Monday Poll: One-fifth of Hucks Nation buys illegal fireworks. Tsk. Tsk. 31 of 143 respondents (21.68%) said that they buy illegal fireworks for the Fourth of July celebration. 110 of 143 respondents (76.92%) said they don't. 2 were undecided. Obamacare: 67 of 116 respondents (57.76%)…
Sen. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Rep. Bruce Braley (D-Iowa) on Tuesday called on the House to pass legislation requiring the government to only purchase American flags that are made in the United States. "Under current law, the American flags that fly from federal buildings —…
Andy Griffith and little Opie from the long-running "Andy Griffith Show." Griffith, whose homespun mix of humor and wisdom made "The Andy Griffith Show" an enduring TV favorite, died this morning in Manteo, N.C. He was 86. Story here. (AP file photo) Question: Why are…
According to the Idaho State Historical Society, Idaho officially joined the Union as the 43rd state on July 3, 1890. In those 122 years, the state has been home to innovators like Philo Farnsworth from Rigby, the "Father of Television”, Joe Albertson, who opened his…
Idaho firefighters, already taxed by battling wildfires across the Gem State, are more than a bit nervous about the next 48 hours, when thousands of fireworks, many of them illegal, will be set off. The Bureau of Land Management confirmed on Monday that the Jump…
Congress approved a last-minute compromise to fund more than $100 billion in highway, transportation and mass transit projects — and keep interest rates on subsidized federal student loans at 3.4 percent for one more year. But while the catchall bill enjoyed broad bipartisan backing last…
From relentlessly sunny Southern California, I noted the recent and growing uproar over Kootenai County’s land use code re-write. And from here, where the sprawl goes on and on and on for miles, the growing opposition to Kootenai County’s Unified Land Use Code (ULUC) project…
Batman (Lennie B. Robinson) is shown with the Batmobile that he'll drive in the Coeur d'Alene Fourth of July Parade Wednesday (above) and with a little girl (below). Robinson will also be in Coeur d'Alene to raise money for Children's Village. (Courtesy photos) Its first…
JohnA: What a show last night! Just as the full moon rose in the east it was met with a tremendous thunder clap, then torrential rain and finally marble-sized hail. All of it continually illuminated by the glow of the full moon. I even asked…
Cheryl Stransky says she "reached her tipping point" during the last legislative session. A Democrat, Stransky is challenging Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, for his District 2 seat in the Idaho House because she says Barbieri has "strayed too far from the mainstream." "North Idaho…
Item: Gookin unhappy with North Idaho College email/Coeur d'Alene Press letter to editor NIC Trustee Christie Wood: "Dan, If you are checking in here I certaily agree with your statement of “NIC is a great learning institution.” As for the rest of your concern it…
I don't know if you've noticed but Huckleberries Online now has a digital scanner, capable to getting Post Falls & Rathdrum police traffic. It'll become even more important in September when the sheriff switches to digital & the old current home police scanners become all…
Children brought onto the pitch by celebrating Spanish surround Spain's Fernando Torres during the Euro 2012 soccer championship final between Spain and Italy in Kiev, Ukraine on Monday. Story here. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)
Interesting poll taking place at OpenCDA-dot-Com. Mary & Mr. Bill ask readers -- both of them -- who they think will be the next mayor of Coeur d'Alene. Choices? Mike Kennedy, Sandy(sic) Bloem, Dan Gookin, Steve Adams, Rita-Sims Snyder, Mary Souza & Joe Kunka. I'll…
I’m a big fan of going paperless. I’ve opted to receive my phone and cable bills through email. I also receive my bank statements online. It’s very convenient, but in all cases I chose to receive email notifications as an option. In my books, I…
Jennifer Webley holds her son, Eli, at the dedication ceremony Friday in Sandpoint for the Sand Creek Byway. At $100 million, the project is the largest single construction project in Idaho history. (AP Photo/The Bonner Daily Bee, Caroline Lobsinger) Kootenai County sheriff's warrant roundup/CdA Press…
5:52 p.m. Riders on yellow and blue motorcycles speeding on w/b I-90 @ H41/PF. 5:36 p.m. Female reports from St. Regis, Mont., convenience store that male & drunk female in red vehicle w/Washington plates took her kids & abandoned her. 5:21 p.m. Caller reports an…
This photo of daisies was one of many that Marianne Love/Slight Detour took on a Rainy Day Sunday Drive over the weekend. More here. When did this happen?/A Butterfly Moment Obama care -- the law/Arch Druid If dogs could talk, we'd learn a lot/Atmospheric Ruminations…
Outgoing Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart has filed a Chapter 13 bankruptcy plan in federal court that proposes that he pay $200 a month for five years - a total of $12,000 - to get his entire debt of more than $600,000 discharged. The vast…
This time next year, the Idaho GOP may have realized what its delegates meeting in Twin Falls last week collectively prayed for: Republican President Mitt Romney presiding over a GOP-led House and Senate. What then? No longer will the Idaho political establishment deflect attention to…
This week Microsoft has been kind enough to share the details included with their Windows 8 update for those users out there who already have one of several Windows software products installed on their devices right now. If a user is running Windows XP, Windows…
A little birdie in Independent Bob Foster's campaign for Kootenai County sheriff tells Huckleberries: "The Coeur d'Alene Police Officers Association voted unanimously to endorse Bob Foster for Kootenai County Sheriff. The vote has been in the process for the past couple of weeks via the…
The city of Coeur d'Alene will be dedicated public art at the wastewater treatment plant, north of North Idaho College on the Spokane River, at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, July 17. The dedication will feature "The Cleaning Crew" by local artist Allen Dodge and "Harmony" by…
On his Facebook wall, sheriff's Major Ben Wolfinger posts: "Just returned from the Coeur d'Alene branch of the Inland Northwest Blood Center giving a pint. Blood supplies are very low this time of year and they need all of our help. You never know when…
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