An attempt to control trolls in other areas of the SR.com blogosphere inadvertently closed threads for Huckleberries Online over the weekend. Things should be back to normal today. So feel free to join in the debate again today. Now for your first Wild Card of…
Buckshot the horse finds the rough gravel perfect for scratching a back itch as he rolls in the indoor arena at the Wagon Wheel Ranch in Frederick County, Va. Saturday. (AP Photo, The Winchester Star, Jeff Taylor)
On her Facebook wall, Cindy says, and I agree: “Reason #13 Columbus Day is a stupid holiday— I do not get the day off, but bank and credit union employees do. Seriously.” Question: Can you think of any other reasons that Columbus Day (celebrated today)…
5:43 p.m. 2-vehicle crash partly blocking H53 in front of Hauser Smoke Shop. 5:36 p.m. 2 road ragers are giving ISP officer trouble in parking lot of Skate Plaza. 5:31 p.m. 84YO CdA female has fallen 6 times today & not has hit her face.…
Time 2 vote Boston Red Sox's Jarrod Saltalamacchia and a sportscaster interviewing him are sprayed with sports drink during an interview after Game 2 of the American League baseball championship series against the Detroit. You write the cutline. (AP photo) Weekend Winner -- JohnA, with…
Three political action committees are active in the fall Coeur d'Alene mayor and City Council elections -- Balance North Idaho, ReclaimCDA and Coeur d'Alene Firefighters. The 30-day, pre-election financial disclosure statements show that the Coeur d'Alene Firefighters PAC has raised the most money of these…
As you know, Coeur d'Alene City Council candidate Chris Fillios has been painting political opponent Amy Evans as a "progressive liberal" or something like that. Here, Evans lists here qualifications for the council, plus her accomplishments in volunteer roles already. Coeur d'Alene City Council candidate…
Councilman Woody McEvers (with camera and Bill Greenwood of the Coeur d'Alene Recreation Department are shown during the McEuen Field open house Saturday. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen) In a council race that features little significant fund-raising. Reagan Republican/ReclaimCDA candidate Sharon Hebert leads a 3-candidate race. Hebert…
Ron Lahr's Strategery public relations organization and Range NW, associated with Balance North Idaho, are heavily involved in the candidacies of four individuals running for Coeur d'Alene mayor and City Council positions. According to the 30-day pre-election campaign finance reports, 82.5 percent of the campaign…
About 100 people attended a Coeur d’Alene mayoral candidate forum hosted by the North Idaho College Republican’s Club on the college’s main campus Monday. All three candidates for mayor were present, including, from left to right: Mary Souza, Joe Kunka, and Steve Widmyer. (North Idaho…
Coeur d'Alene will have a second children's play area near the waterfront when the new McEuen Field is open next spring -- a colorful area, near the old playground that will include areas for big children and smaller ones, as well as musical features. The…
In the race for the Coeur d'Alene City Council Seat No. 6 seat, now held by Deanna Goodlander, candidate Kiki Miller leads to opponents in fund-raising. Miller had raised $4818 and spent $3000 with one month until election, according to her campaign disclosure statement. Her…
Visitors walk along the paved area in front of the underground parking garage (right) that will serve motorists visiting downtown Coeur d'Alene, McEuen Field and the waterfront next spring. Visitors got their first look at the new and evolving McEuen Field on Saturday. (Photo: Duane…
Idaho’s largest charter school, the online Idaho Virtual Academy, has confirmed that it sent student essays to India for grading in 2007, Boise State Public Radio reports this morning. The 3,000-student public virtual school contracts with K12 Inc., a for-profit company, for its curriculum and…
One week after the less-than stellar launch of Obamacare and its insurance exchanges, we are learning that a key selling point behind the Idaho implementation of the health care law may not come to fruition. Well, to recall … We were all told in January…
Idaho Republican Party Chairman Barry Peterson predicts discontent with President Obama will prompt an unusually large number of GOP candidates to file in the 2014 elections, from congressional and statewide races to county commissioner and other local offices. “People are going to say, ‘By God,…
The public’s approval of congressional Republicans' handling of budget negotiations continues to plummet as the government shutdown enters its third week. A Washington Post/ABC News poll found that for the first time during the shutdown, less than a majority — 49 percent — of Republicans…
On her Facebook wall, Coeur d'Alene City Council candidate Amber Copeland posts: "At the candidate's forum when asked what makes me qualified to be on the city council I answered that every person is qualified. The purpose of the council is to contribute ideas and…
Frederik Van Lierde, of Belgium, crosses the finish line to win the Ironman World Championship Triathlon on Saturday in Kailua-Kona, Hawaii. (AP Photo/Chris Stewart) Question: Do you ever dream of participating in Ironman Coeur d'Alene?
11:59 a.m. 2 vehicles, including black Escalade, weaving in & out of traffic in tandem @ H95/H53. 11:23 a.m. K-Mart tailing female involved in grand theft shoplifting from store @ 201 W. Neider/CdA. 11:02 a.m. Semi pulling trailer, speeding, swerving on s/b H41/MP 22 (north…
On Friday, Jeff Selle of the Coeur d'Alene Press reported that three families have contributed a considerable amount of money to Mary Souza's mayoral campaign: $6000 of her $29,223 from six members of the Damiano family; and $4000 from former Coeur d'Alene school trustee Brent…
George Sayler, a former state legislator from Coeur d'Alene, asks a question of Bill Greenwood of the city Parks Department during the open house for emerging McEuen Field Saturday. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Blood demand on decline/Keith Cousins, Press Spaniel inspires desire…
Architect Dick Stauffer of Miller-Stauffer points out amenities on the new McEuen Field to Coeur d'Alene City Council candidate Chris Fillios (right) and his Fillios' wife, Linda, during an open house for the emerging park Saturday. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen) A letter was circulated viIa email…
Randy Myers: I am VERY impressed with the park and agree with those that say it is and will be fabulous.I just think we spent infrastructure money from a URD on a park instead of putting it towards true infrastructure like roads, utility upgrades, even…
Tis the season. And in that spirit, here’s a reminder of years past: high fever, headache, muscle ache, cough, sore throat, chills, fatigue, nausea/diarrhea and runny or stuffy nose. Yep, it’s flu season all right. According to Michael Brandt, Pharm.D, pharmacy clinical supervisor at Kootenai…
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.
