A regular Huckleberries reader complained in a private email Wednesday that she had trouble following threads under the new Disqus comment system. So I gave her the following tip: You can arrange your view of individual threads by clicking on "discussion" at the top lefthand…
Earlier today, Fred Schrepfer stands by the more than 70-foot dinosaur snow sculpture he created this week in his yard when he found himself with a mound of snow after clearing his driveway in Metamora, Ill. Schrepfer started sculpting on Tuesday and was helped by…
Huckleberries hears from LCDC spokesman Keith Erickson that, moments ago, the Coeur d'Alene City Council approved the low bid of 14.8 million submitted by Dean Haagenson's Contractors Northwest to complete work on the McEuen Field upgrade. Mayor Sandi Bloem cast the tie-breaking vote after the…
For decades, iconoclastic Seattle artist Charles Krafft has made references to Nazis in his highly acclaimed, sometimes shocking pieces of art that most critics and art lovers brand as simple, ironic satire pushing the boundaries. He crafted a ceramic Hitler-bust teapot now in a San…
Spokane Public Schools Superintendent Shelley Redinger leads an Algebra II class at Rogers High School on Wednesday. From left are students Naomi McNeil, Jessie Hegar and Jacob Burger. Redinger spent the school day substituting for a math teacher. Story here. (SR photo: Dan Pelle) Pasco…
An arrest warrant was issued today for Lillie Alvarado, 45, of Bakersfield, Calif., on a charge of second-degree kidnapping. Alvarado faces charges for her role in transporting a 14 year-old female run-away from Coeur d’Alene Idaho to the suspect’s residence in Bakersfield. Alvarado allegedly traveled…
5:51 p.m. Female who flagged down motorist @ Triangle 7/Hayden Creek can't locate car. 5:43 p.m. Female @ Post Falls park said drunk male pulled knife when she told him to slow down. 5:37 p.m. Physical domestic reported in parking lot of Coeur d'Alene Super…
Idaho is the first of 10 states that have enacted 'fetal pain' abortion laws since 2010 to have its law overturned, the Associated Press reports today. Yesterday's ruling from U.S. District Judge Lynn Winmill also struck down two other Idaho laws dealing with abortion. Arizona…
Poor little Finch, writes Marianne Love/Slight Detour. "Mama, somebody's in my feeder and they're eating all my seeds." Happy Grosbeaks. "Gee, this is a sumptuous feast. C'mon, guys, gorge yourselves." This colorful bird-feeder scene out our front window came yesterday along with the snow. Just…
First, Christa hazel announced her candidacy for the Coeur d'Alene School Board, for the position held by controversial appointee Brent Regan. Then, Tom Hearn announced his candidacy for the seat held by another appointee, James Hightower. Now, Hearn has unveiled the first of his campaign…
City Clerk Renata McLeod does a good job recounting the flap launched by Councilman Steve Adams insistence that the city can't expand the wastewater treatment plant via judicial confirmation. However, she doesn't mention the S-bomb lobbed at Adams by City Attorney Mike Gridley. A brief…
More from City Clerk Renata McLeod's draft minutes of City Council meeting Tuesday: Jared Festner, 935 E. Front Avenue, stated he would like to discuss U.A.V. (Unmanned Arial Vehicles) also known as drones. The Federal Government has not clarified whether or not citizens can be…
On March 7, 2011, Coeur d'Alene Carousel Foundation president Richard Le Francis brought one of the horses from the Playland Pier Carousel to its former location near Independence Point in Coeur d'Alene. (SR file photo: Kathy Plonka) City Clerk Renata McLeod circulated a 12-page rough…
A man screams as the coffin of Venezuela's late President Hugo Chavez passes in the street as it is paraded from the hospital, where he died on Tuesday, to a military academy where it will remain until his funeral in Caracas, Venezuela, Wednesday. Seven days…
Call it Rand's Stand: A nearly 13-hour stall tactic on the Senate floor that thrust a tea party hero back into the national spotlight — a real-life version of the movie "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington." Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul's filibuster on Wednesday of President…
Have you been keeping up with current events? Try our weekly interactive quiz and find out. Two movie tickets to area cinemas and a $50 gift card to the Davenport Hotel are up for grabs, and all you need to do is enter. You can…
Butchers, this bill is for you. Legislation that would carve out an exemption in Idaho's concealed weapons law on knives has passed the House. The measure approved unanimously Thursday allows Idahoans to carry concealed knives with blades four inches or shorter without a permit. Longer…
Dan of Coeur d'Alene: "We are officially townies again! I woke up this morning in our new place back in the village of my youth, Coeur d'Alene. We'll miss some of the scenery and the water that we've enjoyed in Twin Lakes and Bayview but…
"I get a diff response to requests when I say 'I work for KXLY' as opposed to 'I am a reporter for KXLY.' 'Reporter' is a loaded word" Colleen O'Brien, KXLY. Question: Do you consider "reporter" to be a loaded word?
Retired executive Art Brown, left, and Dr. Jack Riggs, right, flank Mayor Sandi Bloem as they listen to speeches at the official groundbreaking of the Kroc Center in Coeur d'Alene on June 27, 2007. Since Huckleberries Online is in its 10th year of operation, I'm…
11:44 a.m. Patrol officer reports sink hole in concrete by Coeur d'Alene Skate Park. 11:38 a.m. Possible burglary: Truck backed up to closed resort on Conkling Park Road/Worley. 11:23 a.m. Males cutting down trees in undisclosed location along H41. May not have permission. 10:50 a.m.…
The House Health & Welfare Committee has voted 10-1 in favor of HB 248, the state health insurance exchange bill. Only Rep. John Vander Woude, R-Nampa, opposed it. Rep. Fred Wood, R-Burley, chairman of the committee, compared the state exchange vs. federal exchange issue to…
A joint investigation of Coeur d'Alene police and the FBI revealed that a 14-year-old runaway ended up in Southern California. The runaway girl, Jaidyn Deann Bendocchi, of Coeur d'Alene, allegedly got the help of a teenage boy's mother to travel to California, police said Wednesday.…
Golden State Warriors' Klay Thompson (11) celebrates after scoring in the final seconds of an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings Wednesday in Oakland, Calif. Thompson, of course, is a former Washington State Cougar. Story/video here. Last night, the Cougars won their first home…
Wednesday Poll: Overwhelmingly, Hucks Nation considers Councilman Steve Adams to be the worst member of the Coeur d'Alene City Council. 180 of 281 respondents (64.06%) picked Adams as the worst. Councilman Mike Kennedy was a distant second with 30 of 281 (10.68%) of the vote,…
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.
