Another Monday morning, another system meltdown that affects a fast start here at HucksOnline. Last week, Time Warner was to blame -- about 40 minutes worth. This week, it was something internal that knocked the SR.com system sideways for 2 1/2 hours. I got up…
Tom Cruise reprises his role as Ethan Hunt in a scene from "Mission: Impossible -- Ghost Protocol." (AP Photo/Paramount Pictures) Question: As many of you know, Cruise performed his own stunts high above the sidewalk. Could you have done so, if physically able? In other…
New Canadian citizens must remove any face coverings, such as the Islamic niqab or burqa, while they take the oath of citizenship, the country’s immigration minister said Monday. Jason Kenney said most Canadians find the practice of reciting the oath behind a veil disturbing and…
5:57 p.m. Possible battery reported at Post Falls Dollar Tree. 5:54 p.m. Washington man has poached deer on top of Durango pickup on Morgan/Hayden. 5:47 p.m. Tattoo parlor in 600 block of Hubbard reports problems with disgruntled ex-employee. 5:27 p.m. 3 men are holding an…
How about a little trivia this PM? Can you tell me where this bar sign is located? And what movie did it appear in? Kerri Thoreson provides the photo. Chalich repeats as Statesman's top 5A footballer/CdA Press Lewiston Republican to run for Stegner Senate seat/Eye…
Major John Chamness told HucksOnline moments ago that Mayor Sandi Bloem and Coeur d'Alene won the Salvation Army Red Kettle bell-ringing contest Saturday by collecting $5532.54, while Mayor Mary Verner and Spokane raised $1263 (for a total of 6795.54). Above, in a Salvation Army Kroc…
In the age of Facebook and Twitter, it will be interesting to see if the family Christmas* letter--the impersonal kind that's printed in quantity and mailed with (or in place of) greeting cards--will begin to fade away as a tradition. I hope not. Which may…
Marianne Love/Slight Detour calls the post for this photo, "Dog Day Afternoon at Ball Creek." You can read it here. You can read other Slight Detour posts over the weekend here, and here, and here. Top Blog Post: I went to the Scholastic Book Warehouse…
Republican presidential candidate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich is applauded as he is introduced during a campaign stop at Insight Technology in Londonderry, N.H., this morning. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) Newt Gingrich sent a letter Monday to an influential Iowa social conservative group affirming his commitment…
I can't remember the last time I've watched the Denver Broncos play. My son and the neighbor's boy were Bronco fans growing up back when. But I passed on the Broncs, even when Junior moved to Denver for 8 years. However, I had to see…
Ice skating is hard. Ice is harder. I was working on the youth hockey/LC Ice Arena story, and Bill Sugden talked me into an unplanned skating lesson while the local 9- and 10-year-old team practiced. Before that, my skating experience was limited to dusty Tanya…
As you should know by now, I'm a sucker for sci-fi/apocalpyse/monster genre, whether it be movie or book. So you shouldn't be surprised that I visited Hastings last night to snag the DVD of "Cowboys & Aliens." Enjoyed it, too. Hey, if aliens can invade…
This morning's Deseret News from Salt Lake City includes a bizarre holiday tale-a man recalling the time his father played Mary in an Idaho Christmas pageant. The first-person memory was penned by Kurt Manwaring and recounts an incident when the high priests group of the…
Let’s play a game. Huckleberries will tell you where candidate John Green stands on issues. And you guess which office he’s seeking. Ready? On his Facebook wall, Green lists his stands on several issues, including the Second Amendment: “The Federal Government has no authority to…
Sgt. 1st Class Reynario Leija, left, shows his friends Joshua Hail, center, and Darian Westrick a flag he flew during a deployment to Iraq that he was presenting to the landscape architecture department before the start of the University of Idaho 2011 Fall Commencement in…
At the end to a response re: the tempest-in-a-teapot controversy involving the Lake City Playhouse production of "Rent," Meesterbox said: "On a side note, I don’t plan on watching this play. I had a bad experience with a musical as a child." To which I…
First Lady Michelle Obama greets local children on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington after their attempt to break the Guinness World Records title for the most people doing jumping jacks in a 24-hour period. The first lady announced in an email…
Weekend Poll: The fact that 24 Kootenai County voters cast ballots in city elections Nov. 8 proves that human error is always present in such vote counts. 68 of 213 respondents (31.92%) said the 24 illegal votes + 21 more city residents who cast ballots…
Tax-protesting Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart has asked for and received a 30-day delay in the deadline to file his legal response to federal authorities' move to foreclose on his Athol, Idaho home for years of unpaid federal income taxes, interest and penalties. Hart, acting…
11:38 a.m. CPD Blues are looking for white 2006 Express trailer w/a black 1967 Ford Mustang CT350, w/a white stripe along the side, that was stolen from a CdA residence @ 3 p.m. Sunday. 11:18 a.m. I-90 BOSS system detected stolen Washington plate on large…
The Salvation Army Kroc Center still hasn't posted final totals in the mayor-vs-mayor bell-ringing contest between Coeur d'Alene and Spokane. But it appears as though Coeur d'Alene Mayor Sandi Bloem & Co. has won the day. By midafternoon Saturday, Bloem & Co. had raised about…
Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna believes that opponents of having for-profit companies deliver online school courses in Idaho have a mentality not unlike protestors in the Occupy Wall Street movement. Luna also said that those worried about for-profit education companies providing online school…
"All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing." - Edmund Burke. Lake City Playhouse intends to perform the scandalous musical "Rent" in January. Executive Director George Green would have us believe that our community is extremely fortunate to…
This is one timber transaction we're happy to see environmentalists jump into. Over the years this newspaper has been critical of environmentalist groups that have tied up timber sales and delayed or prevented the very goal those groups purport to support: The health of our…
SR.com site has had technical difficulties this morning. I haven't been able to post ... Stay tuned ...
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.
