that Hecla and its miners have reached an impasse.
Two-thirds of Americans say they are stressed about the future of the nation, according to an American Psychological Association survey published in February. Understandably, Democrats are more stressed than Republican Eli Francovich/SR provides a local look at these numbers. Q: On a scale of 1 to 10 how stressed are you about the future?
In his column today, Doug Clark/SR pokes fun at Avista for asking for rate increases while pulling down a profit of 11 percent last week. Why the rate increase? asks Clark. Explains a mock Avista: "It’s a lot like playing the piano. If you practice long enough, you can get really good at it."
She avoided the term “whippersnapper” because KXLY’s Kris Crocker is too gracious for that. But she did provide context for colleague Casey Lund when he wore an S&H Green Stamps tie at work on St. Patrick’s Day. Huckleberries Thursday launches with a trip down memory lane with Green Stamps.
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.
