Seems the USA, with quite a bit of help from its Portuguese buds, are on their way to the KnockOut round of 16 for the second time in a row, the first time that has ever happened. I'll continue to brush up on my soccer…
SR photog bud Colin Mulvany posts on his Facebook page: "As I was driving back to the newspaper after an assignment today, a cloudburst caught pedestrians in downtown Spokane by surprise. I pulled over and jumped out of my car to get my camera from…
The lights will stay on a the Idaho Republican Party, as Chairman Barry Peterson hired Judy Gowen as executive director Thursday. Gowen, 25, was political director for Sen. Russ Fulcher's primary challenge to GOP Gov. Butch Otter. She took the job after consulting with Fulcher,…
Our discussion of interim parks director Bill Greenwood's kilt this afternoon has veered off into an unpredictable direction (which is the only thing predictable about Huckleberries Online). Duane Rasmussen (who I thought was Scandinavian) is claiming some Scottish in his lineage and taken umbrage with…
Time 2 Vote ... Miley Cyrus spits water onto her fans during Capital FM's recent Summertime Ball at Wembley Stadium in London. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/PA, Jonathan Brady) Wednesday Winner: Phaedrus, with 5 likes: Rudy Giuliani kisses goodbye any hope he has of…
Coeur d’Alene Police detectives are actively searching for Robert Gerald Davis, 44, a transient known to frequent the Coeur d’Alene and Eastern Washington area, for an attempted murder charge. Davis is 6 ft, 200 lbs., with brown hair and hazel eyes. He is missing two…
Wood duck males are among the most colorful of North American waterfowl. Recently birders counted 82 species at the Little Pend Oreille Refuge, near Colville, Wash. Outdoors blog story here. (SR photo: Dan Pelle) ID-A-KID is Friday/Press KCSD targets drunken boaters/Press Stagger Inn reopens for…
5:19 p.m. A male driver has driven through a fence @ 790 Maplewood Place/Hayden. 5:01 p.m. Caller reports smoke in vicinity of Riverbend/Marion Court, Post Falls. 4:59 p.m. Female driver complaining of neck pain after stopping @ Smoke Shope, 3217 W. Seltice Way/Post Falls, after…
I'm standing a little taller this afternoon. I "un-affiliated" this morning and now hope to receive far fewer Republican mailers in October/November -- FlorineD. Question: If majority Unaffiliateds organized under a banner, they'd run the dueling Corporate Welfare & Tea Party wings of the Idaho…
Bill Greenwood, the interim parks director for the city of Coeur d'Alene, 2014-15 leads Leadership Coeur d'Alene classmates on a tour of the new McEuen Park early this afternoon. (Coeur d'Alene Today photo: Keith Erickson) So I'm doing a lap around McEuen Park as part…
At Bay Views, Herb is reporting that the Bayview Mercantile is about to reopen its doors after a 10-month hiatus. Reports Herb: "This coming weekend should find the store open. If not, certainly Monday will find them in fine shape. It will be a soft…
On Sunday morning, Skyline-Productions.com found this unhappy porcupine along Dike Road, between North Idaho College and City Park. Question: I've never seen a porcupine in Coeur d'Alene. Have you?
Dylan Swinford turns 23 today, and it's safe to say Nickelback won't be on any birthday party playlists. Swinford and 22-year-old Riker Morrow, both of Coeur d'Alene, were detained last Friday by Kootenai County sheriff's deputies over a potential misunderstanding between the words "nickel sack"…
Just because the GOP has trouble tolerating moderates doesn't mean that they don't fit in the Idaho Democratic Party big tent. The entire world is not made of extremes -- Rep. John Rusche.
Sip regional wines and beers with a view of the lake. (Photo: Carrie Scozzaro/Inlander) You could call it a booze cruise for grownups who long ago traded quantity for quality. At nearly $50 per adult — food included, adult beverages extra — sunset dinner cruises…
"Some men would prefer that the ex-wives not keep their name" -- Branden Durst (RE: To change her name or not). Question: Branden brings up something I've wondered about for awhile. Why do some women keep their ex-husband's surname?
Sgt. Christie Wood of the Coeur d'Alene Police Department tells Huckleberries that Duncan's Pet Store, Govt Way & Harrison/CdA, has adopted the giant tarantula found wandering on Courcelles Parkway/Coeur d'Alene Place Wednesday. Quoth Christie: "Nobody wanted to keep the pet around any longer. They picked…
UPDATE: An Arizona man wounded in a gun battle early Sunday with police in Kootenai County has been charged with one felony count of eluding a police officer. His bail is set at $1 million. No charges have yet been filed related to the shootout…
Riley Ball’s lifelong involvement with Camp Fire recently helped her earn a $2,500 college scholarship. “I was basically born into Camp Fire,” she said. “My mom was a Camp Fire kid.” In fact, her mother, Tracy Taitch, turned her love of the organization into a…
Uruguay's Luis Suarez holds his teeth after running into Italy's Giorgio Chiellini's shoulder during the group D World Cup soccer match between Italy and Uruguay at the Arena das Dunas in Natal, Brazil, Tuesday. Suarez has been suspended for months from international soccer play for…
A.J. Balukoff gave this explanation when asked why he's running for governor as a Democrat in Republican-dominated Idaho: First and foremost, I am running as an Idahoan. I am a Democrat because the values of the Democratic Party most closely align with my own. I've…
11:50 a.m. Garage alarm sounding @ Avondale/St. James, Hayden Lake. 11:36 a.m. Female in late 80s is suffering undisclosed illness @ Emeritus, 205 Anton/CdA. 11:34 a.m. Undisclosed medical emergency @ 8100 block of E. Sunnyside/CdA. 11:19 a.m. Driver of vehicle w/local dealer plates reportedly speeding…
Germany's Bastian Schweinsteiger, left, is challenged by United States' Alejandro Bedoya, right, during the group G World Cup soccer match between the USA and Germany at the Arena Pernambuco in Recife, Brazil, Thursday. USA lost 1-0 to the Germans but advanced to the Knockout Round…
Wednesday Poll: A supermajority of Hucks Nation won't be watching Ironman Coeur d'Alene Sunday. 89 of 124 respondents (71.77%) said they won't watch any part of Ironman Coeur d'Alene. 32 of 124 respondents (25.81%) said they planned to watch part of the race. 3 (2.42%)…
If more "Americans" are watching soccer today, it's only because of the demographic switch effected by Teddy Kennedy's 1965 immigration law. I promise you: No American whose great-grandfather was born here is watching soccer. One can only hope that, in addition to learning English, these…
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.
