Hackers have compromised the main Twitter account of The Associated Press, sending out an erroneous tweet about an attack at the White House. The tweet, which said that there had been two explosions at the White House and President Barack Obama was injured, came after…
I've asked Jeff Crowe of Bunkhouse Media for video of the short comments that Coeur d'Alene Mayor Sandi Bloem made last night at the annual Human Rights Banquet. I've also left a voice message for the mayor re: a letter she received from an multi-cultural…
For all the talk about the National Rifle Association as the key player in defeating gun control proposals in the Senate last week, the hunting and wildlife lobby also played a significant role. Safari Club International touts itself as a lobbying leader on Capitol Hill…
Sen. Max Baucus, D-Mont., is seen on Capitol Hill in Washington. He is one of eight senators who crossed party lines on the showdown vote on background checks for gun buyers. The four Democrats who voted against broader background checks are from largely rural states…
Investigators from the FBI inspect the boat where Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was found hiding on Friday night in a backyard in Watertown, Mass., today. There is blood spattered on the wheel fender of the trailer and bullet holes in the hull of…
Hayden Cinema 6 is closing Sunday, owner Curtis Deming confirmed Monday. He said April 28 will be the final day of business for the independent movie theater. Its demise will leave Kootenai County film-goers with a single source of viewing: Riverstone Cinemas in Coeur d'Alene.…
Balance North Idaho has endorsed two candidates for the Post Falls School Board election May 21 -- Julie Hunt and Dave Paul. Hunt is an incumbent and Paul has served on the board before. In a news release, Balance said that only Hunt and Paul…
Monday was Earth Day, the day we all try to show our friends and neighbors just how much more we care about saving the planet than they do. A good way to do this, by the way, is to work certain ecological words like “chlorofluorocarbons”…
The lack of concern for education and its proper funding from the Idaho Legislature is amazing. In recent years, the state has hacked away at the public education budget forcing school districts to run levy and bond elections, or make substantial cuts. For higher education,…
Dr. Gregory Stanton, president of the international organization known as Genocide Watch, said it's important to identify the process of genocide so preventive action can be taken. It all starts with "classification" and "symbolization," Stanton said, speaking to 400 attendees at the Kootenai County Task…
Lisa Schnathorst, of Overland Park, Kansas, rubs the belly of her bulldog Addie during the 34th annual Drake Relays Beautiful Bulldog Contest Monday in Des Moines, Iowa. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) Monday Winner: Charlie, w/4 likes: "Suzann is told the Hula is…
Paul Turner of The Slice blog asks this AM: "Do you suppose people in other parts of the country who are not conservatives cross Idaho off their retirement-destinations short list because of the state's prevailing politics?" Question: Would the politics of a state prevent you…
The Internal Revenue Service office in Coeur d'Alene is closing June 30 because of sequestration, a sign hanging on the office door reads. North Idaho residents needing assistance will have to go to the Spokane office, 920 W. Riverside Ave. Karen Connelly, IRS spokesperson, couldn't…
Nice to greet a new week with the sun shining outside and promise of more to come. I cut my lawn for the first time Saturday. Which was a good feeling. But I'm still not in the spring garden/cleanup mode. I suppose I'd get there…
Massachusetts Institute of Technology student Hajar Boughoula of Bizerte, Tunisia, writes a message on the ground with chalk near a makeshift memorial for fallen MIT police officer Sean Collier on the school's campus in Cambridge, Mass., Monday. Collier was fatally shot on the MIT campus…
Pete Rossi can count on one hand the number of weeks out of the year that he works more than 50 hours. But the rest of the year, his job as an actuary with the Department of Defense, provides a good living with a minimum…
4:44 p.m. Female on Park Ridge Loop reports husband is "going crazy." 4:43 p.m. Local officers told to be on lookout for homeless female in 1999 KIA, registered in Montana, who has threatened to take 3YO granddaughter who has epilepsy into woods to live. 4:23…
"My grandmother is a survivor," said Jacob Harkness, 21, of Spokane after he finished the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure in Spokane on Sunday. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Cities, towns team up to fight coal trains/AP Meulenberg sworn in as Bonner County magistrate/Bee…
Newspeak is here. And it works. And thanks to Newspeak, one of the most horrific trials in American history is proceeding with little press attention. You probably don't know who Kermit Gosnell is. What should be the trial of the century has been mostly blacked…
When Ally Robledo entered the restrooms at Lewiston's Rosauers, she wasn't making a political statement. Nothing in the record says the 25-year-old transgender woman used the bathroom inappropriately. Nobody said she was shoplifting. Or fighting. She wasn't drunk. She didn't bring a dog into the…
... On Navy blue Dodge Durango parked on Rosenberry Drive (Dike Road) b/n North Idaho College and the Spokane River during the noon hour: "Keep your theocracy off my democracy."
SR City Editor Addy Hatch tweets: "Zag Kelly Olynyk declaring for NBA draft got higher traffic on the @SpokesmanReview site last week than the Boston Marathon bombs." Question: How do you explain this?
As you may have noticed, Lake City Development Corp. is using an advertising tile (upper lefthand corner) on Huckleberries Online again this year. LCDC likes the traffic that it gets on this site. The urban renewal agency board also discussed buying an ad tile on…
Lt. Mike Murphy of the Newton, Mass., fire dept., carries an American flag down the middle of Boylston Street after observing a moment of silence in honor of the victims of the bombing at the Boston Marathon near the race finish line on Monday in…
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.
