Finally, Joseph Edward Duncan III is receding in the rear-view mirror. And we're looking ahead to Barack Obama's speech at the Demo convention tonight and the Repub convention from Minneapolis-St. Paul next week. I wonder if McCain will upstage Obama by letting the VP announcement…
After a string of alcohol-related offenses, including two DUIs and six assault charges, the Student Conduct Board expelled Andy Roof (pictured), defensive tackle for the WSU football team, on Tuesday. “Andy’s changed his life around 180 degrees, and as a coaching staff we’ve seen the…
11:41 a.m. The Safeway pharmacy was robbed today by a man in a gray hood who fits the description of the armed suspect who robbed oxycontin from the Hayden's Rite Aid last week. According to CDA police, the man handed the pharmacist a note demanding…
The city of Pullman will get farther with a carrot than it would with a stick when it comes to plastic bags. Supporters of the proposal to charge a 20-cent tax on plastic bags should take the nondecision by the City Council on Tuesday as…
Gov. Butch Otter warned Boise-area business leaders against growing complacent because Idaho has not been hit as hard as some states by the current U.S. economic downturn. Delivering a State of the State address Thursday to a Boise Chamber of Commerce luncheon, Otter said the…
Karen Nichols//Daily Inter Lake, APJenn Makulec bottle feeds Rally on Thursday, one of a pair of week-old puppies found by a salvager at a Somers, Mont., garbage dump site. Ten other puppies were found dead in a discarded trash bag. Item: Man charged in deaths…
No More Huckle On My Berry: A question for the ladies, and gentlemen, too, I suppose if they have experience with such things: permanent hair removal - electrolysis or laser?Question: Well?
The potential to acquire this property adjacent to the NIC campus represents a unique opportunity that must be capitalized upon. Knowing that this acquisition is not without its detractors, we urge you to focus on the big picture and take the long view. Future generations…
“One of my sons asked `what if it was me that had done that?' and I said `Honey, if you had done that, I would be the one to push the trigger,” said Pat Rybiski, 61. “I don't care how abused or mistreated, there's no…
Jim Camden/Spin Control explains why Washington never got around to casting its votes in his quickie political briefing here.
Betsy Russell, waitress Amber Deahn and Prosecutor Bill Douglas will be guests on Rebecca Mack's On The Air show (KJRB-AM, 790) at 11 this morning. You can catch the show live. Or listen to it later today by clicking on the SRadio bug on the…
From Kevin Richert/Idaho Statesman: Here's a second-day roundup on the story, starting with Associated Press video coverage of the sentencing.
Item: McCain to announce running mate on Friday: Could leak by 3 p.m. today/International Herald TribuneMore Info: Senator John McCain has decided on his running mate, two Republican strategists in contact with McCain's campaign said Wednesday. He is expected to reveal his choice at a…
He reminds me of the lesson I learned while baby-sitting my best friend's pet alligator when I was 17. Ralph, it was named. My duties while my friend was vacationing with his family were simple: Adjust the heat lamp that kept the 18-inch gator warm.…
Gas prices have been sliding down. How far will you travel this Labor Day weekend?/Billings Gazette*0-25 mile(s)*26-50 miles*51-100 miles*101-200 miles*201-500 miles*501+ miles
Item: Appraisal: DeArmond Mill site worth more than Chesrown is asking North Idaho College/Maureen DolanMore Info: There is no longer any question about the value of the piece of property that would anchor a higher education corridor in downtown Coeur d'Alene. The market value of…
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.
