Santa Claus, also known as Patrick Farmer, at Santa Claus House in North Pole, Alaska, holds letters from children sent this year that the U.S. Postal Service says they will no longer deliver. Citing privacy concerns, postal officials say that generically addressed letters to "Santa Claus, North Pole" will no [...]
It can be easy for children to get their hands on cigarettes. Our cameras were rolling as 15-year-old volunteer girls try to buy cigarettes at a dozen different places in Spokane and Spokane Valley. The health district goes undercover more than 100 times a year to make sure stores are [...]
LONDON — Seaborne raiders in a high-speed skiff tried again on Wednesday to commandeer the Maersk Alabama, the American-flagged ship' [...]
When the Statesman's Erika Bolstad broke a rock-solid story about bonuses awarded by outgoing and embattled Sen. Larry Craig, the detractors were quick to chime in. Their message, loosely translated: "Hey Statesman, let the Craig story die already." When Cynthia Sewell found some startling news about [...]
So now we know who’s responsible for Lou Dobbs. It’s the American Legion. Before announcing his resignation from CNN last week, the Rupert-bred commentator told the Legion that his experience with itsnationwide oratorical contest at Minico High School shaped both his world view and choice of career. Dobbs, [...]
We used to play 'keep away' with Bacchus all the time. When he grabbed the bone or the ball, however, the game was over. He had it, he was keeping it and that was that.The Milky Way spreads across the night sky over Mormon Row, an historic settlement, in Grand Teton National Park near Jackson, Wyo., Thursday night. The light in the distance is the city of Driggs, Idaho, on the west side of the Teton Mountain Range. (AP Photo/Jackson Hole News&Guide, Bradly J. Boner) [...]
In this film publicity image released by Summit Entertainment, Robert Pattinson, background left, Kristen Stewart, and Taylor Lautner, right, are shown in a scene from "The Twilight Saga: New Moon." Movie review here. (AP Photo/Summit Entertainment, Kimberley French)
Question: Should Bella have picked Jacob over Edward?
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For those keeping score at home, Mike Kralicek, the former Coeur d'Alene police officer who was critically wounded in the line of duty a few years back, supports Councilman Mike Kennedy 100 percent. I just got off the phone with Kralicek. He told me that he called Mike Kennedy,' [...]
As you know, I'm deeply indebted for the terrific job that CindyH does filling in for me while I'm on vacation. But saying thanks doesn't seem to be enough. So I figured I'd post this photo (monster hat tip to Sue) of a fundraiser planned by the Festival at Sandpoint. [...]
He may not sell as many copies as she-who-must-not-be-named, but having now seen Andre Agassi talk about his book in three interviews (with very little overlap, on 60 Minutes, the Tennis Channel, and for the New York Times Sunday Book [...]
Don Gillispie and his quest to build a nuclear power somewhere in Idaho or the West got a couple of boosts this week.
More than 250 people showed up for the second time in two years in Payette to speak about a nuclear power plant in their county. Both Gillispie and [...]
He's still looking good,
he's still looking fine,
but a little bit worse
than at age fifty-nine.
The Bard of Sherman Avenue
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I hit the Big 6-0 at about 1:30 this morning -- and the sky didn't seem to fall. I've received a number of condolences from friends, family, and co-workers. Betsy Russell tells me that 60 is the new 40. But I can't remember as many nicks in the chassis when' [...]
On the change of command at Idaho’s transportation Department.
Transportation was run by Pam Lowe
Otter said she had to go
Butch gave the whole mess
to a Michiganer named Hess
So much for “Buy Idaho”!
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Despite its rocky start, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe refueling depot in Huetter received a nod of approval from the Kootenai County commissioners on Thursday. Continuing the conditional five-year compliance hearing that was tabled last week, the commissioners voted unanimously that the massive depot is in compliance with the conditions [...]
I don't blame the Republicans for not coming up with alternate legislation. It's a lot of work to draft a bill, and there's no secret it would be dead on arrival. But I do wish they could come up with more' [...]
Robert Hoskins’ op-ed on FWP giving the quarantined bison to Ted Turner-
Op-ed in the Casper Star Tribune. Illegal plan just makes Turner richer. By Robert Hoskins [...] 
Being a Vandal, I like to reduce the difference between the University of Idaho and Boise State University to a glib one-liner: they win football games, and we won the National Medal of Arts. But again, that’s glib, and does a disservice — we win football games too, [...]
When the Statesman's Erika Bolstad broke a rock-solid story about bonuses awarded by outgoing and embattled Sen. Larry Craig, the detractors were quick to chime in. Their message, loosely translated: "Hey Statesman, let the Craig story die already."
Oprah Winfrey knows how to keep viewers on the edge of their seats. In the last 10 minutes of her show, Winfrey confirmed that she will be ending her syndicated "Oprah Winfrey Show" in September 2011. "After much prayer and months of careful thought, I thought that next" [...]
"It takes about a month to finish" said Coeur d'Alene Resort landscaper Chris Winter as he worked to string lights on a tree in front of the Coeur d'Alene Resort recently. The much anticipated Coeur d’Alene Holiday Light Show Opening Ceremony will be on Nov. 27, starting at 5:30 p.m., [...]
A crane removing an oak tree from the yard of Michelle and Kevin McCarthy is seen after it toppled into the house Monday afternoon in Santa Rosa, Calif. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Mark Aronoff, The Press Democrat)
[...]Item: Group recommends fewer Pap screenings: Report unconnected to recent mammogram advice/Shari Roan, L.A. Times
More Info: Only days after a federal panel scaled back on breast cancer screening recommendations for many women, another organization – the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists – has done the same for a screening credited [...]
Item: BNSF depot in compliance: Commissioners agree to propose additional conditions for facility/Alecia Warren, Coeur d'Alene Press
More Info: Despite its rocky start, the Burlington Northern Santa Fe refueling depot in Huetter received a nod of approval from the Kootenai County commissioners on Thursday. Continuing the conditional five-year compliance hearing' [...]
Joe Heller/Hellertoons
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Stimulus funds being used to solve high vehicle/ungulate collision area on US 93, north of Wells-
Story on wildlife overpass. Las Vegas Sun [...]
By Andi Elliott
Congress:
When people realize how you have betrayed our country, where are you going to live?
We saw in August at the Town Hall meetings how arrogant you’ve become.
You’ve called us some disparaging names…Astroturf, Tea Baggers, Extremists…yet Major Hasan is not an “Islamic terrorist”???
You ignored us when over two million [...]
Harry Reid was just plain giddy yesterday as he presented the cooked numbers attached to his version of ObamaCare. (This is not the place to debate those numbers, but we can’t resist temptation to offer stock sales in numerous bridge projects for those who just want to [...]
Have we really come to this? Both the President and the Attorney General have stated, unequivocally, that Khalid Shaikh Mohammad and his co-defendants will be found guilty and executed. What an appalling statement. It's not just the fear a lot of Americans have about these terrorists being brought [...]
Soaf tells Huckleberries Online that "I was on my way down to La Barge WY yesterday. As I was headed through the Hoback River Canyon South of Jackson WY, I came around a corner on the highway and was greeted with the critters in the attached pics standing in the" [...]
CindyH: So. I got the dreaded “note from teacher.” Or in this case e-mail. It seems my 10-year-old was sent to the principal's office for “blurting out,” and “talking out of turn several times despite repeated warnings.” He's been sentenced to morning and lunch recess detention. (Keeping an [...]
Matt Phillips ( center) gets a skating tip from Disney On Ice professionals Mark Stanford (right ) and Allison Best during an open skating session today at the Riverfront Park Ice Palace. Local Special Olympic Skaters got the opportunity to meet and skate with professionals who are in town for [...]
To keep living forever
is but a chimera,
nonetheless he's quite close now:
D.F. Oliveria.
The Bard of Sherman Avenue
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A federal judge ruled Wednesday that the Army Corps of Engineers' failure to properly maintain a navigation channel led to massive flooding in Hurricane Katrina, a decision that could make the federal government vulnerable to billions of dollars in claims. U.S. District Judge Stanwood Duval sided with' [...]
For those playgoers who have not yet experienced the slapstick charms of Tuna, the “third smallest town in Texas,” here’s a hint: Imagine “King of the Hill” meets “Benny Hill.” In other words, “A Tuna Christmas,” consists of redneck humor delivered by two male actors who each dress up [...]
