CDADave: In City Park this evening, a 50ish man and his wife were heading west on bicycles, riding along the seawall. A group of kids on bikes were blocking this gentleman's path and wouldn't get out of the way. The old guy almost got in…
Gonzaga University and Whitworth College ranked among the region’s best schools and best values in the new rankings by U.S. News & World Report. The two Spokane private schools typically do well in the annual rankings. This year, GU was ranked 3rd among all master’s-level…
Babies Delaney Chadwell, left, Gabriel McCormick, Joseph Lockwood, Amanda Miller and Malachi Chapleski, right, perch on a chair at Dayspring Midwifery clinic in Hayden, Idaho on Thursday. The five babies were born within a six-day time period and were all at the clinic which handled…
Whatever happened to sandcastles? A couple of kids, a bucket, and a shovel and the works of art would emerge from the sand. Imagination blossomed ... sticks became cannons on the wall. White rocks adorned the walls and experimentation found just the right channel to…
*"Quest was landing their plane, and there was a noise. ... No, it didn't crash. ... It hit several geese that flew up in front of the plane as it was landing. ... 2 dead geese and several wounded ones. Plane was put in the…
Well, gang, here I go again, into the brave new world of Huckleberries. With all due respect, Brent Andrews is flat out wrong.We have long-held (before my time) and widely accepted ethics rules that limit -- no question, they limit -- the ability of our…
Issue: Chateau decides to take out the trash: Developer boots trash bins after county nixes proposal/Marc Stewart, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: The Dumpsters are used by the residents who vehemently opposed Kirk-Hughes' proposal to build a luxury golf course community. The project was rejected by…
Idaho State Sen. Shawn Keough isn't afraid to take an unpopular stand. During the 2001 Legislature, the Sandpoint Republican brought the Senate to a halt by using a procedural move to protest unilateral leadership actions in a lawsuit over inadequate school buildings. ... However, she…
... A summer day on the lake aboard Captain UBob's boat. Here, you see one of Toad's younguns expressing his thrill of the moment. Toad calls the photo "Unadulterated Happiness." By the way, Huckleberries hears that ... Mr. and Mrs. Toad have a third pollywog…
Amyrebba: It seems to me that we are all scream about the field burning, but no one if finding a solution that will both benifit the farmers and save us from respritory distress. I am not a seed farmer and I do have asthma, but…
Huckleberries Online commenter Post Falls Dad shoulda thought he'd hit the lottery when he opened his Avista bill Thursday. After all, he got a natural gas credit of $909.86. Thinking he'd been "punked," he called the utility and was told: "We tested your meter and…
re: internal memo e-mailed to newsroom my SR Editor Steve Smith Thursday p.m.Folks,I wanted to send out a cautionary note re: staffers who participate in our many online blogs and forums.A few weeks ago, I allowed myself to be sucked into a dynamic and exciting…
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.
