Earl Hunter was a pastor in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho before he went to serve as a chaplain in World War II. Upon his return from the war Earl became and missionary and also continued his career as a pastor. His son Ron Hunter is currently…
As the "Hatfields & McCoys" three-part, six-hour History Channel miniseries starts to roll tonight, Hayden Lake resident Carolyn Brooks Wood will be watching closely. Wood, 62, considers herself a member of the McCoy family. She said she's a descendant of Sarah "Sally" McCoy, wife of…
At 8 a.m. Friday, Ganesha will come down. The five-foot statue of the Hindu God, who earned some criticism for its apparently un-American and un-Christian ways, will leave its spot on the corner of Sixth Street and Sherman Avenue and head to an art studio…
Yep. That's my guys, minus the cats. This photo was taken 2 years ago at Fairmount Memorial Park where my dad is buried. Every year we visit his grave and then go find the flag with his name on it. The flag is flown every…
The Phantom Photographer says cats don't work. LIttle does he know that Thor has been writing my columns since he was 12 weeks old.
Saw a lot of great epitaphs at the Washington State Veteran's Cemetary in Medical Lake, yesterday. My 17-year-old said my tombstone will read "Shh! I'm writing!" What do you want on your tombstone?
Nah. The Phantom Photographer snapped this photo and sent it to HBO headquarters with this note: "You have way too many cat pictures. Cats do not eat weeds unless you consider what they do to catnip. But I have never had a problem with catnip…
Update: BOISE -- State Controller Donna Jones was injured in a one-vehicle rollover on Interstate 84 Friday afternoon in Minidoka County. Just before 1 p.m., Idaho State Police say Jones was westbound at mile post 216 near Heyburn, when for unknown reasons her Cadillac Escalade…
The fight over who will chair the party is a proxy for the ongoing battle between Gov. Butch Otter’s establishment wing and ultraconservatives and libertarians who think the GOP’s gone soft. It’s also about positioning for 2014, when Otter may seek a third term and…
Kerri Thoreson provided this photo and writes: I remember standing next to my father in 1998 as the 8-ton black granite monument was lowered into place in the Kootenai County Veterans Memorial Plaza. He'd worked for three years researching the names of all of those…
Okay. I admit it. After one week at the helm of the blog I am pooped. And I don't even sit at the controls full time. DFO deserves every one of his 213 vacation days. Light blogging ahead. I'll be out covering the Developmental Olympics…
SEATTLE – It’s been more than 30 years since crowds of people from around the Pacific Northwest stood in long lines at Seattle Center to see King Tut, the boy king. The Pacific Science Center is hoping the pharaoh will generate the same kind of…
Hattie Ponti, 15, was crowned as Washington state champion in a number of woman's categories in small-bore (.22 caliber) shooting events in 1997 SHOOTING — Girls will rule Saturday, June 9, at a Take Your Daughter to the Range Day sponsored by the Bonner County…
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- A streaker who ran naked onto the field during a Cardinals game says he did so because he lost a bet. Twenty-two-year-old Collin Grundstrom of Jefferson City was captured at Busch Stadium after shedding his clothes before the start of the…
Maggie Sarner admits she is "grossed out" by head lice, those nasty little creatures that lay their eggs in the scalp and get passed from child to child at school. The Hollywood, Fla., mother of three and hair salon owner said she gets at least…
BOISE - For the past three months, one of Republican Idaho Gov. Butch Otter’s departments has been headed by a Democrat and overseen by a majority-Democrat commission. It’s the state Tax Commission, which is constitutionally required to have four commissioners, with not more than two…
As with herpes, one of the peripheral embarrassments of contracting a computer virus is that everyone has a pretty good idea of what you were up to when you got it. Oh sure, it’s possible you just chastely pecked a misleading email link. But odds…
NEW YORK – A former convenience store worker confessed to luring 6-year-old Etan Patz from his school bus stop in 1979 and choking him to death in a basement, police said Thursday, ending a three-decades long investigation into one of the nation’s most baffling missing-children…
COEUR d'ALENE - Chili, personified, would probably be a bully. Spicy, beefy with an anything-goes recipe, if the meaty meal had a personality, that personality would be aggressive. What other food, if foods could, would rear back and punch you in the face? Noodles? No…
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. – New Jersey will defy a federal ban and let people bet on the outcomes of football, basketball and other games this fall, Gov. Chris Christie said Thursday. Speaking at a news conference highlighting efforts to reinvigorate Atlantic City, Christie said the…
Brian Banks, in court with attorneys Justin Brooks, right, and Alissa Bjerkhoel, weeps as his rape conviction is dismissed Thursday in Long Beach, Calif. LONG BEACH, Calif. – A former high school football star whose dreams of a pro career were shattered by a rape…
Okay, I admit it. DFO dragged me kicking and screaming to Twitter. However, I am not at all sure we enjoy the same things about Twitter. Dave says it's a great source of breaking news. I'm mostly there for the conversations. A couple months ago…
SEATTLE (AP) — The value of your home may be a stronger predictor of your weight than the genes inherited from your ancestors, a new public health study from the University of Washington has found. Health researchers and government officials usually group people by income…
Long time Idaho State Representative Phil Hart, of tax protester fame, who lost his bid for re- election in the Republican Primary, won election to the Republican Party office of Legislative District Two Chairman, last night. The vote was 16 to 3. He ran against…
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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