One man is dead after the small plane he was flying crashed about seven miles south of Coeur d’Alene. The single-engine Cessna 210 crashed a few minutes after 5 p.m. in a wooded, brushy area of Red Hog Ridge, near Loffs Bay Road and about…
What a day. What a week. It sounds like the never-ending Jim Brannon election challenge will end tomorrow, with incumbent Mike Kennedy prevailing by 4 votes instead of 5. 10 months of innuendo and name-calling. Tens of thousands of dollars in attorney and court fees.…
Marc Schneiver, left, and Jack Stuart, right, dressed as Davy Crockett and Patrick Henry, walk across the steps of the Idaho statehouse after participating in the Constitution Day celebration today in Boise. (AP Photo/Idaho Press-Tribune, Charlie Litchfield)
RE: Reagan Republicans misgrade Congressman Minnick's NRA standing/Hucks OnlineThom George: I was the BerryPicker who provided the photo. I attended the rally to correct the RR's misinformation about Congressman Minnick's NRA rating. I attended the rally to correct the RR's misinformation about Congressman Minnick's NRA…
5:35 p.m. Someone has fallen of a bike @ Canfield & Windy Pines/CdA.5:30 p.m. A possible "aircraft incident" is being reported @ H95 & M/P 418 (Mica Creek Bridge). Searchers may be looking for a downed, small aircraft in the area.5:29 p.m. Caller is concerned…
Father Tom Connolly, the long-time, popular Jesuit priest who ministered to the Coeur d'Alene Indian Tribe for decades, is shown on Memorial Day 2008 participating in a ceremony at the Worley Cemetery. Connolly, 81, who recently retired, is another of the North Idaho neighbor's "Faces"…
4:16 p.m. Judge schedules closing arguments for 9:30 p.m. Saturday.4:13 p.m. Last voter that Brannon wanted to call is unavailable. Judge declares evidence phase of trial over.3:58 p.m. Hosack is struggling w/Dobslaf status. She's legal federally. But he isn't sure she's legal as far as…
Democrat Keith Allred stopped by my office a few minutes ago and re-challenged Butch Otter to drop his planned talk on a Boise radio show and debate in Lewiston as previously scheduled. Her'es his statement to Huckleberries: "Just before the debate started in Boise, I…
At Bent's Beer Garden, Sunny writes re: "an heirloom tomato gone crazy" and then urges patience as she, you, & I wait for many vegetables (more photos) to turn from green or whatever other color to ripe. More here. C-U-T-E/A Butterfly MomentWhen banks go wrong/Arch…
On her Facebook page, Cindy reports that she's "a serious fan of Red Shoe Therapy. Even balancing your checkbook and folding laundry is more fun when you're wearing red shoes and taking frequent dance breaks."Question: What do you do for your Red Shoe Therapy?
I'm going to publish John "Witch Hunt" Cafferty's fashion report separately today because he truly is the talk of the courtroom (at least on the non-Brannon side) today: Berry Picker describes Cafferty as "possibly the most stylishly chic man in the room as he is…
Judge Charles Hosack: wearing his black robe which makes him the smartest man in the room. His robe is crisp and his gathers slightly billow at the shoulders, especially when he is shaking his head in disbelief at Kelso. Underneath the robe, he is wearing…
From Hucks Online fashion police: "OpenCDA crowd must have circulated a memo to dress down for court.Larry Spencer: Has ditched the suit and has opted for casual Friday with Levis, a white button down shirt and brown belt. The two toned brown leather boat shoes…
The Kootenai County Reagan Republicans are staging a protest (see photo above) on Walt Minnick's stand on gun rights, based on false information. They gathered at 2 o'clock today at the corner of Lakewood & Northwest Boulevard to protest the Obama administration's record on gun…
Rep. Walt Minnick is stretching Raul Labrador’s words. But Labrador shouldn’t be surprised that his immigration law practice is coming under harsh scrutiny. Minnick turned up the heat and hit the airwaves Thursday with the toughest TV ad of the fall election season. The 1st…
... now located at West Garden Avenue & Park Drive/CdA. (Courtesy: North Idaho College Facebook page)
Huckleberries Online has sent out a bulletin requesting today's fashion report from the Brannon Election Trial front. I hear that John "Witch Hunt" Cafferty is stylin' today in his French-cut jacket. And that Councilwoman Deanna Goodlander is wondering why she was left off yesterday's report.…
... from high school sports writer Greg Lee/SR that about 2000 people attended the funeral services of former Coeur d'Alene High baseball star Devon Austin this morning at Real Life Ministries/Post Falls, including Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Wayne Longo and Mayor Sandi Bloem, as well…
The group which represented conservative Christians at the Legislature and produced voter guides, closed shop a year ago, when Bryan Fischer (pictured) left to host a radio show in Mississippi. (Gary) Brown, an education consultant and pastor, lives in Twin Lakes in Kootenai County. He…
Via Facebook before midnight Thursday, Mike Kennedy: " I am not an attorney, but I have been in a courtroom for four straight days now, with another still to come (just one if I'm lucky). Thus I'm tempted to again misrepresent a quote from Shakespeare:…
Pope Benedict XVI, left, accompanied by the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, right, arrives at the Westminster Abbey in central London, for a service of evening prayer, Friday. Pope Benedict XVI is in Britain for a four-day visit, the first-ever state visit by a Pope…
12:02 p.m. Court back in session.11:10 a.m. Judge Hosack calls a recess.10:48 a.m. Zellars tells the court that she had the wrong ballot. But she can't remember how she voted in Brannon-Kennedy race. She says she always votes Democratic -- to which Erbland asks whether…
Noonish: Steam & smoke are coming from motorhome on I-90 & M/P 27 (4th of July).11:50 a.m. Brenda says ex-boyfriend is en route from Midtown to burn her house down.11:34 a.m. Paula reports an ongoing problem with stray cats.10:53 a.m. Patrol officer reports he's pulling…
Thursday Poll: 83 of 104 (79.61%) respondents say that Gov. Butch Otter picked poorly when he decided to accept an invitation to answer questions on a Boise radio show rather than debate Democrat Keith Allred in Lewiston. Only 14 of 104 (13.59%) respondents voted that…
The Idaho County (Grangeville) commissioners Thursday declared a local disaster because of wolf predation on livestock and wildlife in the county and are asking Gov. C.L. (Butch) Otter to allow wolves to be shot on sight. In a four-page declaration faxed Thursday afternoon to the…
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.
