We had an inquiry from a patron who would like to know if anybody remembers a TV show broadcast in the late ‘50s called Klxy the Klown. She says it was a half-hour program after school that aired on KXLY. She has asked at KXLY…
4:05 p.m. Rear-end collision involving two female drivers on I-90 under the 9th Street bridge overpass.3:06 p.m. 2-vehicle crash at 4th & Harrison, involving a Ford Explorer and a Jeep Cherokee. One vehicle ended up on sidewalk.2:50 p.m. Unattended death reported at Shady Lane Mobile…
Idaho Sen. Larry Craig is not returning to the scene of the crime. Craig, a Republican, is skipping the GOP national convention Sept. 1-4 in St. Paul, Minn. He was arrested last year in a sex sting at a restroom in the Minneapolis-St. Paul International…
Indeed, McCain felt so comfortable at the event that he even volunteered his wife for the rally's traditional beauty pageant, an infamously debauched event that's been known to feature topless women. "I encouraged Cindy to compete," McCain said to cheers. "I told her with a…
In this magazine, the first River Journal as a magazine format, there are stories from 30 different writers, seven of whom are new to the deadline game and 23 who should, of course, be old hats at it by now. (It should have been 32…
"This pair of loons did a big circle in the bay and ended up right in front of me," posts Christ Peterson, Glacier Park Magazine blog. "I never moved. They also had a fledgling with them who wasn't nearly as intrepid — he stayed in…
When news of Kennedy's affliction became public there was a tremendous out pouring of support from everyone he has touched during his political career. There seems to be little of the same for Mr. Novak, who too has had a long and illustrious career. I'm…
DFO, could you run a thread about good used books stores in the CdA area again or can any of you give me suggestions? I know a thread was done a while back, but I would rather not dig through the archives. thanks/Inland Empire Girl.Question:…
"She's a damn good scientist," says Patricia Hartzell, professor of biology and biochemistry and former dean of Dziewanowska's department. "She's really good." But none of that matters to an immigration bureaucracy more concerned with the letter – if not the spirit – of the law…
Item: Priest River's JD Lumber set to close: More than 200 employees were notified on Friday/Terri Ivie, Hagadone News NetworkMore Info: "Due to the continuing poor market for finished lumber, we have decided to accept an offer from Riley Creek Lumber to purchase our sawmill,"…
So I learned a very important lesson about peer pressure and youth culture that I'd somehow forgotten despite my horrid mid 70's foray into silk flowered dress shirts and rockstar platform shoes, which made a skinny gangly six foot three me into a skinny gangly…
Students attending Coeur d'Alene schools this fall will be banned from using any personal communication devices including cell phones during school hours. The Coeur d'Alene School Board approved the cell phone ban late Monday afternoon. The ban restricts students from using their cell phones from…
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Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman, APAda County Prosecutor Greg Bower talks to the media today in Boise after the conviction of Wesley Tuttle, 55, for the death of 14-year-old Lisa Chambers in 1982. Tuttle (who remained shackled throughout the proceeding, below) pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in…
Item: What's the real point in a bathing suit contest?/Tri-City HeraldMore Info: Is a scholarship pageant really the right place for a swimwear competition? No. There, we said it. Dacia Ramirez brought that question to many breakfast tables and coffee shops in the Mid-Columbia when…
SR Photo FileIt has been nearly 20 years since the first 1,200-pound, steel horse was bolted into place, and the project, “Grandfather Cuts Loose the Ponies,” is only half finished. State officials have had trouble finding the money to complete it. The 15 galloping horses…
Here’s a surprising development: The Idaho Election Campaign Fund, for which Idahoans have checked boxes on their state tax returns since 1975 if they want to donate a dollar to a political party of their choice or to a general political campaign fund, this year…
Bill Sali has done it again. The congressman from Idaho's 1st District joined the small minority of members who recently voted against giving the Food and Drug Administration the power to regulate tobacco products. That means if Sali had his way, the agency with authority…
Courtesy: LaRocco For Senate campaignAbove, you'll see the LaRocco for Senate TV commercial that debuted today. What do you think of it?DFO: If anyone has access to similar YouTube commercials for other U.S. Senate and House candidates, please send them to HBO Central.
Dan Pelle/SRGlenn Anderson listens to other inmates discussing issues for the Right Living program at the Airway Heights Corrections Center. The program is basically instituting a community lifestyle within the cement walls by forcing inmates to abide by community structure including work ethics, education, honesty,…
*The first edition of Trish Gannon's new River Journal mag just landed in the mail. It looks like all the regular writers are there -- Trish, Sandy compton, Marianne Love, Ernie Hawks, etc. -- as well as some newbies. I like the new slogan, "Because…
Much has been made about Obama's youth, and I've joked about how much I love to hear that, being just nine days older than he is. In 1908, an American man could expect to live just 49.5 years. Had they lived a century ago, Barack…
Steve: Does anyone know when the 9th St Bridge will re-open?? Wasn't it supposed to be the end of July??DFO: Aug. 18, according to Barbara Babic of the Idaho Department of Transportation.
Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman was injured in a car accident late Sunday night and is in a hospital in Memphis, Tenn. Regional Medical Center spokeswoman Kathy Stringer said Freeman, 71, is in serious condition. The hospital is about 90 miles north of the accident scene…
Now it seems there is a movement afoot to pay reparation to the descendants of slaves. Of course it is being politicized since Obama is opposed to it. According to an AP article he feels the best reparation that can be made is providing good…
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.
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