There has been no Attack of the Killer Tantrum — at least not yet. (I was nervous that by making this admission, the crying sessions would return. Hopefully knocking on wood will prevent such a change in luck. I also have my fingers and toes…
President Barack Obama talks about his plan for health care reform following a roundtable discussion with health care providers Monday, during a visit to Children's National Medical Center in Washington. The teddy bear in the background is the hospital logo. Meanwhile, Republicans are doing all…
A renovated track at Lewiston High School has been named for Bruce Sweeney, one of the genuine good guys in Idaho politics. The track also will carry his wife Marilyn's name. I covered Sweeney for a dozen of the 20 years her served in the…
Item: Moscow smoking ban passes: No more lighting up for bar patrons, amendment to allow designated smoking rooms is dropped/David Johnson, Moscow-Pullman Daily NewsMore Info: Members of the Moscow City Council voted unanimously Monday night to ban smoking in bars and private clubs. The prohibition…
"On a day when temperatures soar towards the century mark, there are no shortage of places to cool off in North Idaho," posts Councilwoman KerriT/OnLocation North Idaho. "This youngster at Post Falls' Q'emiln Park on the Spokane River is happy as a clam in his…
Monday Poll: 58 of 111 respondents (58%) to the poll opposed universal health care. Full results here.HMOffsuite: Dennis told me the house was patterned off a very old, stately and well know house on the East Coast. It is somewhat famous and Dennis had his…
CindyH: I do believe I lost a lucrative magazine gig when I encountered the wife of a publisher and a party and asked when their baby was due. “I had him 3 weeks ago,” she replied. Ahhhh! I'm a woman. i know better. (I really…
Digger: Just a question, how many of you here actually own and/or run your own business? How many of you have to write those paychecks each month? How many of your livliehoods depend on the success or failure of your businesses? My store (that I…
Today is Monday, July 20, the 201st day of 2009. There are 164 days left in the year. On July 20, 1969, Apollo 11 astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon after landing their lunar module.…
Rockland County Sheriff's Dept. Offiicer Gerrett Clapp lies over his horse Coughlin, after the horse fell when he stepped on a metal plate, Saturday in Stony Point, N.Y.. They were on the East Main Street bridge in Stony Point on their way to the Waldron…
Item: 2012 Match-ups: Obama, Romney Tied at 45%; Obama 48%, Palin 42%/Rasmussen ReportsMore Info: If Romney secured the GOP nomination and Palin chose to run as an independent candidate, Obama would win the resulting three-way race with 44% of the vote. Romney is the choice…
If you've been following Hauser Thoughts, you know that Frum Helen Back's hubby, Dave, suffered a back injured when he crashed while taking his evening bike ride around Hauser Lake. He hasn't been an easy patient. But he reluctantly followed doctor's orders after the pain…
Jerry Horton shows off one of his plants at his apartment in Coeur d'Alene. When he moved into his own place with the help of a Coeur d'Alene outreach program, he was granted one wish for the apartment: he said he wanted houseplants. He was…
Mutton buster Justin Uribe, from Soledad, competes during the California Rodeo Salinas, Saturday in Salinas, Calif. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Monterey County Herald, Orville Myers)Top Cutlines:1. Sheepishly showing why Montana is in 'Mountin' ' Time Zone, Justin makes a ewe turn -- John Austin.2.…
Actor Dennis Franz and a 72-year-old family guest have both filed lawsuits in Kootenai County against the manufacturer and installer of a mechanism that apparently failed and caused a light fixture at Franz’s North Idaho house to fall in 2007, injuring the guest and a…
5:19 p.m. A 15YO male was knocked unconscious for a short time when he hit his head on tree while trying to swing out into the Spokane River @ Black Bay Park/Post Falls.4:43 p.m. R/P is concerned re: a vehicle with dark-tinted windows that has…
Allyson Siegel of Charlotte, N.C. holds Lily, a Chihuahua terrier mix, that has five legs. The Charlotte Observer reported Saturday that Allyson Siegel, 45, of Charlotte bought the puppy last week because she couldn't bear for the Chihuahua-terrier mix to be sold to a Coney…
Shannon: DFO; any word where all the smoke is coming from? No info on local news sites and it seems a little early for the tribe to be burning fields.DFO: Spokesman Marc Stewart of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe called a few minutes ago to say…
At Remember the Roxy, OrangeTV dug out this 1971 poster of "Barber's Coast at Playland Pier." Dunno what you were doing in 1971 (if you were onboard on Planet Earth). But this might bring back memories.Don't ask a woman if she's had her baby yet/Idaho…
In this July 20, 1969, file photo, Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr., lunar module pilot, descends steps of Lunar Module ladder as he prepares to walk on the moon. He had just egressed the Lunar Module. Story here. (AP Photo/NASA, file)Astronaut Neil Armstrong: "The regret…
Item: Clinton regrets rise in US deaths in Afghanistan/APMore Info: U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Monday the surge in U.S. and allied deaths in Afghanistan this month is "regrettable and tragic," and that the Obama administration believes it has no choice but…
Question: Idaho allows highway memorials; Oregon, other states don't/Mike Butts, Idaho Press TribuneMore Info: While Idaho allows highway memorials for those killed in traffic accidents, others states, such as Oregon, do not. The private, makeshift memorials are prohibited within the boundaries of incorporated cities in…
"The parasail concession at Independence Point does a brisk business in the summer months," posts KerriT/OnLocation North Idaho. "It's a colorful addition to the beautiful blues and greens of the Lake Coeur d'Alene landscape. After living in North Idaho for as many years as I…
When I went out on the patio Thursday afternoon, I found a bag of okra from my neighbor Sam. "That’s part of the first pick,” Sam told me later. “But it looks like we’re going to have a bumper crop.” The promise of more to…
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.
