A Christian group out of San Diego has found grounds for outrage over the new retro-style logo for Starbucks Coffee. The Resistance says the new image "has a naked woman on it with her legs spread like a prostitute," Mark Dice, founder of the group,…
Complete copy of Tony's speech1. To: NIC employees, students, trustees and community -- Always embrace and celebrate the concept of collaboration, shared governance, and participatory decision making with the recognition that the final legal respnsibility for governing NIC lies with the Board of Trustees.2. To:…
To some minds, a Southern accent is a tip-off of potential racial hostility. Don't tell that to native North Carolinian Tony Stewart. He will tell you that the closer you are to the challenges of prejudice, the clearer it is that it's wrong. Still, the…
Jesse Tinsley/Spokesman-ReviewThe Spokane River creates a cacphony of as it roils under the swinging bridge and a solitary runner at Riverside State Park Wednesday afternoon. High river flows from snow melt have weather watchers and emergency personnel watching for potential flooding across the region. Story…
Executive Director Bryan Fischer announced today that the Idaho Values Alliance is joining forces with a coalition of evangelical leaders, national and state organizations, and policy makers to launch a nation-wide campaign to counter the environmental hype surrounding global warming. The “We Get It!” campaign,…
Update: White named chancellor at UC-RiversideUniversity of Idaho President Tim White could be named chancellor of the University of California Riverside as soon as this morning. A report in Wednesday's Press-Enterprise of Riverside County cited unnamed government sources who said the new chancellor could come…
Item: Kempthorne makes tough call on polar bear listing: While blaming the animals' plight on global warming, he says the Endangered Species Act can't be used to regulate greenhouse gases/Idaho Statesman.More Info: Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne may have cast polar bears as the enduring symbol…
First, you need to know that my sister, Lil, is a good person with a sparkling driving record. Also, she's an exec for a large central California winery. People hop when she sez jump. Except for a Spirit Lake police officer who had some time…
RE: Nonini, Pachydermers oppose ed corridorI had a conversation with a member of the North Idaho Education Forum (funny how these folks scream for openness and free access in government, but don't tell people who they are and charge folks for information), I won't name…
Item: Hillary to run as independent? Nearly 1/3 of Democrats think Clinton should bolt if Obama gets nomination/WorldNetDailyQuestion: Do you think Hillary will run as an independent if Obama gets the Democrat nomination? 1. Yes, and she'll win the general election 2. Yes, she's already…
Education Corridor. $31.1 million Coeur d'Alene School District levy. Primary elections. Looks like things are heating up in North Idaho as winter will finally begin to give away to spring (if you can believe the weatherman this time). I'm looking forward to sunshine tomorrow. And…
SR critic Dan Webster/Movies & More lists 10 movies he considers unforgettable:*“A Clockwork Orange”*“Irreversible”*“Boogie Nights”*“Raging Bull”*“Oldboy”*“Dogville”*“Celebration”*“Bonnie and Clyde”*“Memento”*“The Vanishing”Question: What would you add to the list?
Steve Hanks/Lewiston Tribune, APIdaho Department of Transportation's Frank Dammarell, left, and Wayne Ferguson replace a speed limit sign near Genesee, Idaho, as the speed limit is raised from 60 to 65 along the 16 mile stretch of U.S. Highway 95 between Lewiston and Moscow today.…
4:56 p.m. hit-and-run accident reported at 95 & Lacey, with a dark-blue pickup described as the "run vehicle."3:58 p.m. traffic hazard reported at 4th & Lunceford10:54 a.m. injury accident involving tan pickup and blue passenger vehicle at mile-post 30 (Shoshone County) on Interstate 908:50 a.m.…
Charles Rex Arbogast/APChef Didier Durand, of Cyrano's Bistrot & Wine Bar, holds his pet duck, Nicolai, outside his restaurant in Chicago, where he talked today with reporters after the Chicago City Council repealed its controversial two-year-old ban on foie gras, a delicacy made of duck…
Pablo Martinez Monsivais/AP PhotoEnvironmental activist from the Alaska Wilderness League and Green Peace watch Interior Secretary Dirk Kempthorne's news conference at the Interior Department in Washington, Wednesday, where he announced the status of the polar bear. Story here For Andrew Zahler's SR Today In Pictures,…
One has to wonder when the Kempthorne strong hold on Idaho will end. Like the unfortunate limelight forced on Idaho by our infamous senior senator, Idaho's image is being tainted by the blatant disregard for precedent being displayed by our former governor. As if bestowing…
James Snook/AP PhotoFormer President Bill Clinton gets a hug from eight-month-old Owne Zahn after speaking on behalf of his wife, Democratic presidential hopeful, Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., Wednesday in Missoula, Mont.1. Hillary Clinton’s run for the presidency isn’t over, former President Bill Clinton declared…
Lt. Gov. Jim Risch performed extremely well during his 7 months as the state's governor, following Dirk Kempthorne's selection as U.S. Secretary of Interior. In fact, I became a fan of his after he forced Republican legislators, largely against their will, to embrace major property…
On the national level, Republicans may have settled on a presidential candidate while Democrats are involved in a protracted struggle, but in Idaho, it is the Democrats who are coming together and the Republicans who are split asunder by a factional divide. The tale of…
Thirty-eight percent (38%) of Democratic voters nationwide now believe that Hillary Clinton should drop out of the race for the White House. That’s up slightly from 34% in late April, 32% earlier in April and 22% in late March. However, if Clinton does not win…
Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho"North Idaho loves classic cars and the season of the hot rod has started," posts Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho. "Last weekend's Depot Days car show in Wallace is followed by this weekend's Lost in the '50s in Sandpoint. More than shiney old…
Item: Corridor opponents speak out: North Idaho Education Forum, Pachyderm Club sponsored $18 dinner/Maureen Dolan, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: Invited speakers Rep. Bob Nonini R-Coeur d'Alene, Sen. Mike Jorgenson R-Hayden Lake, Coeur d'Alene Mines chief Dennis Wheeler and former Jobs Plus director Bob Potter blasted…
Item: 6th-graders pick honor-student classmate as most likely to get pregnant: Father wants teacher fired for circulating survey/WorldNetDailyQuestion: What do you think of school polls asking kids, 'Who's most likely to fail'? 1. I'm sure there's a good educational reason for such surveys 2. A…
Kyle Mills/Lewiston Tribune, APBoats crowd together as anglers fish for spring chinook salmon on the Cleawater River on Tuesday in Lewiston.
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.
