Gonzaga University, like many religious academic institutions, see-saws in perpetual tension between its Catholic tradition and its broad academic focus. Is it okay for the school to perform the Vagina Monologues? Have a pro-life club on campus? Have a non-Jesuit president? If you thought the…
On her Facebook wall, Kerri Thoreson posts: "It's become tradition that whenever family comes to Post Falls to visit I take their photo with Frederick Post in the City Hall rotunda. Dan aka Grizzly Adams was a good sport to pose with our town founder.…
“In this session, conducted in private, three senators can block the ability for an ethics complaint to proceed. On a party-line vote, one party, in darkness, can squash an ethics complaint. That is not a strengthening of our ethics rules. That is a weakening of…
A model gets a dress made of chocolate, at a fashion show on the occasion of the "Salon du Chocolat" in Zurich, Thursday. The "Salon du Chocolat", supposed to be the world's largest event dedicated to chocolate, takes place in Zurich Friday through Sunday. (AP…
On the new $200,000 legislative legal fund, controlled by the speaker and pro-tem (APhoto AG Lawrence Wasden, who is being dissed by legislation): Things that come up very late May not be a plus for the state The legal slush fund Is case No. 1…
The Senate Judiciary Committee this morning took up three changes to Senate rules, including a major revision of its ethics rules. Among the changes: More secrecy. Under the proposed changes, ethics complaints would be secret until the bipartisan Senate Ethics Committee votes that they are…
Protesters carry boxes containing petition signatures Wednesday in Jefferson City, Mo. The protesters delivered 35,000 petition signatures Wednesday to the House speaker's office opposing the inclusion of conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh in the Hall of Famous Missourians in the latest in a series…
House Education Chairman Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d'Alene, has thrown in the towel on his $10 milion tax credit bill for private school scholarships; he just asked for unanimous consent to return the bill to the House Education Committee. “In light of HB 670 as amended…
In an op-ed article, Idaho Sen. Steve Vick, R-Dalton Gardens, defends his unsuccessful legislation that would require a two-thirds vote of the Legislature to raises taxes & fees: "When considering taxes and our liberty, I think of a quote from Daniel Webster, during the famous…
From Labrador spokeswoman Ellen Carmichael: Congressman Labrador just spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives during the budget debate. In his speech, Congressman Labrador detailed his upbringing in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Raised by a single mother who struggled to make ends meet,…
KCres: I have been asked many times why I moved to Idaho (from the UK). The most memorable occasion was while talking to someone when we were in Farragut, looking across the lake at the steep hills the other side on a beautiful August afternoon.…
A Mega Millions lottery contestant buys his ticket for Friday's $500-million game at a corner newsstand in New York Thursday. Forget setting up a charity or establishing a trust, the winner of the $500 million Mega Millions jackpot could save teachers' jobs or help pay…
11:47 a.m. Hayden female reports being harassed by male texting & driving by her home. 11:26 a.m. Female along Riverview, south of Spokane River, reports vehicle stolen overnight. 11:12 a.m. KCSDeputies en route to Hayden to search for runaway who may be endangered. 11:03 a.m.…
Mariners' Justin Smoak hits a solo homer in front of Oakland Athletics catcher Kurt Suzuki in the seventh inning of their American League MLB baseball game at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo onThursday. Story here. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) Question: Predict the finish of the 4 teams…
Earlier this week, I posted information re: the dilemma that SR colleague Betsy Russell and we other Idaho journalists find ourselves in -- whether or not to vote in 2012 primary election in May. For the first time, as a result of the GOP-pushed closed…
Wednesday Poll: 79 of 131 respondents (60.31%) said that Idaho reporters don't report the news fairly & accurately. 43 of 131 respondents (32.82%) said they do. 9 were undecided. Who Do You Trust: 53 of 64 respondents (82.81%) said they'd trust Attorney General Lawrence Wasden…
Llamas Cinders, left, and Sunset keep watch outside as windy weather whipped their wooly winter wear, Wednesday in Benton City, Wash. Expect windy conditions again today with rain likely and highs in the low 60s, according to the National Weather Service. (AP Photo/The Tri-City Herald,…
Asked what he thinks about House Education Chairman Bob Nonini's scholarship tax credit bill bypassing the House Rev & Tax Committee, instead coming through Education, House Tax Chairman Dennis Lake, R-Blackfoot, said, “I think it stinks.” Asked if the bill would have passed in Rev…
In her newletter this week, Mary Souza of OpenCDA.com is claiming today that the Coeur d'Alene City Council has some sort of "loyalty oath" to keep everyone in line. She sez that "Coeur d'Alene City Council Standards and Norms" is akin to a loyalty oath…
Earl Scruggs, performs at the Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival in Manchester, Tenn. Scruggs' son Gary said his father passed away Wednesday morning at a Nashville, Tenn., hospital of natural causes. He was 88. Wall Street Journal story here. (AP Photo/Eric Parsons, File) Tagging Earl…
In recent years budget cuts have sent Spokane Public Library staffers scrambling. Reductions in branch hours and personnel threatened one of the most popular services the libraries offer: storytime. “We have one children’s librarian for three branches,” said Sally Chilson, youth services coordinator. “So, in…
“Obamacare,” as it is infamously called by its critics, is not about rationing an ever more costly health care system. At its core lay two key concepts: Insurance companies cannot refuse coverage for pre-existing conditions and access to money is not going to determine who…
The good news is property owners now have the same rights as child rapists. The bad news is it took millions of dollars and a Supreme Court decision before government bureaucrats understood that. This is one of those stories that most folks read and say…
Jose Gonzalez, 12, holds a sign he was made to carry on the corner of 22nd and Larimer Street in downtown Denver Tuesday for his punishment. Gonzalez took $100 from the wallet of his cousin in their Aurora home. His father Joseph set his punishment…
Uscagerpidbw: I agree with Rusche on this at least: the ultrasound bill was terrible medicine, terrible public policy, and an assault on personal freedom. Was amazed to hear that the Right to Life organization decided to pull the bill, even having the audacity to put…
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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