Idaho guard Kyle Barone (left to right), Sacramento State forwards Duro Bjegovic and Michael Selling, and Idaho forward Luciano de Souza look for a rebound during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game Tuesday Moscow. Idaho won 75-61. ESPN game story and boxscore…
If you see Spencer, please tell him that he has won the first Huckleberries Online Thanksgiving Day pardon -- and has been released from the cooler. In fact, he was released only hours after he was tossed into the HBO gulag for trying to out…
Gonzaga forward Elias Harris (20) attempts to drive past Wisconsin forward Jon Leuer (30) in the second half of a NCAA college basketball game Tuesday at the Maui Invitational in Lahaina, Hawaii. Gonzaga defeats Wisconsin 74-61 and will play Cincinnati in the finals. (AP Photo/Eugene…
Kyle Olivier, engineer for the Coeur d'Alene Resort worked on the holiday wreath earlier today in preparation for the downtown parade and fireworks show on Friday.The wreath, a tradition since the remodeled Resort opened in 1986, weighs almost a ton. Alison Boggs' story here. (Kathy…
The vamps were vampier, the wolves were as big as horses, and Kristen Stewart delighted the world by revealing that laughing and smiling are a part of her acting repertoire after all. As the action swept through Forks and across the world to Volterra, Italy,…
KerriT/OnLocation North Idaho writes: Nothing says Christmas like ... shotgun shell lights on the tree. These, and other outdoors-themed lights like Coleman lanterns, are displayed at Cabela's in Post Falls. Spokane reports another swine-flu death/John Stucke, SROne truck, 3500 pounds of cheese/Sarah Rose Fredlund, Shoshone…
Jennifer Lopez performs at the 37th Annual American Music Awards on Sunday in Los Angeles. Lopez ended on her back side when she didn't stick her landing after jumping from the backs of the dancers. Story here. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Matt Sayles)Top Cutlines:1.…
5:58 p.m. A drunken man tried unsuccessfully to leave the scene after crashing his vehicle into a yard at the eastern end of Harrison/CdA.5:27 p.m. A vehicle crashed after swerving to avoid a dead animal on H53 near Hauser.5:04 p.m. A dead fox is reported…
Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin signs a copy her autobiography, "Going Rogue", at the North Post Exchange at Fort Bragg, N.C., Monday. More than 700,000 copies of "Going Rogue" have been sold in its first week. Palin, who was born in Sandpoint and attend North…
A man whose family has been fighting to get him out of prison for a Thanksgiving furlough will have some company at the jail over the holidays. Terry Kinard’s brother Steven was arrested for drug dealing Tuesday in East Central Spokane. Steven Kinard was arrested…
Crime in Spokane is keeping police busy. But it's also got the Lilac City on the list of most dangerous locations in the United States. Spokane ranks 121st on the list which uses F.B.I. statistics on murder, rape, robbery, assault, and vehicle theft. Camden, New…
North Idaho College offers a special service to senior citizens that qualifies them for free admission to all NIC-sponsored events in which admission is charged. The NIC Gold Card program is free and open to all senior citizens 60 and older. ... In addition, seniors…
Colorado guard Cory Higgins (11) looks on as Gonzaga forward Elias Harris (20) grabs a rebound in the second half during their game in the Maui Invitational NCAA college basketball tournament in Lahaina, Hawaii on Monday. Gonzaga defeated Colorado 76-72, and now will face Wisconsin…
Sing Hosannaand lift up praise,they even worksome Saturdays.The Bard of Sherman Avenue
Fewer Americans are carrying cash these days. So, the Salvation Army is upgrading some of their red kettles. Select bell ringers in the Northwest now take credit or debit cards. You just swipe your card and put the receipt in the kettle instead of your…
I’m standing in a checkout line at a Post Falls supermarket, watching a nice lady ring up the glossy green boxes of Cascade dishwasher soap that I put in my cart. Ding. Ding. Ding … When she gets to about box five or six I…
President Obama said on Tuesday that he will announce his decision on how many more troops to send to Afghanistan next week, and that it is his intention to “finish the job” that began with the overthrow of the Taliban government in the fall of…
Duane Neuschwander foreman of the isolated Juniper Ranch on the boundary of Malheur and Harney counties in Oregon, talks to Malheur County Deputy Bob Wroten about the disappearance of 33 cattle. A rash of horseback rustling in the vast "ION country," where Idaho, Oregon and…
At the Coeur d'Alene Press web site, Army Sgt. Major Gregory A. Proft responds from Iraq to Larry Spencer's challenge to his right to cast a ballot in the Coeur d'Alene City Council elections. (You can read the entire response, at 10:50 a.m., under a…
11:59 a.m. A w/b econo-van is driving 35 mph and weaving in and out of traffic on I-90 @ M/P 50.11:24 a.m. 2 large brown dogs are running loose on Majestic/Rathdrum.10:43 a.m. Richard reports his Akita is missing.10:24 a.m. A man reports that last night…
I've written on the Kennedy family extensively this year, not only because the passing of Ted Kennedy required it, but also because Ted Kennedy's passing reminded me of why I believe the things I do about America, being an American, and who taught those principles…
Idaho Dad: It's not DFO's use of it that bugs me, but “prolly” seems to be showing up everywhere. “Probably” is two letters longer. Is it going to kill people to type those two additional letters? Plus, it just sounds wrong. I'd make the same…
Belgium's Rom Houben uses his touchscreen to communicate during an interview at the service center 't Weyerke in Zolder, Belgium, Tuesday. Houben was misdiagnosed for 23 years as being in a coma until a doctor at Liege University discovered three years ago that Houben's brain…
Item: Spokane elementary schools switch to number grades/Jody Lawrence-TurnerMore Info: Most elementary students in Spokane Public Schools are seeing their new report cards for the first time this week; instead of A, B, C, D or F, it’s 4, 3, 2 or 1. The new…
My store is teetering on the edge of needing to hire one more person to help out with "back-end" store operations during the hopefully busy holiday selling season. The tasks prescribed would include cleaning the store and stocking shelves while also learning about our business…
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.
