Ruth Sisk kisses her golden retriever, Brinkley, Wednesday in Anchorage, Alaska. Sisk, an Oceanview dog-lover, started a write-in campaign for governor for the pooch to raise money for the American Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and other dog-friendly nonprofits. She's already sold $4,000…
MIK: Just wondering...Where are all those brave Idahoans who screamed like a lynch mob and castigated a young woman student from the UW when she questioned whether a place of learning was the proper venue for honoring a war hero (Pappy Boyington). Talk show hosts…
A man found dead Wednesday morning following a nine-hour standoff with Coeur d’Alene Police hanged himself, according to preliminary autopsy results released today. Kootenai County Coroner Robert West said 24-year-old Nicolas C. Castanon barricaded himself in the bathroom and used a dog leash to hang…
David Profeta, in red, gives direction to Miss Ecuador, Karry Lopez, while preparing for a 2006 Miss Universe pageant photograph in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., this morning. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Lucas Jackson) Top CutlinesIn A League of His Own: John Austin explains to…
Okay, I'll admit that I haven't actually stepped foot inside the new Coeur d’Alene Panda Express. However, I have visited the Spokane Valley Panda Express a few times, and I will assume they are pretty much the same inside. Anyway, this is not about the…
... uses soldiers' coffins in plane cargo bay as well as hurricanes, Abramoff, and gas prices to solicit support for candidates here.Question: Soldiers' coffins? Is this going too far for political purposes.
Sam Miller, 5, center, gives it his all as he and other kids growl loudly during a song at a community Bible camp in Montesano, Wash., Wednesday. (AP Photo/The Daily World, Kevin Hong) Eye On Olympia: Dems gearing up for campaign with strange items on…
Here are a list of the contests that'll take place June 29-30 at Cruisers Biker Bar's 2nd Annual Mini-Sturgis at Stateline:Awesome Tossem Toilet Seat Horseshoes Bobbin For Pigs Feet Hubcap / Biker Tire Hurl Keg Toss Keg Role Keg Carry Frozen T-Shirt Contest Armpit Serenade…
David Profeta, in red, gives direction to Miss Ecuador, Karry Lopez, while preparing for a 2006 Miss Universe pageant photograph in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif., this morning. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Lucas Jackson)
Issue: Airport renaming still in flux: Troops who hope to commemorate Boyington left uncertain after meeting/Sam Taylor, Spokesman-ReviewDFO: Sam told me that the airport board hardly gave the Marines the time of day when they proposed renaming the airport in honor of Boyington, the WWII…
Issue: CdA standoff ends in fire, death: Armed man was person of interest in CdA stabbing/Taryn Brodwater, Spokesman-ReviewBill McCrory: I'm more interested in learning how he came to be in Coeur d'Alene. Why was he here? When did he arrive? Who owned the duplex he…
Jane Q. Citizen: Considering that according to the math formula DFO posted here about the age requirements of a trophy wife (half the Sugar Daddy's age, plus 7 years), I'd have to marry a man who was nearing 90 to be considered such. So I'm…
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.
