Samantha Hurst, 11, exposes the grass under the snow as she rolls a base for her snowman at the Creswell Middle School playground today in Creswell, Ore. (AP Photo/The Register-Guard, Chris Pietsch) Crews prepare to right a car involved in a rollover accident on Interstate…
Issue: CdA ed corridor supporters furious: State ed board rejects concept without notice vote was planned/Meghann Cuniff, Spokesman-ReviewNorth Idaho College Trustee Mic Armon: "I'm furious that the state board would do something this clandestine. This is a great example of how inept the state Board…
Complete HBO comment hereNewby commenter SSands: Why do the brochures from the CVB’s around here fail to show the real winters? Glossy photos of people frolicking in the snow are a lie. Spending 40 minutes last night combating grumpy, impatient drivers on I-90 armed with…
So, cold that Taryn Brodwater ad-libbed her own version of the trying-to-keep-warm-while covering-an-accident dance at the scene of the Lake City High charter bus crash. And KXLY's cameras were there to record it. Taryn blogs about her experience here. You can see video of her…
John Austin: Frank Church was a four-term Senator, who as Chairman of the Armed Services Committee was one of the most powerful men in Congress. He was an early contender for the 1976 Presidential nomination. Indeed, it was his leadership to get the Panama Canal…
Dan of the County: Well I'll have a pretty swollen head today ... but it's from natural causes, not an inflated ego ... a couple of inches of light snow on top of rock frozen sloping driveway ... didn't even feel my feet go out…
Long-time buddy Doug Clark has written another of his parodies about zany events in the Inland Northwest (think: Enumclaw and horse love). This time, the exhibitionist Spokane Deputy Dawg who flashed his junk at a barrista is the subject of his parody, "Barista," sung to…
Firefighters lower an adult down the hillside from an SUV that slid off Upriver Dr. just south of Coeur d'Alene Wednesday afternoon during the brief, but intense, snowstorm that quickly turned area roads icy.It was one of many crashes that happened between about 2 p.m.…
*Drive-by Wheelchairing: SReporter Taryn Brodwater sez the staff at her opthamologist was atwitter when she arrived this afternoon (with vision going downhill b/c she's stuck in front of a computer screen all day). Seems "a woman's wheelchair tire had popped. It was apparently as loud…
Issue: Starting New Term, Chávez Defends Recent Moves/Simon Romero, New York Times More Info: President Hugo Chávez was sworn in to a new six-year term at a ceremony here today (in Caracas, Venezuela), calling Jesus Christ “the greatest socialist in history” and pledging to speed…
Full Bonner County Bee story hereA Sandpoint man accused of molesting a young girl is reconsidering a plea agreement after a district judge advised him he would not bind himself to proposed sentencing recommendations. David John Collodi asked the court for more time to consider…
In this 2002 photo by Christopher Anderson/SR, the last four Washington State head football coaches (prior to Bill Doba) are shown (from left): Mike Price, Jim Sweeney, Dennis Erickson and Jim Walden. Walden, now a color commentator for WSU games, is getting attention for being…
South Korean Army soldiers exercise on the snow during a winter exercise in Pyeongchang, east of Seoul, Wednesday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)
It's a no-win situation in Iraq because of you, the biased news media. The editorial page for the Sunday edition of The Spokesman-Review sub-headline reads, "Our view: Bush should begin to withdraw troops from Iraq." Sounds like cut and run to me. Front page headline…
Toadman: Correction: J.R. Rowling should read J.K. Rowling. Sorry Dave... I'm a spell checker today.Bob: Didn't J.R. Rowling write a series of books about a young Texan oil wizard who was very cutthroat and ...DFO: Thanks, guys; when you're blogging at the speed of light,…
Issue: 'Catastrophic': Thousands of birds now fall from sky: Wildlife officers baffled by event, autopsies shed no light on mystery/WorldNetDaily Question: Why do you think birds across the world are suddenly dropping dead? 1. Disease 2. Severe pollution 3. Global warming 4. Some secret action…
You may have noticed that I've focused on local blogs and comments for my end-of-day wrapup this week. This includes looking for good material from the North Idaho/Friends blogs for wrapup commentary and possible questions (like Katrina's mention of bad days and Frum Helen Back's…
"A cold front is on the way. This is my 30th Hauser winter, including the winter of 78-79 when it was below zero for 6 weeks. This year I decided to change my thinking. Instead of planning where I'm going to move, I made a…
*Trish Gannon/Wading in the River Journal alerts Huckleberries Online that the new issue of the RJournal (Bonner/Boundary counties and northwestern Montana) is now online here and that she has written her first "Behind the Scenes at the River Journal" post here.*Huckleberries hears ... that the…
An unidentified Ohio State band member shows his spirit with his hair cut in the shape of an "O" at the BCS national championship football game in which Florida upset his Buckeyes 41-14 Monday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)Top Cutlines1. Either the percussion…
... contrary to what you may have read in Brand X this morning. Quoth: “There is no indictment and there have been no charges brought,” said Jean McNeil, spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho. “A decision can’t be made about…
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.