I've been enjoying a bag of huckleberries that Walkabout dropped by the office earlier this week. It's my midafternoon treat. I try to limit myself to two handfuls. But sometimes that doesn't work well. Can't get enough of Idaho's state fruit. I notice that someone…
An Australian athlete does a handstand as she arrives with her teammates during the opening ceremony for the Commonwealth Games 2014 in Glasgow, Scotland, earlier today. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Ron Burgundy (RE: Idaho no dumping ground -- Otter): This can only mean one thing. Butch has seen private polls that show Balukoff far too close for comfort so he is in full campaign mode and trying to encourage some tea partiers back into his…
5:26 p.m. Minor injury reported from falling tree @ RV Park store/Silverwood. 5:23 p.m. Dispatcher reports things are clearing up & sends officer to check on utility problem at Abbott/Chilco. 5:14 p.m. Silverwood employees have gone through RV Park -- and determined no injuries as…
The Coeur d’Alene Symphony is excited to announce our 2014-2015 season…seven exciting events, including our free concert in Coeur d’Alene City Park on Labor Day. The Symphony’s five regular season performances will be at The Salvation Army Kroc Center Worship and Performing Arts Theater on…
Online voters (to a Coeur d'Alene Press poll) left no doubt about their assessment of the recent dog shooting by a police officer. Asked, "Are you satisfied with Coeur d'Alene's handling of the dog shooting?", here's how readers on cdapress.com responded: Yes, 153 votes (10…
Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office now provides a new online reporting option for the public. This web based reporting system will allow the public to file certain types of incidences (Lost Property, Scam Calls, Crime Tips and Traffic Concerns) over the internet at their convenience. The…
Severe thunderstorm warnings were issued at 4 p.m. for Spokane and areas to the north as well as North Idaho south of Coeur d’Alene. The warnings are part of a broader swath of severe storms extending from southeast Washington into the fire zones of Central…
"Bill has been telling me for about two years now about his favorite fishing partner," posts Marianne Love/Slight Detour. "She’s this good lookin’ gal, whom he takes up to Grouse Creek with him on his Tuesday night outings." More here. Out of context/Arch Druid Keeping…
The National Taxpayers Union says it’s conducted a poll in Idaho that shows Idahoans oppose taxes on online sales, with questions such as, “Please tell me if you agree or disagree with the following statement. Out-of-state tax collectors, such as those from the state of…
Rocker Ted Nugent, it appears, is going to have a more difficult time booking shows at American Indian casinos after a North Idaho tribe’s decision this week to cancel an appearance because of his “history of racist and hate-filled remarks.” The focus of the growing…
A new Facebook post by Skyline-Productions.com, entitled simply: "Plant Life." Sorta reminds me of that new piece of public art at McEuen Park.
Overheard: A woman with a momentarily lost child complaining to a city worker near the tennis/pickleball courts at McEuen Park at about 12:40 p.m. today: "I hate McEuen Park. It's too big." She had lost sight of her child because there were so many people…
Two movie tickets to area cinemas and a $50 gift card to the Davenport Hotel are up for grabs in this week's news quiz. Test your knowledge of current events and put yourself in the running Friday's drawings. You can take the test here. Answer…
On a boater in a yellow T-shirt emerging onto the boardwalk from the Coeur d'Alene Resort marina about 12:30 p.m. today: "There are two types of people: The haves & the have yachts" (complete with a photo of his ha-huge boat moored nearby).
That the resolution to require a "loyalty oath" to the Idaho GOPlatform from candidates running as Republicans for office was withdrawn by sponsor Toby Schindelbeck at the local GOP meeting last night. The proposal, which at least one precinct committeeman referred to as the "Lynch…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter fired off a letter to top federal officials Wednesday declaring that he wants “to immediately eliminate the chance of the federal government using Idaho as a destination or a staging area for the influx of unaccompanied and illegal immigrants entering the…
Coeur d'Alene recreation director Steve Anthony, left, and artist David Tonnenson install Allium Spring Chorus. (Photo: Coeur d'Alene Today) The third piece of public art was installed at McEuen Park on Wednesday at the Third Street entrance on Front Avenue. "Allium Spring Chorus" is the…
The cake came in the spirit of aloha, a welcoming gesture from a much-loved neighbor to the young family in the new subdivision. The crumbly-topped treat marked the Higdons’ move to Kailua. And, like its bearer, it quickly became beloved. More than 60 years later,…
A passerby holds up a woman after her leg became impaled on a fence at Vine Street Cemetery in Hazleton, Pa., on Tuesday. Firefighters had to cut a section of the fence around her leg. The woman was taken to Lehigh Valley Hospital-Hazleton with part…
11:40 a.m. Office motion detector set off in home @ 4200 block of E. Mullan Trail. 11:35 a.m. CPD officer is helping distraught owner look for small, creamy-colored dog. 11;31 a.m. Mother on 4th Avenue/Post Falls reports 18YO daughter hit her, left in Chevy Prism.…
On her Facebook wall, Kerri Thoreson posts: "Quail mingling with the sparrows this morning and a little leaf shadow camouflage."
Tuesday Poll: A majority of Hucks Nation said penalties handed down to Add the Words protesters were OK (33 of 108, 30.56%) or should have been tougher (25 of 108, 23.15%). A large minority, however, said there should have been no penalty (35 of 108,…
Two city council members lobbied in July to discontinue the open-container law in Coeur d’Alene. They said there is currently not enough support from the rest of the council to modify the law, but hope that will change in the future. Park visitor Todd Fencl…
Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Lt. John Ward gives water to the injured dog that was found in an irrigation ditch at Falls Park in Post Falls on Monday. (Courtesy photo: Post Falls Police Department) The injured yellow Labrador found motionless in a ditch at…
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.
