It's Tuesday! Oh, happy day, DFO will be back tomorrow. Unless he didn't get enough of a blog break-- you never know. He sure does earn his vacation days. Riding herd on a blog like Huck's online can be exhausting. In fact, I won't be…
Indian youth make a human pyramid to reach and break the Dahi Handi, an earthen pot filled with yoghurt, as they celebrate Janamashtami, the birth anniversary of Hindu God Krishna in Mumbai, India, Monday, Aug. 22, 2011.
A new non-partisan fiscal policy center is being launched in Idaho, with Mike Ferguson, former longtime state chief economist, chosen to head it. The Idaho Center for Fiscal Policy will be housed at the Mountain States Group, and is funded by a grant from the…
This 152 Cessna plane crashed near Priest Lake today. The pilot, Dr. John Hershey of Chattaroy, was hospitalized. A Chattaroy man is in the hospital after he crashed his small plane at Priest Lake today. Dr. John Hershey was conscious when emergency crews found his…
TACOMA, Wash. – A woman caused an accident SR 512 on Monday when she lost control of her vehicle as she was giving another driver “the bird,” the Washington State Patrol said. The 23-year-old woman, driving a 2004 Taurus, was traveling eastbound next to a…
For President Obama, the NATO air war in Libya was driven by a humanitarian impulse: to prevent the slaughter of Libyan civilians. On March 28, in fact, Mr. Obama said the United States would not stand by and allow a massacre that would have “stained…
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Genna Saucedo supervises cashiers at a Wal-Mart in Pico Rivera, California, but her wages aren't enough to feed herself and her 12-year-old son. Saucedo, who earns $9.70 an hour for about 26 hours a week and lives with her mother, is…
Breast cancer survivors pose for a group photograph behind the INB Preforming Arts Center on Sunday, April 17, 2011. More than a third of Idaho women over 40 did not receive important breast cancer screening in the last two years, reports the Idaho Department of…
People stand in Foley Square in New York after being evacuated from the federal and state buildings that surround it Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2011. MINERAL, Va. — A 5.9-magnitude earthquake centered in Virginia forced evacuations of all the memorials and monuments on the National Mall…
DuaneRasmussen on Montanan tapped as Idaho lands director on August 23 at 1:01 p.m. I am amazed. We hear about this but nothing about the grizzly bear case which drew so many people to federal court in Coeur d’Alene today. What is up with that?…
A man wades through a flooded street after Hurricane Irene hit the area of Naguabo, Puerto Rico, on Monday. Irene could reach the U.S. mainland by the end of the week. NAGUA, Dominican Republic – A rapidly strengthening Hurricane Irene roared off the Dominican Republic’s…
The Idaho Land Board, from left, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden, Secretary of State Ben Ysursa, Gov. Butch Otter and state Controller Donna Jones, meets Tuesday to hire a new state lands director. BOISE - Idaho’s state Land Board has voted unanimously to hire Tom Schultz,…
Michael Jordan in 1998. A lot goes into being a pro athlete—hard training, raw talent, the ability to perform under pressure. But for some stars, a little superstitious reasoning is the added edge they need to get into the zone. Whether it's drinking urine or…
Lia Whitmore has sustained several concussions in her career playing soccer so she now wears a head brace for protection. School physical. Check. Immunization record. Check. Emergency contact. Check. Head examined. Huh? Back to school means back to sports for many student athletes, but before…
COEUR d'ALENE - This year's highlights: More beer, but not everywhere. Plus a post-rodeo shindig, and discounted tickets online. On Monday, vendors were already arranging their wares and workers installing towering carnival rides on the Kootenai County Fairgrounds, in preparation for the 2011 North Idaho…
Dr. James Levine, of the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minn., demonstrates how to operate the Walkstation at the Steelcase showroom in Manhattan in 2007. In an 18-year career at the University of Michigan, where she’s a customer service center supervisor in the payroll department, Jackie…
Joey Bonacci displays his triathlon medal. Joey Bonacci is only 5 years old, but he’s training for his second triathlon. He asks his baby sitter to time him as he sprints across his Hayden lawn. He took swimming lessons this winter so he’d be more…
Latest in a seemingly never-ending series on nature’s attempt to murder me. As I write these words I am trying to ignore a red, itchy welt on my left wrist. Itchy tells only part of the story. There is burning, too, as if some fiend…
The University of Idaho assistant professor accused of shooting and killing a 22-year-old female at a residence on South Lilly Street in Moscow on Monday night is dead, according to the Moscow-Pullman Daily News. Moscow Police said they served a search warrant at the University…
COEUR d'ALENE - They can manage for now. But some providers of non-mandated services in Kootenai County worry that upcoming budget cuts are the beginning of a long fall. More important for us is the long-term implications," said Mike Howell, district director for the University…
A man walks in a star wars dress at the gamescom 2011 computer game fair in Cologne, Germany, Thursday, Aug. 18, 2011. You write the cutline.
MILWAUKEE – Mention Amazon to the incoming class of college freshmen and they are more likely to think of shopping than the South American river. PC doesn’t stand for political correctness and breaking up on Facebook is more common than any more personal encounter. These…
Before judging, hear the pitch. The Inland Northwest Council of Boy Scouts of America is holding town meetings this week to explain Discovery Land Company's offer to purchase Camp Easton, and why the organization is considering accepting. "We hope to fully inform folks of more…
For many of us, a morning without coffee or tea is a like the proverbial day without sunshine. For me, much of it is about the ritual. OK, who am I kidding? It’s about the caffeine. Mmm, I love caffeine -- that naturally occurring alkaloid…
The Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial is seen Monday in Washington, D.C., ahead of its dedication Sunday, the 48th anniversary of the March on Washington. WASHINGTON – Some were locals who’ve watched for years as the memorial to the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. took…
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.
