How many trick or treaters did you get last night? Us? We got like four. What's going on folks? I think this may be the end of yet another good clean religion-less holiday, and a sad commentary on our lack of community. When was the…
Jed Conklin/Spokesman-ReviewA school bus passes remnant fall colors on Wednesday morning in Spokane.1. The man now tied to a sex-extortion case involving a Washington legislator was identified earlier this year during a separate multi-agency investigation of a Spokane escort business that was laundering money and…
Idaho Sen. Larry Craig, in pushing for opening of the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste repository and supporting nuclear power generation, made this statement late yesterday: “A vote against Yucca Mountain is a vote against nuclear power and a vote against the environment. People need to…
Leah Peterson, an Idaho-born westerner who took her skills as teacher to the Alaska frontier, died Sept. 30. She left $7 million to her alma mater, Northwest Nazarene University. If you had $7 million (to bequeath), what would you do with the money? -- Idaho…
Item: Campaign gifts reported: Half of Gookin's contributions from outside city/Erica Curless & Paula Davenport, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: Gookin, a technical writer of "Dummies" computer books, said the wide range of contributions lends credibility to his claim of being able to work with people. He said…
Usually, friends decide custody of which friendship to maintain (when a couple divorces) by applying one of the following rules:1. The Friendship Prior To Marriage Rule. A simple test based on which came first chronologically - the friendship or the marriage? This seems to be…
It’s Thursday, Nov. 1, 2007. It's time to start brining the Thanksgiving turkey.Wash those hands: The number of drug-resistant staph infections reported to area schools has reached nine – three each in Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls and Spokane schools. The experts say you shouldn't panic.…
DFO: How beneficial is it to you to also work as a paid journalist?NR: The on-the-job experience is extremely valuable for teaching. The students feel that the information that you're giving them is real and useful. It provides in-roads for my students to get internships…
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.