In the comments section, Keith Erickson asks: "Hey Dave, What happened to the Hauser Thoughts link? I rely on FHB for my daily dose of Hauser goings-on. Please tell me it's not going away … " Earlier this week, Frum Helen Back asked me via…
Don Sausser points out that 6-foot-2 Abree Chesnut (No. 5) is one reason why North Idaho College volleyballers are rated No. 1 in the nation. Here, Abree fires one through the hands of CSI blockers.
“Frankly, we stand behind what we did,” said Soumas, who has a 14-year-old pet dog at home. “It wasn’t the most popular thing, and certainly we’ve received a lot of feedback, but I don’t really know what choice we had. The guy that actually had…
Lynn Swanbom, former Girl Friday for the SR editorial page and a former commenter here at Huckleberries Online, will be on "Jeopardy!" Friday night. Lynn told your Huckleberry Hound today: "I tested online in January 2008 to be a contestant; I was invited to an…
At Priest Lake, Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns snapped this photo of the sunset after the storm Wednesday.Author finds 'Whitopia' in North Idaho/Miller McCuneFBI special agent in Groene-McKenzie murders, kidnappings gets new job/KPAXIdaho parachutist illegally shot at wolf pack from the sky/APFBI releases bank holdup…
A large Golden Orb Spiders crawls on the face of Sydney Wildlife World Keeper Borisat in Sydney, Australia, Thursday. The Wildlife park is holding a survey to establish which of the two types of animals the public find more creepy, snakes or spiders. You write…
5:11 p.m. R/P reports an illegal burn @ Maple & Lacey/Hayden.5:02 p.m. A 44YO drunken man @ Chateau Trailer Park/Highway 41 reports to a crisis line that he has slashed his wrists.4:44 p.m. R/P reports neighborhood boy on 4th Street was shooting at a deer…
Today I'm picking up on what Byron York reported in the Washington Examiner. Oprah, Michelle and Obama's trip to Copenhagen to lobby for a Chicago Olympics is a "sacrifice" but they're doing it for the kids. The blood is barely dry on the streets from…
Women in Idaho earn less, are more likely to live in poverty, are becoming increasingly uninsured and, as the primary caretakers for children in this state, during this recession are being asked to do more with less. With his new budget proposals that include slashing…
The findings mark a dramatic shift in public opinion -- supporters of abortion rights have clearly outnumbered opponents for many years, with one brief exception, studies have shown. But only 47 percent of Americans now feel abortion should be legal in all or most cases…
You may think that this is a gratuitous attempt to generate page-views on a slow afternoon at Huckleberries Online. But I have this to say about that -- no comment. Now, onto the cutline: In this book cover image released by Harper, "Going Rogue: An…
Report: US lags behind 27 other nations in the average download speed: Idaho ranks 49th of 53 states, territories/Idaho StatesmanMore Info: The average U.S. download speed is 5.1 megabits per second (mbps), and the average upload speed is 1.1 mbps, according to the recent report…
Entering the final quarter of the year, Huckleberries Online has attracted 1.5 million page-views and more than 850,000 unique views. According to Google Analytics, this blog has recorded 1,503,756 page-views and 853,949 unique views through Sept. 30. Now, the blog has a decent shot at…
Elizabeth Smart, right, walks out of the federal courthouse with her mother Lois Smart after testifying at a competency hearing for her alleged kidnapper, Brian David Mitchell, in Salt Lake City. Smart testified Thursday she was raped repeatedly each day after she was abducted from…
Local author and speaker Deanna Davis was having one of those days. Her baby had spiked a fever and had all the symptoms of a nasty ear infection. Then her toddler daughter came into the room crying and holding her nose. “What’s happened?” Davis asked.…
Tuesday might steep in infamy as the day the tradition of camp coffee died. Starbucks, after nearly 20 years of research, has debuted a decent-tasting instant cuppa joe. Once I controlled my gag reflex and tried a cup – this is not your mother’s Sanka…
Police were called to Timberlake Senior High School in Rathdrum early Thursday morning after a text message circulated through the community indicating a recently suspended student planned to bring a gun to school. Early Thursday morning an official with the Lakeland School District said that…
The Phelps family including matriarch Dee Phelps joins her children Ron, Jeff, Dan and Lori, as they welcome her husband, Chief Warrant Officer Don Phelps's remains on a flight from Hawaii at the Boise Airport Tuesday. Phelps died in 1965 when his helicopter disappeared over…
Kendramama: We are, for the first time, living in dread of overdraft charges as we wait anxiously for my husband's paycheck every other week. I, for the first time in years, am among the ranks of the unemployed, and not just because of choice. It's…
A Berry Picker sends along a link from Wired magazine that ranks the various regions of the country in terms of the 7 deadly sins (greed, envy, wrath, sloth, gluttony, lust, pride). Sez she: "A group from Kansas plotted maps of the seven deadly sins…
Pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, right, and co-pilot Jeff Skiles wave as they pull back from the gate at LaGuardia Airport in New York this morning. Sullenberger and co-pilot 1st Officer Jeffrey Skiles flew Thursday from Charlotte, N.C., to New York _ their first flight together…
12:10 p.m. A red traffic light is out @ H95 & Kathleen/CdA.11:56 a.m. Lakeland High wants an officer to tell an individual to stay off school grounds.11:44 a.m. Caller tells Post Falls police that there may be a wanted man in 3500 block of Spokane…
Post Falls police are looking for a man in his early 20s (shown above) who robbed Walgreens pharmacy, 706 Seltice Way/Post Falls late Wednesday afternoon. A Walgreens employee told police that the man handed her a note that said he had a gun and demanded…
Last week I woke to the sound of men’s voices in my kitchen. I checked the clock and sat up abruptly. My husband had already left for work. Who could be in my kitchen at 6:30 a.m.? I swung my feet to the floor and…
My two oldest daughters are leaving tomorrow morning on a plane for a long-planned trip with my aunt and uncle to go see a “big-time grown-up” play in San Francisco. It's a special trip that they have been ecstatic about for months about which their…
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.
