The sun's shining outside, so it's time for this one to go home. Pat Whalen will be in the office tomorrow morning to discuss the bombshell he dropped last week re: the 2006 DUI and his rough-and-tumble campaign to unset state Sen. Bob Nonini in…
Michael Mandak, of M. Mandak Tree Services, uses a backpack blower to roll leaves from around tombstones at the Vine Street Cemetery in Hazleton, Pa, on Monday. Over 100 tons of leaves were removed from the cemetery so far this year. (AP Photo/Hazleton Standard-Speaker Ellen…
Lawyers for the state of Idaho argued today that federal courts in 10 other states were wrong when they overturned state bans on same-sex marriage as unconstitutional, and they urged a federal judge to uphold Idaho’s ban, saying it benefits children. “Idaho has sufficiently good…
Washington State University is looking into a report that a group of its students – males and females – urinated in full view of the public Saturday in Coeur d’Alene’s City Park. The university was contacted Monday morning by a resident and advised of the…
5:46 p.m. 39YO male threatening to kill himself behind business @ 5050 Seltice Way/Post Falls. 5:15 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for May 4-5 here. 4:48 p.m. Driver is still inside disabled yellow SUV @ n/b H95/Honeysuckle, Hayden. 4:33 p.m. A panic alarm…
Time 2 Vote (only 2 entries so far today) ... Contestants perform during the final audition for the 2014 Sea Gals squad Sunday at CenturyLink Field in Seattle. Final auditions for the Seattle Seahawks cheerleading squad included individual and group performances, along with a kick…
Don't forget candidate night at the Captain's Wheel in Bayview at 7 p.m. Wednesday. Candidates that are attending are: Ed Morse, Fritz Wiedenhoff-State Legislature. Tim Herzog, County Commissioner. Don Pischner, Kootenai County Clerk. Laurie Thomas, Kootenai County Treasurer. Oh and I almost forgot. Myself, Herb…
Hayden Meadows Elementary fourth graders rolled up their sleeves on Saturday and planted 60 geraniums at the Fallen Heroes Memorial Plaza. The plants were grown in their school’s greenhouse. Story here. (Coeur d'Alene Today photo: Keith Erickson) Inevitable/Johnson Post Forecasting failure/Fort Boise Before the primaries/Arch…
In Huckleberries print column 20 years ago: It's amazing that commissioner wannabe-again Bob Haakenson survives his campaigns. Last Wednesday, he got a 12-stitch dog bite on the ring finger of his left hand while campaigning door to door in Worley. Two years ago, he survived…
Gov. Butch Otter greets Ben Widmyer and his mother, Marie, in downtown Coeur d'Alene earlier today. Marie, of course, is a downtown business woman who is married to Coeur d'Alene Mayor Steve Widmyer. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen) Sen. Russ Fulcher is throwing cold water on Gov.…
North Idaho College President Joe Dunlap announced the hiring of Chris Martin to fill the vacant position of Vice President for Finance and Business Affairs. “Chris’ approach to an aggressive strategic vision and efficiency for the campus financial sector won us over,” Dunlap said. “His…
JohnA offers this ode to the WSU Greeks who view Lake Coeur d'Alene's lovely waterfront as one big urinal: Well, we're living here in Urinetown. Where the Greeks are pulling underwear down. Out in Urinetown they're killing grass Leaving their dorms Showing their '*ss" Well,…
A Berry Picker send along this photo of WSU frat and sorority members peeing against the back wall of the North Idaho Museum building around 3:30-4 p.m. Saturday, after a cruise on Lake Coeur d'Alene. First, the three fraternity brothers peed against the wall. Then,…
Here's part of the teaser from Abbott Press re: the book just released by former Kootenai County Coroner Bob West, "It Can (And Does) Happen Here": When a loved one dies in a mysterious manner, we rely on coroners and medical examiners to tell us…
Retired principal Chris Hammons has gone back to school. His subject? Pizza. The former principal at Lakes and Woodland middle schools in Coeur d'Alene is off to his next assignment of converting the landmark Chef in the Forest location in Hauser into a wood-fired artisan…
You have to pity Sen. Russ Fulcher. Just a little bit. In his bid to knock off Gov. C.L. (Butch) Otter in the May 20 GOP primary, the Meridian Republican had one cudgel: Otter's decision to launch a state-based health insurance exchange - what he…
On her Facebook, Kerri Thoreson posts: "On our way to the Deutsch estate sale on S. Stateline Road we saw this intriguing sign. Guessing that maybe the horse was so spectacular it was drawing large crowds so the owners moved it to a pasture away…
Having recently indulged in a bit of Schmidty's love (see full review), now seems like as good a time as any to pop out a list delving into that most gorgeous and versatile of American culinary staples, the burger. From a Mickey D's lowly atomic…
Gov. Butch Otter hobnobs with a customer during a visit to Bakery by the Lake this morning in Coeur d'Alene. Former congressional aide Sandy Patano watches on in the background. (Photo: Don Sausser)
11:38 a.m. Customer and manager of Pizza Factory/Post Falls are aguing over a bill. 10:44 a.m. Male driver is slumped over wheel of gray mini-van @ e/b I-90/MP 1 (Beck Road/Post Falls). 10:26 a.m. Truck crash has closed n/b H41/Spirit Lake Cut-Off, but s/b lanes…
I was driving through Canada's Kootenay National Park in spring early in the morning one year when I spotted a black bear paralleling the highway in the vegetation along the road. I stopped and watched. The bear walked for a quarter mile eating the blossoms…
Above, at the 7:10 mark, you'll find the bombshell dropped by challenger Pat Whalen during the debate Thursday with state Sen. Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d'Alene, that Nonini's wife, Cathyanne, was circulating the fact that Whalen had a DUI eight years ago. At the 11:56 mark,…
Marc Stewart breaks down new McEuen Park: I’ve been anxious to check out McEuen Park for a while. I took the family to visit the park twice over the weekend. The park was packed both days. There was an exciting mix of low income families…
Weekend Poll: Hucks Nation says that state Sen. Bob Nonini was hurt more than challenger Pat Whalen in the effort by Nonini's wife, Cathyanne, to raise awareness of a DUI that Whalen had received 8 years ago. 183 of 241 respondents (75.93%) said Nonini was…
A new Pew Research Center/USA Today poll finds that low approval ratings for President Obama as well as dissatisfaction with the economy and the health care reform law spell bad news for Democrats ahead of the 2014 midterm elections. Democrats hoping to hold the Senate…
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.
