I had some very minor surgery on my face last week, but it left me with a very major Band-Aid. Basically, it’s like a neon sign. It’s hard to finesse what befalls your mug. “What happened to you?” a co-worker asked. “Oh, I had a…
Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis, R-Idaho Falls, told the full Senate that it will begin meeting on Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in an attempt to complete its work by April 1. Davis said it would be possible to adjourn by that date "only if all…
At 71, Jeanne Meyer still works as a hairstylist. The Twin Falls woman celebrated her 70 birthday by going skydiving. She writes cowboy poetry and has more energy than many 20-somethings. On March 11, she and two other women — Linda Johnson, 64, of Wendell…
Post Falls police Officer J.D. Putnam returns to his car after a traffic stop on Friday. The department uses Coban in-car cameras to record every stop officers make. Story here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Cash-strapped Spokane forced to update street signs/KREM Idaho releases 2011 football…
I used to think it old fashioned that my dad always wore a hat. He had a gray one, a brown one, I think, and I vaguely remember a dapper looking summertime straw hat. I never remember seeing him in a cap, but hardly ever…
Barry Bonds arrives at the federal courthouse in San Francisco on Monday. The Bonds perjury trial is finally scheduled to get under way, more than three years after baseball's all-time home run leader was charged with lying to a federal grand jury when he denied…
11:39 a.m. Caller reports an unwanted person hanging around 1519 Sherman/CdA. 11:24 a.m. Caller reports a blue pickup w/tan canopy w/b on Seltice Way ran NW Blvd light. 11:18 a.m. A large, wooden pallet is lying on w/b I-90 @ M/P 4 (west of Spokane/PF).…
Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, pictured, has a new bill up for introduction in the House Ways & Means Committee today that he said is “our last gasp before the session is over” to try to block implementation in Idaho of the federal health care…
State Sens. Melinda Smyser and Russ Fulcher and Idaho Freedom Foundation founder Wayne Hoffman will speak at a Boise State University forum on Thursday re: "What Being Conservative Means to Me." Question: What does being conservative mean to you?
Deputy Clerk Pat Raffee has released the list of candidates for local highway districts: East Side Highway District: Zone 1 -- Lorna Casey-Kaiser, David Dasher, Chris Fillios, Joseph B. Whipple; Zone 3 -- Mark W. Addington, J.R. (Jimmie) Dorsey, Thomas Little Lakes Highway District: Zone…
Weekend Poll: 154 of 215 respondents (71.6%) said they aren't afraid of nuclear fallout from Japan disaster reaching Hawaii and would happily vacation in Hawaii 5-0 in near future. 51 of 215 (23.7%) would hold off vacation plans in Hawaii for awhile as a result…
Announcement this morning via Twitter by Melissa Luck/KXLY: "Kootenai County Sheriff's Major (and, longtime media contact) Ben Wolfinger announced this morning he's running for sheriff." Related: Kootenai County Sheriff Rocky Watson to retire/Alison Boggs, SR Question: Why do you think Ben Wolfinger is announcing his…
Senior Steven Gray leaves the court for the last time wearing a Gonzaga uniform after loosing to BYU at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado. (SR photo: Dan Pelle) March is a bad time to turn the clock back to December. The happy roll the…
No. 11 Gonzaga's Janelle Bekkering, left, fights for a loose ball on the floor during first-half action Saturday. Gonzaga beat No. 6 Iowa in the first round of the NCAA women's tournament and now will face No. 3 seed UCLA tonight in the Kennel. See…
Item: Lincoln Day Dinner speaker warns about Islam militants/Nick Rotunno, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: According to Hadian, Islam is not a religion of peace. A large number of Muslims, led by groups like the Muslim Brotherhood, are bent on world domination, he said. "In…
The Hobbit is happening! When it was announced last month that cameras would begin rolling on the highly anticipated two-part Lord of the Rings prequel on March 21, naturally, there was a lot of "We'll believe it, when we see it" talk. After all, this…
Five short years since it started, Twitter has become part of the fabric of society for tens of millions of users who regularly tweet about their lives and experiences in no more than 140 characters. And it all started on 21 March 21, 2006 with…
Coeur d’Alene police are asking for help identifying a man who confronted two children who were riding their bicycles near their home just after noon Sunday. Two girls, 8 and 6, were playing near the northwest corner of 12th Street and Young Avenue when a…
The bare knuckles are out as Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna, Gov. Butch Otter and their allies in the Legislature press for quick passage of Senate Bill 1184, which attempts to revive the dead K-12 technology mandate bill, S.B. 1113. Senate Education Committee Chairman…
This letter from Curtis E. Stone of Colville appeared in the letters to the editor page of the SR Sunday: The ultra-liberal, anti-gun Spokesman-Review and its columnists Doug Clark, Dave Oliveria and Gary Crooks (columns, March 13) are having a field day ridiculing “backwards” Idaho…
OK, the Gonzaga men got Jimmered, as feared. But Coach Mark Few, senior Steven Gray, and the rest of the Zags deserve big props for turning in a 25-10 record after many had written them off -- and helping us get through another Inland Northwest…
You can welcome the NJCAA national champion Lady Cards home their victory over Trinity Valley (Texas) in the finals, at 11 this morning at North Idaho College's Christianson gym. (Courtesy photo NIC athletic media)
North Idaho College star Kama Griffitts scores two points against previously undefeated Pensacola earlier this weekend in the NJCAA national women's basketball tournament. Griffitts was named most valuable player as she led the Cardinals to the national NJCAA women's basketball tournament championship with a 90-81…
Jimmer Fredette scored 34 points and he had plenty of help from his teammates as Brigham Young crushed Gonzaga 89-67 on Saturday to advance to the Sweet 16 for the first time in 30 years. The Cougars made nine 3s in the first half while…
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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