Here's a Twitter thought from KXLY's Colleen O'Brien to start the day: "Frustrating part about these women -- They all think they're special to #TheBachelor. He has 16 women!! You're not unique or special to him." And with that splash of reality, I'll drop today's…
Chinese military band members rehearse before the opening session of the National People's Congress at Beijing's Great Hall of the People, in China, today. China's government promised its people Tuesday deficit-fueled spending to fight deep-seated corruption, improve the despoiled environment and address other quality-of-life issues…
You know the “missed connections” section of Craigslist where people write about fleeting glances, eyes meeting across the room, love-at-first-sight magic? If you don’t know what I’m talking about, most “missed connections” posts are along the lines of, “I saw you at such-and-such place, and…
5:36 p.m. Female walking along H95/Aqua bike path w/German shepherd keeps falling down. 5:24 p.m. Disabled red pickup has smoke coming from it @ e/b I-90/16.5 (Mullan Trail). 5:20 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for March 4-5 here. 5:14 p.m. Female wants to…
Ballet teacher instructor Mia Song Seshiki, center, adjusts Simone Wulfhorst's, left, positions during practice Wednesday in Moscow. Wulfhorst, 12, was accepted into a summer ballet training program at the Bolshoi Ballet Academy in Connecticut, and is now raising funds so she can attend. Story here.…
Jack Hamilton of Slate describes a battle royale occurring in the Massachusetts Legislature re: an official state rock song: “Dirty Water” has thankfully not figured in to the new controversy that’s tearing apart the Bay State, namely the fight over the Commonwealth’s official state rock…
Beautiful Nate: A Memoir of a Family’s Love, a Life Lost, and Heaven’s Promises, written by Idahoan Dennis Mansfield about the son who died four years ago, is as much as anything else about finding the beauty within a mess. Mansfield does, although doing that…
Contractors Northwest Inc. of Coeur d’Alene is the low bidder for the reconstruction of McEuen Park in downtown Coeur d’Alene. CNI’s bid of $14.6 million was about $442,000 below the estimated cost for the makeover of the park next to Tubbs Hill and the Coeur…
On her Facebook page, Kerri Thoreson writes of the photo above: "The walkway ramp at the Independence Point dock on Lake Coeur d'Alene is at a rather steep incline. When the lake levels rise over the next several weeks it will be a little more…
In this March 7, 2005, file photo, Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez covers the ears of his grandson Manolito as they watch a display by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) aircrafts at the airport in Bangalore, India. Venezuela's Vice President Nicolas Maduro announced today that Chavez has…
Betsy Russell's Eye on Boise was selected as best Idaho political blog: We asked. You answered. After weeks of combing through, literally, thousands of nominations we are ready to unveil the Fix’s 2013 list of the best state-based political blogs! (A HUGE thank you to…
A board on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange shows the closing number for the Dow Jones industrial average, Tuesday. The Dow is closing at a record, beating the previous high it set in October 2007, before the financial crisis and the Great…
Gonzaga junior forward Kelly Olynyk has been named WCC player of the year, the conference announced Tuesday. Olynyk, who is averaging 19.3 points and 7.3 rebounds in conference, becomes the 11th Gonzaga player to be selected WCC player of the year. Mark Few was named…
Singer, prosecutor, construction worker, lawmaker. And he's only 31. A freshman in the Idaho House, Coeur d'Alene Republican Rep. Luke Malek (pictured) dove into the political deep end when he was tasked with membership on the House Health and Welfare, State Affairs and Judiciary and…
The Humane Society of the United States and The Humane Society Wildlife Land Trust are offering a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the identification, arrest and conviction of the person or persons responsible for illegally shooting five deer, three of whom…
In a recent conversation with Christa Hazel, (Bay Views) remarked, "I would ask your party affiliation but then this (Coeur d'Alene School Board) is a non-partisan office, isn't it." This was her reply: "I have always been Republican. Rumors to the contrary are false. I…
Alexandria Freand and Wade Bernhardt both from Athol, took advantage of the warm weather and spent some time on Tubbs Hill in Coeur d'Alene on Monday. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Question: When do you first hike Tubbs Hill in any given year?
11:47 a.m. Cautionery lights @ 495 E. Lancaster/Hayden are down, according to deputy. 11:03 a.m. 50YO male is urinating on Northern Idaho Advance Care building, 600 Cecil/PF. 10:39 a.m. Possible unattended death reported in 3100 block of N2nd/CdA. 10:22 a.m. Someone injured in fall @…
On his last day as a University of Idaho law professor, Alan Fitzgerald Williams (pictured in Lewiston Tribune photo) went into a friend's garage in Gig Harbor, Wash., tied one end of a rope around a pull-up bar, tied the other end around his neck,…
The House has voted 42-27 in favor of HB 206, the bill to send state general fund money to charter schools to cover their facility costs, through a per-student formula; the vote came after an hour-plus debate that stretched into the noon hour. “Our charter…
Idaho celebrates its Territorial Sesquicentennial, the 150th anniversary of President Abraham Lincoln signing the congressional act into law that created the Idaho territory, during a ceremony at the Statehouse in Boise on Monday afternoon. (AP/Statesman photo: Joe Jaszewski) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Sequestration grounds Kalispell…
Weekend Poll: Overwhelmingly, Hucks Nation opposes a bill proposed by Sen. Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d'Alene, that would give tax credits to individuals who donate money for private school scholarships. 323 of 424 respondents (76.18%) disagree with Nonini's bill. Only 92 of 424 respondents (21.7%) support…
The agenda for tonight's Coeur d'Alene City Council meeting is light. But you never know when news will break out with this crew. Huckleberries notices that owner Steve Widmyer (not Widmeyer) will be appointed to the Parking Committee. Then, there's a note at the end…
"I have a love/ hate relationship with my bed. I love it so much I hate to leave it" -- Cindy via Twitter. Question: Describe a love-hate relationship that you have.
A car passes through the gate of Glenwood Gardens in Bakersfield, Calif., Monday, where an elderly woman died after a nurse refused to perform CPR on her last week. The central California retirement home is defending one of its nurses who refused pleas by a…
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.
