I moments away from a three-day Memorial weekend break. You're probably ready for one, too -- after the wild week we had with the local elections on Tuesday and then fallout from them for the remainder of the week. It'll be challenging to keep you…
Kiersten Kerr, coach of the two-time champion Coeur d'Alene High Skeet & Trap Team, explains the photo and poster by Bruce Twitchell above: "We did just win state and our kids are very excited about it. The competition was in Boise on May 17th and…
A Facebook Friend posts: "I've mentioned it. I've left notes. But this memorial day I seriously am mustering the courage to walk over to the neighbors house, with a ladder, and remove the American flag they've left, laying in a crumpled heap, in all kinds…
5:07 p.m. Possible DUI driver in hit-and-run crashes on Govt Way stopped @ Prairie/Meadowlark. 5:05 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for May 23-24 here. 4:58 p.m. Hit-and-run driver hits at least 2 vehicles on s/b Government Way/Prairie, Hayden. 4:51 p.m. Possible slash pile…
Contemporary French artist Fabien Merelle poses for photos in front of his creation in five meters high sculpture "Pentateuque" in Central, business district of Hong Kong, Tuesday. The artwork brings to real life the fantastical and seemingly impossible act of an average man balancing a…
It’s National Bike Month, which got me thinking about a neighbor kid from my childhood. We grew up in the woods outside Sandpoint, and there weren’t many other kids around, so we had to make our own fun. Most of that revolved around bikes, and…
Bailey Andrews, aquatic lifeguard supervisor for Sliverwood Theme Park filmed the Spin Cycle at the amusement park near Athol earlier today. The Spin Cycle is Silverwood's newest addition. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Hiawatha Trail opens Sunday/Rich Landers, SR ITD: 253 bridges obsolete or structurally unsound/KHQ…
Bear hunters in high country of North Idaho search among blackened tree stumps and dense woods for game during bear season earlier this month, from left: Chris Quagliana, Orville Grabeal and Rich Piazza. Photographer Duane Rasmussen reports that hunters shoot 400 yards or more to…
... That negotiations between the Coeur d'Alene School District and the Coeur d'Alene Education Association have been suspended until new trustees are sworn into office July 1. An insider tells Huckleberries: "Due to new board members joining the CdA School Board of Trustees and the…
State Rep. Luke Malek, R-Coeur d'Alene, addresses the North Idaho Pachyderm Club at Jonesy's restaurant on Sherman Avenue this morning, discussing the state-run exchange, which has upset some local Republicans who oppose Obamacare entirely. Malek also discussed his bill to protect emergency room doctors, which…
T. W. Clark Construction of Spokane Valley, Washington was awarded the Canfield Middle School Remodel and Additions general construction project for $5,818,600 which is a base bid of $4,964,000 plus alternate bids 1 and 2 for $854,600. The Coeur d’Alene School District Board of Trustees…
Shoshone County taxpayers reached a notable conclusion in the May 21 election: More government won't mean more economic opportunity and prosperity. I suspect that advocates of urban renewal will try again. I'm more hopeful that advocates of urban renewal in other parts of the state,…
I thought of this Joe Heller/Hellertoons political cartoon when I saw Cis Gors following post on her Facebook wall: "gas at my local station went up 11 cents since early am ...it is now $3.66!! and it is the second cheapest in our area..." I…
On its Facebook wall at 1:15 p.m., the Police Falls Police Department warns motorists: "Post Falls Police currently enroute to a 2 vehicle injury accident. Please take another route of travel until the roadway is clear." Only the post doesn't say where the accident is.…
Idaho's sold more than $500,000 worth of its new $10 state parks passports in the first six months of the program, and state parks officials have high hopes the low-priced passes tied to Idahoans' vehicle registrations will take off big and help fund the park…
Idaho Sen. Mike Crapo is defending his former campaign manager who lost $250,000 in campaign funds in a risky investment, while also calling the incident “discouraging” and “deeply distressing.” Crapo’s then-campaign manager, Jake Ball, loaned $250,000 in campaign funds in 2008 to a longtime friend’s…
Do you recall that speeding ticket that Wayne Hoffman of Idaho Freedom Foundation received while in Kootenai County recently? Seems he got into a war of words with the Lewiston Tribune over it: And he's not happy with the Tribune, which said the lobbyist and…
A member of the 2013 graduating class of the United States Naval Academy peeks over the shoulder of a fellow graduates to listen to President Barack Obama during the commencement ceremony at the Academy in Annapolis, Md., Friday. The president urged new graduates to exhibit…
Post Falls police are asking drivers to avoid the intersection of Seltice Way and Greensferry, where a vehicle has crashed under a semi (8:14 item). KREM2 story here. (Courtesy photo: Post Falls Police Department) 11:45 a.m. Caller reports a male with rifle in vehicle outside…
The Wednesday morning quarterbacks are busy breaking down the local election results in the Coeur d'Alene School Board and Kootenai Hospital Board races. Jeff Ward of the Reagan Republicans blames old-fashioned, over-the-fence campaigning for his candidates' lopsided losses in the Coeur d'Alene trustee elections. Joker…
Senator Bob Nonini is still a liar! In our homes and schools we teach our children accountability for their actions, so why can’t we teach cowardly politicians accountability in front of an impartial judge and in the polling booths? It is Bob Nonini’s signature on…
And now a message from Berry Picker Don Sausser: (and photographer for photo above) "Memorial Day next Monday -- fly your flags! There will be a memorial service at Independence Point, 0900 hrs." Any questions? Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR UI: Akey got everything he's owed/Brandon…
Jeff Ward’s feeble attempt to explain what went wrong with the Coeur d’Alene School Board election and the Kootenai Health Board of Director election is eerily similar to Karl Rove’s exasperation after President Obama was re-elected. Ward was paid a nice chunk of money by…
Thursday Poll: Hucks Nation is giddy re: the results of the local elections Tuesday in which four of five Balance North Idaho candidates won office in Coeur d'Alene.173 of 218 respondents (79.36%) said they were "giddy" re: the results. Only 16 (13.3%) said they were…
"Relationships trump ideology. Relationships trump partisanship. Relationships even trump the truth," he said, explaining how he believes his opponents used their neighborhood relations to perpetuate a "lie." "The lie was simple," he said. "They told everyone that disaster would happen if our people were re-elected.…
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.
