As first reported in Scanner Traffic Wednesday, a local driver was threatened by another motorist with dark-colored hatchet about 3 o'clock at Ragan Equipment, 320 W. Hanley. Seems John Brand cut Road Rager off when a snow berm caused two lanes of traffic to abruptly…
At Remember The Roxy, OrangeTV has posted another half dozen or so vintage photos, including this one from the World War I era of the USO building that graced City Park until it burned down. You can catch up on OTV's latest here.*Winter Watch/Tumblewords*Life with…
Idaho’s Transportation Board - faced with a staff recommendation to make replacement of the deterioriated Dover Bridge its top priority for federal stimulus funds - instead dropped the project to No. 7 on its list in a special meeting yesterday, with only six projects likely…
Item: White supremacists try to polish image/Becky Shay, Billings GazetteMore Info: Kyle Anderson blends in with the crowd of businessmen and students sitting in a Billings coffee shop. His dark hair is cropped short. He wears a burgundy dress shirt and dark slacks. The only…
*Nampa WWII plane used in movie 'Valkyrie'/Idaho Press-Tribune*PETA seeks to rename Whitefish school Sea Fish/Missoulian*White supremacists try to polish image/Billings Gazette*Buck floats down Yellowstone River on ice chunks/Billings Gazette*Montana, Alaska lead states w/double-digit increases in birth rates/Billings Gazette
Harrington's short, three-paragraph letter - which she wrote several days after the election - didn't have Palin's street address or even the correct zip code. "I figured if I put 'Sarah Palin, Governor of Alaska, Wasilla, AK' on the envelope, it would probably find its…
Were Congress to repeal DADT, I would support a clause that gives everyone else in the military a option to get out with whatever type of discharge would normally deserve if they feel they can't accept the change, without financial penalty; after all, they joined…
A mule deer buck mingles with statues of deer in a yard in Billings, Mont., Tuesday. The mature buck made its bed near the smaller statues and spent most of his day with them. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Billings Gazette, David Grubbs)Top Cutlines:1. TUBOB…
In an announcement that launched a thousand unprintable puns, adult-entertainment moguls Larry Flynt and Joe Francis said Wednesday that they are asking Washington for a $5 billion federal bailout, claiming that the porn business is suffering from the soft economy. Francis insisted in a phone…
Two things have become clear since Washington state lawmakers passed a law banning the use of hand-held cell phones while driving:1. Many drivers are still unaware of the law. 2. Many drivers are unconcerned about being ticketed because it is a secondary offense, meaning officers…
You need look no further than Kootenai County Democratic chief Thom George, if you want to know why Democrat Walt Minnick dumped Republican incumbent Bill Sali in the 1st Congressional District race. At one of those hush-hush Republicans-for-Minnick gatherings last year, a female voter who…
A maintenance worker services a fast food sign Wednesday in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. (AP Photo/Coeur d'Alene Press, Jerome A. Pollos) *Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR*Letter from Gov. Palin stuns Bonners Ferry woman/R.J. Cohn, RuralNorthwest.com*Minnick fights partisanship/David Broder, Washington Post*Weather wallops wildlife/Brian Walker, CDA Press*Elk herd's bad…
Now that the snow is melting away on area roofs, it's time to ask: Did you shovel your roof this winter?*Yes, I did it myself in my spare time*Yes, but others did it for me*Yes, but I paid to have it done*No, but I kept…
North Idaho College President Priscilla Bell will be spending some time away from campus to recover from a medical procedure. An e-mail sent from the president's office Wednesday alerted members of the campus community that Bell will take one, possibly two weeks of medical leave…
A lawyer for former Idaho Sen. Larry Craig says they won’t ask the Minnesota Supreme Court to void Craig’s conviction in an airport bathroom sex sting. Minneapolis attorney Tom Kelly says he concluded that the state Supreme Court would not accept a petition for further…
In the news this morning, Matt Drudge has picked up on that story of a Spokane snow rager shooting at the snowplow driver, incorrectly labeling the story: "Snow rage in Spokane; man shoots plow driver" here. You can read the latest re: Winter '08 coverage…
Gonzaga's Austin Daye (5) drives against Tennessee's Tyler Smith during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday in Knoxville, Tenn. Daye scored 20 points as Gonzaga won in overtime 89-79. ESPN boxscore & story here. (AP Photo/Wade Payne)
Once upon a boom and bubble, in the land of greed and trouble, there schemed a ponzi crook whose crass deception tookworld wide panic straight to rubble.Sue Turner/Tumblewords
Guard Demetri Goodson of Gonzaga, left, and Tennessee guard Bobby Maze race for a loose ball during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game at the Old Spice Classic tournament in Lake Buena Vista, Fla., Sunday, Nov. 30. Gonzaga, which won 83-74 in…
So why is it that all through every day I have these brilliant blog posts go through my mind and then I sit down to write and everything is gone? I know that they are still in there somewhere, I just can't find them. Oh…
Six wild elk taking refuge from a storm were killed early Tuesday morning when this old hay storage barn collapsed under the weight of heavy snow near Boundary Dam in Pend Oreille County. See story below. Photo by Cassie Petrich.David Horsey/Seattle PI 'toon here.*ITD picks…
5:25 p.m. A gray Subaru is over the bank @ Highway 95 and Cougar Gulch. No injuries.4:19 p.m. Mother & son fighting in 3rd Avenue/Post Falls. Mother's in bathroom. Son's in kitchen, crying.3:15 p.m. Male suffered a broken ankle as a result of a fall…
Score one for Otter, finally. After a downright disasterous run of horrible appointments, Senator Little (R-Emmett) was sworn in today as Lt. Governor. Little's family has deep roots in Idaho. He's a rancher and businessman. He doesn't let ideology cloud his pragmatism. He's personable, approachable,…
Pedestrian dodge huge snow berms in downtown Spokane today. Spokane Mayor Mary Verner held a press conference to talk about how the city is handling the aftermath of record setting snowfall over the past several weeks. Christopher Anderson/Spokesman-Review.Question: Have Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Hayden and…
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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