Mr. Bloggy: Mr_Bloggy is about to discover hope. Hope, BC, that is. Mr_Bloggy is co-piloting an adventure! He and his squeeze are driving to Anchorage Ak thru BC and the Yukon Territory. He will endeavor to provide daily dispatches, as it were, of the trip…
How much do you love seeing a college woman hocking a huge green spitball of mucus on to the ground? Not very much, I hope. With that image in your head, it may be harder to take a dip in public the next time you…
11:39 a.m. Caller was asking for return of items taken following Post Falls area suicide earlier this month.10:55 a.m. Mack @ Hayden Meadows Elementary has caught a golden retriever.10:52 a.m. Caller reports that a male shook his fist at a female by water fountain @…
On the Get Out! North Idaho Facebook page, OrangeTV asks if mid-morning is too late to publish breakfast Food Porn (like this photo from Kootenai Cafe). Then, he answers: "Never! And this looks like one sultry omelet." I disagree. It's too late for those of…
On his Facebook site, Sam writes that he's hosed that Hayden WalMart had Boise State logos in infant wear but nothing for the Idaho Vandals. Which prompts this confession. I don't have any Vandal wear among my collection of baseball caps, T-shirts, sweat shirts, etc.…
Eman: Ya know Dave, last night while watching my beloved Giants destroy the Cowboys I noticed that my wedding ring was missing. Same situation, only had been to a couple of places but it vanished. I never take it off, for the last 20 years,…
Gina Bushfield,18, left, and Sabrina Ewing,18, share an umbrella as they walk along Garden Avenue in Coeur d'Alene, Idhao on Monday. Cold rainy weather is supposed last all week long.(AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Kathy Plonka)Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SRMonday Scanner Traffic/DFO, Huckleberries OnlineHeavy snow falls on Inland…
Item: Additional postage has absentee voters licked: Post office admits ballots should not have been returned to citizens/Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: Absentee ballots across Kootenai County were returned to voters who tried to mail them back to the elections department recently after a…
Item: Republicans clash over Hart: Central committee will vote to remove leader Matt Roetter over support refusal/Alecia Warren, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: "I don't care who it is. If the guy is elected through the primaries, that is the person we're obligated to support," Trotter…
Incumbent Rep. Walt Minnick’s lead over Republican Raul Labrador fell from 10 percentage points in mid-September to 3 percentage points late last week, says a poll commissioned by the Idaho Statesman and six other newspapers. The freshman Democrat’s lead is so narrow that it may…
Re: McCrory lawyer wants witness fee of $21.27 backSisyphus: The “real” point is that McRory's attorney exercised the authority of the court by issuing a subpoena (a court order to appear) to assure Christa's attendance at the hearing. The rules required he provide a witness…
Herb: I realize that with politics in the forefront, my bitch isn't probably going to resonate. Still, I am tired of hearing college graduates, (many of them) football players and even commentators, use “you know,” 14 times in one sentence. Next time you listen to…
Re: North Idaho College trustee debates: Nilson versus Howard/Hucks OnlineMcGruber: Watch the forum unfiltered like I did for a better feel for the exchanges. And why is it odd to refer to the students as customers of the college? They determine what courses have value…
Re: North Idaho College trustee debates: Nilson versus Howard/Hucks OnlinePhaedrus: Because Nilson did not go to college he seems to have a chip on his shoulder and is not just in favor of pro-tech education, but is actually against non-tech higher education. Students go to…
Opening: Christie Wood says she's been board chairwoman for last 2 years. Also, she's the only candidate who has been a student at North Idaho College. (For OTV: Christie's golden locks are flowing over dark jacket and light brown blouse.) She talks about the challenge…
Ken Howard will be debating Ron Nilson first tonight; Luke Malek will be moderator of Kootenai County Young Professionals.Ron Nilson has on dark gray suit & red power tie; Ken Howard has on lighter gray shirt and earth-tone green tie. 40 people present at Post…
Chloe Hager, 20 months, shows her dog Patsy at the 5th annual Bow Wow Ween at Meadow View Growers in New Carlisle, Ohio, Saturday. Chloe and her pet came dressed as giraffes. (AP Photo/Springfield News-Sun, Marshall Gorby)
I didn't realize that the Spanish-American War caused the beginning of the end for Fort Sherman, the current site of North Idaho College. According to Louise Shadduck's "At the Edge of the Ice: Where Coeur d’Alene and its People Meet," Fort Sherman troops were called…
A friend sent me an e-mail early Friday morning. It said, “I rarely envy other people’s jobs, but how cool is it to have your photo next to Clint Eastwood’s on the cover of the Today section?” I jokingly wrote back, “Yes, it was great…
Diego Sanchez, right, chokes Paulo Thiago, of Brazil, during a UFC mixed martial arts match in Anaheim, Calif., Saturday. Sanchez won by unanimous decision. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)Top Cutlines:1. Hurt over not receiving his own pink panties, a jilted Todd Palin…
5:16 p.m. A deer is trying to cross n/b H95 @ M/P 437 (Boekel Road).5:12 p.m. A dark blue pickup tried to ram another vehicle on I-90 @ M/P 6 (near H41) and is passing on shoulder of the freeway.4:25 p.m. EMTs are asked to…
Weekend Poll: In a surprise, incumbent Kootenai County Commissioner Rick Currie, a write-in candidate, defeated Jai Nelson handily. Currie attracted 164 of 278 votes (59%) from Hucks Nation to beat GOPrimary winner Jai Nelson in our straw poll. Nelson won 72 of 278 (26%) votes.…
The Gem State made national news over the weekend after a staffer for the Idaho State Tax Commission attempted to shut down a pumpkin stand being manned by two children in Lewiston. Monday, a spokesman for the agency wouldn’t comment on the incident, but did…
"I was going to visit Rodney Wolfe at Kootenai Medical Center, but they said no," writes Ralph Bartholdt, Skookum Photography. "They said critical and that’s all we can tell you. What newspaper do you work for? I don’t, lady. I’m a pal, I said." More…
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.