Parting Shot -- 12.12.14
Dusty Tuckness gets tossed into the air by a bull while protecting bull rider Trey Benton III during the eighth go-round of the National Finals Rodeo Thursday in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)
FRIDAY, DEC. 12, 2014
TGIF Wild Card -- 12.12.14 2
I think I've gone over the edge. Now that I know how to stream the police scanner at home, I listen to it in the evening when I'm working in my home office. Last night, I followed a chase of a suspected DUI driver from…
Top Comments -- 12.12.14 10
Top Comment -- Riggs (RE: Letter: Bullets are one cure): Sadly, we are going to have to live with a less civil society than in the past. Just as Europeans tolerate petty theft, we will have to live with the same so that people interact…
Cutline Contest -- 12.12.14 3
Time 2 Vote ... New Orleans Saints defensive end Cameron Jordan (94) takes a selfie with kids attending his football clinic at the Saints' practice facility in Metairie, La. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Times-Picayune, David Grunfeld) Thursday Winner -- SLFisher, with 8 likes:…
Sightem
Spotted in Coeur d'Alene on the way to work: man with an especially monstrous beard and a lumberjack physique. A hand written sign "BACK OFF MY REAR" was taped into the back window of his Subaru Forester. Idaho traffic. Day made -- Nic, via Facebook.
A Message From Mayor Widmyer 1
On Facebook, from Coeur d'alene Mayor Steve Widmyer: "This Saturday our community will have a friendly competition with our neighbors across the border , Spokane. Some Kootenai County Mayors, including myself, will be ringing the bell for the Salvation Army in the 4th Annual Mayors…
PM Scanner Traffic -- 12.12.14
Coeur d'Alene Police Facebook re: stolen vehicle: "This vehicle was last seen on Dec. 10 in the 800 block of 3rd Street. If you see this vehicle please call 769-2320. 2000 Ford Explorer. Idaho plates K435483. Black in color. 4 doors"
PM Headlines -- 12.12.14 3
Christina Rose is shown with her 5YO daughter and Coeur d'Alene Police Detective Tom Sudol. On Monday, Christina received gifts for her children from Toys for Tots. But those toys were stolen later in the day while she was at work from her locked vehicle.…
KCSD: Ha-Huge Hike In Car Burglaries 2
The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office has seen a big increase in vehicle prowls this month as thieves are apparently doing their Christmas shopping. People have been walking down residential streets and looking for unlocked cars, said Spokane County Sheriff’s Office spokesman Lt. Stu Miller. When…
Poll: No Prosecution For Torturers 22
Thursday Poll: Hucks Nation opposes prosecution for senior US officials and CIA agents who authorized and carried out torture. 102 of 185 respondents (55.14%) oppose prosecution for the perpetrators. 77 of 185 respondents (41.62%) support prosecution. 6 (3.24%) were undecided. Today's Poll: Which you rather…
Smile, When You Criticize Carols 2
First, let me be perfectly clear. I do not hate John Lennon. Just because I opined that “Happy Xmas (War is Over)” is one of the worst Christmas songs ever, does not make me a Lennon-hater – or worse a Beatles-basher. I also loathe “I…
HucksOnline Blogos -- 12.12.14 1
Marianne Love/Slight Detour & her family visits Pearl Harbor. Story & more photos here.
The Way We Were -- December 1987 1
Silverwood Theme Park's founder Gary Norton is shown in 2012 during the 25th anniversary of the park near Athol. (SR file photo: Kathy Plonka)
Poll: 1/2 Of GOP Backs Climate Rules 3
A new poll released by AP-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research and Yale University claims that half of Republicans said they would support regulating carbon dioxide emissions to fight global warming. Six in 10 Americans supported regulations on carbon dioxide, according to the AP poll,…
Op-Ed: Any Place But California 7
Jerry Martin, of Post, weighs in on the letters to the editor hubbub triggered by a Post Falls woman who wishes she was back in California. It's important to note that Jerry has lived in North Idaho for 36 years now: "Another time I was…
Joker: Hucks Comments No Fun 3
Joker (RE: Huckleberries Primer): The blog has gone through many revolutions and evolutions over the years. Today, it's a local and state news aggregate site only. It's great for finding out what is going on in Kootenai County. Dave does an excellent job of compiling…
Labrador's Statement On $1.1T Spending Bill 6
Senators, from left, Sen. Mark Pryor, D-Ark., Sen. Bob Corker, R-Tenn., Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and Sen. Orrin G. Hatch, R-Utah, rush to the Senate floor on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, for a procedural vote to advance the $585 billion…
AM Scanner Traffic -- 12.12.14
12:01 p.m. CPD is seeking 14YO female named Shauna, who last was seen at noon Dec. 7; she's described as 5-4, 145lbs, with blue eyes & long brown hair. 11:55 a.m. Post Falls resident reports delivery man won't refund money for meat order that he…
IFF: Make Statehouse Truly Accessible 3
At Idaho Freedom Foundation, Wayne Hoffman advocates for the Idaho Legislature to follow Washington's lead in providing the electronic capability for remote testimony: "The last piece of the puzzle of making the Statehouse more accessible should be the addition of remote testimony for people who…
Another Fed Lands Kool-aid Drinker 11
From Coeur d'Alene Press report of chamber gathering for Kootenai County legislators: Rep. Eric Redman, R-Athol, said with his committee assignments he plans to work on the Common Core teaching curriculum and Medicaid expansion. "I have a very strong understanding of the Medicaid issue with…
How Do You View Huckleberries? 6
Joker (RE: Old dog learns new trick): DFO, It's nice that you've added mobile devices to you total counts. I am curious though, are the number of mobile users over the last six months going up or down? And then it would be fun to…
Bailing Water 3
An employee of Mudrak Custom Cruisers bails out a jeep that will be pulled from floodwaters in Sonoma, Calif., Thursday. A powerful storm churned down the West Coast Thursday, bringing strong gales and much-needed rain and snow that caused widespread blackouts in Northern California and…
A No-No? Taking Selfies w/Ballot 6
At Boise State Public Radio, Zoe Mathews posts: "It started out as a seemingly harmless act: voters posting photos of their completed ballots on the internet. One wrote in his deceased dog's name for senator because he did not like any of the candidates, then…
Vestal: Defending A Torture Empire 8
James Mitchell – considered one of the men who built a torture empire from Spokane – has started speaking publicly. And though he mostly dances around the shocking and specific allegations that have arisen against the work he did, Mitchell still manages to find a…
A Scanner's View Of Life 1
On her Facebook page, Kerri Thoreson posts: "At my computer doing book research in the 7 a.m hour, listening to the morning news with dispatchers' voices in the background from the scanner. My attention turns to the voices coming across the scanner and in that…
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.