Tina Jacobsonis shown at a North Idaho Pachyderm Club meeting some time ago when the club was still meeting at IHOP. She wanted to ask a question of the speaker. Question: What do you think Tina will do -- drop the matter, as the Coeur…
... I see that Chester & his Keyboard Commandos at Chuckle Berries Online are using a photo from my Web site without permission, which seems to be par for the course. And they're denouncing King DoFoo for a series of shortcomings, real and imagined. (I…
New York Yankees' Alex Rodriguez rolls on the ground after being hit by a pitch in the eighth inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners on Tuesday in Seattle. Even as Rodriguez writhed on the ground in pain, he didn't believe his left…
... That the United Conservatives of North Idaho wing of the Kootenai County GOP CC succeeded last night in gaining $1200 from the GOP kitty to conduct 6 workshops to fight the county's proposed United Land Use Code. The planners believe they can stage the…
The city of Coeur d'Alene terminated the female finance department employee suspected of embezzling city money. City Attorney Mike Gridley said the termination was effective at 5 p.m. Tuesday after the employee did not show up for a personnel meeting with department heads Monday afternoon…
Cindy comments that she was stunned by the Chuckle Berries online outing Tuesday. She comments, "Well you’d be traumatized, too, if you had this conversation at the dinner table last night": Husband: So. You’re CindyH, one of HucksOnline most liberal commenters? Me: Well… Husband: I…
Linda Cook (pictured in Phantom Photographer photo, above, tending her garden) isn’t the squeamish type. Most of the time she says her piece — fire and brimstone included, no extra charge — with her name firmly attached. But back in February, she posed a question…
Dancers rehearse prior to the start of the Beach Volleyball competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday in London. (AP Photo/Dave Martin) Question: Were you a decent volleyball player back in the day?
A Coeur d'Alene city councilman who has voted against moving forward with nearly every component of the McEuen Field redevelopment plan, said he's ready to surrender the fight. "At this point, I've effectively conceded," Steve Adams said Tuesday, one day after voting to approve a…
I have to respond to (Stickman's) comments about Duane Hagadone and his philanthropy. Beyond his investment in this community, of his own dollars, to provide jobs in his numerous business ventures, Duane and Lola do many untold quiet good deeds and acts of generosity. In…
Things never seem to settle down here at HucksOnline. Which is good for you and interesting for me. The increasing attacks on this site leads me to believe that we are doing something very important here. And there are individuals who want to stop that…
A group takes a photo of themselves in front of Olympic Rings floating in the River Thames off of Battersea park today in London. The city will host the 2012 London Olympics with opening ceremonies scheduled for Friday. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Anyway, I had already been done with my shift for an hour or so and was getting just a skosh tipsy wipsy and extremely tummy-rumbly. Suddenly, a figure emerged at me from out of the smoky darkness of the bar, carrying an armload of white…
5:41 p.m. Battery just happened on South Fern Creek Road/Cataldo. 5:20 p.m. Pickup pulling boat rear-ended @ n/b H95 @ Miles/Hayden, blocking traffic. 5:15 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for July 23-24 here. 4:54 p.m. Female caller tells CPDispatcher that another female pulled…
Washington State head coach Mike Leach, left, quarterback Jeff Tuel, center, and defensive end Travis Long take question at the Pac-12 college football media day in Los Angeles Tuesday. See story below. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes) UI raises $1.1M for Boise law center/Statesman Distant drownings lead…
Another foodie show idea! I have to say, this might be the best mac and cheese I have ever tasted and not just because it is mine. This foodie show sported some wanna be chefs to have their own half hour of fame and they…
At her Cat House & Shooting Gallery, JeanC posts these two deer in velvet during a tour of a regional winery. More photos here. One year without Amy Winehouse/Atmospheric Ruminations Sheep & sheepherders/Dogwalk Musings What have I been doing this summer (fotos)?/From A Simple Mind…
The Idaho delegation is led by the American Legislative Exchange Council's Idaho chairwoman, Sen. Patti Anne Lodge, R-Huston. The 39th annual meeting began Monday for board members and other leaders. Regular sessions begin Wednesday and run through Friday. Lodge, as a state chair, said she'll…
The Phantom Photographer responded to my HBO Signal when I asked for a random shot of Her Sandiness, to go with the profile ones that I have. Idawa had commented: "Exactly how many different images of Cook does DFO have? I’ve seen more different shots…
Fun fact about the lawsuit filed by former Kootenai County GOP Central Committee chairwoman Tina Jacobson and defendant Jane Doe, whom we now know as Linda Cook, the commenter formerly known as Almost Innocent Bystander: Linda Cook is a former aide for the late 1stCD…
This comic image from DC Comics shows a cover image from "Batman, Incorporated No. 3." DC Comics is asking retailers to postpone sales of a Batman comic book out of respect for victims of the shooting at a theater showing "The Dark Knight Rises" in…
Rubber Obama head banks are lined up for sale on top of a van roof near the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Ore., Tuesday, where President Obama was scheduled to appear. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) Question: Would you buy a head bank for Obama or Romney?…
On her Facebook wall, Cindy writes: "You think you're having a bad day? In addition to it not being Thursday, I just found out that my favorite massage therapist is no longer at BrickHouse | Massage & Coffee Bar and I'm going to have to…
At yesterday evening’s school board meeting, the Coeur d’Alene School District Board of Trustees declared a vacancy for the trustee position Zone 5 and outlined the process by which the Board will appoint a person to serve the remainder of the current term through June…
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.