Your Huckleberry Hound survived the holidays in fine fashion, enjoying a week-long visit from Amy Dearest and a new Kindle that my wife provided under the tree. Meanwhile, Cindy Lou Who brought the Hucks Online express into station with a record 2.6 million page-views (2,595,456…
Brian Pomerantz runs through Coeur d'Alene today. He is a four-time marathon runner and plans to compete in the Spokane River Run in April. (AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review: Kathy Plonka) Question: Do you do any exercise or training outside during the winter?
Item: Study: Sledding injures thousands of kids every year/Justin Corr, KTVB More Info: An analysis of emergency rooms by the Center on Injury Research and Policy says that kids and teens account for at least 20,000 sledding injuries per year in the United States. And…
5:45 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activity report for Jan. 2-3 here. 5:24 p.m. Father is chasing 18YO son s/b on H95 toward NW Blvd bridge after son tried to choke him. 5:17 p.m. Mother reports a loose dog bit her 2YO boy in the…
Idaho Gov. C. L. "Butch" Otter is sworn in by U.S. District Judge Edward Lodge during a private ceremony for his second term at the Statehouse in Boise today. Eye On Boise coverage here, and: Idaho Statesman story here. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Joe Jaszewski)…
Kimberley Dunne, center, and other burlesque enthusiasts in outfits pose for the photographers in front of the National Gallery in central London's Trafalgar Square, during a world record attempt to break what they called the World's Largest Burlesque Dance this morning. You write the cutline.…
If you knew me you may know that there was a time in my life that I was homeless for almost 2 yrs. Starting when my two older boys were 7 months old and 2 yrs old. I had chosen to move home. Which I…
Huckleberries hears ... that County Clerk-elect Cliff Hayes has settled on a new chief deputy for his office. And the name floating out there in Post Falls circles is Pat Raffee. Now, my sources on this are decent. But I'd caution against you taking this…
Cis/From A Simple Mind has questions for her congressman in particular and Congress in general. As is evident from the photo above, she's been Beyond Hope before. But she points out that you arrive at Hope before you do Beyond Hope. She wants answers not…
My older son, Matt, got upset with me a few months ago when I acquired another cat, my third. When I asked him why he was upset, he said it was because he was afraid I am becoming a crazy old cat lady. Normally when…
Former University of Idaho star Mike Iupati cleans out his locker in Santa Clara, Calif., earlier today after spending his rookie season as a starter for the disappointing San Francisco 49ers. Pro Football Focus ranked Iupati as the 5th best offensive guard in the NFL…
Larry Spencer: How about a recap of the dumbest laws created in Idaho in 2010. My number one pick is the Sandpoint ordinance that outlawed butcher knives. So … perhaps the city council is a bunch of tofu lovers, but how the heck is anyone…
Item: DMV offices experiencing computer problems/Ty Brennan, KTVB More Info: Due to a computer glitch, the Idaho Transportation Department is asking those who need to visit the Department of Motor Vehicles to wait until Tuesday. The problem is system wide and affects all state DMV…
There can’t be excellence without there also being abomination; it’s a rule of nature. May 1, July 4, Sept. 26? They’re usually pretty good days to be alive. But Jan. 2, the day after New Year’s Eve and the high season of hangovers? Not so…
SR colleague Meghann Cuniff hiked Tubbs Hill and snapped this viewtiful photo of our winter wonderland along Lake Coeur d'Alene's north shore in downtown Coeur d'Alene Sunday during a visit to Lake City. Cartoon: Good families are what's right with world/David Horsey, P-I Former Idaho…
As I was going through the Coeur d'Alene newsroom, colleague Greg Lee wondered: "Which story will replace (Jim Brannon election challenge) as the big one for Huckleberries Online this year?" I suspect that we'll enjoy a lot of fireworks from the 2011 City Council elections.…
11:54 a.m. Benewah Market reports catching a cooperative shoplifter named Richard. 11:32 a.m. An infant is having trouble breathing @ Coeur d'Alene Pediatrics, 1300 E. Mullan. 11:20 a.m. 2 small cars -- a red one & a white one -- were racing on I-90 before…
On his Get Out! North Idaho Facebook site, OrangeTV offers the food porn above: One of Fedora's finest burgers, from the great state of Wisconsin! Served with crispy hickory smoked bacon, aged Wisconsin cheddar cheese, lettuce, tomato, onion, and mayo." Question (for lovers of burgers…
I might have been on vacation during the Christmas holidays, but Coeur d'Alene Police were busy keeping the peace at downtown Coeur d'Alene bars. A lewd 41YO drunk, for example, rang in Christmas Eve Day by making lewd comments to a 31YO man's wife --…
Facebook Friend Darrell Kerby of Bonners Ferry notes that he will turn 60 this year and his older brother turned 65 last year. Darrell figures he has about 20 years left of life more or less, adding: "It is time to savor, relax, & enjoy.…
A note from a reader got me wondering. Will this be the year that “Inland Northwest” finally and conclusively routs “Inland Empire” in everyday usage? The trend has been under way for at least 20 years. And the subject has been discussed many times in…
On the first day of the new year, Don Sausser spotted this message painstakingly written in the snow of the Coeur d'Alene Resort front lawn: "I (Heart) Brandon." Idaho Records, and: Building Permits, and: Bankruptcies/Sherry Adkins, SR Arctic chill continues but with clouds/Mike Prager, SR…
I weighed in 3 pounds less in 2011 than I did in 2010, and continued to keep most of the 30 pounds off that I dropped 3 years ago. I've concentrated on maintaining my weight since 2007. This year, however, I plan to drop another…
To paraphrase an old quip from some unknown wit, the only things that will survive the impending nuclear holocaust are cockroaches, Cher and Hudson’s Hamburgers. Eventually, all situations must go pear-shaped and come to an end, and so is the sad fate of this humble…
If this dream were to become reality, McEuen Field would be no longer. In its place: a 20-acre destination park designed from the ground up to serve “the greatest number of uses for the greatest number of people, of all ages and abilities, throughout all…
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.
