BOISE - A special task force has captured a high-risk fugitive near Mountain Home. David Ray Davis was found at about 11 a.m. today, the Idaho Department of Correction announced. Further arrests may be forthcoming for aiding and abetting a known fugitive, a spokesman said.…
As far as North Idaho College wrestling coach Pat Whitcomb is concerned, the National Junior College Athletic Association Tournament essentially begins Saturday at the Region 18 Tournament. The top-ranked Cardinals, who will host the NJCAA Tournament at the Spokane Convention Center in two weeks, hope…
Typically, the last thing you'd want to see in the hospital is a mouse. Especially on the maternity ward. But earlier this week, The New York Times reported that Disney has begun sending sales reps into 580 hospitals nationwide. The reps are offering new moms,…
Ronnie Taylor left, and Brendan Green take a smoking break outside Big John’s pool hall in Omaha, Neb. SEATTLE -- Starting next month, a group of five hospitals in the south Puget Sound area will no longer hire smokers. The Franciscan Health System says it…
Jon Coggin, 10, sells chips for $1 to raise money for Carissa Outen on May 19, 2010, at the Spokane Community College Spring Fling Car Show. Feeding toddlers a steady diet of processed foods could lead to more than just obesity — it could lower…
GENEVA — Alcohol causes nearly 4 percent of deaths worldwide, more than AIDS, tuberculosis or violence, the World Health Organization warned on Friday. Rising incomes have triggered more drinking in heavily populated countries in Africa and Asia, including India and South Africa, and binge drinking…
BOISE — A North Idaho Republican says the state should not punish people who kill federally protected gray wolves. Republican Rep. Phil Hart unveiled legislation Friday that would prohibit the state from investigating, arresting or prosecuting any person who kills a gray wolf in Idaho.…
Idaho State Liquor Division director Jeff Anderson tells legislative budget writers Friday that liquor sales continue to grow despite the down economy; he called state-run liquor sales "a very stable revenue stream" for the state. BOISE - One thing still growing in these tough economic…
LOS ANGELES – After seven years in the California governor's mansion, Arnold Schwarzenegger is returning to his old day job: acting. Schwarzenegger wrote on Twitter that he's ready to start considering film roles again. The former governor tweeted Thursday night: "Exciting news. My friends at…
My sister-in-law sent this to me. Still smiling. And NO that is NOT my sister-in-law and me on the card!
A “Frozen Gore” ice sculpture is unveiled Tuesday in Fairbanks, Alaska. The block, hooked up to the exhaust of a pickup to make it appear Gore is spouting hot air, is a dig from two businessmen at Gore’s beliefs about climate change. Last week a…
Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer stands outside the Supreme Court. PHOENIX – Gov. Jan Brewer sued the federal government Thursday for failing to control Arizona’s border with Mexico and enforce immigration laws, and for sticking the state with huge costs associated with jailing illegal immigrants who…
Rep. Steven Thayn, R-Emmett, speaks to the House Education Committee Superintendent Joel Wilson from the Aberdeen School District, located in south-central Idaho, is defending his use of a publicly-funded resource to lobby against legislation pending before the Legislature. Earlier this week on its taxpayer-funded website,…
Bubblehead on Thursday Wild Card 2.10.11 on February 11 at 8:18 a.m. Here’s what happened to me at the Education hearing yesterday. Short story, the committee secretary ripped a political pamphlet from my hand, and a Capitol policeman attempted to intimidate me (in my opinion)…
COEUR d'ALENE - By a show of cards, the crowd didn't support the conceptual plan for McEuen Field. Those cards, flashed by audience members as questions came up, also said the city shouldn't move the Third Street boat launch. And there should be a public…
HELENA - On a mostly party-line vote with Republicans in favor, the Montana House voted 63-37 Thursday to repeal the voter-passed 2004 law that legalized the use of marijuana for medical purposes, as GOP lawmakers labeled it a "scourge" that is corrupting Montana. "Today, we're…
COEUR d'ALENE - The city of Coeur d'Alene won't fine a former City Council candidate for not filing an updated 2010 campaign finance disclosure report. Former Seat 2 challenger Jim Brannon terminated his report in February 2010, and contributions and expenditures after that went to…
"I've lost my childhood home," said Plummer, Idaho, resident Mariane Nomee, as she retrieved a brick from the burned rubble of the former Mary Immaculate School in DeSmet on Thursday. In the late 1970s, after a stint at secretarial school and a time in Spokane,…
Anti-government protesters stamp on a poster of Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak as they pose for a photo outside the Egyptian Parliament in Cairo on Wednesday. CAIRO — Egypt’s Hosni Mubarak resigned as president and handed control to the military today after 29 years in power,…
LOS ANGELES – Loyola Marymount men’s basketball coach Max Good surveyed the stat sheet and liked what he saw for the most part. “If you had told me (Robert) Sacre was going to go 1 for 6 and (Steven) Gray 5 for 16, I would…
Sorry to say I won't be around much today. But I'll try to post of few things to pique your interest throughout the day. My 11-year-old is portraying Thomas Jefferson at his school's Living Museum this morning. Have you ever tried to create a Thomas…
Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg CHARLESTON, South Carolina (Reuters) – Prisoners in the state of South Carolina caught with banned cell phones, which are often tossed over a prison fence to them, can face solitary confinement and loss of visitation and canteen privileges. But…
Jen on February 10 at 11:48 a.m. Speaking of birthdays, anyone know of a good place in CDA/Hayden where I can throw a casual, inexpensive birthday party for my husband? Anybody have some ideas for Jen?
ATLANTA – Hundreds of people may have been told they tested positive for syphilis when they didn't actually have the disease, health officials say. A study of five U.S. labs shows about 18 percent of the positive results from a test method used since the…
WASHINGTON – Just how wide open is the Republican presidential field? Vast enough that Donald Trump may want you to hire him. The billionaire real estate mogul and host of television's "The Apprentice" got a raucous reception Thursday when he dangled a potential candidacy before…
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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