The Gonzaga Bulldogs' Sam Dower (35) calls for a time out against the Portland Pilots during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in Portland, Ore., Thursday. The Pilots handed the No. 22 Zags their first West Coast Conference loss in five games.…
In just a little while, I'll be headed out for my noon walk to see whether the sewer expansion and work on the West Lakeshore Drive condominium project is continuing despite our current "extreme weather" conditions. Hmm. I suspect it is. Also, I appreciate that…
Winton 4th graders Abby Ramage, left and Annamarie Wallender joked around as they prepared their entry for Invent Idaho at Ramsey Elementary in Coeur d'Alene on Thursday, January 9, 2013. Winning inventions will qualify for the North Idaho Regional event at Silver Lake Mall in…
Sen. Russ Fulcher is ripping Gov. Butch Otter’s proposal for a new $2 million wolf control fund. “I don’t know what we need to spend $2 million for,” Fulcher said on the Nate Shelman radio show on KBOI radio this afternoon. Fulcher, who is challenging…
Ferris, Central Valley schedule games against Coeur d'Alene High Greater Spokane League principals voted unanimously Thursday to scrap their traditional football schedule and crown 4A and 3A champions. Beginning in the fall, GSL schools will play a seven-game schedule with the six 4A schools having…
Business entrepreneur Brian Murray has formed a group and applied for growing and processing licenses to produce marijuana products, possibly in the former Costco store building at 922 E. Third Ave./Spokane. Murray served two years as a Republican state senator in 2003-2004. The number of…
Time 2 Vote ... Members of the Seton Halll men's swim team yell toward one of the referees during an NCAA college basketball game against Villanova, Wednesday in Newark, N.J. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Joe Epstein) Wednesday Winner -- DFO, with 18 likes: "Mayor…
5:40 p.m. Driver of dark blue Subaru possibly DUI, speeds from 45-80 mph @ e/b I-90/MP2 (Pleasantview). 5:24 p.m. Officer reports trouble with disabled Pathfinder (5:12 item) is blown engine. 5:25 p.m. Driver of gray SUV is passing unsafely, tailgating @ s/b I-90/MP 467 (@…
Work on the $20 million McEuen Park makeover in downtown Coeur d’Alene continues through the winter with officials expected to open Front Avenue to through traffic by next Wednesday, January 15. City officials met with representatives of the general contractor, Contractors Northwest, Inc., this week…
On his blog, The Slice, Paul Turner headlines: "Probably aren't many of these around." Paul found this wooden nickel at the Streamwood site, which advertises: "We buy, sell, and trade collectibles from all areas of scouting such as Boy Scouts of America, Cub Scouts, Webelos,…
... That the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans have voted in three directors to the 2014 board of directors -- Jennifer Locke, Donna Montgomery and Jeremy Morris. The vote occurred at the Reagan Republicans lunch today.
Jazz singer-songwriter Curtis Stigers will perform at a Statehouse rally at 1 p.m. Saturday aimed at building support to add “sexual orientation” and “gender identity” to the anti-discrimination provisions in the Idaho Human Rights Act. Proponents have been pressing lawmakers for eight years to expand…
The bald eagle at right drops a kokanee salmon back into Lake Coeur d’Alene near Higgens Point after the eagle at left began harassing it Wednesday. Birdwatchers and photographers gather along the lake’s eastern arm this time of year to watch the eagles feed on…
Just a note to inform Hucks Nation that planning has started for Blogfest 2014 -- the 10th anniversary of Huckleberries Online. The usual space is reserved, at Steve Widmyer's Fort Ground Grill in the historic Fortgrounds. We haven't decided on the fare. But it has…
Green Bay Packers linebacker Clay Matthews made one of his plays off the field recently, when he reached out to a Kalispell, Mont. teen, batting serious medical problems in a Spokane hospital. 16-year-old Samantha Deneault should be struggling with sophomore English, but instead she's spent…
On her Facebook wall, Alison Larkin McArthur posts: "Well tonight is the night- Former Mayor Clay Larkin's Retirement party- from 5 pm to 7 pm at the Post Falls Senior Center- 1215 E 3rd Avenue Post Falls- Plan to join us in celebrating Clay's 18…
Idaho has funded one 2 percent raise for state employees in the past five years, prompting lawmakers to balk at Gov. Butch Otter’s proposal to pass them over for raises again next year. Despite a state law requiring lawmakers to keep state worker pay and…
Idaho’s decadelong experiment with prison privatization has failed, so Gov. Butch Otter had little choice when he reluctantly pulled the plug last week. The promise of incarceration at a lower cost was never fulfilled, and the 2,080-bed facility south of Boise became mired in controversies…
His football coach remembers him as a warrior on the field and a gentle giant off it. His track coach recalls a tireless worker and the kind of student-athlete you want your kids to emulate. His basketball coach remembers someone who led by example, to…
On her Idaho Scenic Images Facebook wall, Linda Lantzy posts about this scenic taken up the North Fork or the Coeur d'Alene River last Sunday: "The recent snowfall here didn't amount to much and is melting quickly. It's tempting to go east and see the…
A 61-year-old Post Falls man was killed in a head-on collision on Highway near Sagle at 7:26 this morning, according to the Idaho State Police. Darrel C. Kirking died at the scene of the accident after his 1999 Ford Escort was hit head-on by a…
I read something recently that I can’t seem to shake. Something I’ve pondered much at the dawn of this new year. It’s from the book “The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates.” The author quotes an officer from the military academy he attended who…
Dennis Rodman bows to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, seated above in the stands, after singing Happy Birthday to Kim before an exhibition basketball game with U.S. and North Korean players at an indoor stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea on Wednesday. Story here. (AP…
12:14 p.m. Alarm is sounding in cooler area of Chili's restaurant, along Highway 95/CdA. 11:34 a.m. Parking problem reported @ 8500 block of Boysenberry Loop/Hayden. 11:26 a.m. 62YO female is comatose, unresponsive @ 11th/Homestead Avenue, CdA. 11:18 a.m. Undisclosed traffic hazard reported @ 1321 Locust…
Wednesday Poll: Hucks Nation listed upgrade of East Sherman Avenue as the issue that the new Widmyer administration should make its top priority. 69 of 399 respondents (17.29%) say East Sherman reconstruction should be the city's top priority. Other top issues listed by Hucks Nation…
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.
