RE: Morlin, Steele, Webster leaving SR/Huckleberries OnlineSam: Bill Morlin is an amazing investigative reporter, as is Karen Dorn Steele and them not being at that paper is a severe, severe loss. Work I did last year exposing a local man lying about his educational background…
I'm a fair weather sports fan. A band wagoner. I haven't ever stuck with a team for a really long period of time. My Dad had 3 girls, so he 'forced' us to watch sports with him. I say that with a smile on my…
In the news this evening: CBO: Obama's budget would double the national debt over the next decade here. Regulators seize control of 2 corporate credit unions here. Barney Frank wants to halt Fannie, Freddie bonuses here. The U.S. editor for the London Telegraph documents the…
Earlier today, Marmitetoasty e-mailed this swell note with her hopes that "spring will soon be there for you doodles and all me Dingleberry maties." She said: "JBelle tells me she is still snowed under. ... We here in Southern England have just have the most…
In today's HBO Poll, 41 of 88 respondents (47%) say that resort/newspaper owner Duane Hagadone is the most intimidating person in the Coeur d'Alene area. Of the nine choices, "others" received the second most votes with 18 (20%). Your Huckleberry Hound was third (8), followed…
While I was grocery shopping Thursday, I ran into a friend whose cart was filled with boxes of Velveeta. “What in the world are you going to do with all that cheese?” I asked. “Use it every way possible,” she replied. “My family likes it…
During a visit to Coeur d'Alene today, Gov. Butch Otter and First Lady Lori Otter try out the beaver lodge created by local artists Allen and Mary Dee Dodge for the Seagraves Children’s Library. The lodge, which is part of the wildlife mural created by…
Illinois' Stan Simpson goes for a rebound during practice for the NCAA college men's basketball tournament Wednesday at the Rose Garden in Portland, Ore. Illinois lost a shot to meet Gonzaga Saturday when it lost to Western Kentucky last night. You write the cutline. (AP…
5:47 p.m. Man in brown Monte Carlo has clipped fences and telephone poles and is driving the wrong way on Greensferry, near Ponderosa/Post Falls. 4:27 p.m. A local library reports two teen boys are vandalizing the bathroom.3:20 p.m. Some 30 juveniles are gathered on Mullan…
A California kidnapping victim was rescued in Coeur d’Alene today after about a month missing. A cell phone helped locate the 35-year-old woman at 4304 Bourbon Street about 2 p.m., where Kootenai County Sheriff’s deputies found her with Michael H. Luhdorff, 46. Luhdorff was jailed…
So then a coupla days ago, teenage daughter ever so casually mentions to me that River 99.9 over in Spokane has a guest listener DJ gig every Saturday night. Kid has NO idea what she unleashed. None at all. I filled out the online application…
"A butterfly flutters through the foliage near Kidd Island Bay on Lake Coeur d'Alene," reports Councilwoman KerriT/OnLocation North Idaho. "North Idahoans become cautiously optomistic on the first day of Spring since Mother Nature is known to throw a few curve balls in late March and…
Watercolorist Mary Cain is having an exhibit of her work at the Post Falls Library. SR subscribers and newstand buyers can read all about her in Sunday's Handle Extra, along with columns by OrangeTV, Betsy Russell, Nils Rosdahl and yours truly. Kathy Plonka/Spokesman-Review.
Sportsman’s Warehouse stores in Spokane Valley and Coeur d’Alene will be honoring gift cards customers obtained prior to the recent sale of the stores through March 31. Fifteen stores recently were acquired by UFA Cooperative based in Calgary, putting the previously issued Sportsman’s Warehouse gift…
MamaJD: Are there any Hucksters going to the Kootenai County Republican dinner this Saturday besides me?Question: Anyone?
With Nellis gone, Montana State University Provost David Dooley is the last finalist standing. By default, he presumably gets the job - if he wants it. UI and board officials should pause and move back a few steps and stop painting themselves into the proverbial…
According to the post, this spring the American Humanist Association will announce an atheist/agnostic billboard to go up on U.S. Highway 95 just south of Moscow. It purportedly will beckon non-theistic people by reminding them they aren't alone and will also offer a Web site…
" I'm ready for spring." said Steve Hutchison of Coeur d'Alene as he removed his Christmas decorations on Wednesday. (Kathy Plonka/Spokesman-Review)Idaho state workers face 3% cut/Eye On BoiseIdaho House kills 'fetal death' bill/Eye On BoiseCrump: Idaho native stars on 'SpongeBob Square-Pants'/Twin Falls Times NewsHorse slaughter…
Kolan McConiughey, left, talks with his foster mother, Jan Pardy at Colonial Lanes in Ann Arbor, Mich., Friday. McConiughey, who is cognitively impaired, has bowled five perfect games since 2005. President Barack Obama made an offhand remark on "The Tonight Show" Thursday comparing his bowling…
Earlier this morning, the SR newsroom learned that three respected, veteran reporters have accepted an early-buyout offer and will be leaving the newspaper at the end of the month: Bill Morlin (pictured), Karen Dorn Steele, and Dan Webster. Morlin, of course, is recognized as a…
In the HBO Poll Thursday, 65% of the 68 respondents said they don't want to see the gas tax or vehicle registrations raised to increase revenue for state road maintenance. 32% indicated that Gov. Butch Otter's proposals (including a gas tax hiked defeated by the…
Among the 21 lawmakers who debated Otter's 7-cent fuel increase Thursday, telling words came from Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Eagle. Labrador is ambitious enough to enjoy talk about his running for Congress and represents a district crisscrossed by congested roads. But rather than silently cast a…
Father Robert Spitzer, president of Gonzaga University, stands in the administration building Tuesday. He has seen his school's stature rise with the success of the basketball team. He will leave his position in July. John Blanchette's Q-and-A with Father Spitzer here. (Jesse Tinsley/Spokesman-Review)Question: What will…
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Item: Montana Senate Passes Horse Slaughter Bill/Natalie Neumann, UM Legislative News ServiceMore Info: The Montana State Senate on Thursday narrowly passed a bill that would make it easier for a person to start a horse slaughter or processing facility in the state. Currently there are…
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.
