You could have made a bundle of money if you'd bet that Washington State would be the last Inland Northwest team playing basketball this spring. The Cougs have taken us all the way to the Major League Baseball season that begins Thursday, doobies and all.…
At the Lillie Belle Photography Facebook page, photographer Lillie Neff spotted this old dock along the Coeur d'Alene Beach. You can see more of Lillie's work here.
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It's supposed to be in the 50s-plus tomorrow through Friday, so some of my animals around here----stinky dogs and itchy horses---are gonna get some baths in that warm weather. When stinky dogs stink at least 50 feet away, it's time to do something. Even if…
5:21 p.m. Caller reports another driver tossed pen from white Olds, hitting his car @ H95 & Hayden. 4:43 p.m. Jifi Stop Exxon @ 2501 N. 4th/CdA wants to see an officer re: shoplifting. 4:25 p.m. Hail reportedly has caused a driver to slide off…
Jim Hayford is introduced as the new EWU Head Basketball Coach during a press conference at the Spokane Club in downtown Spokane, Wash. Tuesday March 29, 2011. The former Whitworth University coach has won nearly 80% of his games over 10 season at Whitworth. Story…
One seagull attempts to eat a starfish as another gull looks on the docks at Granville Island in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Wednesday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jonathan Hayward) Top Cutlines 1. Kevin Taylor rendition of "Swinging on a Star" 2.…
Idaho lawmakers considered 10 different pieces of reforms to urban renewal agencies this year, but so far just one plan that passed the Senate Tuesday has a chance to become law if signed by the governor and if changes are approved by the House. The…
The Senate has voted 21-13 in favor of HB 187, the “narrow fix” to Idaho's “conscience” law to address living wills. The conscience law allows any health care provider to refuse to provide any type of treatment that violates the provider's conscience, if it has…
The Coeur d’Alene Tribe is demanding Fox News employee John Stossel apologize for his on-air remarks regarding Native Americans and why the United States Bureau of Indian Affairs exists. Coeur d’Alene Tribe Chairman Chief Allan sent a letter to Fox News Channel President Roger Ailes…
A Coeur d'Alene Public Golf Course player learned a lesson about leaving his clubs lying around where someone could walk off with them. Dale Foss, 59, of Coeur d'Alene, lost $2665 worth of clubs, including a $400 driver and bag full of irons when he…
Although the Robb Report doesn't name names of the individuals who own the "Ultimate 2009 Home," it isn't too hard for North Idahoans to guess who they might be. The home occupies 32,000 square feet on a hilltop site above Palm Desert, Calif. And the…
Twin Falls-bred cartoonist Brian Crane, creator of the Pickles comic strip that appears in 700 newspapers including the Times-News, has a new book out, writes Steve Crump of the Twin Falls Times-News. It’s the fifth compilation of cartoons from the 20-year-old strip, called How Come…
Like a jab in the arm with a red-hot poker, social rejection hurts. Literally. A new study finds that our brains make little distinction between the sting of being rebuffed by peers -- or by a lover, boss or family member -- and the physical…
On Tuesday the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Dukes v. Wal-Mart, the largest employment discrimination class-action suit in American history. In 2001, Betty Dukes sued Wal-Mart for sex discrimination in a lawsuit filed on behalf of every woman who worked for the company…
Courtney Vandersloot of Gonzaga comes off the floor for the last time to a standing ovation and hugs from her teammates. Gonzaga lost to Stanford on Monday 83-60 to end their run in the NCAA Tournament at the Elite Eight. Vandersloot has been named to…
In the bi-weekly Off The Cuff column in the UIdaho Argonaut, Copy Desk Chief Kelli Hadley writes: "Someone please hire me in May. I work really well on very few hours of sleep, and sometimes people tell me I’m smart. Also, I can burp the…
11:57 a.m. Driver reports a piece of material flew from semi & trailer, hitting his vehicle & causing hood to pop off on w/b H53 @ M/P 2.5 (Hollister Drive). 11:51 a.m. Tubbs Hill hiker reports finding quantity of beer cans, a broken necklace, &…
The 2010-11 AP Women's All-America college basketball team consists of, from left, Texas A&M's Danielle Adams, Stanford's Jeanette Pohlen, Ohio State's Jantel Lavender, Connecticut's Maya Moore and Baylor's Brittney Griner. Story here. (AP Photo/File) Question: Why do you suppose Courtney Vandersloot isn't on the list,…
1. I've done it three times. 2. Each time was very different. 3. It's not easy or fun. 4. It's the first thing parents have to actually teach their children. Eating, rolling, crawling, walking, talking all seem to come naturally. Pottying in the potty? Not…
Spokane Public Radio station KPBX last week discovered that its Facebook page had attracted the wrong kind of friend. In the middle of its spring pledge drive, station staff on Friday spent several hours scrambling to remove a Facebook link to a sexually explicit website…
"So," posts Linda Lantzy/Idaho Scenic Images, "I went back (Sunday night), with a working flashlight and allowed myself more time. I like this much better, but if I'd have used the flashlight to do some light painting on those rocks during the two minute exposure,…
Democratic Party leaders are unhappy with legislative budget writers' decision this week to pay the state Republican Party $100,000 for attorney fees after the state lost a GOP-led lawsuit in federal court over Idaho's open primary. In early March, U.S. District Judge Lynn Winmill ruled…
Monday Poll: Predictably, a plurality of Hucks Nation will register as Republicans if forced to do so in the 2012 spring primaries. 82 of 175 respondents (46.86%) said they'd register as Republicans, if the Idaho Legislature, as expected, changes the law to require registration. 44…
Item: Pot arrests disproportionately high in Pullman/Jody Lawrence-Turner, SR More Info: Last year, Pullman police arrested 104 people for misdemeanor marijuana possession; the city’s population is about 29,800. In Spokane, a city of 208,916 people, 221 were arrested on the same charge. According to the…
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.
