Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Wayne Longo issued a statement today expressing sympathy to the family of the man shot and killed Sunday by one of his officers, and calling for a thorough investigation of the confrontation. "We extend our sympathy to Eric Johnston’s family, and…
I can't believe I missed mentioning the 93rd anniversary of Women's Equality Day yesterday -- the day that the 19th amendment was certified, granting women the right to vote. I've had much on my mind this last month. But things are settling down on the…
Visitors get a view of the fog-covered Golden Gate Bridge from atop a cliff at Baker Beach in San Francisco today. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez) Question: Which feature (like the Golden Gate in San Francisco) of a U.S. city is your favorite?
Individuals who sign an individuals petition for candidacy provide an insight into that person's backing. Here's who signed the petitions for Mary Souza and Steve Widmyer in the Coeur d'Alene mayor's race: Mary Souza: James Doty,Sharon Alexander, Don Johnston, Fern Johnston, Sharon Culbreth, Rebecca Funk,…
5:23 p.m. A spill of 2 gallons of diesel reported @ gas station, 3160 E. Seltice Way, Post Falls. 5:06 p.m. CPD Blue needs help w/disorderly female in incident that involves dog in 1700 block of E. Boyd/CdA. 5:16 p.m. At least 2 people transported…
On Rich Landers SR Outdoors blog, North Idaho photographeer Mark Powers was walking to his barn along the Cocalalla Creek (where it flows into the Pend Oreille River across from LaClede when he noticed the osprey above dining on a larger-than-normal fish atop what he…
Time 2 Vote ... A squirrel crosses the court during the first round of play at the 2013 U.S. Open tennis tournament, Monday in New York. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Kathy Kmonicek) Monday Winner -- LetsTalk: "It's OK honey, you only have twelve more…
Councilwoman Kerri Thoreson is the only candidate in the race to replace retiring Post Falls Mayor Clay Larkin in the first two days of filings. Three individuals have filed for three separate council seats, including incumbents Betty Ann Henderson for Seat 4 and Linda Wilhelm…
As expected, veteran Councilman Woody McEvers filed his candidacy papers for re-election to his Coeur d'Alene council Seat No. 4, with Virgil and Nancy McAnally, Al and Judy Hassell, and Councilman Ron Edinger signing his petition. McEvers will face Sharon Hebert, who has filed for…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter today endorsed the sweeping recommendations of his school reform task force, including restoring tens of millions cut from school budgets during Idaho’s recession years. “It met every one of my expectations of what we could come out with,” the governor said.…
Eric Byron Johnston died of multiple gunshot wounds in Sunday morning’s confrontation with a Coeur d’Alene police officer, the county coroner said, but investigators are not yet disclosing how many times the Dalton Gardens man was shot. Witnesses described hearing up to five shots. Johnston’s…
North Idaho College greeted hundreds of students back with the annual Day of Welcome event today. Students had an opportunity to check out clubs and activities on campus while eating barbecue and playing games. Above, NIC student Christopher St. Pierre, of Smelterville, playing the “Puddle…
Idaho First Lady Lori Otter dislocated her shoulder in a calf-roping accident and is facing surgery, Gov. Butch Otter announced today. “For those of you … who asked about Miss Lori, the first lady and I had intention to go out and rope cattle once…
Kiki Miller, a longtime Coeur d’Alene resident and business owner, made it official today and filed her petition for candidacy for seat number 6 (now held by Deanna Goodlander) on the Coeur d’Alene City Council. Since announcing her intention to run for office last month,…
Demetrius Glenn, left, a teen that allegedly took part in the robbery and beating of 88-year-old World War II veteran Delbert Belton, listens to his lawyer, Christian J. Phelps, before a first appearance via video teleconference in District Court in Spokane on Monday. Glenn, who…
On her Facebook wall, Amber Copeland posts: "Tomorrow I will file my candidacy paperwork and officially become a candidate for Coeur d'Alene city council Seat 4." Councilman Woody McEvers, who now holds Seat 4, told Huckleberries earlier this summer that he would seek re-election. On…
An attorney for Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning, who was previously known as Bradley Manning, says the soldier decided to announce that she wanted to live as a woman the day after sentencing because a military prison said publicly it would not provide hormone treatment. Attorney…
The typical image of Mormon missionaries going door-to-door with pamphlets is antiquated. Colby Denton says in Boise they only do it if they have a few minutes to kill between appointments. Denton is serving a mission for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints…
In this Friday, April 19, 2013, Massachusetts State Police photo, Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev leans over in a boat at the time of his capture by law enforcement authorities in Watertown, Mass. Photos of the Boston Marathon bombing suspect's surrender have been posted…
On his blog, The Slice, Paul Turner posts: "I challenge anyone reading this to make a convincing case that he or she is less interested in hydroplane racing than I am. Can't be done. And by the way, I'm not putting it down. To each…
Walmart, the nation’s largest private employer, will begin offering domestic partnership benefits for same-sex couples, according to documents obtained by Towleroad. Benefits for same-sex partners, like same-sex spouses, would include “medical, dental, vision, life insurance, discount cards, family leave, 401K, and critical illness and accident…
Brooke Martin (pictured), a 13-year-old Spokane high school freshman, will have an unusual report on “how I spent my summer vacation.” Martin spent a good part of the past six months helping launch iCPooch, a Spokane Web startup that will give dog owners an interactive…
Boise ranked ahead of 198 cities in a report on cities with the best drivers. The Allstate Insurance Co.’s report examined how often drivers using its insurance in the 200 largest cities in the nation get into vehicle wrecks. The average driver in Boise is…
On her Facebook wall, Coeur d'Alene City Council candidate Kiki Miller posts: "Great conversation with a lifelong Cd'a resident who opposed the recent closing of Front St. proposal. We discovered and agreed that the underlying resistance wasn't the proposal itself, but the suspicion and fear…
A Osprey military helicopter flies by the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial in Washington on Tuesday. Barack Obama, who will speak, was 2 years old and growing up in Hawaii when Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his “I Have a Dream” speech from the steps…
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.
