President Barack Obama is seen reflected in the sunglasses of a member of the audience while speaking at Minnehaha Park in Minneapolis, Minn., Thursday. Obama was on a two-day trip to the Twin Cities area to deliver speeches on the economy and attend a Democratic…
Izzit just me -- or do women post more photos of their feet on social media than men do?
Jamie Lynn Morgan (RE: Letter: Pickleballers have rights, too): You can post time limits all you want, unless someone wants to sit there and be a time keeper 24/7 inconsiderate people will be inconsiderate. Here is an idea....maybe we should just remember to teach common…
Chris Guggemos/Handshake Productions was wise to hold off his annual free concerts at City Park/Sherman Square/Hayden City Park until June had passed this year. No one can predict the weather in June in the Coeur d'Alene area -- other than it'll probably rain. My wife…
Gov. Butch Otter just sent this why-can't-we-just-get-along letter to campaign donors: Let’s stop looking for reasons to disagree. Let’s stop looking past good Republicans in pursuit of perfect Republicans. Idaho Republicans have been incredibly successful at winning elections for the past 20 years. That is…
Time 2 Vote ... A Russian supporter waits for the start of the group H World Cup soccer match between Algeria and Russia at the Arena da Baixada in Curitiba, Brazil, Thursday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev) Thursday Winner -- Psalm 37, with…
Phaedrus: (RE: AJ explains why he's running as a Demo): If your description of success is making money off the ill informed, like fox news, rush Limbaugh and Glenn beck Ok. But of need is to educate and inform them it's a fail. Question: What…
5:42 p.m. PFPD officers responding to a chihuahua running loose on 16th Avenue. 5:39 p.m. PFPD gets report of 4 people with a bong in the back yard of 3rd Avenue apartment. 5:03 p.m. Traffic is backed up on H41 to Prairie Avenue, as result…
Playwright Robert Caisley, pictured, recalls participating in a playwrights’ workshop at London’s Royal Court Theater led by Harold Pinter, and one of the students asked whether Pinter’s new play, which had just premiered on the West End, was a comedy or a drama. “All my…
Ben Hoffman, the 2013 Ironman Coeur d'Alene champion, and Kelly Williamson, the women's 2012 runnerup in the Ironman 70.3 World Championship, sign autographs and chitchat at the Ironman Village in City Park today. (KHQ photo: Gabe Cohen) 80mph freeway speed delayed/Statesman Harrison kidnap attempt gets…
While talking with the Mexican Ironman family, I discovered that "hamburger" is a truly international word. I directed them to Hudson's -- Taylor Viydo/KREM2 tweet.
Here's another of the scenics from downtown Sandpoint area post by Marianne Love on her Slight Detour blog today. You can see more here. Pitchforks & plutocrats/Fort Boise Bing's getting a case of the blues/7 Blog Now we want to arm the Syrian rebels!/Dogwalk Musings…
On her Slight Detour blog today, Marianne Love has a fistful of viewtiful scenics from the downtown Sandpoint area, including this one. You can see the rest here.
My significant other just said yesterday the GOP is broken and cannot support the liberal agenda of the Ds so probably will not vote in November -- McGruber. Question: Do you think the Idaho GOP is broken?
Having lived in several states and driven extensively in many others, I think Idaho roads are well below average, about on par with New Mexico -- Turnipseed. Question: Which state do you think has the worst roads?
Gov. Butch Otter engineered a "coup" to control the Idaho Republican Party apparatus in order to punish opponents of Otter's Your Health Idaho insurance exchange, GOP Chairman Barry Peterson said Friday. Peterson said his informing lawmakers of the party's formal opposition to the exchange is…
Around the world, it's been given many glowing titles: Elixir of Life, The Divine Tsche, Champignon de longue vie (mushroom of long life) and Tea of Immortality. Kombucha — a cultured, fermented tea — has been around thousands of years, originating in the East and…
A reproduction of a London newspaper front page from 1914, which writes about the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, is on display at the National World War I Museum in Kansas City, Mo. With the remembrance of the assassination in the Bosnia capital approaching, the…
11:41 a.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for June 26-27 here. 11:37 a.m. 13YO boy driving gold vehicle, crammed with 8 or 9 kids, on Syringa/CdA. 11:19 a.m. Deputy dealing w/special-needs boy who is yelling @ passing vehicles, unknown location. 10:49 a.m. Highly intoxicated…
The North Idaho Violent Crimes Task Force (NIVCTF) is seeking information leading to the apprehension of Timothy Ray Allen. Allen is being sought based on a US Marshals and US Courts felony warrant charging Allen with violations of his supervised release. Allen has a history…
I am responding to the letter submitted by Marilyn Cali about the pickleball incident. I was one of the two sitting at the courts that morning that said we were not using the second court. At that point there were six pickleball players, four playing…
On her Idaho Scenic Images Facebook page, photographer Linda Lantzy calls this shot from Steptoe Butte State Park on the Palouse, "Pastoral View."
Thursday Poll: Hucks Nation prefers the Super Bowl to a list of 7 possible sporting events it'd like to see. The Super Bowl received 82 of 270 votes for a plurality of 30.37%. Here's how other events ranked: World Series, 53 of 270 (19.63%); Olympics…
June is Idaho wine month, but there’s no need to tell Idahoans that. According to the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism report on alcohol consumption, Idaho is second in the nation for the amount of wine consumed per capita. And local wineries are…
Scoreboard operators watch the large video screen during the seventh inning stretch in the baseball game between the Houston Astros and the Atlanta Braves Thursday in Houston. (AP Photo/Pat Sullivan) Question: In which stadium did you last see a Major League Baseball game?
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.
