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Blogs
February 29, 2012
Barbaric? Top California Game Official Poses With Dead Idaho Mountain Lion, Faces Ouster
Just down the road from Pullman, through the fertile Palouse and into north central Idaho, lies the 5,000-acre Flying B Ranch, a corporate big game hunting lodge where California Fish and Game Commission president Dan Richards recently bagged a mountain lion, then posed clutching its massive limp ca ... More >>
Film
September 28, 2011
Local Sightings Film Festival
Notable nonfiction includes true crime and mobile gardens.
Music
September 21, 2011
Boise's Finest (No That's Not a Punch Line)
Five bands from Idaho's capital you need to hear right now.
Blogs
September 20, 2011
5 Boise Bands (Other Than Built to Spill) You Need to Hear Right Now
The author, Eric Gilbert, seen here at the Sunset with his Boise-based band Finn Riggins.Guest Column By Eric Gilbert, the singer and keyboardist for Boise band Finn Riggins. The band plays the Vera Project at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 24, with Atomic Mama. Boise, Idaho, is not usually th ... More >>
Blogs
September 14, 2011
Idaho Internet Speed Is Slowest in Nation (Partially Because of Bears)
Bears. If they're not eating people or stealing their picnic baskets, they're apparently slowing down their Internet. In no state is the latter phenomenon more prevalent than our neighbor to the east, Idaho.
Blogs
July 29, 2011
"Suspicious" Idaho Man Wanted for Photographing Kids Is Actually Just Grandpa Taking Pics of Grandson
Pocatello, Idaho, police would like the residents of their town to know that the creepy, "suspicious" old man driving around in a brown van and taking pictures of kids at the park is, perhaps, not so creepy and suspicious after all.
Blogs
July 5, 2011
Idaho Will Replace its Expensive Lunch Ladies with Cheap Children
Employing prisoners to do menial tasks like stamping license plates or picking up trash on the freeway has always been one of the great industrial coups of the American penal system. The Idaho Legislature is seemingly borrowing a page from the prison warden's playbook and has passed a law a ... More >>
Blogs
June 15, 2011
Idaho House of Snakes Still for Sale After Ruining Previous Owners' Lives
At some point during the home-buying process, Rexburg, Idaho couple Ben and Amber Sessions dropped their guard. They forgot the to do the all-important colony-of-reptiles sweep around the property.
Blogs
May 25, 2011
Tea Party Patriots Want Idaho's Uber-Christian Take on the Constitution Taught to Kids Nationwide
Constitution Week may be four months away, but it's never too early to try and hone the indoctrination message that the nationwide event will hammer into America's children. First out of the gate are the Tea Party Patriots. The Georgia-based conservative group doesn't want just any Constituti ... More >>
Blogs
April 7, 2011
Huge Hamburger Trophy Stolen from Idaho T.G.I. Friday's
In some heavily postered Idaho State University dorm room, a group of drunk college kids are likely still laughing hysterically at the ridiculous burger trophy they just stole from the T.G.I. Friday's in Ammon.
Blogs
March 23, 2011
Idaho Lawmakers Want to Eliminate Punishments for Killing Wolves, Enforce Punishments for Talking About Wolves
Over in Idaho, state lawmakers are looking to cut down on the amount of work state employees have to do. Awesome! Particularly, they don't want anyone on a state payroll to do anything related to wolves--and for some that means anything.
Blogs
March 11, 2011
Sen. Joe Zarelli's Doomed Anti-Union Bill Is Shameless Kabuki Theatre
With Democratic control of Washington's House, Senate, and governor's mansion, there's never been a chance that the kind of brazen union-busting bills advanced in Wisconsin, Ohio, Michigan, Idaho, Alaska, and elsewhere could ever get far. That, however, doesn't mean that state Sen. Joe Zarell ... More >>
Blogs
March 9, 2011
Union Busting Heads West: Idaho Strips Teacher Bargaining Rights
The scourge of the evil teacher hordes is finally being crushed thanks to the efforts of rich, white men. In Idaho, where teacher salaries average $45,000 per year and put the greedy educators marginally over the poverty line, the state legislature is finally stepping in and derailing the gra ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2011
Idaho Anti-Meth Ads Involve Sister Whoring, Parent Robbing and Scabs... Lots of Scabs (VIDEOS)
When Mexican film director Alejandro González Iñárritu isn't making Oscar-nominated movies like Babel and Amores perros, he apparently is getting his kicks making terrifying anti-methamphetamine TV ads for the state of Idaho.
Blogs
February 21, 2011
Free (!) Champagne at Monsoon's 12th Birthday
Happy birthday, Monsoon! To celebrate 12 years of business, the popular restaurant (see its food at right) will serve each customer a complimentary glass of champagne at lunch and dinner today, as well as offer its signature dishes--crispy local drunken chicken and caramelized Idaho catfish c ... More >>
Blogs
February 4, 2011
Coeur d'Alene, Idaho Tries to Fight Racism With Tacos
The problem, sometimes, with hating Mexicans is that their food is just so damn good.
Blogs
February 3, 2011
Also Tonight: The Intersection of Hippie and Indie--aka Finn Riggins--Sweats It Out at the Sunset
Finn Riggins, "Dali," from Tyler T. Williams on Vimeo.I've written before about Finn Riggins, old friends of mine from our time in Moscow, Idaho. These days they spend their time wandering the nation's roads with folks like Built to Spill, right at the intersection of indie and hippie. These kids u ... More >>
Blogs
January 26, 2011
Idaho Police Raffle Off Handgun and Gun Accessories to Benefit Cop Shot in the Face
Whoever decided to donate a handgun and other firearm paraphernalia to the raffle to benefit a Nampa, Idaho, police officer who was shot in the face probably had the best intentions. But still. Guns? For a cop who was shot? Really?
Blogs
January 24, 2011
Holly Lahti, Idaho Mega Millions Winner, Is On the Run from Abusive Ex-Husband With Claim on the Cash
It took more than a week before the world learned that Holly Lahti, a 29-year-old single mother of two from northern Idaho, was the second winner in the $380 million Mega Millions jackpot drawing on Jan. 4. At first folks might have thought the woman was just media-shy, or perhaps was thinkin ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2011
FBI: MLK Parade Backpack Bomb Linked to Aryan Nations. People of Spokane: Seriously?
Image via cdapress.comWe now know what the backpack bomb placed on the route of Spokane's Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade looks like, but the bigger question still looms: Who planted the potentially catastrophic device and why? In public statements, the FBI has suggested that the Aryan Nati ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2011
Idaho to $190 Million Lottery Winner: Please Claim Your Freaking Prize
UPDATE: Sorry, Ric Flair, Idaho woman Holly Lahti just claimed the $190 million Mega Millions prize. Hmmm, Lahti . . . I swear that sounds like a distant cousin of mine . . . Ephrata, Wash., couple Jim and Carolyn McCullar waited a whole two days to show up at a press conference in Olympia ... More >>
Blogs
September 28, 2010
Tony and Medina Green Charged After Kid Eats Pot-Laced Rice Krispie Treat
In today's edition of What the Hell Is Wrong With Idaho we'd like you to meet the Greens, model parents from Boise. Like many average Americans, Tony and Medina like to add a little medicinal flavor to their lives. Like many average Americans, they're also fans of sugary treats. Unfortunately ... More >>
Music
June 23, 2010
Potato Heads
Moscow, Idaho’s music scene breaks into Seattle.
Blogs
May 11, 2010
One Crock Away From Beef Stew
The Crocksman is a weekly Voracious column about you and your slow-cooker. It runs every Tuesday.Back in the day, my grandparents used to buy a cow (or two) a year. They divided the beef among their kids. So once a year my grandparents would come over with a chest full of T-bones, roasts, gro ... More >>
Blogs
April 28, 2010
Bored Teen Behind Boy-for-Sale Craigslist Hoax
According to science, bored teens are responsible for 83 percent of all crimes.Selling your son on Craigslist sounds like the work of a depraved father or a bored teen. Fortunately for Spokane police, it's the latter. Last month, a Spokane woman saw an ad from a man named Rick Obelophy offer ... More >>
Calendar
March 17, 2010
Timothy Egan
According to science, bored teens are responsible for 83 percent of all crimes.Selling your son on Craigslist sounds like the work of a depraved father or a bored teen. Fortunately for Spokane police, it's the latter. Last month, a Spokane woman saw an ad from a man named Rick Obelophy offer ... More >>
Calendar
February 24, 2010
Finn Riggins
According to science, bored teens are responsible for 83 percent of all crimes.Selling your son on Craigslist sounds like the work of a depraved father or a bored teen. Fortunately for Spokane police, it's the latter. Last month, a Spokane woman saw an ad from a man named Rick Obelophy offer ... More >>
Blogs
December 4, 2009
Nube Green Opens in Oddfellows Building
"We are so focused on local food--and then we serve it on toxic linens." That's just one dilemma that Ruth True means to remedy as proprietor of Capitol Hill's newest green-minded shop. Specializing in ecologically-minded gifts, the just-opened Nube Green offers a number of food-related items ... More >>
Blogs
October 2, 2009
The Plot Thickens, The Legend Grows: Camano Island Teen Suspected of Idaho Airplane Theft
It's hard to tell if this kid is really an epic fugitive along the lines of Jason Bourne and Frank Abagnale, Jr. or just a convenient scapegoat for sundry thefts in the rural Northwest. Colton Harris-Moore is now suspected of stealing a plane in Idaho, "hard-landing" it in Granite Falls, and ... More >>
Blogs
September 16, 2009
Because Puns Are Fun
After a solid showing against LSU and a comfortable win over Idaho, Husky football no longer seems so moribund. The fans hath awakened. Thus, in advance of the team's big matchup with powerhouse USC, where new Husky head coach Steve Sarkisian was an assistant just last year, the student secti ... More >>
Blogs
July 3, 2009
Palin Out As Alaskan Guv
The Idaho grad is resigning at the end of the month. And did you know Alaska was female? Not the governor, but the massive state itself. (Check Palin's quote in the linked ADN piece.) Me neither.
Blogs
January 21, 2009
Breaking the Bank at the Pump
Click to enlargeGas prices got so high in 2008 that Washington, Oregon, and Idaho spent a combined $30 billion importing fossil fuels, reports Sightline Daily. That averages out to $2,500 per resident. Government accountability and transparency are good things, but it is kind of amazing how we beef ... More >>
Blogs
January 15, 2009
Northwesterners Driving Less
The Daily Score's Clark Williams-Derry reports that the last decade has shown a steady decrease in per-capita driving by residents of Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. A review of Federal Highway Department data produced the above chart. He also notes that driving in Oregon has decreased more rapidly t ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2008
Afternoon Edition: Who Says White Boys Can't Dance?
Asking a bartender out is a no-no. But if you must, here's how to do it. Krist celebrates his one-year Daily Weekly anniversary by revealing that he and current blog colleague Duff McKagan got into it backstage at that infamous '92 MTV Music Awards show when he took a bass in the face. Idaho's f ... More >>
Calendar
October 8, 2008
Shakespeare on Film
Asking a bartender out is a no-no. But if you must, here's how to do it. Krist celebrates his one-year Daily Weekly anniversary by revealing that he and current blog colleague Duff McKagan got into it backstage at that infamous '92 MTV Music Awards show when he took a bass in the face. Idaho's f ... More >>
Blogs
July 24, 2008
Cowboy Mike Sentenced
Asking a bartender out is a no-no. But if you must, here's how to do it. Krist celebrates his one-year Daily Weekly anniversary by revealing that he and current blog colleague Duff McKagan got into it backstage at that infamous '92 MTV Music Awards show when he took a bass in the face. Idaho's f ... More >>
Blogs
May 2, 2008
A Blackwater State
Asking a bartender out is a no-no. But if you must, here's how to do it. Krist celebrates his one-year Daily Weekly anniversary by revealing that he and current blog colleague Duff McKagan got into it backstage at that infamous '92 MTV Music Awards show when he took a bass in the face. Idaho's f ... More >>
Blogs
April 12, 2008
Moscow gays march for IDAHO?
Asking a bartender out is a no-no. But if you must, here's how to do it. Krist celebrates his one-year Daily Weekly anniversary by revealing that he and current blog colleague Duff McKagan got into it backstage at that infamous '92 MTV Music Awards show when he took a bass in the face. Idaho's f ... More >>
Blogs
February 21, 2008
Jazz in Idaho? It's true!
Asking a bartender out is a no-no. But if you must, here's how to do it. Krist celebrates his one-year Daily Weekly anniversary by revealing that he and current blog colleague Duff McKagan got into it backstage at that infamous '92 MTV Music Awards show when he took a bass in the face. Idaho's f ... More >>
Calendar
December 19, 2007
"Minidoka on My Mind"
Home and family from a Japanese-American perspective
News
November 21, 2007
Melaleuca Gives the Amway Treatment to “Natural” Products
An Idaho Republican is moving expensive laundry detergent to neighbors everywhere.
Calendar
September 26, 2007
Edie
A 6’2” diva fabs up a Broadway eatery
Calendar
September 19, 2007
Noir Daydream
Welcome to Gus Van Sant country, circa 1985
Blogs
August 28, 2007
In Boise Idaho? Jiminy!
Welcome to Gus Van Sant country, circa 1985
Blogs
May 16, 2007
Cheese-a-palooza
Welcome to Gus Van Sant country, circa 1985
Arts
August 20, 2003
This Week's Reads
Tom Groneberg, Adam Johnson, John Rember, and Ian Spiegelman.
Arts
February 26, 2003
Brief Re-Encounters
Tom Groneberg, Adam Johnson, John Rember, and Ian Spiegelman.
News
June 13, 2001
News Clips— Stars/Also-Rans
Tom Groneberg, Adam Johnson, John Rember, and Ian Spiegelman.
Arts
September 30, 1998
A Season of Hard Western Truths
This may be the best post-Stegner year yet for books about the West.
News
August 19, 1998
Letters
Potato Head racism
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