Item: Appellate court rules teachers can have sex with 18-year-old students/APMore Info: State law does not bar teachers from having sex with 18-year-old students. That's the decision of a three-judge panel of the Washington Court of Appeals, which on today ordered the dismissal of a…
At Remember The Roxy, OrangeTV posts this postcard drawing of the historic Old Mission at Cataldo, as it looked in its early days. Now, it seems as though the Old Mission park may lose state funding (just less than $300,000 last year). Story here.Question: Should…
"Kootenai County Commissioner Rich Piazza lost his wife last night to a long and courageous battle with cancer. Mary Lou Piazza was admired, respected and loved by all that knew her. Our hearts and our prayers go out to Commissioner Piazza and his family" --…
Yabetcha: Anyone else having trouble with KHQ, cable ch 6? The images are vertically stretched; long and skinney people. It's been this way for over a month. Been told by KHQ earlier it was a cable problem but Adelphia says its a broadcast problem. Please,…
A toddler and an infant were in protective custody Tuesday after Post Falls police discovered weapons and drugs within the little hands’ reach inside the home. Police seized pills, small amounts of marijuana and cocaine and 15 marijuana pipes from the home in the 200…
Canada geese snack in a snowy farm field north of Moscow on Monday. (AP Photo/Moscow-Pullman Daily News, Geoff Crimmins)Court: Teachers can still have sex with 18YO/APBonner County girl, 8, charged with battery/Bonner Daily BeeCaldwell high schoolers allowed to box for money/KBCIMiss Montana returns belly dancing…
Men don't understand women's obsession with shoes. They always seem to have 1,378 pairs. High heels, boots, tennis shoes... and other assorted "foot coverings". Like most guys, I probably have around 5 pair. In years past, I've had 2. We just don't get excited about…
State government will be leaner next year: the going estimate is that about 100 jobs will disappear from a work force of close to 27,000. But one potential growth area is the business of the death penalty. Gov. Butch Otter's proposed 2009-10 budget creates about…
Secretary of State-designate Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., gives Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn. a kiss on Capitol Hill in Washington this morning, as Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., second from left, and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass., second from right, look on,…
Huckleberries has learned that Mary Lou Piazza, a well-known community booster and wife of County Commissioner Rich Piazza, died Monday night after recurrence of cancer in December. Post Falls Councilwoman Kerri Thoreson, who wrote about Mary Lou's latest battle with cancer in her weekly Coeur…
American Idol begins tonight. What better sign of spring could there be! The show is in its eighth season, and it's been around long enough now for me to consider its return as one of the rites of the early spring---or, at least, a refreshing…
The University of Idaho will allow students of the opposite sex to live together in campus suites when the fall semester begins in August. Previously, the university in northern Idaho has allowed male and female students to live in the same dormitory halls, but they…
The same day, however, Minnick disproved the Republican Congressional Committee's charge that he "took his marching orders from his Democrat leaders" by voting against a companion measure called the Paycheck Fairness Act. Minnick's spokesman John Foster says Minnick was one of three Democrats opposing that…
St. Maries native Keith Mueller, documents a North Idaho Maritime tugboat breaking ice Friday on the St. Joe River near St. Maries. Gov. Butch Otter issued a disaster declaration Friday for Benewah County due to ice jams that have formed on the river creating the…
What do you think of Butch Otter's proposed budget, which includes a 5% cut in education?/Idaho Statesman*Love it*Not enough cuts*Too many cuts*Close, but needs work
Item: Check your credit cards: You may need a bailout, too/Trish Gannon, River JournalMore Info: Although banks have figuratively gone to the taxpayer with hat in hand to beg, “Please, sir, I want some more,” the role they seem to have cast for themselves recently…
The evil Ape-Child gave his last news conference yesterday, whining and bitching in a bizarre defensive appearance indicative only of how badly his alcoholism has returned and what a repulsive monster we've been cursed with these last 8 years. How could you America? It staggers…
In the news this evening, a new study shows that a lack of sleep can lead to colds here. The U.S. Senate will seat Illinois' Roland Burris here. Heath Ledger's Golden Globe will go to his daughter here. And here's your re-played Wild Card ...
Debris flies in all directions as an Army Blackhawk helicopter crashes in a field at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas, today. (AP Photo/Dave McDermand, Bryan-College Station Eagle)SR's Today In Photos
Alaska’s tourism industry is taking a hit because of the downturn in the U.S. economy, as well as the slowdown in the economy globally. That has the state’s major cruise ship operators slashing prices in hopes of filling ships this summer. Cruise ships bring roughly…
"Gas prices in Coeur d'Alene remained at $1.49 a gallon for the past few weeks until this most recent drop to $1.35!" posts Councilwoman KerriT/OnLocation North Idaho. "A tank of gas in the FYImobile set me back just $15." *Yellowstone wolves decline for first time…
5:09 p.m. R/P reports 3 cattle trucks are driving aggressively on Highway 53 en route to Rathdrum, making hand gestures and flashing their lights.5:06 p.m. A man in his 40s is lying on the sidewalk on the south side of 15th & Sherman. R/P reports…
As Gov. Butch Otter left his State of the State speech, after talking with the media, he got into an impromptu debate with House Democratic leaders over his budget proposal. First, House Assistant Minority Leader James Ruchti, D-Pocatello, said with Idaho families struggling, “This is…
Critics of the parents who let their kids take an arctic-like dive in the Polar Bear Plunge: Sorry, but you're all wet. We take mild issue with those critics, mild because we know they mean well. These are the same critics who tend to complain…
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