Fred Russell, left, age 27, the former Washington State University student who fled charges in three drunken driving deaths, enters a Colfax, Washington courtroom with Whitman County Deputy Paul Reavis (rear) and Sgt. Jodie Hamilton (front right) earlier today here. Russell entered innocent pleas/Dan Pelle,…
Newby CODADave/Atmospheric Ruminations takes us in his Wayback Machine to the Portal Inn (above), the old Templin's restaurant in Coeur d'Alene and the Shady Rest restaurant here.Put your hands together for Bubblehead, a Friends of Huckleberries blogger from Boise, who hit the big time with…
A woman floats in a hotspring pool in Chongqing, western China, Sunday. Fourteen contestants took part in a competition to see who could remain floating in the water for the longest period of time. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/EyePress)Top Cutlines1. More than a year…
Full post here ... Bottom line -- the blog I have been commenting on (Huckleberries Online) has provided a relationship that I crave --- contact with other adults on current topics that require intelligent commentary. I was feverish at first. Checking and re-checking every 15…
Laurie Olson,left, and her daughter Logan are all smiles after seeing the first printed issue of "Logan Magazine" Nov. 6, 2006. Logan, who suffered a brain injury in 2001, wanted to create a fashion magazine for young people with disabilities here/Colin Mulvaney, Spokesman-Review. 1. Dubya…
Complete post by Jill Kuraitis hereYesterday, my beloved firstborn left for the Middle East. He will not see combat and will be relatively safe, but still – the Middle East – for a year. First there is the whole year thing – it seems unimaginable…
Complete post hereJesus was no prig. I'm amazed at how often he is portrayed in modern pictures as dreamy eyed or as emmasculated. Far from it. In the story in Mark, he stands up to the synagogue hierarchy and confronts not only their theatrics, but…
Issue: High bails cause some concern: North Idaho attorney calls it 'Duncan effect'/Taryn Brodwater, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: After Duncan's arrest on triple-murder and kidnapping charges in Coeur d'Alene, reporters went to the doorstep of the Minnesota judge who had set Duncan's bail at $15,000 in a…
Liberty Lynn Lasky, the 1-year-old daughter of Marine Cpl. Michael H. Lasky crawls on the floor during a memorial service for her father Sunday in Kenai, Alaska. Lasky was one of two Marines killed in Iraq on Thursday, Nov. 2, the Department of Defense said.…
Complete column hereIn making his case to be elected to the top Republican post in the House in the next Congress--that of minority leader--Rep. John Boehner sounds this hopeful note: "Our ability to recover our majority is in our hands." There is historical precedent for…
This & That: In the "Spirit Was Willing But The Flesh Was Weak" Dept., members of the Coeur d'Alene High Key Club earned props for proposing a "Dare to Bare the Cold" event Friday night. The goal of the program was to focus attention on…
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.
