Michael Smith/Wyoming Tribune EagleA Starlet sits on a power line as storm clouds roll across the sky obscuring the sun on Del Range Blvd. Tuesday in Cheyenne, Wyo. The weather forecast for the area calls for a 50 percent chance of snow showers and cloudy…
Item: Passports to be required soon: Could cut down on trips to Mexico, Canada/Gwen Albers, Hagadone News NetworkMore Info: Starting in 2008, anyone driving from Canada to the United States will need a passport. For the Hittles of Bonners Ferry, 10-year passports will cost $97…
Kathy PlonkaMatt Smith, top, greets fellow Coeur d'Alene firefighter Justin Wearne (cq) near the top of an 85 foot tree near downtown Coeur d'Alene on Monday. The fire department helped decorate to top of the tree.Spotlight: Don't forget to check out the Idaho Statesman's Talking…
Thom George IllustrationIn this photoshopped illustration, CDA council members (from left) Ron Edinger, Dixie Reid and Al Hassell show off their trophies from Election Day 2007.
Damian Dovarganes/AP PhotoMunchkins from "The Wizard of Oz" celebrate receiving a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at Grauman's Chinese Theatre, site of the film's 1939 premiere, in Los Angeles earlier today. The Munchkins from left: Mickey Carroll, Jerry Maren, Ruth Duccini, Margaret Pelligrini,…
If you saw the front page this morning, you read about WSU fratsters arguing they should have the right to engage in brawls without fear of citation. It was an amazing story. Apparently there are frequent brawls between frats, kind of like gang or Mafia…
The commissioners heard testimony from 6:00 pm to 8:00 pm last night from those in support of the project. Testimony from those opposed to the project continued from 8:00 to close to midnight. Rebuttal concluded at about 12:30 am. The commissioners decided to conduct a…
AP PhotoSeverely injured soldier Brandon Adam, shown here with President Bush earlier this month, will return to Sandpoint this weekend. Marianne Love/Slight Detour sez he's looking forward to meeting the public at an informal gathering at the First Assembly of God Church Sunday here.Coming Wednesday…
Question (from Bent): Does anyone know what happened at the Chateau hearing last night? Did the commissioners take any action to approve or deny the project?Answer: Opposition speaks out against Chateau/Sean Garmire, Coeur d'Alene Press DFO: Looks like the jury's still out. BTW, I met…
LaRocco press release re: YouTube ad hereQuestion: Will ads like this influence your vote in the 2008 U.S. Senate race in Idaho?Hat Tip: Scott Maben
Item: Pullman punching back: Police seek ordinance to ticket all fight participants/Thomas Clouse, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: A spate of violence between Washington State University fraternities – including a fight in which a fraternity member suffered a severely broken jaw – has re-energized a months-long effort to…
Here's another trip through the looking glass with Bill Sali. The U.S. House member from Idaho's 1st District wants his constituents to know he inserted half a million dollars for widening U.S. Highway 95 in a federal spending bill. But he also wants them to…
Lewiston Sentinel/AP PhotoI'm not anti-hunting. But this photo ticks me off. Here, Tom Wisniowski, of Acme, left, stands next to a female albino black bear weighing 47 pounds he shot on the first day of bear season Monday in Center County, Pa. Some of the…
In The Know: Really, how many Vandal fans enjoyed Oklahoma getting their tail whipped by BSU, and with trickery to beat. Boise State put Idaho athletics on the Map. Too bad had to say it. Idaho cannot even come up with a logo nor a…
Idaho Escapee provides choice of prizes being offered by Huckleberries, to the 2-millionth viewer:*Worn-out keyboard used by DFO until he got his laptop computer.*Official S-R gavel, just like the one used to begin editorial and other staff meetings.*An aerosol can of "Flame-B-Gon"; when applied directly…
You can read Shawn Vestal's Spokane blog, The Falls, here.It’s Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007. The next time Chicken Little starts squawking about property taxes and the inevitable tax-raising properties of Your Sexy Government, remember yesterday's vote by the Spokane City Council to allow a temporary…
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.
