Coeur d'Alene City Councilman Dan Gookin made me smile Saturday morning while I was watching the Florida-LSU game. He, Luke Sommers and a guy wearing a St. Louis Cardinals ball cap hand stopped by my house to hand-deliver Reagan Republican campaign literature on behalf of…
Gage Brookens, 5, grandson of Detroit Tigers' first base coach Tom Brookens, fields a ball during batting practice in preparation for Game 3 of the American League division baseball series against the Oakland Athletics on Monday in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) Question: Did your…
Dozens of pink and blue balloons rose higher and higher into the heavens Sunday above Coeur d'Alene's Riverstone Park, each bearing a "message to an angel," an otherwise healthy infant who died suddenly before his or her first birthday. Families of these children watched as…
5:07 p.m. Caller reports male sighting rifle on Rock Pillar Road/Hauser Lake. 5:05 p.m. Reckless driver in toyota Corolla reported turning n/b onto H95 from Honeysuckle. 4:54 p.m. WSP is looking for 2 males in a vehicle w/front-end damage from a hit-and-run in Washington that…
In this 2007 AP file photo, actor Bruce Willis is shown in Berlin, Germany, after the release of his movie 'Die Hard 4.0.' In recent days, Willis has been the ski patrol leader of an Idaho resort. See below. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn) Men try to…
At Bay Views, Herb Huseland posts the winner of the trout division in the community's annual Oktoberfish -- Mike Perry w/a catch of 11 pounds, 3 ounces. You can see all the winners here. A blessed Sunday indeed/A Butterfly Moment Liar, liar, pants on fire,…
Montana State University fine art student Nathan Ira, 23, gifts a flower to Barb Holliday as she walks down Main Street in downtown Bozeman last week. For the last two weeks, Ira has been giving flowers to random people throughout the community as a way…
Mitt Romney has taken the lead over President Obama in a new Pew Research poll released Monday. The poll was conducted last week after the candidates' first presidential debate, which observers widely agreed Romney won. The Republican nominee leads Obama 49 percent to 45 percent…
Clutching strings of rosary beads, hundreds of Catholics made their way Saturday through downtown Coeur d'Alene for the 19th annual International Rosary March. As they walked along Sherman Avenue from 23rd Street to Independence Point, men, women and children of all ages recited the prayers…
The Lake City Development Corporation (LCDC) plans to install one-foot-by-8-foot signs on McEuen Field, just below the city's existing McEuen Field signs, to inform the public re: its involvement in the project. At the regular LCDC meeting in September, agency spokesman Keith Erickson said the…
The Elephants will be gathering to take a position on the proposed change in Kootenai County government that'll be on the November ballot. The Kootenai County GOP Central Committee will meet at 7 p.m. Wednesday in the county administration building, 451 Government Way, Coeur d'Alene.…
A person dressed up as Big Bird holds a sign against Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney outside the Romney headquarters on Monday in Derry, N.H. where House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio was about to speak to supporters. (AP Photo/Jim Cole) Question:…
I've noticed additional newspapers in the regional embracing a paywall -- Twin Falls Times-News, Idaho Press Tribune (Nampa-Caldwell), Missoulian and Billings Gazette. Which makes this Facebook post by Branden Durst interesting: "Random thought: When newspapers institute paywalls on their websites, I stop going all together.…
Every so often, some jurisdiction or governing body will drag out the mascot-ethics issue for yet another vetting by pundits, candidates, college lecturers and editorialists. This time around it's the Washington state Board of Education that wants school districts to replace their American Indian mascots.…
Idaho’s “new” season started just the way the Vandals wanted – with the victory that puts them in a tie for the Western Athletic Conference lead, albeit one game into the conference season. The Vandals did it by dispatching New Mexico State 26-18 before a…
A Facebook Friend writes: "DJing a wedding at the lovely Lincoln Center. Majority of the requests were for country swing dance songs and Spanish music. First wedding this year I escaped without having to play a single song by Kesha, Katy Perry or LMFAO. Ring…
Anne Murray tries to keep her face out of the muddy waters as she is carried by Sean Murray during the 2012 North American Wife Carrying Championship Saturday in Newry, Me. The duo placed tenth with a time of 1:07.46.The event features men carrying women…
11:39 a.m. Red semi hauling green tubs speeding through construction zone on Lookout Pass, w/b I-90/MP 70 (Wallace area). 11:15 a.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Oct. 7-8 here. 10:51 a.m. Manager of Post Falls storage units reports finding chain-link fence cut &…
From Paul Turner of The Slice blog: "It's about that time of year — Sprinkler blowout season — when grandfathers and others who enjoy pulling the legs of children get to take a few liberties with the facts. “Look, Jason. Lawn geysers! That means the…
Following is a brief conversation w/son Zack posted on Facebook by Cindy: Zack: Old people shouldn't be allowed to drive. Me: How old is old? Zack: 60. Or when you have gray hair. Question: Do you consider 60 to be old?
"Finding it impossible to type the word 'Saskatchewan' without adding 'Gesundheit.' Gonna be a long Monday" -- Cindy Hval tweet. Question: How has your Monday started today?
Two weeks ago I told a ghostly story of 1-year-old grandson Max and I being the only humans in the huge, empty hall of Silver Lake Mall about noon on a Tuesday. Many storefronts were dark and empty, and the only people inside most of…
"This is done," said Coeur d'Alene resident Larry Kmetz on Wednesday about the 1960's-era scale model of Los Angeles that he built in his basement. Scott Maben SR story here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR North Idaho prep football standings/Greg Lee, SR…
Weekend Poll: A majority of Hucks Nation opposes the City Hall compromise that places some boat-trailer parking along Front Avenue in the new McEuen Field configuration. 72 of 136 respondents (52.94%) want all trailer parking installed behind City Hall, not just half of it. 56…
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, right, kisses his wife Ann during a campaign rally on Sunday in Port St. Lucie, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) Question: I've posted other presidential candidates on the campaign trail kissing their wives, including the well-photographed kiss…
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.
