Spokesman Keith Erickson for the city of Coeur d'Alene tells Huckleberries that more than 1500 adults and children participated in the annual Coeur d'Alene 3rd of July Kiddies Parade this morning in downtown Coeur d'Alene. Here, you see an enthusiastic mother enjoying herself in the…
I get nostalgic around the 4th of July each year. I moved to Kalispell, Mont., from the San Joaquin Valley of California just before the 4th in 1977. The late C. Patrick King, then publisher of the Daily Inter Lake in Kalispell, took Mrs. O…
Friends and school teachers scrawl supportive messages on a large get-well card for Brooklynne White at a fundraiser and card-making gathering for burn victims Brooklynne and Joshua Emerson on Wednesday in Bluegrass Park. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo: Jake Parrish) It started with an ice chest…
More Idaho police officers are being assaulted on the job at the same time the state's overall crime rate ticked down. That's according to the latest crime report compiled by the Idaho State police. The report shows 266 Idaho police officers were assaulted last year.…
Wednesday Poll: A strong majority of Hucks Nation want personal fireworks banned in the Coeur d'Alene area. 79 of 135 respondents (58.52%) said they'd like to see fireworks banned for individual use. 53 of 135 respondents (39.26%) said they wouldn't support such a ban. 3…
John Cantrell, from the North Idaho Violent Crime Task Force continues an investigation at 319 W. 20th Avenue in Post Falls. The Post Falls Rathdrum Multi Agency SWAT Team performed a planned search warrant that resulted in 11 people arrested and two people who were…
On the way home Wednesday, I listened to Dennis Patchin, Rick Lukens and Keith Osso (ESPN700) discuss summer and the national pastime. They discussed how baseball remains the national pastime, although football is America's sport. Baseball, they theorized, is associated with those care-free days of…
... Idaho became the 43rd state to join the union on this day 124 years ago. Question: When did your family become Idahoans?
E ditor’s note:Cindy Hval is on vacation this week. Her intern, Thor, the junior cat in the Hval household is filling in for this week’s column. Cindy will return next week because she’s out of vacation days – and cats. I’m happy to have this…
It's not hard to read the political calculation behind the high-fives Idaho Gov. C.L. (Butch) Otter and Congressman Raul Labrador extended to the U.S. Supreme Court Monday. The court had struck down the part of Obamacare that obligated employers -- such as the owners of…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter was raised in a large Catholic family with nine brothers and sisters. "There were times when, in that large of a family, we had a difference of opinion on how to execute those values," Otter said Wednesday in an interview with…
Anglers try to land a salmon below Wanapum Dam on the July 1 opening of the upper Columbia salmon fishing season. (SR photo: Rich Landers) Anglers have good reason to be booking trips with fishing guides or getting their own gear rigged and vacations scheduled…
Along the hills leading to Mount Spokane, Frank Schade has turned an old warehouse building into an indoor farm with the newly legal and valuable crop: marijuana. He’s set up security cameras and alarms, purchased the best in organic and natural products and brought in…
Coeur d'Alene has a lot to offer for the Fourth. Friday's Coeur d'Alene American Heroes Fourth of July Parade starts at 11 a.m. on Sherman Avenue at 15th Street and runs west to Government Way. There will be music and vendors at City Park from…
We've made it past Ironman Coeur d'Alene. And the sheriff has torpedoed the Diamond Cup. I paid through the nose for giant tomato plants that are ready to produce. And the sun is shining. Can we just say that summer has finally arrived -- and…
The ARC Gloria, official flagship of the Colombian Navy, docks at the Tampa Convention Center on Monday in Tampa, Fla. The ship is traveling around the world to introduce people to the South American country, the Tampa Bay Times reported. The three-mast sailing vessel boasts…
If you live in Washington, odds are greater that you have seen a UFO than if you lived in, say, South Dakota. Or even Idaho. That's according to data compiled by the National UFO Reporting Center, which has tracked sitings of unidentified flying objects for…
Where do you put a 14-year-old boy accused of murdering his father and younger brother? Not among other juvenile offenders, a Kootenai County judge said today. First District Judge Benjamin Simpson said he can’t in good conscience keep Eldon Gale Samuel III in the county’s…
Post Falls Police Department Facebook: "On June 9th the men's restroom at Falls Park was vandalized. The toilet paper dispenser was destroyed and there was graffiti written on one of the stalls. If you have any suspect information, please contact Detective Moss at 773-2952." 4:39…
Update: PFPD Facebook page now shows 14 arrests. See names of arrested people in comments section below. Some 11 people were arrested and two more were issued citations when a SWAT Team executed a search warrant in Post Falls early Wednesday. The Post Falls-Rathdrum Multi-Agency…
On her Facebook page, Kerri Thoreson posted this photo of the evening clouds above Ironman Coeur d'Alene Sunday. Occupy the River protest set/SNP Glacier's Logan Pass opens tonight/DIL Army: Bergdahl venturing out into public/AP Edit: Schools: Compete for customers/Press Police investigate questionable kidnapping/Press County fire…
Time 2 Vote ... Brazilian soccer team supporters kiss before the recent World Cup round of 16 soccer match between Brazil and Chile at the Mineirao Stadium in Belo Horizonte, Brazil. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File) Tuesday Winner -- No one received…
The Vandals are homeless no longer. After a one-year stint as an independent, Idaho football officially joined the Sun Belt Conference on Tuesday. "We look forward to rejoining the Sun Belt Conference and competing in a league that was recently recognized as the best of…
A plurality of voters think Barack Obama is the worst president since World War II, a new poll says. According to a Quinnipiac University poll released Wednesday, 33 percent of voters think the current president is the worst since 1945. Obama’s predecessor, former President George…
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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