I'm back to a regular schedule today, after two weeks of taking care of newby Beagle pup, Huckleberry, in the mornings while Mrs. O visited Junior in Florida. Also, Huckleberries again is fully operational, with "Recent Comments" feature functioning properly, after super techs at Spokane…
There's no snow on the ground at Quail Ridge Golf Course in Clarkston this week, just a little fog and cool air to deal with. So there's no reason not to get nine or 18 holes of golf in when you're in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley.…
A Facebook Friend asks: "Why do teenage boys always smell like they have crawled out of the (butt) of a skunk who crawled out of the (butt) of another skunk?" Anyone?
Kootenai County commissioners opted to not vote Tuesday on a proposed ordinance declaring all federal gun laws invalid and directing the sheriff to prevent enforcement of such laws. “Ultimately it’s not enforceable,” county Prosecutor Barry McHugh said of the proposal from the Kootenai County Republican…
Don Sausser Facebooks this "drop-dead, sky-wide sunset" tonight. Vehicle thieves hit Post Falls/Press NIC board agenda for Wednesday meeting/NIC Dive team recovers body from Spokane River/SR Xmas concerts set Wednesday at Kroc Center/Press Santa ready to ride with firefighters/Coeur d'Alene Press Oscar for teaching goes…
Time 2 Vote ... President Barack Obama greets children dressed like elves at the National Building Museum in Washington, Sunday. The first family is attending the taping of the annual 2013 Christmas in Washington, celebrating its 32nd year anniversary. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Manuel…
4:16 p.m. Female at Coeur d'Alene apartments wants extra patrol b/c male tried to get into her place this AM. 3:58 p.m. CPD officers have found female missing at Lake City High, who was described as 5 feet, 80 pounds, wearing pink tennis shoes and…
A popular charter school in Rathdrum, Idaho has been approved to expand from its current K-8 focus into high school grades – over the objections of the local school district, which says the move will funnel away money that now provides more course choices for…
Boise Republicans were expected to weigh in at a meeting on the political future of Rep. Mark Patterson amid calls for his resignation after the disclosure of his guilty plea in a 1974 sexual assault case in Florida. Patterson, a first-term GOP lawmaker from Boise,…
Gabe Green of Coeur d'Alene Press sets up photo for Wreaths Across America photo, after speakers left the platform at Forest Cemetery. The annual Wreaths Across America program provides wreaths for fallen veterans. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen) Holy-day traditions/End Notes After dinner/From A Simple Mind Tuesday…
Venture High School instructor Daniel Taylor is shown today during a 1st District Court appearance. Gabe Cohen/KHQ reports that Taylor is being held on a $50,000 bond. (Photo: Gabe Cohen) The Coeur d'Alene School District has issued the following statement re: the arrest of Venture…
Downtown visitors and workers can now park long-term at the recently opened parking structure along Front Avenue thanks to the recent installation of an unmanned pay station. The parking facility partially opened just before Thanksgiving and offers stalls for about 180 vehicles. Parking is free…
Facebook Friend Robin Loznak of Kellogg, Ore., provides this description of the photo above re: his dog Molly and a rough skinned newt: "The little rough skinned newt is one of the most toxic animals known to science. One study estimated as many as 25,000…
The Kootenai County commissioners will discuss a resolution from the local GOP Central Committee, seeking an ordinance that would recognize the sheriff as the ultimate authority in deciding constitutionality of federal gun laws. The commissioners will discuss the matter at 3 o'clock today at the…
Commissioner Dan Green tells Huckleberries that the county GOP Central Committee has 15 days to submit 3 names to replace the late County Clerk Cliff Hayes and then the county commissioners have another 15 days to appoint one of the three. If none of the…
... I noticed that the good weather this week has enabled construction to begin again, for the Coeur d'Alene wastewater treatment plant expansion and the new West Lakeshore Condominiums at West Lakeshore & Military/Fortgrounds area. Construction workers have the foundations in place at the condominium…
From Jeff Conroy/St. Vincent de Paul's: "The extreme cold weather is back and we NEVER want anyone to freeze. So the St Vincent de Paul North Idaho Warming Center is going to remain open Wednesday through Friday. NO MATTER WHAT we will be open Christmas…
12:07 a.m. Man in downtown Coeur d'Alene rambled for 20 minutes about being bugged, had phone wrapped in tinfoil. 11:24 a.m. 20YO male has suffered undisclosed leg injury @ 1600 block of E. Front Avenue/CdA. 10:46 a.m. 2-vehicle, noninjury accident reported @ H95/Dakota Avenue, Hayden.…
In this May 19, 2011 file photo, Mose Macdonald works in the impound yard of Stealth Recovery and Towing in Eugene, Ore. near a billboard proclaiming the upcoming Saturday, May 21, 2011 as "Judgement Day." An organization run by Harold Camping of Oakland, Calif., had…
Many Catholics, both Mass-going and lapsed, were pleased to see Time Magazine accord the new Pope, Francis I, its “Person of the Year” award. He not only has been one of the top news-generators this past year, what he is saying, and how he is…
Clifford T. Hayes, 62, passed away in his home near Post Falls on December 12, 2013. Cliff was born in Brockton, Massachusetts on May 24, 1951. He was raised in Lakewood, California, and he attended Lakewood High School and Long Beach City College. He served…
... The names being bandied about as possible picks for the three nominees for County Clerk appointment from Kootenai County GOP Central Committee include: Deputy Clerk Pat Raffee, former GOPCC chairwoman Tina Jacobson, State Committeeman Bjorn Handeen, former sheriff's candidate John Green and former Commissioner…
Monday Poll: Overwhelmingly, Hucks Nation predicts none of the three county clerk nominees submitted to the Kootenai County commissioners by the county GOP Central Committee this week will be qualified for the job. 64 of 146 respondents (43.85%) say that the three names will come…
Lakeland High School Student Body President Sarah Fasel, 12th grade, dressed up in her Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle outfit for super hero day at the school in Rathdrum on Monday. Students are celebrating spirit week in preparation for the Prairie Pig basketball game against Post…
A Venture High School teacher in Coeur d'Alene, Daniel Taylor, has been arrested on four different felony charges for the sexual abuse of a minor. Taylor is charged with felony rape, forcible sexual penetration with a foreign object, as well as lewd conduct and sexual…
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.
