For some reason, I woke up this morning thinking of those two wunnerful years in Lewiston (1982-84) weatherwise. It was the only time in my 34-year sojourn in the Northwest that I enjoyed nice weather in February. I still recall the shock I had after…
A petunia is seen through a raindrop falling off a leaf in a garden in Overland Park, Kan., Monday. Widespread rains were falling across much of the midwest causing flood warnings across several states. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
On her Facebook wall, Cindy tells of a one-sided conversation with her son, Zack, who stated after school: "Look what this girl at school gave me! A 22 caliber bullet! Isn't it shiny? She also gave me crayons-- cuz I wanted crayons." Comments Cindy: "Courtship…
The royal wedding is almost upon us! After it is over, we will have another 3 months of critiques to listen to and watch. I confess, I am a sucker for this kind of stuff, I can hardly wait as I am looking forward to…
Jerome High School sophomore Nick Greenlea works on a program called PLATO courseware at the school in preparation for taking the Idaho Standards Achievement Test’s language portion in Jerome on Monday. A school that fails to meet Annual Yearly Progress requirements under the federal No…
A newly hatched baby Olive Ridley turtle wades to enter the sea, past a human footprint at the Rushikulya river mouth beach in Ganjam district, about 140 kilometers away from the eastern Indian city Bhubaneshwar, India, earlier today. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Biswaranjan Rout)…
5:52 p.m. A 10YO girl is alone and crying in a black vehicle parked near Post Falls Subway. 5:33 p.m. Woman on Lancaster has questions re: a son-in-law's friend taking an old motorcycle that had been on her place for last 2 years. 5:31 p.m.…
.” What Fred (Colby, co-owner of Laughing Dog Brewery of Sandpoint) was most excited about though was the expansion of the brewery that would be happening soon with the addition of five more fermenter’s. When I asked him if that had anything to do with…
Herb Huseland/Bay Views: The woman cited for “Inattentive driving,” for allowing a deer to hit the side of her car has been reprieved. A sergeant from ISP called me yesterday to announce the charge was in the process of being dismissed. He did ask that…
Jim Callahan, 52, of Orlando, raises a sign during a town hall meeting held by Rep. Daniel Webster, R-Fla., in Orlando, Fla., earlier today. Congressional Republicans are getting mixed reviews as they pitch their budget plan to constituents back home. Webster faced heckling, boos and…
While others were living out their high school years attending prom and going to homecoming football games, Shannon Derby, pictured, was just struggling to fit in. Derby’s family moved a lot making high school a challenge for the teenager, who attended 10 different schools by…
"This is April in North Idaho," said Justin Fyfe, manager of Westwood Gardens in Rathdrum as he removed the snow from the greenhouses on Tuesday. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)
On his Facebook wall, OrangeTV/Get Out! North Idaho reports this news: "Seasons of Coeur d'Alene" is the name of the new eatery & lounge opening in Cd'A in the remodeled former location of the Cd'A Brewpub. Opens in June. "Seasons of Coeur d'Alene"? They might…
On her Facebook wall, former SR buddy Taryn Hecker-Thompson tells of seeing a Spokane news crew filming an "old codger" with a snow blower across the street. When I asked Taryn, with concern, how she defined "old codger," she replied: "It is someone over 80…
Imagine if LCDC actually covered ACDC songs with their own Coeur d’Alene twist. Here’s the first album with 12 tracks: Back in Financial Black You taxed me all night long Dirty Deeds Done for Dirt but not Cheap It’s a Long way to the Top…
A wolverine is shown in the Wallowa Mountains of northeastern Oregon, captured on film April 13 by an automatic trail camera set out by researcher Audrey Magoun. Numbering only about 300 in the U.S., the wolverine is protected in Oregon as a state threatened species.…
Kate Middleton, who shares the same name with the future bride of Prince William, poses with her bicycle outside Boston in Concord, Mass., earlier today. Recently, Facebook accused the Boston Middleton of being an impostor and deleted her account. Various media reporters also keep showing…
I've received 2 emails this morning from concerned sources that the Dike Road on Hayden Lake might be in danger. One writes: "I have heard, on fairly reliable authority, that the Corps of Engineers has said that the dike next to Honeysuckle Beach is super…
11:57 a.m. Patrol officer reports street sign @ 19th & Montana/CdA has been turned. 11:54 a.m. Someone has been hurt in a fall at the food bank @ 4144 Industrial Loop/CdA. 11:14 a.m. An injury accident is reported in parking lot of Burger King on…
"I mailed about a dozen postcards from the post box outside the Royal Academy of the Arts in downtown London on April 7," posts Kerri Thoreson on her Facebook wall. "Just heard that one arrived here in Post Falls today. 19 days to make it…
To say that the theory that President Obama was not born in Hawaii is a conspiracy theory is an insult to conspiracy theorists. The JFK assassination theorists at least have some probable explanation to cover most of their bases. People who challenged whether the death…
It was 1974. My heart had been broken for the first time at age 19, and I sometimes babysat my niece, Nichole, and I'd put on Phoebe Snow's new self-titled album with its sad and haunting single “Poetry Man” and pace the living room of…
Item: In a first, women surpass men in advanced degrees/Hope Yen, Associated Press More Info: Census figures show women outnumber men for the first time when it comes to finishing college and holding advanced degrees. The findings released Tuesday come amid record shares of women…
KISS has been booked into the Spokane Arena for a June 24 show. Tickets will be $47.50, $67.50 and $97.50, on sale Friday at 10 a.m. through TicketsWest outlets. They played a sold-out show at the Arena in 1996/Jim Kershner, Spotlight. Question (from Spotlight): The…
Monday Poll: A majority of Hucks Nation is OK with all the Washington boaters using North Idaho waterways. But a large minority isn't. 100 of 189 respondents (52.91%) said they aren't bugged by the large influx of Washington state boaters. 85 of 189 respondents (44.97%)…
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.
