Item: Teachers union takes first step to repeal education bills/Nishi Gupta, KTVB More Info: The day after two education reform bills were signed into law, the state teachers union filed petitions to repeal them. The actions of the Idaho Education Association could prevent those laws…
It should be obvious to everyone by now that the world is going to end on May 21 or next year on Dec. 21 or sometime pretty darned soon, anyway. So today I must ask: Have you given any thought to what you’re going to…
Gonzaga's Courtney Vandersloot celebrates their 89-75 win over UCLA with teammate Carter Schick at the end of the second-round NCAA tournament women's college basketball game on Monday in Spokane. See story below. (SR photo: Colin Mulvany) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Monday Scanner Traffic/DFO, Hucks Online…
The House State Affairs Committee has voted unanimously in favor of SB 1070a, the bill to ban assisted suicide and make it a felony. Jason Herring, head of Right to Life of Idaho, told the committee, “All this belongs to God, all this is under…
Item: U.S. fighter jet crashes in Libya: U.S. military blames crash on mechanical failure as pilots are forced to eject during mission over northeastern Libya/Aljazeera More Info: Al Jazeera's Andrew Simmons, onboard the USS Kearsarge, a US Navy vessel stationed off Libya's coast, which was…
Idaho’s governors have met with the Idaho Press Club during the annual legislative session since the tradition began with Cecil Andrus in the early 1970s. They did it because they honored the media’s duty to inform. But this year, Gov. Butch Otter begged off. On…
If Halloween, Thanksgiving, and Christmas are the three milestones in the long walk toward winter, can we say that Groundhog's Day, the beginning of MLB spring training, and daylight-saving time are the three steps toward spring -- for every place in U.S. but Inland Northwest?…
Washington State guard Klay Thompson, right, drives around Olkahoma State guark Markel Brown in the first half of an NIC Tournament basketball game tonight at Jack Friel Court in Pullman. WSU stopped Oklahoma State 74-64 to earn the right to host a quarterfinal game in…
Gonzaga's Courtney Vandersloot (21) is chased by UCLA's Markel Walker (23) and Christina Nzekwe (4) as she races upcourt during the first half of their second-round game of the NCAA women’s college basketball tournament Monday in Spokane. Vandersloot scored 29 points and dished out 17…
First Lady Michelle Obama and Chilean First Lady Cecilia Morel walk past the troops during an arrival ceremony at La Moneda Palace in Santiago, Chile, today. Reportedly, Chile President Sebastian Pinera engaged in personal chitchat with President Barack Obama. "I think the first lady of…
Let's make this one short, instead of eternal, and let's make damn sure we blow up the Colonel. The Bard of Sherman Avenue
There were a few whoppers told on the House floor today in the debate over HB 193a, the bill to block citizen lawsuits over giant megaloads on Idaho roads. First, the bill's sponsor, Rep. Dick Harwood, R-St. Maries, pictured, repeatedly said the companies shipping megaloads…
Anneliese Walser, 6, and older sister Gretta Walser, 9, Boise, help get a kite ready for flight on a windy first day of Spring with their parents Chris Walser and Ashley Davis at Camel's Back Park in Boise Sunday. The National Weather Service in Boise…
Three fans reach out for a ball, but not before San Francisco Giants first baseman Travis Ishikawa, right, can make the catch for an out on a ball hit by Chicago Cubs' Alfonso Soriano in the fourth inning of a spring training baseball game Sunday…
5:36 p.m. CPD Blue stopping @ Auto Zone near Govt Way & Appleway to check large pothole. 5:32 p.m. 30ish woman is unconscious after overdose @ Westminster & Pacific/CdA. 4:40 p.m. Caller reports that a man in a green Pathfinder, with a female passenger, pulled…
The paragraphs that conclude Cameron Rasmusson's (Bonner Daily Bee) report on the Bonner County Lincoln Day Dinner Friday are interesting: “Finally, local legislators took their turns at the mic. Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, and Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens outlined their support for the strategy…
"Since my NCAA bracket is busted," posts Joker in the Wild Card thread "I think we should have some fun at the Legislators’ expense. How about a March Madness Tournament for whackiest politician in Idaho. (Make your picks): Teabagger Region: 1. Phil Hart, 2. Bob…
Kama Griffitts, the former Coeur d'Alene High star who led NIC's Lady Cards to the national NJCAA women's basketball championship in Salinas, Kan., Saturday, is all smiles as she returns home. You can see more photos of the homecoming by Kerri Thoreson/More Main Street here.…
College of Southern Idaho celebrates after the Eagles won the NJCAA men's basketball national championship game 72-64 over Midland College, Saturday, at the Sport Arena in Hutchinson, Kan. Stories here and here. (APhoto/The Hutchinson News, Travis Morisse) Question: With the NIC Cardinal Lady Cardinals winning…
HubieN75: In the comment thread re: the High Noon topic about wearing hats, HubieN75 brings up an interesting point when he writes: "I was always taught to remove my hat indoors. But that bit of etiquette seems to have slipped into obscurity." As I type…
There's an error in the poll to the right in which I ask for a grade for Sheriff Rocky Watson's tenure at the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department. I mention two-plus terms. It should be three-plus terms, 17 years in all so far. You can read…
The Vandals will open the 2011 season with a rematch against Bowling Green at home and two tough, nonconference road trips to Texas A&M (Sept. 17) and Virginia (Oct. 1). The Vandals released their schedule today. For the first time in years, the lineup doesn’t…
Otis Experience: Here’s a story problem for you: I’ve been selling Girl Scout cookies. In Washington, they’re $4.00 a box. In Idaho, they’re $4.25 a box. Now… “liberal” Washington has no sales tax on food, so that’s why they’re only $4.00. In “conservative” Idaho, food…
Rescue workers look over the scene of an accident after a children's train ride at Cleveland Park derailed in Spartanburg, S.C. , Saturday. A state inspector falsified a safety report and never tested the children's train ride that crashed over the weekend, killing a boy…
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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