Betsy Russell, my Boise partner in journalism, tells HucksOnline that seats for the open records/meeting discussion w/AG Lawrence Wasden are going fast in both the Sandpoint (Monday) and Coeur d'Alene (Tuesday). Fifty-three people -- a who's-who of local political folks -- have RSVP'd for the…
An Air Force officer holds a bird during a military ceremony celebrating the 92nd anniversary of Colombia's Air Ford in Bogota earlier today. (AP Photo/Fernando Vergara)
What do you call the holiday when you talk about it in general? As I have caught flak and see others catch flak for saying Happy Holidays. This is a term or saying I have had for years.. before it fell from grace of the…
5:24 p.m. Man dressed in black is walking in n/b lanes @ H95 & M/P 443 (Chilco). 5:15 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Dec. 1-2 here. 5:09 p.m. Father w/battery alert code & son kicked another man in head @ Gunning &…
A duck makes its way across a thin layer of ice on the pond at Falls Park in Post Falls on this morning. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Regulators slam Hecla for miner's death in April/SR Leach shares thoughts on WSU history, players/SR Boise police, fire…
"I'm thinking that anyone in our area who had a camera handy during the late afternoon was snapping skyward photos," posts Marianne Love/Slight Detour. "The local paper featured a photo from the late afternoon art show, as did one of my Facebook friends." More here.…
A passerby slips money into the donation kettle as Salvation Army's Mathew Niblack belts out a tune in front of the Fred Meyer in Port Orchard, Wash. in Port Orchard, Wash., Wednesday. Story here. (AP Photo/Kitsap Sun, Meegan M. Reid) Question: Do you contribute to…
This letter is in response to (today's Coeur d'Alene Press editorial): "The opening statement reads “If you’re looking for someone who disagrees with something Mayor Sandi Bloem has voted for, voted against or decided on her own, count us in.” I wish to clarify that…
On her Facebook wall, Cindy posts: "Three years ago I broke up with my hairdresser because he spent 45 minutes every 6 weeks complaining to me about his crappy life AND he wouldn't listen to me when I wanted to grow my hair out. After…
Dan Gookin: Just got my second Christmas card of the season. I was once a big Christmas Card / Holiday Letter guy. I think I sent out 200 a few years back. Then I tried doing the card online and having links to it send…
I used to feel a sense of obligation when I started a new novel. Unless I quit reading during the first chapter, I’d slog through to the end even if I wasn’t enjoying it. Instead of sharing beautiful writing and funny prose out loud (to…
On Get Out! North Idaho's Twitter account, Orange TV tweets re: this asparague & Prosciutto fettuccine pasta special at Moon Time/Post Falls until next Thursday: "Hello again, ravenous appetite. Thought I'd gotten rid of you this morning, but suddenly you're back." Question: What's your favorite…
JeanieSpokane: This will probably get me blitzed from all those football fans, but am I the only one who is appalled at the multi-million dollar package offered to Leach, while we are still in economic chaos, and we wonder why tuition goes up so high!…
Arsaken: She is representing me and the significant portion of this community that supports the changes to McEuen. I’m sick of people claiming that the “community” is against McEuen or the “people” demand a vote. I am part of this community, I am the people,…
Nineteen members of Delta Chi became inactive after the fraternity’s national board reviewed the house earlier this month. Five seniors, six juniors, five sophomores and three freshmen will be banned from living within the house by the end of fall semester, said Brandon Cary Delta…
In Kootenai County too we see threats to unity. KCRR has always stood for an inclusive and conservative Republican Party. Our namesake Ronald Reagan said it best "I want the record to show that I do not view the new revitalized Republican Party as one…
A bouquet of flowers along Oregon 11, just north of Pendleton, Ore., marks the spot where correctional officer Buddy Ray Herron was stabbed multiple times late Monday when he stopped to help what he thought was a stranded motorist. He later died in a Pendleton…
11:52 a.m. Unknown local store believes man found receipt outside and is now collecting items in the store to match it. Man may be try to take items without paying for them. 11:39 p.m. Man may be unconscious in apartments @ 14462 Treehouse/Rathdrum. 11:22 a.m.…
The horses Tyree Kearns welds out of copper and steel would never wear ribbons in their manes. They are drawn from the war horses of ancient Rome or from Greek mythology. Look closely, and you’ll see their rippling muscles, flared nostrils and the fire in…
A group of female Red Deer cast their shadwos across the ground while grazing in a field along Pinnacle Drive, Catawissa, Pa., late Thursday afternoon at the Rolling Hills Red Deer Farm. The Red Deer is the fourth largest deer species in the world and…
Who looks out for Idaho’s electricity consumers? You know, all of us? No one, exactly. And as far as a legislative panel is concerned, that’s just dandy. When these lawmakers rewrote the state’s 2007 energy plan in November, they saw no need to write in…
The city is discussing the idea of a megaload staging area that would be set up in the parking lot across from the visitor’s center. During a special city council meeting Thursday, members unanimously gave Mayor Dick Vester the authority to enter into a contract…
Thursday Poll: A majority of Hucks Nation is hopeful that a new Republican group, North Idaho Political Action Committee, will be successful in helping elect "reasonable Republicans" to office. 53 of 94 respondents (56.38%) marked "I hope they can, I hope they can ..." 20…
This March 9, 1995, file photo, shows trainer Marcia Hinton with Lolita during a performance at the Miami Seaquarium, in Miami. Celebrities, documentary artists, even the former Washington state governor over the years have sought to free Lolita, who was captured from Puget Sound waters…
JEERS ... to Idaho Gov. C.L. (Butch) Otter. As columnist Chris Carlson so aptly put it this week, Otter has been "mailing it in." The evidence is starting to pile up. For instance, Idaho's elected leadership gathered in Boise Thursday for the Associated Taxpayers of…
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.
