Aliaksandr Faminou, of Belarus, rides his horse Coolroy Piter as he competes in the equestrian eventing cross-country stage at the 2012 Summer Olympics today in London. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel) Question: Have you ever owned a horse?
12:19 a.m. A German shepherd is running back & forth across freeway @ Huetter rest stop. 12:02 p.m. Officers catch male (11:49 item) by oil tanks & railroad tracks/Hauser. 11:52 a.m. CPD officers are looking for run vehicle in hit-and-run @ Ramsey & Kathleen/CdA. 11:49…
David Barton’s book “The Jefferson Lies” is a New York Times bestseller. It was also recently voted “the least credible history book in print.” The book has been widely panned by real historians, but still it sells and sells. David Maraniss, an Associate Editor of…
High school sports from the Friday night football game to basketball, volleyball, baseball, softball track and field, tennis, golf … you name it, it has a constituency who live and die with the outcome of the events. High school sports rank right up there with…
Volunteers begin refurbishing a national forest fire lookout on Spyglass Peak in the upper reaches of the North Fork Coeur d'Alene River in July 2012. The Idaho Panhandle National Forests partnered with Lutherhaven Ministries and the Forest Fire Lookout Association to renovate three historic structures,…
Members of the Bram Brata steel drum band from the Tri-Cities liven things up even further by limboing to the lively music at the City Park bandshell Sunday afternoon. Duane Rasmussen was on hand to catch this photo of a teen limboing to the music.…
Scientists have figured out how to engineer mosquitoes into little suicide bombers who end up annihilating themselves after mating. Getting the tiny bomb jackets on these Aedes Aegypti mosquitoes is difficult. But what happens is the genetic structure of the male mosquito is modified into…
A new interchange scheduled to open this year on Interstate 90 near the Idaho-Washington border could revive commercial development around Cabela’s starting next year. The outdoor recreation megastore has been something of a lone wolf since it opened in 2007, with only Wal-Mart moving into…
Some Kootenai County gun retailers and law enforcement are reporting a rise in gun ownership, though they say the trend started months before last week's shooting in Colorado. "It's an election year," explained Eric Johnson, trainer with Downtown Guns and Ammo. As rumors of policy…
The Spokesman-Review has engaged in some important and costly legal challenges in recent months that produced mixed results, but our watchdog efforts remain an integral component of the newsroom’s commitment to our audience and the community. In one case, we lost in the effort to…
At the Sunday concert at City Park, an owner eats a sandwich while his dog stands at attention, hoping he might drop a morsel. The dog owner was among a good crowd listening to music from a steel drum band from the Tri-Cities. Soon they…
Five Idaho lawmakers attended the American Legislative Exchange Council’s annual conference in Salt Lake City last week, but only two – Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, and outgoing Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol – went at state expense. The others either traveled at their own expense…
Fans of the Coeur d'Alene School District's International Baccalaureate program, that sure does sound like taps in the background. Since a group of citizens just this side of the John Birch Society took lethal aim at IB, worried that the globally acclaimed program for accelerated…
Restaurant reviewer Patrick Jacobs claims he ate a donut burger after hours from an unnamed food truck in downtown Coeur d’Alene on Saturday, July 21. You read that right – a donut burger. Patrick described it in his Get Out! North Idaho blog the next…
It's midsummer and yet things haven't slowed down around here. The past week has been a blear beginning with the preemptive self-outing of Linda Cook (AlmostInnocentBystander) in that lawsuit filed by former county Republican chairwoman Tina Jacobson. It's midsummer, fuhcryinoutloud. I can't wait for the…
Emily Atha waits for the start of the Opening Ceremony at the 2012 Summer Olympics earlier today in London.(AP Photo/Mike Groll) Question: Have you ever painted your face to support a team or nation? Tell us about it.
I don't want to rain on anyone's parade but you're not in with the in crowd here, if you ain't been outed by Chester the Discombulated Keyboard Commando for United Conservatives of North Idaho. But never fear. Chet is promising one more "reveal" before his…
"Offensive." "Abhorrent." "Pathetic." Words like that are being used to describe a billboard in Caldwell, Idaho, that compares President Barack Obama — unfavorably — to James Eagan Holmes, the suspect in the shooting deaths of 12 people in a Colorado movie theater last week. The…
Spokane native Amanda Furrer, 21, has qualified for U.S. Olympic Team and will be headed to London this summer. Furrer, who began shooting at age 11 on the Spokane junior rifle team, made the U.S. women's team in three-position rifle during team trials in Fort…
5:53 p.m. Possible battery reported in 8100 block of Loch Haven/Hayden. 5:37 p.m. ISP officer reports couch lying in n/b lane of H41 @ M/P 16 (Spirit Lake Loop). 5:28 p.m. ISP officer asks colleague if he found the motorcycle helmet (4:13 item). He hadn't.…
A Berry Picker couldn't believe her eyes when she spotted this today on the shelves at Costco. Question: Are you ready for ... Halloween?
I’m back in Idaho having attended meetings of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC) in Salt Lake City. And I’m most struck by a minute-long diatribe directed at me that took place in front of the Great America Hotel in that delightful city’s downtown. I…
Wow! Chester's now trying to attack me at my place of worship -- Hayden Bible Church. Seriously? In his latest post, Chester is telling his readers to pack the pew at Hayden Bible Church, where I serve as an Elder. He has put out the…
In this Thursday photo, the flukes of a gray whale appear during an outing by Whale Research EcoExcursions in Depoe Bay, Ore. Summer Whale Watch Weekend at Boiler Bay State Park offers an opportunity to see whales and wildlife this Saturday and Sunday. The American…
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.
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