His face dashed with the remnants of a huckleberry ice cream cone, Gavin Scoggin, 5, keeps an eye on his father Sean’s Fish Po’ Boy Sandwich as he finishes off a juice drink during Spokane Pig Out in the Park on Wednesday in Riverfront Park.…
DFO's vacation is winding down and my work week is picking up. I'll be interviewing a veteran who has clocked over 40,000 volunteer hours at the Spokane Veteran's Hospital and a retired court reporter who took up quilting for a cause. At least I won't…
Heading into a Nov. 6 ballot showdown on the Students Come First education overhaul, Idaho's teachers' union sees Tuesday's school levy elections as a rallying point. Twenty school districts held levy and bond issue elections. Voters in 19 districts, including Nampa and Kuna, said yes…
A new financial disclosure report filed by Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, shows his net worth fell about $800,000 in 2011, as Risch made numerous transactions from stocks to money market and fixed asset funds. Risch’s net worth was reported in a range between $18.5 million…
A new set of data out from the Census Bureau, the “2012 Census of Governments,” shows that it's not necessarily true that every bump on every log in Idaho is incorporated, or that because Idahoans hate government so much they have lots and lots of…
Just in case you were beginning to think rich people were deeply misunderstood and that they feel the pain of those who are less fortunate, here's the world's wealthiest woman, Australian mining tycoon Gina Rinehart, with some helpful advice. "If you're jealous of those with…
Orchard Crest resident Joy Phinney gets a kiss from great-granddaughter Emmalee, 2, while great granddaughter Kimberlee, 3, watches. Cindy Hval, photo More than 200 hundred residents call Spokane Valley’s Orchard Crest Retirement Community home. Many of those residents are grandparents, great-grandparents and even great-great-grandparents. That’s…
MOSCOW, Idaho – They were all buddies back in Los Angeles. Dominique Blackman, Brandon Wimberly and Ken McRoyal – three gifted athletes bonded by football and family. Now just two of them remain, and Blackman – Idaho’s new starting quarterback – knows it could easily…
Christa Hazel writes, "Dr. Erin Elliott captured this snapshot and posted to Facebook. Seems Kootenai County GOP Grand Dame, Ruthie Johnson, 88, was seen last night during Republican Convention coverage." Have you spotted any other Idaho dignitaries at the GOP covention?
A Spokane Valley daycare operator was arrested this morning for selling marijuana to several high school students. Spokane County Sheriff’s detectives raided the unlicensed daycare at 7820 E. Buckeye Ave. just after 9 a.m. and arrested 35-year-old Tina M. Jones, a sheriff’s department spokesman said.…
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Seizing the campaign spotlight, vice presidential candidate Paul Ryan accepted “the calling of my generation” to help lead the country in tough times Wednesday night and told roaring Republican National Convention delegates and a prime time TV audience that Mitt Romney…
Coeur d’Alene Police are investigating the death Wednesday of a four-month-old baby boy. The infant was found unconscious by his father at 2:55 p.m. at his home in the 1900 block of Appleway Avenue, Coeur d’Alene Police spokeswoman Sgt. Christie Wood said in a news…
Kerri Thoreson snapped this photo of Jody Moyer, who was riding her horse on Wilbur Ave. in Dalton Gardens on Wednesday afternoon. "I hope I always live in a place where seeing someone riding a horse in town doesn't necessarily mean there's a parade going…
COEUR d'ALENE - A Coeur d'Alene couple was conned out of nearly $500 when they were threatened with arrest over an alleged overdue loan payment. According to a police report, a woman received a call last week from a man who said her husband was…
Like many Spokane County residents, my summertime conversations are peppered with references to “the lake.” I’m usually referring to Diamond Lake, where my brother-in-law owns a home. I love being on the lake. I adore looking at the lake. I just don’t like being in…
A berrypicker reports that his family had an unpleasant experience at the Breakfast Nook, Saturday. The spot used to be a family-favorite for weekend breakfasts, but after several bad experiences they moved on. On Saturday, they decided to give the Breakfast Nook, one more try.…
Preston Carter, 100, talks with police officers after his car went onto a sidewalk and plowed into a group of parents and children outside an elementary school. LOS ANGELES – A 100-year-old man backed his car on to a sidewalk and hit 11 people, including…
COEUR d'ALENE - After absorbing two hours of earnest public comment at a budget hearing on Wednesday evening, the Kootenai County commissioners agreed to take another look at the proposed 2013 budget before voting on a final version next week. The two commissioners at the…
Condoleezza Rice never addressed President Obama by name, but the former secretary of state delivered a sharp rejection of his foreign policy tonight, charging that the White House had forsaken past and potential allies, leaving the world to wonder, "Where does America stand?" "When our…
DENVER – The nation’s only pending ballot measure to ban abortion in all circumstances has failed to advance to voters in Colorado. Colorado Secretary of State Scott Gessler announced Wednesday that backers of the divisive “personhood” amendment fell about 3,900 valid signatures short of the…
Weather, wolves, politics and the economy are slamming a quadruple whammy on the budgets of fish and game agencies in Idaho and Montana. Nonresidents are no longer clamoring for the quota of permits the states offer for their fabled deer and elk hunts despite the…
Officer Nick Knoll wearing the Vievu camera on the front of his uniform. Courtesy Cda Police Coeur d’Alene patrol officers have an addition to their uniforms. Patrol personnel are now wearing recently purchased body cameras, the Coeur d’Alene Police Department announced Wednesday. Chief Wayne Longo…
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.
