Gonzaga center Przemek Karnowski (24) battles Pepperdine's Lamond Murray Jr. (30) and forward Jett Raines (45) for the ball during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Thursday in Malibu, Calif. Gonzaga escaped upset-minded Pepperdine with 78-76 win.
At the Davenport Hotel this afternoon, I enjoyed the annual luncheon honoring employees who have worked 25 years for The Spokesman-Review. I've been breaking big rocks into little rocks at the SR for 31 years. The Davenport Hotel put on a great mass feed. And I enjoyed hanging at the table with Publisher Stacey Cowles and Editor Gary Graham. The ch
Gun owners, including Garrett Bosworth, 16, center, of Yakima, Wash., pose for a selfie photo as they display their weapons in the upper gallery of the House chambers today at the Capitol in Olympia, Wash. The House was not in session when this photo was…
The mysterious Bard of Sherman Avenue reveals a little of himself this afternoon, in explaining why he may be forced to miss Blogfest 2015 (which is tentatively scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 21, this year: "I missed Blogfest 2014, missed my target date...
In PM Scanner Traffic this afternoon, three motorists hit deer on H95, south of Coeur d'Alene. The deer hit by a female motorist near northern Plummer city limits after 5 o'clock this evening flew through her windshield.
Former Idaho Governors Cecil Andrus, right, and Phil Batt, left, talk to reporters Thursday in Boise. Andrus said that an arrangement between Idaho Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter and the U.S. Department of Energy to bring in 50 spent nuclear fuel rods to the Idaho National Laboratory for research would turn the state into a nuclear waste repository.
A man feeds birds at the Cais do Sodre ferry port by the Tagus riverbank on a foggy day, in Lisbon recently. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco) Wednesday Winner -- No Comment, with 7 likes: "I've plugged the hole...are you just going to...
In today's North Idaho blog roundup, Bay Views has thoughts re: Islamic terrorists in the after life. SportsLink provides a preview of tonight's basketball game between Gonzaga and Pepperdine. And Idaho Dad sees double at Fairmont Hot Springs.
It’s not news that free speech can offend. But in the wake of the recent killings by Islamist extremists at a satirical magazine in Paris, editors around the world have had to make a choice: Trumpet freedom of expression and demonstrate an unbowed commitment to...
Coeur d'Alene Mayor Steve Widmyer greets members of the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans before addressing the club this afternoon at Fedora restaurant. Widmyer is the first Coeur d'Alene mayor to talk to the club. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen)
In the SR Getting There blog, Andrea Parrish tells of the challenge of riding a bike when you're 6-foot-4, 410 pounds. Biking is for everyone, no matter what size or shape.
Gov. Butch Otter told reporters today that he meant for former Govs. Phil Batt and Cecil Andrus to be informed before he sent a letter to the Department of Energy regarding nuclear waste on Jan. 9. “If we didn’t reach out to them and let...
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter will have surgery Monday, a hip-resurfacing procedure on his left hip that’s similar to a fairly extensive procedure he had on his right hip in 2008. “So I will be out of the office for a period of time,” he told…
This morning's Scanner Traffic (13 items) ...
This image released by Focus Features shows Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking in a scene from "The Theory of Everything." The film was nominated for an Oscar Award for best feature earlier today. The 87th Annual Academy Awards will take place on Sunday, Feb. 22,…
In its 14-page, annual report, the Lake City Development Corp. touted two projects as particularly significant in 2014 -- McEuen Park makeover and the purchase of Burlington North Santa Fe right of way. Question: Would we have those projects without LCDC involvement?
The morning headline roundup features story of House Ways & Means Committee voting to introduce a controversial bill that would extend anti-discrimination protections to the state's gay community.
In this week's Front Porch column, Cindy uses the phrase, "Sorry for your loss," during an unexpected encounter with a woman who suffered a miscarriage -- and then wonders if she was being too trite. Was she?
Wednesday Poll: Coeur d'Alene Mayor Steve Widmyer earned high marks from Hucks Online voters for his performance during his first year in office. 95 of 205 respondents (46.34%) gave Widmyer A's for his work, while 59 of 205 respondents (28.78%) awarded him B's. For the…
An online real estate blog has ranked the city of Post Falls as the second most boring city in Idaho. According to Movoto.com the city of Ammon, just outside Idaho Falls, is the only city more boring than the River City. Coeur d'Alene, on the...
At the Lewiston Tribune, William L. Spence says Gov. Butch Otter is, in many ways, a Gem State version of Norman Vincent Peale, the Methodist minister and author of "The Power of Positive Thinking." Optimistic Butch always thinks things are getting better and better in Idaho -- even if they're not.
The Constitutional Defense Council has voted unanimously to pay the court-ordered $401,663 in attorney fees and costs to the winning side in Idaho’s same-sex marriage case, and 3-1 to pay $55,000 for costs for outside counsel hired by Gov. Butch Otter in his appeals of…
Damon Rosenau. 11, shares a laugh with Seattle Mariners outfielder James Jones during a visit by organization Wednesday at the Boys and Girls Club of Kootenai County in Post Falls. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo: Shawn Gust) Trevor Miller had a message for Seattle Mariner James...
With reports going viral of a 9-year-old boy getting arrested for allegedly stealing gum from a local grocery store, 1st District Court officials on Wednesday tried to set the record straight on a couple details. "The juvenile did not remain detained for an extended period...
So the Kootenai County prosecutor has admitted that putting a warrant out on a 9-year-old who’s accused of grabbing bubblegum from a grocery store was not, um, warranted. “I have concluded that my office’s request to have an arrest warrant issued was a mistake under…
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.
