HucksOnline has focused so much on the Coeur d'Alene City Council races that nearby Post Falls has been short-changed Post Falls and other Kootenai County municipalities. In an effort to make this oversight up a little, HucksOnline is posting a link to the Post Falls…
This May 25 file photo shows fire boats spraying water near the Statue of Liberty to kick off Fleet Week in New York. On Friday, the statue will host the 125th anniversary of its dedication with a Naturalization Ceremony, the presentation of a gift to…
Fairy tales are coming to life all over the place these days, what with "Grimm" and "Once Upon a Time" both kicking off on TV this month. On the big screen, classic kids' tales and nursery rhymes combine in "Puss in Boots," which spins off…
5:30 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Oct. 26-27 here. 5:23 p.m. 2 males in dark hatchback were racing on Hayden before turning onto H95. 5:14 p.m. Males appear to be taking items from for-sale house @ Adron & Galvan/PF. 5:04 p.m. Driver…
On her Facebook wall this afternoon, Kerri Thoreson posts another bit of modern art/bike rack she spotted @ 4th & Wallace (near Midtown fire station) today. Gonzaga picked to win 12th straight WCC crown/KREM Blanchette: Spokane mobilizes to honor Fitzgerald/SR Mary Lou Reed/Occupy Everywhere/Pacific NW…
Michael Lohan, father of actress Lindsay Lohan, appears in court via teleconference Wednesday in Tampa, Fla. Lohan has been released from the Hillsborough County jail hours after making his first appearance in court on domestic violence charges. Police accused the 51-year-old Lohan of battering his…
A Pacific Recycling worker uses a torch to cut a steel log hopper on Wednesday at Diamond West Lumber Co. in Philomath, Ore. It's been three years since the whine of big saw blades tearing through alder logs faded to silence at Diamond West Lumber…
Daisy Khan thought moderate American Muslims like her were making progress in their efforts to gain a place in United States society. That was before her husband, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf (pictured in AP file photo), whose Mosque is 12 blocks from Ground Zero in…
Kage Mann: What some people fail to realize is: McEuen Field is used more than one might think. I see people all the time using McEuen Field as a dog park. I see kids playing frizbee there and flying their kites. Also, in the winter…
In her weakly newsletter, Mary Souza/OpenCDA endorses Dan Gookin and Steve Adams (two of her fellow Reagan Republican board members) but takes a pass on the race featuring Councilman Ron Edinger and challenger Adam Graves. Here's why: "Yes, Ron is in favor of a public…
In recent days, Jesse Tinsley's been going through the photos that he snapped when he was first assigned to the Coeur d'Alene bureau of The Spokesman-Review 20 years ago. This is one of them -- Denny Davis and Mary Lou Reed celebrating on Election Night.…
Item: Ex police officer wins wrongful termination suit/Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d'Alene Press. More Info: A former Coeur d'Alene police officer was awarded more than $3 million on Wednesday in a wrongful termination suit against the city of Coeur d'Alene. According to the tort claim records…
Post Falls Mayor Clay Larkin suffered nose and facial injuries on Wednesday night after a fall at a local store when he caught his foot on a curb. A doctor told Larkin that it is believed the mayor broke his nose, but it won't be…
Writing for the Moscow-Pullman Daily News Editorial Board, Lee Rozen sez the church-state spat involving the Knights of Columbus Jesus statue of Big Mountain/Whitefish is "a bunch of hooey." But the Editorial Board thinks the U.S. Forest Service, which has been threatening to boot the…
Elizabeth Smart, who was kidnapped as a child and now advocates worldwide for children’s safety, will be the 2012 Women Helping Women Fund Luncheon speaker in Spokane on May 21. Women Helping Women, a Spokane nonprofit, raises thousands of dollars each year at its luncheon…
Staff Sgt. Jason Rzepa, of the Idaho National Guard unit from Post Falls, will receive the Purple Heart for severe injuries suffered in Iraq July 7 that killed two other soldiers in his unit. Rzepa (pronounced "Zeppa") of Bravo Company, 145th Brigade Battalion, 116th Calvary…
Cassandra Cass of Husum, Wash. hugs Wet Planet river guide Jonathan Blum, dressed as a salmon, at the Freeing the White Salmon River Celebration Wednesday in Husum. The celebration was part of events scheduled for the breaching of Condit Dam. (AP Photo/The Columbian, Troy Wayrynen)…
Sometimes you get another chance to nab “the one that got away.” Wes Scott did. In 1949, his sister, Charlotte, introduced him to Shirley, her classmate at Colfax High School. “I thought she was cute,” Wes recalled. Shirley liked him, too. And so began a…
Shelly Wyrick, and her children, Maggie Jane, 4 and Matt, 2, left, toss a pile of maple leaves during their visit to Manito Boulevard and 23rd Avenue, in Spokane. (SR photo by Dan Pelle) Question: How do you get rid of your leaves?
Noonish: Off-duty detective reports man driving red 1988 Toyota Carolla in front of Taco Works on Best Avenue/CdA may be on meth. 11:55 a.m. Caller reports sex offense that took place along Hayden Lake shoreline. 11:09 a.m. Caller wants to speak to animal control re:…
Cindy has gotten herself into a mess or sorts and needs help from Hucks Nation, pronto. She writes on her Facebook wall: "File this under: What was I thinking? I've agreed to speak to Sarah Blain Bain's newswriting class at Whitworth University this afternoon. I've…
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, before the House Foreign Affairs Committee hearing on Afghanistan and Pakistan. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais) Question: Do you think Hillary Rodham Clinton has done a good job as Secretary of State?
A University of Idaho professor who killed a graduate student he had dated and then committed suicide in August had talked about shooting students in his classroom during the fall of 2010. The Associated Press, Lewiston Tribune and other media outlets received personnel records, emails…
Wednesday Poll: 121 of 182 respondents (66.48%) said they wouldn't frequent a business that obviously supported an opposing political party or candidate. Only 51 of 182 respondents (28.02%) said they would. 10 (5.49%) were undecided. Today's Poll: Which movement are you more sympathetic with --…
Occupy Wall Street has inspired campaigns, spoofs and headlines that have nothing to do with the social protest in Manhattan. Some occupy "movements" live on the Web, like "Occupy Sesame Street" with its digitally altered pictures of Elmo, Grover and the gang being hauled off…
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.
