Cis: I for one don't like the mid ads. Why can't they put it on the side like the other blogs? (at least I don't recall any with mid ads). It ruins the flow ... just MHO.DFO: As I said elsewhere, HBO is trying to…
Actress Miley Cyrus appears back stage with sumo wrestler Manny Yarbrough during MTV's 'Total Request Live' show at the MTV Times Square Studios Monday in New York. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Jeff Christensen)
BSU student: Did you hear I finally graduated? UI student: Yeah, and just a shade under a decade too, all right. BSU student: You know a lot of people go to college for seven years. UI student: I know, they're called doctors.Bronx Boy
I just got back from Spencer's Forum. There were no dancing bears, unless you count Dang. They did sell popcorn though. There were about a hundred folks there. Most attendees seemed to be true believers. There was a lot of preaching to the choir going…
Dewayne Hammer of Nampa, Idaho, take advantage of the pleasant weather to do a little fishing as the ducks swim by earlier today at Rotary Pond in Caldwell, Idaho. (AP Photo/Idaho Press-Tribune, Mike Vogt)
Full post hereKootenai County’s most notorious inmate was transferred to the state’s maximum-security prison in Kuna today after 478 days in an isolation cell at the county jail. Joseph Duncan was moved just three days after an interview with Kootenai County investigators, something he agreed…
Family Phil and dozens of his closest friends found some unsettling items as they cleaned the mess left behind by others on Tubbs Hill here.*Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns tells us about a brave girl who not only survived a virus attacking her brain but…
American rock star Janet Jackson covers her face as she shows back of her bright red kimono for photographers in Tokyo earlier today. Jackson, marking 20 years after her hit "Control" album, said she is returning to her roots with her latest release, "20 Y.O.",…
Full post by Joan Opyr/New West hereGay activist Mike Rogers claimed Idaho Senator Larry Craig has had gay affairs on the Ed Schultz Radio Show (Wednesday). Craig denies the allegations. New West's Jill Kuraitis reports that Craig's press secretary, Sid Smith, says "The Senator says…
Jim Valentine, who runs a landscaping and excavation business called Dixie Services in Post Falls, stands near a sign he put up warning homosexuals that they're not welcome in Idaho Friday. Frum Helen Back/Hauser Thoughts reported in the Huckleberries Online comments section Saturday that Valentine…
American rock star Janet Jackson covers her face as she shows back of her bright red kimono for photographers in Tokyo earlier today. Jackson, marking 20 years after her hit "Control" album, said she is returning to her roots with her latest release, "20 Y.O.",…
Complete SR editorial hereThe Invest in Our Kids' Education Campaign has identified a problem and appears to have gale-wind support for their proposition. But Proposition 1 has a fatal flaw. It is an attempt to mandate state spending at the ballot box, which is always…
Issue: Backers say aquifer district is vital: Kootenai County initiative designed to protect region's water supply/James Hagengruber, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: If voters agree to the idea, the aquifer district could triple the amount of pollution prevention and monitoring programs aimed at keeping the aquifer clean. Households…
Full post hereThe BrodH2O clan awoke this morning to find our entire backyard covered in spider webs. It looks like something out of a sci-fi movie. Our BBQ is draped in fine white webs. Our backporch swing is, too. And there's a blanket of webs…
Original thread with 120 comments hereMy readers at Huckleberries Online weren't pleased with Dixie Services owner Jim Valentine – you know, the Post Falls guy who posted this message on his readerboard: "Peds queers fags your (sic) in Idaho now …" When colleague Taryn Brodwater…
As you can see below, I posted some of the best comments from a pretty good string of comments over from Saturday and Friday night. Great stuff. You'll also find good new stuff from Family Phil, BrodH20 (the spider's are coming), Kellogg Bloggin' (Why we…
JBelle: DFO, you raise a critically important point (re: being changed by the interaction on this blog). You experience here what educators have known for at least 15 years: interactive learning sticks to the ribs. When you can wander in, out, thru, under and about…
Sandy: I have many memories of Bill Wood. Since he and his wife Dolores were best friends with my husband's Aunt and Uncle,Eileen and Otto Litzenberger we saw them a lot. I have many memories of barbeques, boat rides and his stories. He not only…
Bayview Herb: I have a heavy heart tonite, as I watch the owner of the Captain's Wheel Reastaurant live out his final days. It kind of makes me want to puke. Listening to idealogues, egomaniacs strut their stuff, when much more serious things are happening…
Wow, what a game! 28-26 late in the fourth quarter. Okay, so either the Broncos aren't as good as they think they are, or the Vandals are better than people give them credit for. I didn't see this huge talent gap that has been talked…
Coeur d'Alene Press story hereOrangeTV: R.I.P. Dr. William Wood, my childhood doctor who passed away yesterday in CDA. He delivered more babies than anyone else in the history of Coeur d'Alene, including probably some of you. He was a kind and gentle doctor, always smiling.…
One drawback to being a Washington resident is you can't vote in Idaho elections. There's no telling how many people living west of the state line have seen campaign ads on TV for certain Gem State political candidates and thought, "Man, I'd really love to…
Shortly before closing time Friday evening, I received an e-mail that complained that this blog has been thoroughly infiltrated by liberals. It was brief. Reading between the lines, I figured it was saying that several conservatives no longer post here due to that fact. I…
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.