Tuesday Poll: A supermajority of Hucks Nation says that the rioting in Ferguson, Mo., is neither justified and/or understandable. 179 of 225 respondents (79.56%) took that position. 43 of 225 respondents (19.11%) said the rioting is justified and/or understandable. 3 (1.33%) were undecided. Today's Poll:…
New Orleans Saints tight end Benjamin Watson (shown carrying the ball during his time with the New England Patriots) posted the following on his Facebook page and it has since gone viral: "At some point while I was playing or preparing to play Monday Night…
Chelsea Thronson, 16, holds a pose before practice at Ballet Coeur d'Alene recently. She is in the pre-professional program and has been selected from thousands of applicants to be one of eight U.S. women to dance in an international ballet competition at Lausanne, Switzerland next…
If you have food and water too and walls the winds don't blow straight through, no killer gangs outside the door to rob from you when they want more, then this, my friend, should be your motto: thank you, God, I've won the Lotto
Local motorists can give some thanks for gas prices being lower than a month and a year ago. The average price per gallon in Coeur d'Alene on Tuesday was $2.80, compared to $3 a month ago and $2.99 a year ago at this time. The…
The sparks of outrage that started in Ferguson, Missouri, have ignited a firestorm of protests across the country. But the national furor isn't just about one grand jury's decision on one shooting case. To many protesters, the death of unarmed black teenager Michael Brown --…
On the Republican Liberty Caucus of Idaho Facebook page, GOPrecinct 52 Committeeman Bjorn Handeen reports that his resolution passed -- you know, the one in which he called for the state GOP to disavow the selection of former U.S. senator Larry Craig as finance chairman.…
Venture High School Principal Mike Lindquist serves students Dakota Bailey, left, Jacob Kulczar, center, and Daniel Adamson potatoes during the Venture High School Thanksgiving Dinner on Tuesday afternoon. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo: Tess Freeman)
Marty Trillhaase/Lewiston Tribune opines that Congressman Raul Labrador is more interested in talking to Bob Schieffer on "Face the Nation" and increasing his national profile than he is in fixing immigration: "Increasingly, he justifies his actions on the basis of political concerns rather than differences…
Turns out mom was right – again. Remembering to say “thank you,” a custom long considered beneficial in an intuitive sense, now can be shown scientifically to improve your social and emotional well-being. A new study conducted at Gonzaga University and featured in an upcoming…
Turkey Day is rapidly approaching, as is Black Friday, which, according to Mrs. O, now starts sometime Thursday afternoon. She asked innocently whether there is a football game scheduled around the opening of the Black Thursday/Friday shopping spree. The 49ers, of course, will be playing…
A law enforcement officer watches over Morehouse College students, who marched from campus, raise their fists in the air joining others in a rally and protest at the CNN Center, Tuesday in Atlanta, the day after a grand jury's decision not to indict a white…
Top Comment -- Scootermom (RE: Protesters torch Ferguson businesses): I find the rage understandable. The black community just got told, in a really condescending way, that their lives aren't worth much. Again. I don't like rioting. I lived through LA in 1992, and it wasn't…
Hunting for a wild Christmas tree is a Thanksgiving tradition for many families, and the Panhandle National Forest wants people to know permits are on sale now. "The day after Thanksgiving and the day before Thanksgiving are usually our biggest days for Christmas tree permits,"…
5:14 p.m. Driver of older Jeep speeding, reckless @ s/b 4th Street/Honeysuckle Avenue, Hayden. 5:01 p.m. White Cargo van w/Washington plates & blacked-out windows, been prowling area of H95/Presley Road. 4:57 p.m. CPD officers en route to Bluegrass Park to investigate report of fight. 4:33…
Former Spokane County deputy prosecutor Marriya Wright pleaded guilty to second-degree rendering criminal assistance today in front of a visiting judge from Whitman County. Wright was accused of helping convicted felon Matthew Baumrucker (pictured) evade police in March. He was wanted on a warrant and…
"It’s tempting to think of this year’s holiday show at the Coeur d’Alene Resort as 'A Travolta Family Christmas,' posts Carolyn Lamberson/7 Blog. "After all, the show is produced by Ellen Travolta, who also appears, along with her sister, Margaret, and her husband, Jack Bannon.…
Four bald eagles were counted today at Lake Coeur d'Alene in the weekly fall survey conducted during the annual fall-winter congregation at the northeast corner of the lake. That's up from zero birds counted last Wednesday by U.S. Bureau of Land Management biologist Carrie Hugo…
A federal judge on Monday issued a 60-day stay in a wedding chapel’s civil rights lawsuit against the city of Coeur d’Alene concerning same-sex marriage and a discrimination law. Attorneys for Donald and Everlynn Knapp, owners of Hitching Post Weddings LLC, and for the city…
A hundred years after soldiers briefly laid down their arms at Christmastime during World War I, the Modern Theater Coeur d’Alene brings to the stage “All is Calm,” a musical representation of that incredible time in history. Director Abbey Crawford has assembled a talented all-male…
A few days ago, Linda Lantzy/Idaho Scenic Images, posted this photo of the Coeur d'Alene Resort boardwalk from a few years ago and wrote: "It's kinda dreary out there today. This is from a different day a few years ago of the CDA Resort boardwalk.…
The recount has been completed in Nez Perce County in the District 6 House race, and the outcome was the same as it was on Election Night: Freshman Rep. Thyra Stevenson (pictured), R-Lewiston, has lost to Democratic challenger Dan Rudolph. The final figures from the…
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.