World War II veterans Wilson and Connie Conaway celebrate their return from a recent Inland Northwest Honor Flight. Their 64th wedding anniversary is near. Wilson Conaway didn’t care for high school in Youngstown, Ohio. “It was 1942,” he recalled. “The war was on. There were…
A passenger walks past a sign informing travelers about the use of full-body scanners for TSA security screening. It was the end of a four-hour congressional hearing, and Florida Rep. John Mica was fuming at Transportation Security Administration officials. The TSA had begun deploying hundreds…
If you are just proactive and think outside the box, we can run this mission-critical project, bringing to the table the high-level learnings and actionable items we plucked like low hanging fruit after the elevator pitch that dictated our next steps. OK, that hurt to…
A Nativity Scene erected by Hunter Abell of Bothell, Wash., sits on the Washington State Capitol Campus about a half block from a sign put up by atheists. Both are scheduled to be up through Christmas. OLYMPIA – Washington state officials granted permits for three…
Officials at Hecla Mining Co. say they will tunnel a 750-foot bypass at the Lucky Friday Mine to route workers away from a portion of the mile-long corridor where a rock burst injured seven miners last week. Another rock burst had occurred in the same…
On his Bayviews blog Herb writes: For the last several years, and timed with Dan English as County Clerk. the precincts have been much more convenient. In the case of Bayview, Idaho, we had to drive nine miles to vote. Our polling place was the…
NEW YORK – Even before the Army sent him to Afghanistan, supporters say, Pvt. Daniel Chen was fighting a personal war. Fellow soldiers at a base in Georgia teased him about his Chinese name, crying out “Chen!” in an exaggerated Asian accent. They called him…
Relying on his conservative views and nearly four decades in real estate, Ed Morse is confident he can bring North Idaho more jobs and hold lawmakers more accountable. The Hayden Republican and real estate appraiser is running for seat 2b in the newly created second…
Ted Wiley has been honored with a Lifetime Achievement Award by the Spokane Camera Club. Long before computers and Photoshop, and decades before digital technology, Ted Wiley took pictures. He developed the film in his own darkroom, creating birth announcements and fun family Christmas cards.…
LIBBY, Mont. – Officials in northwestern Montana say a shot fired at a grizzly bear as it attacked a Nevada hunter passed through the bear before striking and killing the hunter. The Western News reported Wednesday that tests requested by the Department of the Interior…
Petty Officer 2nd Class Marissa Gaeta, left, kisses her partner, Petty Officer 3rd Class Citlalic Snell, at Joint Expeditionary Base Little Creek-Fort Story in Virginia Beach, Va. VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. – A Navy tradition caught up with the repeal of the U.S. military’s “don’t ask,…
Gonzaga center Robert Sacre, left, strips the ball from Butler guard Jackson Aldridge as guard David Stockton (11) moves in during the second half of Tuesday night’s game in Spokane. So yeah, GU stomped Butler Tuesday night. But the real story is where the Butler…
Stephanie Marl, 30, of Spokane, had a hard time deciding which teddy bears to choose for her four children. Marl made her way through the Christmas Bureau’s toy room on Tuesday, the final day of operation at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center. Dan…
So, yesterday I had to run to Fred Meyer for a few last minute baking items. (They were out of mint extract. Who runs out of peppermint flavoring right before Christmas?) Anyway, I grabbed my items and got in the Express Lane. The tall, dark…
LOS ANGELES – The Academy Award statuette that Orson Welles won for the original screenplay of “Citizen Kane” was auctioned for more than $861,000 Tuesday in Los Angeles. Nate D. Sanders Auctions spokesman Sam Heller said bidders from around the world, including David Copperfield, vied…
The traditional eight-hour workday may soon be the exception rather than the rule. New evidence shows that we're reaching a tipping point in terms of workplace flexibility, with businesses seeing the wisdom of allowing employees -- young employees especially -- to work odd hours, telecommute,…
"This is a swell day," smiled retiring mail carrier Ernie Turner, as he worked his last Monday, Mar. 1, 2010. The tech-savvy, newest generation of workers grew up hearing that the jobs they would hold as adults hadn't even been invented yet. No one mentioned…
Anyone for a third party? No, not on top of Christmas and New Year's. A third-party candidacy for president - and this one comes with a warning: It won't be easy, at least not for three top-mentioned possibilities, Ron Paul, Donald Trump and New York…
SANTAQUIN, Utah (AP) -- A Utah man who won a $380,000 Lamborghini in a convenience store chain's contest crashed the sports car six hours after he got it. The lime green Murcielago Roadster was set to leave for a Las Vegas body shop Wednesday for…
Immigrants founded or cofounded almost half of 50 top venture-backed companies in the United States, a new study shows, underscoring some of the high stakes in potential immigration reform. The venture capital community argues the study, completed by research group National Foundation for American Policy,…
This February 2008 file photo shows a gray wolf in an exhibit area at the International Wolf Center in Ely, Minn. ATLANTA, Mich. — After devoting four decades and tens of millions of dollars to saving the gray wolf, the federal government wants to get…
A 76-year-old British woman recently had a pen removed from her stomach, and doctors were shocked to discover that after 25 years of gestation the pen still works. The British Medical Journal Case Reports chronicled the medical case of the woman, who has not been…
Want to win lunch for two at the Davenport Hotel? Take the weekly news quiz and you just may be dining amid Christmas elegance. The weekly winner will be drawn on Friday. This week's quiz was tough for me. Or maybe I just took it…
Jamie Lynn Haralson barely has time to celebrate earning her bachelor's degree from Lewis-Clark State College on Friday. She's already gearing up for her next challenge: a new job teaching sixth-graders at River City Middle School in Post Falls. "I feel very fortunate," Haralson said.…
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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