On this day in history: Today is Monday, June 8, the 159th day of 2009. There are 206 days left in the year. In 632, the prophet Muhammad died in Medina. In 1966, a merger was announced between the National and American Football Leagues, to…
Leroy Berry, 90 (right) gets a hug after receiving the Bronze Star at Bestland Retirement center in Coeur d'Alene earlier today.Some 64 years ago on Okinawa Berry of Cheney showed courage in the face of danger while serving with the U.S. Army's 96th Infantry Division.…
Dad poured himself a brandy on the rocks, sat in the living room, and listened to Dinah Washington or Sarah Vaughn or Teresa Brewer and he went into a world of his own sentimentality. He was very sentimental about my mother. Numerous times he found…
At Bay Views, Herb has been keeping track of Adventure Sports Week is in the books, an event similar to Ironman sans the publicity. International Triathlon contestants gathered at Farragut State Park for this extravaganza. When it's all over, at the end of next week-end,…
A bear cub, wearing a bird feeder on his head, runs to his mother. The bear cub in northwestern Wisconsin's Burnett County was spotted near Grantsburg over Memorial Day weekend with the feeder stuck on its head. You write the cutline. Story here. (AP Photo/Wisconsin…
5:17 p.m. A wild fire is reported @ Seltice Way & Huetter, near National Guard Armory.5:10 p.m. A man drove off with an open container from Zip Stop, Best & 15th.4:53 p.m. Brown pickup has lost a wheel on I-90 @ M/P 2 (Pleasantview exit)4:04…
The lawn is lovely,green and sleek,but I must mow nowtwice a week.The Bard of Sherman Avenue
A group visiting Bonner and Boundary counties from out of state includes one person with a confirmed case of H1N1 influenza and seven people with possible H1N1 flu. The group of more than 100 people has been active in communities in both counties since early…
Amid a National Public Radio feature story this morning about “hooking up”, a point was made about the rising average age of marriage. A sub-point also emerged: Idaho was listed as having, on average, the youngest married couples in the country. When we pulled the…
In May, a series of losses hit the River Journal and, even more so, the staff at Keokee Publishing, with the deaths of three of our good friends:On Monday, May 4, Dennis Nicholls, who founded this publication you hold in your hands back in December…
"Here we are taking in the view from a trail on Kamiak Butte, overlooking the Palouse farm country of Idaho and Washington," posts Idaho Dad/A Family Runs Through It. "Far off in the distance is the college town of Moscow." More here.Post 900: Wild tales…
Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor, wearing a cast on her right foot, meets with Sen. Mary Landrieu, D-La., on Capitol Hill, in Washington today. Earlier, Sotomayor broke her ankle when she stumbled at La Guardia airport enroute to Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)Question: Which bones…
Item: 50 acres donated to CdA for preserve/APMore Info: Three northern Idaho residents have donated 50 acres to the city of Coeur d’Alene to preserve as a waterfront walking area along Fernan Lake. Jim Elder, Pat Acuff and Doug Potter, of Fernan Lake, last week…
Item: Court rejects challenge to 'don't ask, don't tell'/APMore Info: The Supreme Court on Monday turned down a challenge to the Pentagon policy forbidding gays and lesbians from serving openly in the military, granting a request by the Obama administration. The court said it will…
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Candice Waite, of Nampa, and her children, from left, Jackson, 4, Micaela, 7, and Lizzy, 2, stand close to the baskets where homing pigeons were released to mark the start of the 3rd Annual Festival of Flight Saturday at the Caldwell Airport. (AP Photo/Idaho Press-Tribune,…
Lynne: My odd phone call of the day: Can hospital refuse to treat you if you don't have insurance and still owe them money from a previous visit?Question: Anyone?
Brazil's Navy sailors recover debris from the missing Air France jet at the Atlantic Ocean earlier today. A U.S. Navy team was flying to Brazil on Monday with high-tech underwater listening devices to help the search for the black boxes from an Air France plane…
Dad was kind of adamant when I turned eighteen/nineteen years old that I learn how, above all else, "to pace" myself, to quote him, when I started drinking beer. He never recommended moderation. He assumed that if I was going to spend a day or…
11:36 a.m. R/P complains that a farm tractor, traveling extremely slowly w/b on Highway 53 near the Highway 95 i/s, had a mile of traffic behind it 10 minutes ago. Update: An officer reports spotting a forklift @ Maguire & Grange that could be the…
(In Hayden Wednesday) my girlfriend and I ... witnessed some very strange objects in the sky. I have contacted all of my local press and broadcasters to see if anyone else has reported on this and to open up discussion. Here is our account: Over…
"Just about every weekend, now through Labor Day, North Idaho communities hold annual celebrations and parades," posts Councilwoman KerriT/OnLocation North Idaho. "The first of the season is in Post Falls where a few thousand people turned out to enjoy seeing their friends and neighbors make…
Trish Gannon: No. Even as a non-Christian (i.e., someone who doesn't believe in the literal truth of the Bible - you go, Herb!) however, I have often considered writing a column titled “The Rapture Can't Come Soon Enough for Me!” Truthfully, it sure seems like…
Item: Jury duty closes Meridian restaurant for one day: Restaurant owner says doing his civic duty could have destroyed his business/Brad Talbutt, Idaho StatesmanMore Info: Rick Valenzuela opened his jury summons with dismay. When he arrived last week at the Ada County Courthouse, he told…
Item: Water conservation efforts save water and money/Water Superintendent Jim Markley. Coeur d'Alene TodayMore Info: If your sprinklers are poorly adjusted and you are watering the street, you are paying for water without receiving any benefit. Watering during the heat of the day and when…
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.
