A Coeur d’Alene lawyer arrested on a conspiracy to distribute the prescription drug OxyContin appeared in federal court Wednesday. Shawn C. Nunley, 37, worked as a Kootenai County deputy prosecutor about three years ago before opening his own practice. Nunley was arrested Tuesday night and…
In the news this snowy day, Chrysler has announced it will shut down all production for a month here. Pro-Life Rick Warren will deliver pro-choice Barack Obama's inaugaration invocation here. Rod Blagojevich has announced he won't appoint someone to fill Obama's U.S. Senate vacancy here.…
"This neighborhood Santa shows the snow that began falling in North Idaho today and will continue with several more inches overnight. City streets, highways and I-90 have been tricky to travel with a layer of ice now being covered in snow," sez Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North…
Item: Pro-Life Rick Warren to Give Invocation at Obama Inauguration/The Brody FileMore Info: Pro-life pastor Rick Warren will give the invocation at President-Elect Barack Obama’s inauguration. It makes a whole lot of sense. Even though Warren and Obama disagree on the life issue, they do…
U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson is a decade removed from his time as speaker of the Idaho House of Representatives. But I hope current lawmakers will listen to what the old speaker has to say. Simpson says lawmakers are making a "fundamental mistake" by trying to…
Saddle Up Grill and Steakhouse Fire photo provided by Timberlake Fire District. More photos here. Story below.*ISP reopens w/b freeway @ Stateline/KREM2*Snow to keep coming/SR*Power use set record Tuesday/SR*Portable heater ignites fire at Athol restaurant/KREM2*1/3 of Idaho schoolchildren at risk of overweight/Idaho Statesman
Kathy Plonka Photo/SR5:46 p.m. R/P reports that a semi has jackknifed on Highway 95 near Garwood. It's in a ditch and not blocking the road.4:58 p.m. Vehicle over the side of Highland Drive, a quarter mile from Riverview.4:40 p.m. A vehicle is submerted in Granite…
Remember that Vanity Plate that a Merry Huckster spotted in the Fortgrounds area that mimicked the abbreviation for Huckleberries Online: HBO? I posted it Nov. 11. Well, now I hear from a Berry Picker that he knows a northern Kootenai County councilman, who shall remain…
Back in June, a citizens committee recommended that state legislators get a 5 percent raise this year, from $16,116 to $16,921, effective this month. The committee's recommendation takes effect unless lawmakers reject it by concurrent resolution prior to the 25th day of the upcoming legislative…
"I about danced a jig in the middle of the service station, in the freezing cold. Who cares!!!!" posts JeanieSpokane. "Gas was $1.49! I sat at the light by the station and saw the price and my tank was nearly empty and I jumped (in…
Earlier this morning, Marianne Love posted this: The day has come. It's been nearly a year since Betty Cheeley called me up and asked me to speak about my book "Lessons with Love" to the 3 C's Book Club of Coeur d'Alene. If all goes…
A veteran Spokane bartender who was one of the trendsetters in the nightlife of the Inland Northwest was killed Tuesday night when the vehicle he was driving was involved in a head-on collision on Interstate 90 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho State Police reported today/Mike Prager,…
At Remember The Roxy, OrangeTV has posted this shot of a 1942 ticket to a Sandpoint High School Band concert. This was so far back that I doubt Marianne Love remembers who was playing. But I'm not sure. Check out the ticket price. Can you…
I noticed in the New & Improved Comments section that Bent congratulated HBO's southern gentleman, Brent Andrews, on his comments avatar. I congratulate you guys on pretty clever Avatars. I'm using one from this summer when Chris Wagar & I were involved in that press…
Code Pink members Fred Bialy, left, and Toby Blome, right, both of El Cerrito, Calif., hang shoes outside a Marine Corps recruiting station during a protest in Berkeley, Calif., Wednesday. In solidarity with an Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President Bush during a…
You want a classic example of why newspapers are in trouble? Look no further than today’s riveting Idaho Statesman Editorial alleging that Idaho’s too lenient on those parking in disabled parking places, saying, “Meanwhile, state law sets a $100 fine that doesn’t provide much deterrent.”…
Sarah Palin, the Sandpoint-born governor of Alaska, finished second only to President-elect Barack Obama as Time magazine's "Person of the Year." In the photo above, Palin winks as she speaks during her VP debate against U.S. Sen. Joe Biden at Washington University in St. Louis,…
As you can see by now, there's some bugs in the roll-out of the new Huckleberries Online. But I can already see the plusses outweigh the minuses. Blogmeister Ryan & Co. fixed a bunch of things yesterday. And had 60 more work orders this morning…
Andrew Gumprecht, 32, of Post Falls was killed Tuesday night in a head-on collision with a semi truck on Interstate 90 @ M/P 14 (15th Street exit/Coeur d'Alene). The crash occurred at 11:14 p.m. Tony Love, 42, of Swan Lake, Mont., was the driver of…
Item: Boise chamber welcomes Larry Craig at luncheon; he receives 2 standing ovations: Retiring senator says he's formed a consulting firm, accepts thanks for work on Idaho issues/Idaho Statesman More Info: Retiring U.S. Sen. Larry Craig came before a friendly audience Tuesday at the Boise…
This image supplied by Time Magazine shows the cover of the magazine's Dec. 29 issue naming President-elect Barack Obama as its "Person of the Year" for 2008. The news magazine's cover is by ex-street artist Shephard Fairey, whose early poster of Sen. Obama became a…
Have you changed your driving habits as the gas pirces have risen and fallen?/Idaho Statesman Still drive as much Always ride my bike Combine errands Try to ride the busDFO: The buttons don't work.
Item: Larkin delivers State of the City: Post Falls caps 'interesting' year, looks ahead to 2009/Brian Walker, CDA Press More Info: Linda Panabaker, among those who attended, said she realized Post Falls has a lot to cheer about despite the economic downturn after hearing Larkin's…
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.
