From Post Falls PD Facebook: "A dog escaped from a yard on Spokane St. and attacked another dog that was walking with its owner. When the owner tried to break up the fight he was bit." Question: Have you or your dog been attacked while…
In WalletHub's 2014 Best & Worst States for Women's Equality, Idaho ranks ... 48th. Only Wyoming and Utah rank lower. Idaho ranks 49th in the categories of workplace environment and health and education. However, it ranks 28th in the category of political empowerment. Overall, the…
Today is the 94th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. Did you know that in Idaho today more women are likely to vote than men? We still do not have any women elected to statewide office, though. Will you…
On her Facebook wall, Cheryl Stransky, a Democrat running against state Rep. Vito Barbieri in House District 2, posts: "In response to the August 21 Nickels Worth article signed onto by a group of local legislators who voted NO on the establishment of a Mental…
The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office crime prevention section will be at the Target store in Coeur d'Alene this Friday to create ID-A-KID kits. From 11 am until 2 pm, Sheriff's Office personnel will fingerprint and photograph your children will all information given back to the…
In this Aug. 25 image made from video provided by the Mohave County Sheriff Department, firing-range instructor Charles Vacca, left, shows a 9-year old girl how to use an Uzi. Vacca, 39, was standing next to the girl on Monday at the Last Stop range…
11:44 a.m. Resident @ 8th/Randle Avenue, CdA, reports juveniles are shooting BB guns at home, after throwing rocks at it. They have a baseball bat & are converging on property. Older male w/tire iron is confronting them. 11:33 a.m. CPD officer has female at gun…
On her Facebook wall, Chairman Christa Hazel of the Coeur d'Alene School Board posted her speech from the Back To School Breakfast rally this morning: "I’ve been asked about the status of contract negotiations from many concerned parents. They ask, 'What does this mean for…
The Coeur d'Alene Education Association handed out these flyers to teachers and employees this morning at the annual Back to School Breakfast, staged by the Coeur d'Alene School District and sponsored by Mountain West Bank. School officials, teachers & district staff ate breakfast in the…
Wednesday Poll: Hucks Nation supports Commissioner Jai Nelson's efforts to stop judicial confirmation of a proposed county lease with a private company for jail space. A judicial confirmation hearing is set Friday. 71 of 136 respondents (52.21%) support Nelson's lawsuit to stop the process. 54…
JMRusche (RE: Federal lands interim committee adds Sandpoint stop): Hmmm. How many interim committees meet in both Kamiah and St Maries, Coeur d'Alene and Sandpoint. While public involvement is important, I will point out that interim committees have no defined role in the legislative process.…
From Rich Landers' Outdoors blog: "Out for a night of relaxation at Priest Lake Tuesday, Craig Goodwin found a natural late show worth staying up to watch. 'I stopped by Hill’s Resort, stoked up the coals in a fire pit, sat back and watched one…
I received one of these in the mail last night. I rolled my eyes rather than rant. I also saw an TV commercial last night, linking A.J. Balukoff to Barack Obama and national Democratic policies. Boilerplate stuff for Idaho GOP candidates. Nasty stuff. On his…
Kootenai County Chief Deputy Clerk Pat Raffee announced today that some election deadlines occur right after the Labor Day holiday weekend. “Candidates who wish to run for North Idaho College Trustee or for Kootenai/Shoshone Soil & Water Conservation District Supervisor must file by 5PM Tuesday,…
The roar of the crowd was deafening as the Eastern Washington University Eagles prepared to take the field Saturday afternoon. From my vantage point at the entrance of the team tunnel, I scanned the sea of red-shirted fans hoping to spot my husband. After all,…
In today’s world of social media fundraising, the ALS Association has hit the jackpot – and created a social media model that nonprofits everywhere are anxious to exploit. But can they? Some of the richest and most powerful figures in business, politics, media and sports…
Nicholas Worline, 3, waits patiently in line with his siblings during a school supply giveaway Wednesday at Riverstone in Coeur d’Alene. The event, in its second year, is run by the North Idaho College wrestling team and is funded from t-shirt sales and donations collected…
Vic Schmehl dances with his granddaughter Isabella, 5, during a performance by Coeur d'Alene artist Ron Greene and his band's performance during Pig Out in the Park on Wednesday at Riverfront Park in Spokane, Wash. The 35th annual Pig Out features 47 food booths, four…
A Spokane Valley officer shot and killed a dog after police say the dog bit him several times Wednesday afternoon outside a Greenacres residence. The officer, who has not been named, was at the property to return keys to the homeowner’s son who lives at…
Inland Empire League football coaches thought it was a door that had been permanently shut. For nearly a decade, IEL coaches have desired that their counterparts in the Greater Spokane League would convince their administrators to open up their schedules and allow nonleague games. It…
Another season of free summer concerts is winding down. Mrs. O & visited Sherman Park Square for the first time, last night, to hear Strictly Business for the second time this summer. We heard the band at Hayden City Park earlier. Female vocalist Erika Anderson…
Officers belonging to Mexico's newest police force, known as the gendarmerie, salute during the launching ceremony for the new force at the Federal Police headquarters in Mexico City. Officials said Tuesday, that the first assignment for members of the new police force is Valle de…
The stories that received the most comments today were: 9-year-old girl firing Uzi, kills instructor (19 comments), and: Kootenai County GOP rejects Arfee dog protection resolution (18 comments).
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.