I didn't mention that I attended the memorial service in Wallace for my friend who committed suicide recently. It was sad, of course. But there was a recurring theme from members of the family, some of whom were estranged. An older brother expressed regret in…
The FBI is looking for this man, who robbed the INB bank branch at Hawthorne Road and Nevada Street at gunpoint Tuesday. Officials say the suspect tied up bank employees with duct tape during the robbery. Story here. (Courtesy of Spokane Police Department)SR's Today In…
Otis G Experience: A couple weeks ago, I got some campaign literature from a guy running in Post Falls. His card really said nothing about where he stands on anything, but focused on the fact that he's a gun-toting elk hunter. Essentially, “Vote for me,…
Sen. Jim Hammond, R-Post Falls, second from left, speaks out at a legislative task force meeting on Tuesday, where he and other lawmakers decided to wait a year before shifting gas tax money away from the state parks department and the Idaho State Police. At…
Participants in the Stilettos Run, wearing stilettos, wait for the start of the race, Sunday in New York. The 80 meters run and nationwide walks are part of an effort to raise public awareness of child trafficking. The run also sought to break the Guinness…
5:31 p.m. R/P reports that a male @ 115 Anton has been maced by unknown person.5:21 p.m. NIC janitors are having difficulty finding leak in roof of first floor of library.4:37 p.m. EMTs are asked to check a woman who is complaining of ill effects…
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A Kootenai Medical Center worker told police that someone fired a bullet at her as she was leaving the hospital's parking garage last week. Kimberly Shaul reported that she thought a tire had gone flat when she heard a loud noise as she was driving…
... the Coeur d'Alene Police Association is interviewing municipal candidates for endorsement purposes at the moment. Huckleberries Online hears that one of the questions that council wannabe Dan Gookin will be asked about his disparaging past remarks about police spokeswoman Christie Wood. He has called…
St. Louis Rams linebacker David Vobora leaves the field after an NFL football game against the Green Bay Packers in St. Louis Sunday. The NFL has suspended Vobora without pay for the next four games for violating its policy on performance enhancing substances. The NFL…
The fact is, people lie. We all lie. We lie to each other, we lie to ourselves. I lie to you. If everyone on the planet was honest one hundred percent of the time, society would have never evolved as far as it has. These…
"I'm usually dragged kicking and screaming out of summer each year, but I do enjoy the beautiful north Idaho autumns once summer's over," posts KerriT/OnLocation North Idaho. "This driveway at the east end of Fernan Lake offers a postcard view of the beauty that's there…
The Gookin Squad & Phaedrus have been keeping tabs on possible position changes of City Council candidate Dan Gookin. Gookin Squad offers the following today:Dan Gookin today: "For our city council, accountability means understanding that their first duty is to represent the citizens and taxpayers…
A Chinese acrobat performs during the inaugural ceremony of China Culture Show in Islamabad, Pakistan, Monday. The show organized by Pakistan Ministry of Culture in collaboration with the Chinese Embassy to celebrate China's 60th anniversary. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)Question: How flexible are you?
I love almost everything about college football, but the one thing I cannot stand is ranking polls. How does Boise State get ranked fifth in the nation? Maybe it’s because they beat a couple high schools by like 50 points. Can we please get a…
But you must remember that, when dealing with liberals, they're always right, and you're always wrong. Unless, of course, you're also a liberal, then you simply hold a "differing viewpoint." Think back to the Bush administration with the protest signs and buttons with such phrases…
A year ago, Democratic Senate candidate Larry LaRocco claimed his Republican rival, Jim Risch, had benefited handsomely from the tax shift Risch engineered during his brief stint as governor in 2006. Risch's bill cut property taxes by $260 million and boosted the sales tax by…
There are occation's when our publication has error's — both in print and online — and we have some loyal reader's who occationally point them our to us. We alway's appreciate those who help keep us on our toe's. Having said that (or, to be…
KerriT's sister, Janna Scharf shared a photo she took on Friday on N. 7th Street in Coeur d'Alene. She did a double take when she noticed this doggy in a second-story window so drove around the block to get the picture. That's when she noticed…
11:38 a.m. Zachary threw a rubber knife @ R/P and is threatening employees of Fresh Start, 1524 Sherman/CdA. Then, he left the building.11:02 a.m. Winton officials are trying to catch a loose dog on school grounds.10:55 a.m. Matthew is turning himself in to juvenile justice…
An airplane was stolen from the Boundary County Airport early today. The heist is the latest move in a series of mysterious activity near the United States and Canada border in the past week. The Creston, B.C., airport reported burglaries over the weekend. Handguns, food,…
Shipments of mine waste started arriving at the East Mission Flats repository Monday, after a top Superfund official endorsed a plan to store 40,000 truckloads of soil tainted with heavy metals in the Coeur d’Alene River’s floodplain. Mathy Stanislaus expressed confidence in the repository’s ability…
Pleading guilty to unlawful sex with an underage girl — the drugging, raping and sodomizing of a 13 year-old — isn’t stopping Hollywood from ginning up an indignation campaign over the possibility of fugitive director Roman Polanski being held accountable for his crimes. Yes, these…
Not that the end result necessarily will be much different, but one of Idaho’s most unusual candidates this year – Melissa Sue Robinson, running for mayor of Nampa against incumbent Tom Dale – is creating a larger stir than you might have expected. What there…
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.
