I applaud you guys for following thru after I put out that 2 Cents note asking you to tell your family, friends & co-workers about HBO. Immediately, the numbers jumped from the 8000-8500 range to more than 10,000 (three days last week and again yesterday).…
The University of Idaho Vandals were picked eighth in both the coach and media polls at the Western Athletic Conference’s football media days at Salt Lake City. Vandal coach Robb Akey is intent on changing those predictions as he begins his second season/Sportslink. More here.Related:…
"While Gary and Stroud were visiting, (Holloran) and others came up to Stroud and began hasseling him. Halloran had a glass of wine in one hand and a bottle of wine in the other. Gary thought that Holloran was intoxicated. After a brief confrontation, Holloran…
Misha Japaridze/AP PhotoWomen run in a high heel race at Red Square in Moscow, Saturday, July 19, 2008. Participants of the high heel run were challenged to race in stilettos of at least 9 cm (2.54 inches) tall. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines:1. The running…
That crackdown by Portland cops on scofflaw bike riders caught my eye when I saw it posted at Orbusmax and again at Kootenai MPO. Why? I've been riding my bike back and forth to work the last week or so. And I see myself reflected…
D.P. Bond sends this "Sign of the Times" photo to Huckleberries Online from his front row seat in Wallace of the mining industry in the Silver Valley. Jazzyvandal sends along an explanation of the photo above at this link.Question: Do you have any roots in…
Courtesy of ThomGKootenai County Demo kingpin Thom George (right) with U.S. Rep. Bill Sali, R-Idaho.Question: Which man above would most likely want this photograph destroyed?
Item: McCain montage focuses on media bias: Video says news coverage unfairly fawns over Obama/Los Angeles TimesMore Info: After months of frustration about what it sees as fawning media coverage of Barack Obama, John McCain's campaign went on offense Tuesday with a Web video called…
Andy Carpenean/Laramie Boomerang, APA Wyoming Department of Transportation maintenance truck used for paint striping sits on the shoulder of I- 80, eight miles west of Laramie, Wyo. on Wednesday after a Monday accident involving a tractor-trailer and the work truck. ATVers Dis Smokey: A group…
Hillary Clinton and I don’t get along too well. When we first crossed paths in 1991 I didn’t like her haircut and the fact that she encouraged her daughter to do ballet instead of basketball was just appalling to me. Then again I was 10…
Idahoans have never been attracted by big DC political campaigns. It's just not in our DNA. Typical national Dem or GOP campaign strategists do their third-party "media buys" for "typical Idahoans" from the East Coast in a milky-white homogeneous fashion of what they think Idaho…
Kathy Plonka/SR"With the price of gas these days I think it's really needed," Marcie Black of Post Falls said about the raise in minimum wage, as she served lunch at Golden Dragon Chinese/American restaurant in Post Falls. The Idaho Department of Labor estimates that 42,000…
Have any of you co-signed on a loan for your children (18+)? Whether for a car, school, apartment. Do you recommend this?I need to know before my son comes home at 11:00/CindyH.DFO: I'm rerunning this post from last night (7:42 p.m.) because it's a great…
In general North Idaho employers are the biggest skinflints I've ever seen. They always argue that their wages are competitive. Competitive with what the other skinflint down the road? In the early 70's and 80's I had a trash hauling business. Most of my employees…
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.
