Now that the Summer Olympics is over, we can all reclaim control of our lives from 8 p.m. onward. Actually, I wasn't glued to my set during the Olympics. But I still viewed more action than I probably should have, including a couple of hours…
Kristin Armstrong brings her second Olympic gold medal back to Boise Saturday with a "victory ride" from the Boise Depot downtown to Capitol Park for a community celebration. Armstrong won the women's road time trial. (AP Photo/Idaho Statesman, Darin Osward) Question: Which Olympian was your…
On her Facebook wall, Cindy laments that her "baby" is a middle-schooler now, and she doesn't have anyone to buy a lunchbox for. She wants to know about your favorite lunchbox. Mine? A bring my lunch to work in a zippered Spiderman lunchbox, featuring Spidey…
Wednesday, July 11, 2012: 2223 hours, 424 E Sherman Ave- Suspicious –Crickets. Three to four males on top of Crickets building sitting on the edge of the roof throwing beer cans down from the roof onto 5th and Sherman. Warning. Tuesday, July 17, 2012: 2311…
Don Sausser photographed this big bird at the air show at the Coeur d'Alene airport last August. The planes have come back for another Heritage Wings Over Coeur d'Alene show Friday and Saturday. You can see the schedule of events here (courtesy of Kerri Thoreson).…
5:35 p.m. Report of stabbing near treatment plant appears to be a false one. 5:30 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Aug. 12-13 here. 5:19 p.m. Male reports he's being prevented from getting his belongings @ SelticeWay & Cedar. 5:10 p.m. 2-vehicle accident…
Mike Simpson isn’t the first fellow Republican in Congress to blast Rep. Michele Bachmann — who has suggested Muslim extremists have inflitrated the U.S. government. House Speaker John Boehner has called Bachmann’s accusations “pretty dangerous.” Sen. John McCain said the attacks were “specious and degrading.”…
In this June 9, 2010, photo, Anne Veseth of Moscow talks about going to college to learn auto mechanics in Lewiston, Idaho. The 20-year-old U.S. Forest Service firefighter died after she was struck by a falling tree in north-central Idaho, highlighting the dangerous jobs crews…
A District Court judge has dismissed a lawsuit against the University of Idaho filed by the parents of a student who fell from a fraternity window three years ago. Amanda Andaverde, then a 19-year-old sophomore, suffered debilitating injuries when she fell from an upper story…
One in six Idahoans now receives Social Security benefits, according to the Idaho AARP; the program marks its 77th anniversary tomorrow, amid debate about its future solvency. Idahoans collect $3.6 billion a year from Social Security, with the average monthly benefit check at $1,130, AARP…
A not-so-funny item from Downtown Coeur d'Alene Bar Report (at 10 p.m. July 14 at City Beach): "Officers responded to a fight call involving several very intoxicated males and large crowd of people who had just left a radio “Booze Cruise.” The victim, a 46…
Using a bucket lift surrounded by caution tape, Miles Cooley of the Spokane Parks Dept. clears the hazard lights lined up on a giant stack of picnic tables at Manito Park Friday. Pranksters have built and left such stacks on at least two occasions this…
From now until Sept. 7, people using the Centennial Trail in North Idaho are likely to find work crews seal coating it. The trail will be usable the entire time with spotters in front and in back of construction crews, a news release from the…
Kootenai County Clerk Cliff Hayes announced that in-person absentee voting is now available for the August 28 school levy elections. This election affects only voters in these three school districts: Coeur d’Alene School District 271 (bond levy question) Lakeland Joint School District 272 (plant facility…
They should raise the drinking age to 60. This would be good for society in many ways. Assuming it could be enforced, this would make roadways safer and relieve young people of any notion that their fake ID cards are even remotely plausible. Fewer TV…
Floating the Boise River is a great way to spend a hot weekend afternoon with the family. When done right, it’s safe and easy. But as the Boise Fire Dive Team found out last month, it can turn hazardous fast. The dive team’s raft capsized…
The entry "aha moment," photographed in New York on Friday is one of the 15 new additions in the 11th edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) Question: When did you last have an "aha moment"?
12:14 a.m. Male missing in 10:28 a.m. item reportedly suffers seizures and is wearing baseball cap that sez: "Hatchet Man." 11:45 a.m. Dispatcher responds to officer signing off for day: "Don't be late for class; go Zags." 11:44 a.m. East Lakeshore Drive (Sanders Beach) resident…
At 9:57 this morning on Huckleberries AM Scanner Traffic, a caller from the Beauty Bay campground on Lake Coeur d'Alene reported an obnoxious group taking two camp sites to party -- loud music, obscenities, etc. Nine of them in total. One of the vehicles they…
It has been awhile since we've had a Downtown Coeur d'Alene Bar Report. So this may seem dated (from 4th of July). But it's still interesting (since it happened in the SR parking lot): "Officers arrested an 18YO female for Domestic Battery after a dispute…
With a little British pomp and a lot of British pop, London brought the curtain down on a glorious Olympic Games on Sunday in a spectacular, Technicolor pageant of landmarks, lightshows and lots of fun. The closing ceremony offered a sensory blast including rock ’n’…
It's not exactly an international incident, but some Bellingham Costco shoppers are requesting American-only hours because they complain the warehouse is overrun by bargain-seeking Canadians. They've launched a Facebook page, named "Bellingham Costco needs a special time just for Americans." The page complains the Canadian…
Rose Kalamarides and her mother, Kaye Paparich, talk last month about the high rate of Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis in Northport, Wash. Local residents suspect a link to pollution from a smelter in nearby Trail, B.C. Becky Kramer SR story here. (SR photo: Kathy…
At his town hall meeting in Post Falls over the weekend, U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo hobnobs with local Republican grand dame Alice Rankin, widow of the late Kootenai County commissioner Ron Rankin. (Duane Rasmussen photo for Huckleberries Online)
Weekend Poll: A near supermajority of Hucks Nation believes the $2.6B spent on the Mars mission is worth the money. 99 of 149 respondents (66.44%) took that position. 42 of 149 respondents (28.19%) said the mission isn't worth the money. 8 (5.37%) were undecided. Today's…
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.
