I regaled Leadership Post Falls for a half hour or so this morning re: things that happen in the electronic media locally. I didn't name names. So you can relax. But it was fun. Kerri Thoreson acted as emcee. A coupla individuals who have found…
President Barack Obama hugs Daniel Hernandez, an intern for Rep. Gabrielle Giffords at a memorial service for the victims of Saturday's shootings at McKale Center on the University of Arizona campus Wednesday in Tucson, Ariz. Hernandez tended to the congresswoman after she'd been shot. (AP…
I was doing pretty well for a while … don’t usually get them really bad until February … but this gloomy day with blowing snow seems to be enlarging on my Winter blues. I also have S.A.D. (sunlight deficiency) where I feel like a wet…
5:52 p.m. Post Falls officer finds 8YO boy @ Boys and Girls Club. Parents have been notified. 5:48 p.m. Pickup w/Montana plates is tail-gating an ITD plow on H95 @ M/P 445 (Corbin Hill). 5:42 p.m. Post Falls police are calling for robo-calls to neighboring…
Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns provides another of her terrific winter scenics from Priest Lake. Pecky wondered how the circles formed and received some answers on her comment thread here. North Idaho woman ID'd as 2nd Mega Millions jackpot winner/Betsy Russell, SR Jury to hear…
State Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna's school reform plan, just unveiled today, would eliminate the jobs of about 770 teachers over the next five years, according to Department of Education estimates. “Because we are requiring online courses and because we are going to increase the…
In this Nov. 3 file photo, Raul Labrador is show moments before he talked with supporters at the Republican Party Election Headquarters at a hotel in Boise. At the time, the outcome of his race against Democratic incumbent Walt Minnick for Idaho's 1st Congressional District…
For those keeping score at home, I used Yaktrax Walkers -- a device that clamps onto bottom of shoes for traction in ice or snow -- for first time this year to cross street & lawn of Post Falls City Hall for Leadership Post Falls…
Idaho's House Ethics Committee met behind closed doors for an hour and a half today, but reached no decisions and took no action. Rep. Tom Loertscher, R-Iona, the committee chairman, said much of the time was spent going over materials the committee had requested from…
On her Facebook page, Susan Drumheller mentions that she is facing freezing rain as she has to make a run into Spokane today. And would prefer snow on the roads to freezing rain. Which prompted one of her Facebook Friends to respond: "Sorry Susan, this…
The winner of the $190 million Mega Milions Lottery from Idaho - half the full $380 million jackpot - is Holly Lahti of North Idaho, and the ticket was sold at Ady's Convenience & Car Wash on Seltice Way in Post Falls, Idaho Lottery Director…
This undated file photo shows the Nelson Family, Ozzie and Harriet with sons Ricky, left, and David, in their television home. David Nelson, who starred on his parents' popular television show "The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet," died Monday at his home in the Century…
Item: Republican: Add political robocalls to ‘Do Not Call’ list/Sara Jerome, Hillicone Valley, The Hill More Info: Foxx introduced a bill this month directing the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to apply its Do Not Call Registry to the despised phenomenon that candidates of all stripes…
On January 1, the state program that subsidizes childcare for low income families changed its eligibility guidelines, dramatically impacting working class families and taking affordable childcare away from them. Families above 175 -percent of the poverty line were dropped on January 1, which meant that…
Lawmakers were hit with a pop quiz on Idaho history when public schools chief Tom Luna decided to show off some new technology being used in classrooms -- but not everyone passed. During a hearing Wednesday, the 27 lawmakers on the Senate and House education…
Paul Charbonneau, Tom Marino, Mel Soderfelt, Hadda Forman and Stan Gautier, of the Flathead Spay and Neuter Task Force, work to remove more than 100 cats from Edwin and Cheryl Criswell's home in Marion, Mont., on Thursday. The Criswells, who are being charged with animal…
007: Whenever I've attended political events in Idaho (and I've attended a lot of them), I have this strange feeling that I might actually be a cowboy, like pop country music, and need to buy a pair of Tony Lama cowboy boots, which makes sense…
Kerri Thoreson (via Facebook): When did normal winter weather in north Idaho ie: an inch or two of snowfall on any given day in January, become a major media event with breathless newscasters "crying wolf!" every time a winter storm arrives? Colleen O'Brien/KXLY in response:…
An undated handout photo was made available today of portraits of Diana (left) Princess of Wales and Charles, Prince of Wales, painted by Andy Warhol to celebrate their wedding. The portraits have been put up for sale for 2 million pounds, $3,114,320. The paintings have…
12:10 p.m. Post Falls police dispatch reports that a school bus with children on board has slid off road into center medium at student dropoff point at Post Falls High. Noonish: A Toyota passenger car slid of w/b I-90 @ Pleasantview & hit road sign.…
Sarah Palin today accused her opponents of manufacturing a "blood libel" by suggesting her rhetoric and campaign tactics had anything to do with the Arizona shootings. Four days after an incident which left six people dead and critically injured the congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords, Palin released…
Congress delayed an increase in the estate tax — but Congress should use this two-year reprieve to repeal the tax entirely. In a guest opinion sent to Idaho newspapers today, Sen. Mike Crapo calls for a repeal of the so-called "death tax." "High federal taxes…
State Supt. Tom Luna said it's his election mandate that's prompting him to push forward with his far-reaching education reform plan. “The urgency that we're moving this with is based on what the governor and I experienced this past year … going from community to…
A Kansas church has decided to not protest at the funeral of a 9-year-old girl killed in a shooting rampage in Tucson, Ariz. Shirley Phelps-Roper of the Westboro Baptist Church in Topeka says church members will skip Thursday's funeral of Christina Taylor Green in Tucson.…
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.
