From a press release: The Northern Idaho Wolf Alliance (NIWA) will conduct a candlelight vigil to honor 337 fallen Idaho and Montana wolves, and protest the war against wolves, this evening starting at 4:30 - the night of "The Full Wolf Moon." They will gather…
The future of the historic Enaville Resort (also known as the Snakepit) is uncertain now that owners Joe and Mary Peak are both battling cancer. Visitors to the famed eatery/tavern found this message on a whiteboard under the word "CLOSED" printed in capital letters Friday:…
JohnA: What an amazing place in which we live. Deena and I cruised the lake today and watched eagles feeding in the waters around Beauty Bay. The majesty of the birds was only matched by the lake itself, a mirror of calm in an otherwise…
Officials remove two bodies from the scene of the crash of a Rimrock Stages bus that slid of an icy stretch of Interstate 90 and rolled on to its side just west of Clinton, Mont., early Sunday. The driver and at least 20 others were…
Weekend Poll: A whopping 158 of 182 respondents (86.81%) don't trust the Idaho Legislature to handle ethics problems involving legislators. Only 18 of 182 respondents (9.89%) said they would trust the Legislature to deal with its own problem members. 6 of 182 (3.3%) were undecided.…
Patti Anne Lodge, R-Huston, pictured, responded to a request by former DUI driver Scott Andrus to abstain from alcohol during 2012 Legislature: "As a Catholic we receive the Body of Christ in two forms, His Body and Blood. Bread and wine served at the last…
Since his landslide re-election, Gov. Butch Otter is spending significantly less time in the office. Otter, 69, typically doesn’t show up at the office Mondays, instead scheduling “general office time” with no appointments. He works from home, according to a former chief of staff. Comparing…
Tax-protesting Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart has cited his status as a state legislator numerous times in seeking delays in his court fights over paying back state and federal income taxes, pointing to the state constitution’s clause protecting lawmakers from civil actions during sessions. Now…
Drivers bring their classic cars to compete in a quarter mile rally in Artemisa, Cuba, Saturday. The automobile competition, sponsored by Cuban sports organizations, is a timed race in which drivers compete one by one and the classic car rally is the event's most popular…
Spudbob: "I might give (Stickman) a run for (his) money in the “last land line telephone in America” contest. I am also working towards, “last family that does not own a microwave” as well as”last non-cable tv home”. I was, however, an early iPod owner.…
Woody McEvers swears he's not feeling the heat. Not the kind in his Rustlers Roost kitchen, where the 30-year restaurant owner can be found nearly every day, cooking, cleaning and otherwise running the Hayden breakfast and lunch spot off U.S. 95. It's the heat that…
Huckleberries knows how to settle the fight over the radical online education plan forced on Idaho’s schoolchildren by Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna and legislative accomplices last year – and subject to a November referendum. Stage a winner-take-all cage match between Luna and Post Falls…
I'll finish Dave Boling's historical novel about the Nazi bombing of the Basque cultural center of "Guernica" during in 1937 during the Spanish War. Boling's book is a great read -- and a fine re-telling of this brutal chapter in 20th Century warfare. You should…
Santa Clara's defense fights Gonzaga's Roberts Sacre and Gary Bell Jr. for the ball in the first half of an NCAA college basketball game today in Spokane. (AP Photo/Jed Conklin) Sam Dower scored 17 points and No. 25 Gonzaga pulled away in the second half…
Coeur d'Alene's Madison Sumner, right, and Erin Legel, left, battle wtih Lake City's Kassie Torres for the loose ball during teh first quarter Friday night at Coeur d'Alene High School during the annual Fight for the Fish game. (Special photo to SR: Bruce Twitchell) The…
In this Thursday, Nov. 24 photo, U.S. Rep Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. and her husband, retired Capt. Mark Kelly, serve a Thanksgiving meal to troops at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has arrived in Tucson, Ariz., to begin commemorating the…
Outrage continues to grow over a viral video showing physical play during a recent high school basketball game. Now the player at the center of the controversy, Connell senior Cole Vanderbilt, is receiving death threats. The video was posted by the relative of a Highland…
Despite a speech from U.S. Sen. Jim Risch backing Mitt Romney, Rep. Ron Paul won Friday’s pay-to-play vote. Paul’s surrogate was Washington state Rep. Matt Shea of Spokane Valley. How strong a win? The former Libertarian got 43 percent (173 votes) to the former Massachusetts…
Where ever did Idaho Treasurer Ron Crane get the idea you should cover the cost of his daily commute to work? Everybody else in Idaho is shelling out $3 and $4 a gallon for gas. But Crane, who commutes the 50-mile round trip from his…
I lifted weights 3 times this work week & got in one long walk. I'm off to a decent start New Year's resolution wise. But I still need to fill out my New Year's resolution list. I usually concentrate on one to three things I'd…
"I do this to strengthen my core muscles" said David Kopf, as he rode his unicycle through City Park in Coeur d'Alene on Friday. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)
On the 700ESPN Twitter site, Patchin, Lukens & Osso ask: "How often should a man get a haircut? 3 or 4 times a year do it?" Question (for the Men of HucksOnline): How obten do you get you hair cut?
5:59 p.m. 20ish male in Emerald Estates/Hayden area is despondent b/c his wife left him. 5:27 p.m. Caller reports e/b truck driving recklessly @ I-90 & Sherman Avenue/CdA. 5:23 p.m. Caller reports ongoing problem w/neighbor drug habits in 100 block of E. Borah/CdA. 5:09 p.m.…
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.