Police in Wenatchee are surprised at the amount of contraband an inmate was able to smuggle into the jail rectally. The Wenatchee World said the man internally carried a cigarette lighter, rolling papers, a baggie of tobacco the size of a golf ball, a smaller…
Spectators line a rooftop on a house across the street as Vanderbilt pitcher Grayson Garvin readies his windup during the first inning of their NCAA college baseball tournament regional game against Louisville in Louisville, Ky., earlier today. (AP Photo/Ed Reinke)
At the KEA Blog, exec Terry Harris is seeking input re: how Kootenai Environmental Alliance is doing. In fact, he offers a survey that KEA Blog and Facebook readers can take. Posts Terry: "We’re doing some planning and evaluation and we’d appreciate your comments. Take…
re: Portland vegan shop owner banishes ex-CdA cop/HucksOnlineLast week, I posted an article from the Oregonian re: a vegan shop co-owner asking Portland police officer James Crooker (pictured in Oregonian photo to left) to leave because he wasn't comfortable with a uniformed cop being in…
Third-grader Crysta McLeish, center, her grandmother Shirley Anderson, left, and other parents and grandparents aren’t happy about the proposed closure of Naples Elementary School. Asia Hege/SR reports on the story here. (Photo: Jesse Tinsley/SR).Thunderstorms rolling toward Lake Coeur d'Alene/Mike Prager, SRCoeur d'Alene trustees ponder later…
French-Mexican bullfighter Michel Lagravere, 12, known as Michelito, is pushed by a bull after falling during a bullfight in the Plaza de Toros Mexico bullring in Mexico City Sunday. Lagravere, the youngest bullfighter to perform in the Plaza de Toros Mexico, suffered bruising and was…
4:26 p.m. A possible hand or arm amputation is reported at Kimball International (formerly flexcel and Harper's Manufacturing) off West Seltice/Post Falls.5:52 p.m. Minor accident b/n vehicle & bike @ 3rd & Spokane/Post Falls.5:31 p.m. Caller reports crash b/n a vehicle and a bicyclist @…
I don't know how I ended up with two parsley plants (4 for $9 at Fred Meyer) and a chocolate tomato plant on Saturday. But all three are planted in the garden (despite my wife's instruction to toss the parsley plants b/c she doesn't do…
All right, I’ve finally figured out how the city’s budget works. The city gets in trouble, looks around for an easy target, spies the Spokane Public Library and hacks it to death. Really? This is the best way to dig out of a budget hole?…
The federal trial of Spokane Police Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. (a former Kootenai County sheriff's captain) in the Otto Zehm case will be postponed at least two months as as prosecutors appeal a judge’s ruling to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. U.S. District…
North Idaho College Athletics Director Al Williams and NIC wrestler Keri Stanley read to first-graders from Winton Elementary. NIC representatives distributed the 7,000th book to Winton Elementary today through the Shirley Parker Reading Program. The program is the namesake of Shirley Parker who was a…
Ah, the personnel policies of KREM-2. At least in the case of Nadine Woodward (pictured), KREM-2 TV she was allowed to give the viewers a bit of notification that she was moving on. However, in the case of Jason Kadah, last week he was there…
Did you know the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce now has its own coffee? asks the blogmistress at the chamber Facebook site. "The River City Blend ($8.50) will be great for gift baskets!" she continues. Membership director Jamey Davis with Barry Robb of Coeur d'Alene…
On Facebook, newly married Dustin Hurst of the Idaho Reporter is trying to raise money for charity by challenging a friend to eat an 18-Wheeler -- a 2- pound patty, a quarter pound of bacon, a quarter pound of cheese, pickles, special sauce and a…
Get Out! North Idaho (via Facebook): It's the most wonderful time of the year. That is, Cd'A Summer Theater is starting it's new season June 12 with "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee" Description: "a hilarious tale of overachievers' angst chronicling the experience of six…
If you’ve been following the bloodsport that is the struggle between Tea Party activists and mainstream Republicans for control of the GOP central committees in Twin Falls, Ada and Canyon counties, it’s hard to escape one conclusion: We, as a state and as a society,…
Gary Volkers of Nampa, Idaho tapes an American flag to his Kawasaki dual sport motorcycle prior to the Idaho Rolling Thunder benefit ride on Sunday in Meridian. Organizers estimate nearly 500 motorcycles participated in the event, which aimed to honor members of the U.S. Military…
As you probably know, Cindy sequestered herself in a North Idaho hideout while working on her book. Upon returning home, she encountered irrefutable evidence that the 5 males in the household were somewhat lost without a woman's influence. For example (via Facebook), Cindy suspects her…
At As The Lake Churns, Pecky Cox, of Priest Lake, calls this photography simply, "A Flower Boat at Casa Cox."
11:26 a.m. Caller wants to meet an officer at Nettleton Gulch trailhead to take him/her to a suspicious camp site.11:05 a.m. An Appleway business reports catching an employee stealing. The employee is being cooperative.11:01 a.m. Bryan School, 801 Harrison, reports someone has suffered a possible…
Lately, though, new threats to achieving this vision (for Cougar Bay's future) have surfaced. One threat involves removing log storage pilings and booms from the mouth of Cougar Bay. Currently, they deter high-speed boats and personal watercrafts from entering Cougar Bay. Another proposed intrusion is…
Boise State is not going to the Mountain West today, anyway. Commissioner Craig Thompson announced Monday that the conference’s nine presidents have decided to wait to make a decision on expansion until there is more clarity about what will happen with conferences around the country/Chadd…
Weekend Poll: You Merry Hucksters consider the impact of Rally Right on Kootenai County politics to be "negative" or "scary." 63 of 195 respondents (32%) said RR's impact was "negative" and another 57 of 195 (29%) said they thought it was "scary." 60 of 195…
On Facebook, OrangeTV/Get Out! North Idaho posts this YouTube video of vacation footage showing early wakeboarding on Lake Coeur d'Alene. The silent film came fromsilent movies created in 1928-1929 by Dr. J.L. Gilleland of Pullman, WA, and his family.Question: What strikes you most re: the…
Veteran White House reporter Helen Thomas is retiring in the wake of controversial comments she made about Israel. Hearst News Service, for which Thomas is a columnist, reported her retirement announcement Monday. Her retirement is effective immediately. She began covering the White House in 1960.…
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.
