In this image released by PBS, Maggie Smith as the Dowager Countess Grantham, is shown in a scene from the second season on "Downton Abbey." Smith was nominated for an Emmy award today for outstanding supporting actress in a drama series. The 64th annual Primetime…
KXLY's Derek Deis tweets: "3 boxes of @krispykreme donuts mysteriously showed up at #KXLY a few minutes ago. They're almost all gone. And don't judge me for eating 2." Question: When did you last eat a Krispy Kreme?
In what could be described as the understatement of the century, a Sandpoint man who won $1 million in the lottery last week told himself, "Cool, I won." Brian Reed was coming home from a fishing trip on Lake Pend Oreille Saturday, when he made…
The surprise story of the 2010 midterm elections was the Tea Party, both in Idaho and across the nation. If was as if the silent majority that former President Richard Nixon referenced awoke from a long winter’s nap and made its collective voice heard on…
Take your pick: Either former Idaho Transportation Director Pam Lowe got the boot without cause and in violation of a law that protects people in her position from political reprisals. Or Lowe was the victim of blatant sexism. She took on cronyism and because she…
Chinese paramilitary policemen covered in mud train with logs in Chuzhou city in central China's Anhui province. (AP Photo) Question: Was your military boot camp as tough as this?
A judge says he will reconsider his earlier ruling allowing a land deal involving a historic Boy Scout campsite along Lake Coeur d’Alene to go ahead. District Judge John Luster said after a hearing Wednesday that he will consider new points raised by representatives of…
A federal judge denied the city of Coeur d'Alene's request for a new trial for a wrongful termination suit involving a former police officer. United States Magistrate Judge Larry M. Boyle ruled Wednesday the court did not err when it decided former Police Lt. Daniel…
Coeur d'Alene City Councilman Steve Adams says his attempt to postpone the McEuen Field financial contract pending a nearly 3-year-old court case wasn't a stall tactic aimed at boondoggling the controversial project. It was a legitimate request because the court case's final verdict could change…
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.
