We have another three weeks or so before we turn the corner into the fall election campaign. Which means campaign ads and political robo-calls are primed and about ready to go. I lamented a time or two this week that things were slow on the…
United States' Anthony Davis eyes a rebound against Argentina during a men's semifinals basketball game at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Friday, in London. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
Stickman's baggy of lucious huckleberries is a gift that keeps giving. Sprinkled a handful on my cereal today. Wow! Hard to start a day much better than that on a viewtiful August day in Coeur d'Alene. Then, there's the fact that this is the last…
The best compliments often come from the opposition, and Post Falls Little League pitcher Jake Pfennigs left Boulder Arrowhead of Billings, Mont., in awe Thursday. Pitching in front of a nationally televised audience on ESPN2, Pfennigs threw a four-hitter with 11 strikeouts in a 3-2…
Judy Reisner wants her son, Kevin Ellison, to get mental health treatment, but he sits in the Spokane County Jail. The former Spokane Shock player has been in the jail’s solitary confinement since he was arrested for arson in June. Meghann Cuniff story here. (SR…
5:22 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Library personnel report suspicious package. 5:14 p.m. Driver of red Chevy Trailblazer on e/b I-90 @ Huetter is throwing rocks out the window. 4:57 p.m. Security at Shopko, 215 Ironwood/CdA, has detained a shoplifter. 4:35 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities…
Coeur d’Alene got its goats, and the city isn’t the least bit annoyed by it. City water officials long have wanted to use goats to mow down weeds at municipal well sites, but a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency rule prohibits livestock at such sources of…
At the SR Down To Earth blog, Paul Dillon gives 6 reasons why he bikes to work year round (illustration: www.cicle.org): Bikes are cheap to buy, cheap to operate, and cheap to park. And I’m cheap. Riding is exercise, and like many of us I…
United States' Morgan Uceny reacts after falling during the women's 1500-meter final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London, Friday. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) Question: Have you ever experienced an agonizing defeat? Care to tell us about it?
“See? This is why we can't have nice things in Coeur d'Alene” -- Paul Turner reporting on his Slice blog something he overheard in the Spokane newsroom this week. Question: Anyone want to guess what the individual making the statement was referring to?
At The Slice blog, Paul Turner theorizes: "We aren't always in control of the circumstances, of course.But I think some people put off retiring as long as possible because they do not look forward to being asked 'How's retirement?' over and over. And over." Question:…
Meesterbox: As odd as it sounds, my mom was a BMX racer and not in her youth. She started when she was 40 years of age and I thought it was pretty cool, so much I was her first sponsor and help pay for her…
This summer wedding season, a new song could rival Laura Nyro's bride-yearning classic Wedding Bell Blues. Call it Wedding Bill Blues. Even with a slight drop in "I Do" spending during recent tough economic years, many couples are beguiled beyond their budgets. The average couple…
In her photo above, Nicole Hensley/KXLY shows how vandalism at Riverfront Park kept Spokane city crews busy Tuesday morning. The table structure reached 32 feet in height and required a bucket truck from Urban Forestry and a forklift to unstack about 45 picnic tables one…
If one has spent the majority of his life donating blood — nearly 40 gallons worth — you’d suspect he’d say he’s done it out of a profound sense of community, a willingness to help others or some other altruistic motive. At 83, Eldo Androes…
A pediatrician who worked in Pocatello during the 1980s is behind bars for allegedly waterboarding his daughter. His wife was also arrested on charges of recklessly endangering their children. The 11-year-old daughter of Dr. Melvin Morse and his wife, Pauline Morse, told law enforcement that…
Seven-term GOP Rep. Mike Simpson said Friday that Rep. Michele Bachmann's claim that an extremist Islamic group has infiltrated the U.S. government is a revival of McCarthyism that must be condemned. "I thought it was outrageous," Simpson told the Idaho Statesman's editorial board Friday. "We…
Mel Stuart, the Emmy-winning filmmaker and documentarian who tackled such serious subjects as the assassination of John F. Kennedy and mental illness but is perhaps best known for directing the whimsical Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, has died. He was 83. Madeline Stuart told…
The team from Great Britain competes during the synchronized swimming team technical routine at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Question: How long can you hold your breath under water?
12:22 p.m. Residential burglary reported @ Garwood & Rimrock. 12:09 p.m. A cow is loose on Silver Meadows Loop/Athol. 11;51 a.m. Distraught individual in Aisle 11 of Safeway on Neider/CdA threatening suicide. 11:36 a.m. CPD officer is dealing with a parking problem at Independence Point…
Item: Costly communications: Union reps: Frontier Cd'A call center closing so cheaper workers can be hired in South Carolina/David Cole, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: Union representatives said this week that the more than 100 employees at the Frontier Communications Corp. call center in Coeur…
On his Facebook wall, Kevin Richert of the Idaho Statesman writes: "So, eight days after dropping Dish Network to return to DirecTV, I've received an email and a snail mail saying Dish is "willing to do almost anything" to get us back. Of course, they've…
Scotty Roberts waits to have someone help move his oxygen tanks last Friday from an RV parked behind the Guardians Foundation's facility in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Roberts and a half dozen other homeless veterans moved into a home being rented by the Guardians Foundation. Story…
Thursday Poll: A plurality of Hucks Nation believes that the unprecedented heat in much of the USA is caused by global warming 70 of 141 respondents (49.65%) took that position. Meanwhile, 64 of 141 respondents (45.39%) said that global warming isn't the underlying cause of…
United States' Brooke Crain (32) passes Alise Post, also of the U.S., who crashed in a BMX cycling women's semifinal run during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Friday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) Question: Have you ever had a bad crash on your bicycle?
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.
