Today is Pearl Harbor Day, for my father's generation. When I was growing up, Dec. 7 was a day when Americans stopped to remember the attack that took so many lives and led to our entrance into World War II. The day that JFK was…
Ginny Acker, 8, checks out her mouse makeup in the mirror as she and fellow dancers get ready for dress rehearsal for the Peninsula Dance Theatre's production of the Nutcracker in Bremerton, Wash. (AP Photo/Kitsap Sun, Meegan M. Reid) Question: How many times have you…
Today will end the first of two weeks of my somewhat abbreviated blog schedule (9 a.m. until 5-5:30 p.m.). It has been weird for me. Probably weird for you, too. But the end is coming nearer. Thanks for hanging in there. Now for today's Wild…
I have been fighting a plumbing problem for about one month.I found that the worst place a faucet can go bad is in the shower/tub. Naturally, it was the hot water side. This caused me to have to turn the hot water off on the…
Time 2 Vote ... Cal State Northridge's Mahina Haina has her spike blocked back into her face against Colorado State during their women's NCAA volleyball championship first-round match in Los Angeles, Thursday. You write the cutline.(AP Photo/Danny Moloshok) Thursday Winner -- Cindy, w/15 likes: Explaining…
A federal judge has cleared the way for Joseph Duncan’s execution for the 2005 kidnapping, torture and murder of a 9-year-old North Idaho boy, ruling that Duncan was mentally competent when he gave up the right to appeal his death sentence. U.S. District Judge Edward…
Facebook Friends Becky McIntire Boifeuillet and Jayson Frank of Artscape Landscaping happened on this scene independently during the lunch hour at H95/Hayden Avenue. Seems the trucker lost his rear axle, spilling logs onto Highway 95. No one was hurt. But a family member of Becky's…
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, left, speaks along side South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, second from left, Indiana Gov. Mike Pence, second from right, and Florida Gov. Rick Scott, right, during a news briefing for the Republican Governors Association (RGA) 2013 annual conference on Nov.…
If you have a chance, say, Hi, to "Hydromania" author Stephen Shepperd at Hastings, where he's autographing books this weekend. And, if you want to do Hucks Nation a solid, you can borrow my copy of "Hydromania" and write a review for the blog. Whaddya…
For her 50th birthday (which occurred Tuesday), Debbie Dixon Birmingham, pictured from Facebook wall, wanted something special -- for others. So she asked her friends to help her celebrate the Big 5-0 by performing random acts of kindness. From 4-6 p.m. Saturday, teams of Debbie's…
In his weekly Cheers & Jeers column, Marty Trillhaase/Lewiston Tribune gives jeers to ... ... to Idaho Gov. C.L. (Butch) Otter and state Sen. Russ Fulcher, R-Meridian.Rivals for the GOP gubernatorial nomination, they were singing in two-part harmony Tuesday when Boise businessman A.J. Balukoff announced…
Construction work continues on new McEuen Field parking garage, despite single-digit temperatures. (Coeur d'Alene Today photo: Keith Erickson) Despite subzero temperatures (with the bitter windchill taken into account), crews continue to put the finishing touches on the new downtown parking structure. Because much less construction…
From city of Post Falls Facebook: "Winterfest Tonight at 6 pm here at City Hall 408 N Spokane Street Post Falls. We will have the Tree Lighting, Make & Take Crafts, Cider & Cookies, Choirs singing, A reading of The Night Before Christmas and at…
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) on Friday said he would attempt to persuade his wife to let him run for president. Paul, long considered a potential GOP candidate in 2016, told an audience that his wife does not think he should run but that he will…
And now a word from KerriT re: our cold snap: After watching the national news stories about the weather around the country, I'm thinking we've got it pretty good. Cold, but good. I lived in North Dakota (Bert's homeland) for several years and the weather…
Santa Claus listens to the Vienna Boys Choir during a lunch break at the York Galleria Mall in York, Pa. on Thursday. Santa, who's also known as Richard Meadow in the off season is at the mall daily throughout the holiday season. (AP Photo/York Daily…
Thursday Poll: You're probably safe in the Inland Northwest in wishing a stranger "Merry Christmas." 127 of 256 respondents (49.61%) said they preferred "Merry Christmas" greeting to "Happy Holidays." Another 92 of 256 respondents (35.94%) said either greeting was fine. Only 22 of 256 respondents…
11:59 a.m. Deputy looking for suspicious person on Al's Welding Road/Sierra, off Spirit Lake Cut-across. 11:30 a.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Dec. 5-6 here. 11:11 a.m. Deputy asks fellow officer to check suspicious vehicle on Killarney Lake Road. 11:04 a.m. Caller says…
Huckleberries asked Jeff Conroy/St. Vinny's if the charity has specific needs this cold snap/holiday season. Here's his emailed response: "We need blankets, sleeping bag (badly), warm food, hand warmers, and socks right now. We've been open every night for the past week and a half…
The Idaho Legislature has devoted considerable time and money over the last few months to an analysis of how the state might take over the public lands in Idaho that have been owned since statehood (and before) by all of us – meaning all American…
In the letters to the editor section today, the Coeur d'Alene Press publishes two letters with opposing points of view on the "flowers" ("Umbrellas Gracilis") in the roundabout at Kathleen & 4th/CdA: Yvonne Benzinger, Coeur d'Alene: "What a delightful surprise, coming upon the cheery umbrella-like…
Rhonda Whited-Rupp holds a picture of sister Sherry Arnold, seen in a cowboy hat, and Arnold’s family in this Thursday photo made in Sidney, Mont. Attorneys for one of the men arrested in the slaying of the Montana teacher are seeking to have him declared…
The National Weather Service has issued a wind chill warning for tonight and early Saturday. Lows ranging from 5 to 12 degrees will feel much colder on the skin with northeast winds gusting to 30 mph. In Spokane, forecasters are calling for a potential wind…
I missed a major opportunity several months ago, prior to Gov. Butch Otter’s announcement that he would put together a task force to examine and make recommendations for education reform. Before the first task force meeting I should have predicted the outcome of the group’s…
Boise State’s Chris Petersen, pictured, has accepted an offer to become the Washington Huskies new head coach, the school announced this morning. Washington had offered to make Petersen, 49, one of the highest-paid coaches in the Pac-12, sources told The Seattle Times. He was scheduled…
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.
