A new leash on life 6
PONDERAY - Eighteen dogs and four puppies from Southern California shelters that practice euthanasia gained brighter futures in North Idaho on Monday.
TUESDAY, DEC. 23, 2014
That's news to you
How much do you know about bald eagle sightings in north Idaho, former Gonzaga University basketball players and other local items in the news? Find out in our weekly quiz, where you could win movie tickets or a $50 gift card to the Davenport Hotel…
Dow tops 18,000 12
Stocks are pushing further into record territory as the Dow Jones industrial average tops 18,000 points for the first time.
ISP boots eagle watchers off SR97 4
A multi-exposure image by Spokane pastor-photographer Craig Goodwin illustrates the sequence of a bald eagle snatching a spawning kokanee this week from the waters of Lake Coeur d'Alene.
Kootenai County drug/alcohol arrests up
COEUR d'ALENE - The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office reported a high number of alcohol and drug-related arrests over the weekend.
Truly terrible vintage holiday recipes 3
Warning: This post is not for the sqeamish. Among the items making this list: Ring Around The Tuna (pictured above), Holiday Vegetable Loaf and Molded Pâté-Cheese Balls, because nothing says "lets get this party started" like liver and cream cheese balls suspended in a meaty…
Post Falls Cop: I am a sheepdog 9
This message from PFPD officer Sgt. Rosenau was posted this morning on the department's Facebook page in response to citizen's concerns over officer safety. I found it very moving.
Shining a light on MS rates 5
The Pacific Northwest is a great place to live. However, we have one of the highest rates of multiple sclerosis.
LCDC seeks more exposure 5
COEUR d'ALENE - The Lake City Development Corp. has played a role in making the Kroc Center, McEuen Park and the Coeur d'Alene Public Library a reality.
MONDAY, DEC. 22, 2014
Parting Shot: A Green Christmas? 2
Kerri Thoreson snapped this photo and writes: The 22nd day of December and the Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course floating green is still green. Sigh.
Monday Wild Card 12-22-14 11
Good grief! DFO goes on vacation and leaves me this note: For 2nd time, you might be in blog seat when hux passes record. I'll be about 16,000 page-views shy of 2.6M The record is 2,605,000. If you get huckleberries to record, I may have…
Dumb Criminals: She threw a brick
Police arrested a Spokane woman for assault after she allegedly threw a brick through the driver’s side window of an unmarked police car Friday.
North Korea experiencing severe Internet outages 4
WASHINGTON (AP) — North Korea experienced sweeping and progressively worse Internet outages extending into Monday, with one computer expert saying the country’s online access is “totally down.” The White House and the State Department declined to say whether the U.S. government was responsible.
War Bonds: Together again for Christmas
Without a doubt, the hardest part of writing a book like War Bonds: Love Stories From the Greatest Generation is saying goodbye to so many of these dear people.
‘Constitutionalists’ protest at Spokane Valley Police Precinct 11
Michael Poulin, left, and Jeffrey Brandt, right, hold signs along Sprague Avenue during a protest Saturday by self-labeled constitutionalists in the parking lot of the Spokane Valley Police Precinct. Jesse Tinsley, SR photo
H1 Unlimited sues Diamond Cup
Hydroplanes race on the straightaway during last year's Diamond Cup on Lake Coeur d'Alene.
Stocking question 5
Arpie would like Hucksters to address this important holiday query: "This is a big one in my family- Do things put in stockings need to be wrapped?"
SR Letter: Hats Off 8
John Tuft of Spokane writes: When I go to a restaurant for dinner or any other meal, looking around I find that there are more and more men wearing hats. I guess that most of them wish they were women, so they wear their hats.
He is a doctor and he plays one on TV but... 7
What do real-world doctors have to say about the advice dispensed on “The Dr. Oz Show”? Less than one-third of it can be backed up by even modest medical evidence.
Court orders Idaho to pay more than $400K in attorney fees, costs 10
The state of Idaho must pay more than $400,000 in attorney fees and costs to the lawyers who represented the four lesbian couples who successfully sued to overturn the state’s ban on same-sex marriage, a federal court has ruled. “There is no dispute that Plaintiffs…
Domination in the desert 2
Marshawn Lynch rushed for 113 yards and two touchdowns, including a memorable 79-yarder.
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.
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