Gotta letter yesterday from a health provider who'd served my dental needs for the past three decades. He's selling his business to another provider and retiring. That's the second health professional who has retired in the past year after serving my family for decades. I'm...
University student Alaa Hejazi, from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, shoots a selfie with her very first snowman in Chicago's Millennium Park recently. Question: When did you last build a snowman?
... Here's the 10 Senate Republicans who voted against the new specialty plate for Friends of the NRA: Sens. Bair, Den Hartog, Hill, Johnson, Lee, Martin, McKenzie, Mortimer, Siddoway and Thayn. Question: What NRA punishment awaits these 10?
NBC News has suspended news anchor Brian Williams for six months for misrepresenting an incident that occurred while he was covering the war in Iraq in 2003. Question: Will Brian Williams still be radioactive in six months?
We're pulling a Cutline Contest photo from the AP files today -- one of beleaguered NBC news anchor Brian Williams reporting on the flooding in New Orleans about 10 years ago.
PM Scanner Traffic for Tuesday (20 items & counting) ... KCSO confirms that a body was found at bottom of Lake Creek Bridge/H95 Monday morning & rules death suicide.
Cindy tells a "Love Story" of a couple who dated briefly during their senior year at Central Valley High -- and found they had a simmering love for each other that bloomed into romance 35 years later.
Another late-night host is calling it quits: Jon Stewart told his audience Tuesday that he'll step down from Comedy Central's The Daily Show by the end of this year, when his contract expires. The network confirmed his planned exit with a statement from president Michele...
A new report out today from an array of Idaho child-advocacy groups finds that less than 54 percent of Idaho children are ready to learn to read when they enter kindergarten; 57 percent of Idaho kids who are younger than school-age have all their available...
The latest worst-case scenario for the Idaho Education Network carries a startling price tag: about $245 million. That represents the federal funding that could be on the line, if the state doesn’t figure out how to keep its high school broadband system online by the...
The daily Blog Roundup today features Herb's views on vaccinations + Simple Mind's approach to Valentine's gifts + Tech Deck's BattleTech review+first grizzly of the spring emerges from den & more ...
Steve Widmyer tells Huckleberries Online that his capable staff at the Fort Ground Grill is ready for another year of Blogfest. Who's coming?
Eastern Washington is trying to put a happy face on the departure of star QB Vernon Adams to Oregon. Writing for the SR, John Blanchette looks at the rule that allowed the Northwest powerhouse to steal Adams from EWU.
Steve Funk snapped this photograph of a sediment plume entering Lake Coeur d’Alene’s Wolf Lodge Bay on Monday morning. Steve Funk, who lives near the bay, says the dirty water (from a sediment plume entering Lake Coeur d'Alene) raises concerns for him about possible ties…
U.S. aid worker Kayla Mueller, held hostage by Islamic State militants for 18 months, is dead, her family said on Tuesday, but the circumstances were unclear and President Barack Obama vowed to hunt down the culprits. Mueller's family received an email and photograph over the…
A Twin Falls senator will introduce a bill on Wednesday that would require Idaho students to pass a test of basic United States history and civics knowledge — the same test immigrants applying for U.S. citizenship must pass. Question: Do you think you could pass such a test?
Ten years ago, online columnist Chris Carlson received a death sentence when doctors told him that he'd contracted a rare cancer. He had 6 months to live. Max. Rather than give up, he and his wife searched for the best treatment. That led them to Huntsman Cancer Institute in Utah.
The Audobon Society chapter of Coeur d'Alene is offering a program tonight featuring photos and sotries by Janet Callen and Darlene Carlton, who recently completed a 12-day wildlife-rich safari in Botswana.
AM Scanner Traffic for Tuesday (8 items, so far) includes Post Falls police officer confronting 6 men near a church for possible theft of a red Ford F-150 pickup earlier today.
On an 18-15 vote, the Senate approved legislation for a specialty plate for Friends of NR fund-raising purposes. Some NRA supporters voted against the plate because they're against all specialty plates. There are now more than 50 specialty plates in Idaho.
There was quite a hubbub at Post Falls Super 1 when a man tried to make off with a beef jerky stick. He'd paid for the beer that accompanied said stick. But became quite combative when approached by asset protection officer re: the beef jerky stick. Is a beef jerky stick worth fighting for?
Oscar-nominated "Selma" may have been snubbed by Hollywood's elite, writes Marc Johnson of the Johnson Post. But it is worthy of acclaim. He recommends that you see it.
A debate is raging again re: acceptability of the mascot Maniacs by the Orofino High sports teams. The central Idaho town, which is home to a state mental hospital, embraces the mascot. Others think it's offensive? On which side of the fence do you sit?
AM Headlines today features link to report on 2 people who were seriously injured in that crash at H95/Lancaster Road Tuesday afternoon + soggy forecast for Silver Valley + more road weight restrictions + deadline nears to sign up for Your Health Idaho insurance ...
Rep. Lynn Luker, R-Boise, got four bills introduced yesterday to reduce various misdemeanor charges to infractions, the AP reports; Luker says the move is an effort to ease the burden on public defenders, and also to make penalties better match offenses. Most misdemeanor charges include...
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.
