Four New York Times journalists who were reported missing on Libby Wednesday were captured by pro-Gaddafi forces and will be released. The four are, from left, photographer Lynsey Addario, reporter Stephen Farrell, photographer Tyler Hicks, and Beirut bureau chief Anthony Shadid. The four journalists were…
“Just as farmers use tractors to produce more than they could with horses, laptops will do more for our classrooms” -- John Goedde, chairman/Senate Education Committee (H/T: Idaho Reporter)
Really? It’s just the same? A teacher instructing students is doing the same sort of work as a farmer plowing a field? What classroom experience is Mr. Goedde drawing on? I taught for six years, and I found that the more technology I introduced to…
When Rich Spencer received his paycheck Feb. 22, he didn’t waste any time. He went straight to the bank to cash it. The checks from Millwood Manufacturing had been a little rubbery of late, and Spencer didn’t want to take any chances. A co-worker got…
Hearty embrace. Ruth McDermid wore her St. Patrick's Day hat as she greeted fellow members of the Rambling Rovers, a senior travel group, during their monthly meeting at Lake City Senior Center on Thursday in Coeur d'Alene. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR…
Maybe these Gonzaga Bulldogs aren’t so much different from their basketball forebears. Or maybe they’re completely different. Whatever. Surely there was something eerily familiar in the mere fact of the Zags carving up 18th-ranked St. John’s 86-71 on Thursday night in the NCAA tournament, the…
Item: U.S. House passes measure to cut off funding of National Public Radio/Bloomburg Sam: NPR’s programming is amazing. Anyone who listened in during the China earthquakes a few years back can attest to that. I was in tears driving Snoqualmie pass to Idaho. It was…
Even before Japan was hit by an earthquake and a tsunami, Hawaii had been struggling with a budget shortfall that seemed suffocating for a state this small: close to $1 billion over two years. But the disaster in Japan has the potential to make what…
Lawmakers have unveiled the third piece of a plan to reform Idaho's public schools and boost technology in the classroom. The legislation has undergone significant changes since it was first introduced in the 2011 Idaho Legislature. Senate Education Committee Chairman John Goedde says a provision…
The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department is investigating a fatality accident that occurred at the Honeysuckle Boat Launch on Hayden Lake. Preliminary investigation indicates at about 9:55 Thursday night that 34-year-old Jennifer M. Gonzalez, of Hayden, drove her SUV past several barrier signs at the Honeysuckle…
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.
