... Sid and Stacy Smith. Smith, the former state Repub exec and spokesman for U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, and his wife (a Boise elementary teacher and former Coeur d'Alene High sports star) welcomed first child, son Taylor Carlin Smith, Friday in Boise. According to Sid's…
He told lawmakers, “As you all know, our means are not what they were when we last met here a year ago. … We are better off than many states. However, we as leaders must be sensitive to the fact that far too many Idahoan…
Now that Bill Sali is no longer a congressman, he's going to need a new job. He wasn't exactly prospering as a lawyer before going to DC. After all, he had to work three jobs; lawyer, legislator, and musician. I'd guess that an unpopular 1-term…
At Remember The Roxy, OrangeTV provides this 1909 remembrance of Coeur d'Alene's Electric Dock. More vintage photos here. More Local Blogs links below*Dueling headlines/Dogwalk Musings*7 degrees of separation/Gathering Around The Table*Self interview: Confessions (No. 3)/Kellogg Bloggin'
President-elect Barack Obama is preparing to issue an executive order his first week in office—and perhaps his first day—to close the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, according to two presidential transition team advisers. It's unlikely the detention facility at the Navy base in Cuba…
Former Eastern Washington University All-American basketball player and current Detroit Piston guard Rodney Stuckey shows off his retired #3 jersey at a ceremony honoring him during half-time of the Eastern Washington Weber St. NCAA college basketball game in Cheney on Sunday. Weber St. beat the…
... That Councilman MikeK has another little mouth to feed. And baby Ronan (pronounced Ro-nen) James makes 7. Ron -- who joines Will 13, Nora 11, Maggie 9, Max 6, Quinn 3, and Jack, who turns 2 Jan. 30 -- arrived at 8 pounds 5…
Our elderly neighbor had had a stroke while visiting family in the Midwest. His daughter, who I don't know well, had stopped by the house before Christmas to tell me about it and asked me to keep an eye are their house. She and I…
What looks like a pinecone amongst the green pine needles is not as it seems, posts Councilwoman KerriT on her blog, OnLocation North Idaho. Without looking, can you guess what it is? You can see if you're right by click on this link?
... Several Huckleberries Online readers have e-mailed privately to ask if the Coeur d'Alene Press has pulled Mary Souza's column after a less-than-stellar and interrupted run of a coupla years. This, as a result of Souza's column being missing on the Press's op-ed page Sunday…
I was like this with dirty eyeglasses during my entire childhood career of bespectacleism. Then, as a teenager, I was relieved of the obligation of eyeglasses by my Optometrist who told me we'd done all we could to ameliorate the laggardly right eye. Whatever happens…
Newlyweds Paul Brooks, sitting left, of Normal, Ill.and Caragh Brooks, right, of Australia, share a Taco Bell meal during their wedding while family, friends, and members of the media capture the moment at Taco Bell in Normal, Ill. Friday night. Caragh Brooks, 21, of Australia,…
... That outgoing prosecutor Bill Douglas didn't attend the swearing-in ceremony for new Prosecutor Barry McHugh.
Item: Bush defends record in final news conference/APMore Info: By turns wistful, aggressive and joking in the final news conference of his presidency, President George W. Bush vigorously defended his record Monday but also offered an extraordinary listing of his mistakes - including his optimistic…
The restroom fiasco may prove to be the most prominent moment in Kempthorne’s 20-month legacy as interior secretary. Let’s face it, an interior secretary doesn’t command the profile of, say, a treasury secretary. While Westerners are interested in Interior’s policies on endangered species, national parks…
Item: Other cities not as forgiving toward those who don't shovel sidewalks/Dan Hansen, SRMore Info: Stowell reached the point of frustration after her district and others repeatedly urged the public to clear their sidewalks. Some obliged. But there’s no penalty for those who did not;…
The bow of a North Idaho Maritime tugboat, the Florence Lee, breaks ice floes Friday on the St. Joe River near St. Maries. Gov. Butch Otter issued a disaster declaration Friday for Benewah County due to ice jams that have formed on the river creating…
After Florida's big 24-24 victory over Oklahoma in the BCS Championshipp NCAA football game last week, winning QB Tim Tebow was all smiles -- and proudly showing off his "John 3:16" eye black for post-game cameras. The photo was a popular Google search for days…
The Idaho Legislature begins its 2009 session today. What issue do you consider to be the most important that it will face:*School funding*Roads & bridges*Tax reform*Social issues*Other
It wasn’t a great rope swing, but it was a darn good one. It was also the most well used and loved I have ever seen. This rope swing was a deciding factor in our family’s move to Sandpoint. Almost a dozen years ago when…
Rick Cooper of Coronado Classics dusts off the same story whenever someone asks him what life is like in the Lake City. Years ago, when his shop was on Sherman Avenue and open seven days a week during decent weather, he saw a fella nab…
In the news this morning, the stars are about to line up for the Golden Globes today here. Ford is looking to the Taurus to bail it out of a tight financial spot again here. The death toll among Palestinians in Gaza fighting is nearing…
Gonzaga's Matt Bouldin, left, dribbles against Portland's Ethan Niedermeyer, center, and Kramer Knutson, right, in the first half of their NCAA college basketball game at the McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane on Saturday. Gonzaga won 67-50 to open WCC play. ESPN story and boxscore. (AP…
Item: Good Samaritans tough to find: Volunteers to shovel roofs, sidewalks in short supply/Tom Hasslinger, CDA Press More Info: They don't make them like they used to. Kind-hearted Samaritans who used to volunteer their time shoveling out disabled and elderly people during Coeur d'Alene winters…
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.
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