First of all, Tom Trail scoring a hearing on his medical marijuana bill has to count for more than some ho-hum thing like House Republicans approving another tax giveaway. So if we're going to set up this fantasy Legislature league, the league commissioner needs the…
A judge on Wednesday blocked a federal requirement that would have begun forcing U.S. tobacco companies to put large graphic images on their cigarette packages later this year to show the dangers of smoking and encouraging smokers to quit lighting up. U.S. District Judge Richard…
Andrew Breitbart, the conservative blogger whose posting of a sexually explicit photo of former U.S. Rep. Anthony Weiner led to the congressman's downfall, has died, his attorney confirmed Thursday. He was 43. Joel Pollak, editor-in-chief and in-house counsel for Breitbart's website, Breitbart.com, posted a statement…
Coeur d'Alene Resort partner Jerry Jaeger walks past the new koi aquarium in the remodeled lobby Wednesday, the opening day of the two-month ground floor remodel, the first since 1986. (SR photo: Jesse Tinsley) SR photo slide show of Coeur d'Alene Resort remodel here Spokesman-Review…
Regardless of how you feel about the political positions he took, you have to feel for former District 10 Sen. John McGee (pictured) and his family. His once-promising political career is apparently over, his job could be at risk and his family has had to…
Words you don’t often see in a Clark column: Great job, Spokane City Council! I couldn’t be prouder or more impressed by the council’s unanimous decision to just say NYET to Brad Thoma, the ex-Spokane cop who was fired following an off-duty drunken-driving arrest that…
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.