As predictable as Al Gore blaming a Hurricane Sandy on global warming, the Republican establishment is blaming the party's losses in the last election on conservatives. And that is nonsense. A quick examination of the last three general elections disproves the theory that Republican moderation…
Washington State University freshman Kenneth Hummel’s death last month brought the issue of alcohol abuse on college campuses back into the spotlight. The student had a blood alcohol level of 0.40 when he died. But the weekend before Hummel died, three WSU students ended up…
Ten years ago this month, Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was considering the approval of aggressive interrogation techniques for “high-value detainees” being held at Guantanamo Bay. The techniques had roots in the survival school training conducted at Fairchild Air Force Base and elsewhere, where service members…
It can be a difficult, heart-aching topic, but even addressing it - just bringing it up - can be an important breakthrough. Especially here, around Coeur d'Alene, where the suicide rate is the highest in Idaho, the state with the sixth highest rate nationally. While…
The Little Free Library in Mary Maxfield's front yard at 2217 E. 46th Avenue in Spokane, Wash., awaits the neighbors checking out books. (SR photo: Dan Pelle) One possibly surprising thing about Little Free Libraries: Other than to borrow and drop off books, lingering to…
The Spokesman-Review and the Edward R. Murrow College of Communication at Washington State University will provide a one-day training workshop in February for qualified rural journalists and citizen bloggers in Eastern Washington and North Idaho. The free workshop, which will be held at The Spokesman-Review,…
It’s a good day, Spokane. There’s no snow in the potholes, the river’s still running and Karl Thompson Jr. is already ensconced in a federal lockup on the other side of the state. Sorry, but you won’t find me joining the gripers and grousers who…
A book of poetry about “Wallace, Idaho,” that recalls the bygone houses of prostitution begs reading: “Every 12-year-old charged/with selling something to benefit anything/knew like the Lord’s Prayer/the first steps you climbed led to brothel doors.” Whidbey Island, Wash., poet Linda (Hall) Beeman wrote those…
The Coeur d'Alene Viks were denied their three-peat by Madison of Rexburg but they were game until the end of their 5A high school football title game, falling 37-30 in Pocatello. Nothing to be ashamed of there. Next week brings two things. Another birthday that…
Milton Finster, 94 works to harvest the 250-300 pounds of Ida Red apples from his backyard tree in the Lewiston Orchards recently with the help of his wife June. "This is the only Ida Red apple tree in the Valley that we know of, said…
You can follow the 5A high school football championship game between Coeur d'Alene and Madison in Pocatello on ESPN/KVNI 1080 or via @1080ESPN Twitter. 6yd Coeur d'Alene Viks TD option pass from Mahaffy to DeHass, PAT good, 37-30 Madison. 41yd TD run by Hayden Hastings…
“I’m happy to put it to bed once and for all,” Kennedy said Friday. He estimates he spent at least $10,000 of his own money in the case, and the city covered legal bills on his behalf to the tune of $126,000, not counting many…
Amid an ongoing contract dispute, musicians with the Spokane Symphony picket outside the Fox Theater Saturday night. The striking musicians of the Spokane Symphony are planning a show of their own Saturday. Five symphony performances have been canceled since the musicians announced the strike Nov.…
5:58 p.m. Elderly male in vehicle in Burger King/Appleway handicapped spot for hour is unconscious. 5:45 p.m. Motorist reports fire above tree line along H95/MP 450 (H54, Athol). (Update: slash pile) 5:31 p.m. Shoplifter located after chase trespassed from Best Buy (4:17 item below). 5:21…
Challenge Jim Brannon has issued a single-page announcement re: his reaction to the Idaho Supreme Court decision this afternoon denying his appeal in the 2009 Coeur d''Alene city election case. Brannon said he was disappointed with the ruling but insisted the case had "several beneficial…
On his Slice blog, Paul Turner writes: "If you have given a friend tentative indication that you might actually join him for the potentially heart-stopping annual event in Coeur d'Alene on Jan. 1, when is it appropriate to start asking yourself “What was I thinking?”…
On his Slice blog, Paul Turner posts this front-page drawing from Nov. 26, 1955, by artist was John Clymer, who was born in Ellensberg, Wash. Brandon's Blog for Cars: Little Red Express/Brandon The Slice: Holiday season is unofficially on/Paul Turner Dually Noted: Best behavior required/Tricia…
Nice video article by Dylan Wohlenhaus/KHQ re: long-time musician Larry (french horn) and Sharon (flute) Strobel, who helped mentor eighth-grade local musicians at North Idaho College this week. KHQ Right Now - News and Weather for Spokane and North Idaho |
As I listen to talk show hosts and guests saying that Gen. Petraeus should not have been "forced" to resign his prestigious post as CIA Director because "what a person does in private has no bearing on one's public life", they fail to grasp the…
Residents of a Washington State University sorority have awakened to find a pulpy mess at their backdoor several times over the past month. About a month ago, someone started throwing oranges at the Gamma Phi Beta sorority, located at 600 NE Campus Road, says chapter…
Hostess Brands Inc., the maker of Wonder Bread and Twinkies, announced today that it will liquidate because not enough striking employees returned to work by a Thursday evening deadline set by the company. Story here. (AP file photo) Quotable Quote: Sorry. I have to decline…
For all that nothing has changed in the numbers of Republicans and Democrats in the Idaho congressional and legislative delegations, the state's battleground picture may have shifted a little. Not a lot. But in some notable places. Of the 105 seats, 21 were unopposed (one…
Fourth-graders who failed to achieve reading goals had their faces scribbled on with permanent markers by other students last week at Declo Elementary School — under the supervision of their teacher. Some parents and Cassia County School District leadership are now decrying the consequences for…
President Obama's favorability has jumped to a three-year high in the week following his reelection, with 58 percent of Americans now saying they have a positive opinion of the president. The number represents a three-point improvement for the president since a similar survey conducted by…
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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