I'm glad I had other things to do last night than to watch Alabama stomp Notre Dame in the BCS championship game. I watch considerably less sports on television today than I did 10 years ago. I enjoy baseball. But I'd rather listen to a…
Brandt Snedeker watches his chip bounce on the ninth green during the third and final round at the Tournament of Champions PGA golf tournament on Tuesday in Kapalua, Hawaii. Snedeker finished third. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson) DFO: I've never hit a single golf ball from a…
Bubba32: (RE: American Legion flap leads to punch): Violence is how criminals solve disputes. Adult offenders and juvenile offenders. Fighting is never ok. Just one ungloved punch to the face can cause brain injury, facial surgery, or very expensive medical or dental bills. Somebody has…
Phaedrus mentioned something in a comment earlier today that caught my interest. Basically, he wondered if a public vote would be in order if the city and school district couldn't reach a sales agreement re: Person Field. After all, two of the current board signed…
David Johnson, 9, takes a shot on the pool table with the wrong end of the cue during a game Monday with Colin Nordhausen, 17, a Boys and Girls Club of Kootenai County staff member during the club's first day open to students in Post…
Coeur d'Alene police press release: "At the request of Idaho State Police the Coeur d’Alene Police Department has been assigned as the lead investigators in a critical incident that occurred at The Tribal Conoco Station located next to the Coeur d’Alene Casino at 3:20 p.m.…
Brenda Bahn-Moore, of Bentonville, Ark., snaps a photo of Elvis Presley's 78th birthday cake during festivities at Graceland in Memphis, Tenn., Tuesday. More than 200 faithful fans sang Happy Birthday to the King of Rock & Roll before the annual cutting of the cake. (AP…
The personal property tax on business equipment, which Idaho’s largest businesses are pushing hard to repeal this year, is something “nearly everyone agrees is an unfair drag on our economy,” Gov. Butch Otter told lawmakers in his State of the State message. He said, “Whether…
The report also identified “a strong undercurrent of despair” among teachers, who said they perceive a climate that “disparages their effort and belittles their contribution,” said OPE analyst Lance McCleve. School officials reported trouble recruiting teachers, particularly for hard-to-fill positions including science, math and special…
Pecky Cox/As the Lake Churns reports the softball field is ready for the 2013 Priest Lake Snow Shoe Softball Tournament that kicks off Saturday and runs through next three weekends. Sale/Tumblewords Estabrook/Fort Boise Upgrade day/Slight Detour Haggle over Hagel/Dogwalk Musings Friendship? Bread/From A Simple Mind…
"Cynthia Langenheder used to think it was neat to have the same birthday as the late king of rock and roll," posts Paul Turner/The Slice Blog. "But over the years, she started thinking more in terms of sharing the birthday with Stephen Hawking." (Illustration photo:…
On his Facebook wall, Robin Loznak of Kellogg., Ore., posts this photo & the comment: "Two great things that go great together: Skunk skull and colorful shelf fungus." You can see more of Robin's outdoor photography here. Question: Can you think of two other outdoor…
Associated Editor Gary Crooks of the SR opinion page tweets: "Almost all letters coming in to S-R are about guns. Good time to write and get published, if it's on another topic." Question: Aren't you glad the Huckleberries has two dozen & sometimes more different…
Before Joseph Duncan murdered a 9-year-old North Idaho boy in 2005, he set his sights on a Spokane child, posing as a prospective renter and touring a Spokane duplex with the boy’s mother while ogling the child. But the boy’s mother grew suspicious and the…
The Pac-12 announced the findings of its nearly 2-month review of the Washington State football program on Tuesday, concluding that no evidence was found to suggest that coach Mike Leach (shown in SR file photo) or his assistants had engaged in player abuse. The investigation…
From September to December, I took a sabbatical from The Spokesman-Review, moved to Chicago and completed a 12-week internship in chaplaincy at Rush University Medical Center. Aging experts predict that some baby boomers now in their 50s will work at “encore careers” in their 60s…
On her Facebook wall, Cindy posts: Twenty-three years ago today, I was sitting in a wheelchair in the lobby of Sacred Heart and I wasn't feeling great. In fact, I was in a lot of pain. By the time I got to my hospital room,…
On her Facebook wall, Kerri Thoreson writes that she saw a flock of robins in a neighbor's tree during the big snow storm Monday. On his Slice blog, Paul Turner posts: "It's my understanding that there are robins in our area all year, though the…
11:49 a.m. Non-injury, two-vehicle accident reported @ Davis/Honeysuckle, CdA, possibly involving an off-duty detention officer. 11:45 a.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Jan. 6-7 here. 11:31 a.m. CPD Blue told to check on a probation situation in 1400 block of Coeur d'Alene Avenue.…
The vast majority of Americans worry that politics in Washington is causing serious harm to the country, according to a new Gallup survey released Monday. Of those surveyed, 77 percent said the way politics works is causing the nation serious harm, versus just 19 percent…
Chairman Tom Hamilton of the Coeur d'Alene School Board comments: The Board has said all along, and it was strongly reiterated again last night that we desire to see that ALL of Person Field remain a public park and green space for the local community.…
Monday Poll: Hucks Nation solidly opposes a proposal by Coeur d'Alene Superintendent Hazel Bauman to add $1 million to the next M&O levy for a security upgrade. 84 of 149 respondents (56.38%) oppose Bauman's plan. Only 57 of 149 respondents (38.26%) support it. 8 (5.37%)…
One of the regrettable realities about life in the Information Age is how quickly the outrage of the moment becomes a forgotten relic of the past. Maybe we’re so bombarded by the controversies and “nontroversies” of the here-and-now that the space in our brains simply…
Christa Hazel provides Huckleberries with an analysis of the Coeur d'Alene School Board discussion re: the sale of Person Field -- and the request by the city of Coeur d'Alene to discuss the sale in an open meeting: "The Board really pondered what there was…
Michael Cello braved the snowy weather while riding his bike along Sherman Avenue in Coeur d’Alene on Monday. Winter 2012-13 delivered its first big punch this week. Story here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Wolves spotted at Idaho nuclear facility/AP Washington gets…
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.
