A dog on the loose takes evasive action as Animal Care Officer Mike Solis attempts to lasso the canine. Officials and volunteers from ACS are walking neighborhoods in San Antonio, Texas, as part of a citywide community education campaign about responsible pet ownership in San Antonio, Texas.
June is filled with many milestones for me. Mrs. O and I celebrated our 41st anniversary Tuesday. I began newspapering with the Chico (Calif) Enterprise Record 46 years ago in June. And today is my mother's 91st birthday. Physically, she has gone through some tough times this year after falling in January. But she's still alert and feisty.
Scanner Traffic for Thursday PM (17 items & counting + AM Scanner Traffic with 14 more items) includes report of fully engulfed vehicle at western entrance to 4th of July Pass ...
The original photo for the Cutline Contest was a flop today. So I'm trying again. The contest now features members of the media rushing from the Supreme Court in Washington today to deliver decisions to colleagues waiting outside. Wednesday Winner: gitrdun.
In an editorial for the Moscow-Pullman Daily News, Devin Rokyta comments that facts no longer matter in political arguments today. Partisans from all points of view seize on an idea that matches their political filter and refuse to budget, no matter what the facts of the matter are. Do you agree/disagree?
HucksOnline blogosphere today includes comments by A Grip on Sports re: 2 Zags who are likely to be taken in NBA draft tonight. Also: Pretty along Sagle roads/Slight Detour, Enjoy music theatre in Spokane Valley/7 Blog, Trump tells the convention (maybe)/Carlson Chronicles, Just when you think the bar can't go lower/Simple Mind + more ...
Three of the state’s six largest school districts will head into the 2016-17 budget year without a contract agreement with teachers. The immediate impact may be limited. Administrators and teachers’ unions in West Ada, Nampa and Coeur d’Alene plan to continue negotiating into July, or beyond.
The reward offered for information leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or persons who illegally killed wolf pups after removing them from a northern Idaho den near Coeur d'Alene is up to $15,000. The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust on Thursday added $5,000 to the award.
After the 2003 Ironman CDA, the late Bard of Sherman Avenue, Tom Wobker, put pen to paper to comment about the bicycle portion of the great race. I hope you enjoy this golden oldie rhyme as much as I do.
"SCAM Alert: We have recieved complaints of several Craig's List scams where people are claiming to be renting out a residence and having the renters mail them rent money. Our advice is that you should never mail money to a party or agency claiming to…
Late Wednesday night, a Kootenai County sheriff's deputy pulled over a vehicle that was weaving between lanes on I-90 near the State Line. What he discovered there led to the arrest of Daniel J.M. Lewis, 33, of Spokane, who was on felony probation for 2013 robbery conviction. The deputy also allegedly confiscated a 9mm handgun.
Craig Goodwin of Craig Goodwin Photography was in a kayak about 20 feet away from this big critter at Twin Lakes last month when he snapped this photograph. Craig is made of sterner stuff than I am. Have you ever gotten this close to a…
Rep. Raúl Labrador, R-Idaho, issued the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court’s 4-4 decision in United States v. Texas. The Court kept in place a 2015 decision by the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals holding that President Obama’s unilateral executive action to confer lawful status to millions of undocumented aliens is unlawful.
The 89-year-old woman who came across a 5-year-old Twin Falls girl following that girl’s sexual assault has told her story to Idaho Statesman partner KIVI 6 On Your Side. The story has made national news after a group opposed to relocation of Syrian refugees to the Magic Valley fabricated most of its key elements for social media.
A church group from Bellevue, Wash., including 4 teens who had just graduated from high school, suffered injuries, but not life-threatening ones, in a two-car crash near Priest River Wednesday night. KREM reports on the crash below.
Mary Stone/Lewiston Tribune reports: "The president of the Idaho State Board of Education said state rules forbid alcohol consumption while tailgating on campus grounds, including at the University of Idaho." Have you ever participated in a tail-gate party at a college football game? Was booze involved?
One of the six men believed to have been part of the iconic moment when an American flag was hoisted at Iwo Jima was misidentified, the Marine Corps confirmed, according to NBC News.
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (14 items & counting) includes kitchen grease fire in Hauser Lake and male urinating in gas station parking lot in Coeur d'Alene ...
In his column today, Shawn Vestal/SR takes aim at an anti-Muslim ACT for America group that's being formed in the Inland Northwest by Rep. Matt Shea, R-Spokane Valley. Vestal expects the chapter to stoke anti-Muslim lies similar to the ones spread by individuals in the Magic Valley re: a sex assault incident involving children.
AM Headlines today features firefighters training at Deer Park High for this year's fire season. Also: Rathdrum chief lands Moses Lake job/Press, Rathdrum father still in critical condition/Press, Paddleboat operators must have safety gear/EOBoise, Paddleboat operators must have safety gear/EOBoise + more ...
Last night, in between our 41st anniversary and my mother's 91st birthday, Mrs. O asked me: "Do you think you'll live to be as old as your mother?" My immediate response was "no." I figure I'll check out around 85-88. We have some longevity in my family. How about you? How long do you think you'll live?
In Florida, my son tells me, every watering hole -- from swamps to swimming pools -- is a perspective hangout for alligators. The recent tragedy in Orlando underscores this theory. However, the news of a loose, 3-foot alligator in Spokane Valley is unsettling. Nina Culver/SR reports.
Idaho's Republican presidential primary election cost taxpayers $1.9 million this year, coming in just slightly under what state officials originally estimated. The Legislature signed off on this waste of money because GOP political leaders wanted an earlier primary to influence the nomination process. Idaho R's picked Cruz. How did that work out?
Judging from comments by such GOP leaders as House Speaker Paul Ryan, as well as those by local R's on my Facebook wall, I'd say that the sit-in by House Democrats demanding a vote on gun control legislation has them rattled. One Facebook Friend asks whether it's dignified to have adults sitting on the floor of the U.S. House, like children.
In a Lewiston Tribune editorial this AM, Marty Trillhaase wonders how this country is going to get beyond its stalemate over guns when Congress can't even vote to keep them out of the hands of suspected terrorists.
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.
