Karen Nichols/AP Photo, The Daily Inter LakeElvis the female turkey sports a crocheted hat that a Kalispell nursing home resident made for Donna Allen's pet bird. Six months ago, the baby turkey was given to Allen as a gift; since then, it seems the hen…
The Idaho Transportation Department wants folks to know that studded tires are legal in Idaho from Oct. 1 to April 30, but they advise against using them “unless extreme conditions warrant.” The reason? “Driving on studded tires may cause undue wear on bare roadways,” the…
Robin Loznak/AP Photo/Great Falls TribuneDahl's College of Beauty student Carime Mury gets her hair sprayed by fellow student Chrystal Kerr Wednesday before the start of a runway fashion and hair show in Great Falls, Mont.*Rather than share the 16,672 things for which she's thankful this…
Apparently, Beth Clemens resignation from the Dirne Clinic was not suppose to be released to the press. Clemens sent the bold-face statement to Huckleberries this afternoon. Her resignation letter follows. It is with regret that I learned that my resignation letter intended for, and sent…
I was driving north on Atlas this morning about 8:45. I got to Hayden Ave. and stopped to make a left turn. Facing me going south was a Kootenai County Sheriff rig also signaling a left turn. I noted with some chagrin that the deputy…
I rarely go to the grocery store with my wife. If/when I do, I usually hang out at the magazine rack, reading a sports magazine -- or wondering around the video section looking for a movie I haven't seen. Last night, however, she gave me…
AP PhotoWhether skies areblue or murkywon’t much matterto the turkey.The Bard of Sherman Avenue
North Idaho College PhotoCaryl Johnston, executive director of United Way of Kootenai County, (left) helps Bill Langer of the Area Agency on Aging and Lucy Hein and Sarah Garcia of North Idaho College draw winning raffle tickets following NIC’s annual fund-raiser for United Way. NIC…
My mother noticed some people with cameras on Sherman Avenue today outside the Christmas on the Lake Store. They were setting up with tripods, etc. Mom said it just looked outside the norm, given that Camera Corral is right next door. Mom spoke with them…
Robin Loznak/Great Falls Tribune, AP PhotoSnow piles high on a statue of Paris Gibson, the founder of Great Falls, in Gibson Park in Great Falls, Mt., Monday. Several inches of snow fell in the Great Falls area an Sunday and Monday.Spotlight: Top 100 Apple Cup…
On a unanimous vote following an executive session last night, the Coeur d'Alene City Council dumped outspoken critic Mary Souza from the P&Z commission "for cause." The motion was made by Dixie Reid, seconded by Deanna Goodlander, and approved without discussion. The action took about…
Airlines are losing more baggage than ever. Has your bag ever gone missing? -- Idaho Statesman. *No*Yes, but recovered*Yes, lost forever DFO: No, but my daughter's has. When she returned from Rome during the Christmas holidays 2006, her bags stayed at the port of entry…
I'm trying to feel sorry this morning for Steven Thayn. And I just can't do it. I certainly feel sorry for Thayn's daughter-in-law, and wish the best for her and the baby she is carrying. I even feel a little sorry for Damon Mathias Thayn…
Stickman: DFO; Happy Birthday of course, but please don't think you are old or getting older. I had a very special visit from one that is much older than we. Mr. Don Sausser, bless his soul, brought by Mr. Ace Walden today to visit me,…
Christie Wood: The night is still young. Hit the bars, whoop it up, and I will see if I can get you a police escort. Of course it would not be to your home. There would be a slight detour to 5500 N. Govt. Way.…
You can read Shawn Vestal's Spokane blog, The Falls, here.It’s Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2007. Good luck if you're traveling.It's a special week... and not because it's Thanksgiving. Saturday is the 100th Apple Cup, which is a milestone even if, as John Blanchette writes, it “does…
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.
