I'm gonna be outta here in 20 minutes or so, Spokane bound for the annual SR Editorial Board retreat. We're circling the wagons at Rebecca Nappi's home in northwest Spokane. Publisher Stacey Cowles, Editor Steve Smith and Opinion Editor Doug Floyd will hold court. 'Tis…
For as long as I have been alive and seen things on the news, I still can't believe there are people out there who do things like this. What kind of sicko buries animals alive like that to die a slow, terrifying death. What kind…
Full story hereFailed North Idaho College Board of Trustees candidate Stan Hess is back on campus, this time as a staff member for the college's student paper, the Sentinel. A self-proclaimed European American civil rights activist, Hess said he hopes to give Sentinel readers a…
Pulitzer Price-winning columnist Art Buchwald is seen at a hospice in Washington in this May 24, 2006 file photo. Buchwald, whose wry political and social satire made him a pillar of the nation's capital for more than four decades and earned him a Pulitzer Prize,…
Full column hereIn the bygone days of Spokane government, the public's business was conducted behind closed doors by cigar-chomping politicians who didn't trust the common folks a lick. But things are different now. Mayor Dennis Hession doesn't smoke. Other than that, alas, City Hall remains…
Huckleberries hears that … local Realtor John Beutler tried to get Mayor Sandi Bloem and CdA/Palm Desert magnate Duane Hagadone to kiss and make up during the Christmas holidays. Seems Beutler set up a meeting between the two Lake City heavyweights, away from Hagadone HQ,…
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.