I attended the final concert of 27 produced by Handshake Productions, at City Park, Sunday afternoon. Enjoyed the Spokane Symphony at Liberty Lake. Attended a birthday party. And drafted 2 Fantasy Football teams that are projected to finish below .500. All in all, a fine…
Laura Schmid, who joined Marianne Love/Slight Detour and other friends in attending Fall Fest on Schweitzer Mountain over the weekend, snapped this photo of two canine buds as they walked their masters down the street. Marianne's full blog post and more photos here.
I expect what the Tea Party really wants is for Gov. Otter to come hat in hand begging for their support. This reminds me of when my daughter was three and the big threat in her circle was, "And you can't come to my birthday…
The post that attracted the most comments today was: "Judge Rejects Jail Lease Language (25 comments)."
In his Get Out! North Idaho! Facebook page, OrangeTV posts: "Nils has news: Today is the last day ever ever ever for the Beachouse restaurant on Lake CdA Dr, it will soon be reduced to rubble. Will you miss it terribly? Also, CdA is finally…
Time 2 Vote ... Handlers release the dogs at the start of the Championship race Monday at Canterbury Park, in Shakopee, Minn. Canterbury Park hosted their annual Labor Day Wiener Dog Wars in which dogs competed in seven races on the horse track for the…
5:34 p.m. PFPD officer reports all lights @ Spokane Street/Seltice Way are out, flashing red. 5:05 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Sept 1-2 here. 4:59 p.m. Car fire reported in median @ H95/Dalton Avenue, CdA. 4:57 p.m. Holdup alarm sounding @ Buffalo…
People in Meridian don’t attend city council meetings and only 10 percent of school district voters bothered to cast ballots in the last bond election. But when Congressman Raul Labrador comes in for a town hall meeting, a standing-room-only crowd waits for him at city…
Jennifer Locke, Bjorn Handeen (center) and OrangeTV/Get Out! North Idaho pose for what may be a selfie at Mik 'n Mak's over the weekend. Bjorn, who is GOPrecinct Committeeman for my Precinct 52, termed his 40th birthday celebration to be an "epic" event. Off the…
I've been listening to country music radio for the past 30 minutes. Something I never do. But the kids that I grew up with always insisted that country was more wholesome than the grunge and punk rock that I listened to. So ... Why not.…
Idaho has three counties listed among the most heavily armed counties in the USA, according to the Reddit site: No. 3 Nez Perce (Lewiston), No. 10 Canyon (Nampa) and No. 24 Ada (Boise). Believe it or not, the Lone Star State has no counties among…
On Schweitzer Mountain, a dreadlocked singer from Seattle's Hell's Bells entertains the multitude who attended the annual Fall Fest activities. Posts Marianne Love/Slight Detour: "We enjoyed a great afternoon on the mountain, taking pictures and watching the oodles and oodles of people, doing everything people…
Well, it happened. The first back-to-school disaster of the year. Sam went off to high school without showing Zack or I how to work the Wii. We are technologically helpless without him and Wii Fit workouts have been suspended until his return -- Cindy. Question:…
McEuen Park continues to be a popular place, post-Labor Day. During my noon walk today, I counted 134 people in McEuen Park, with most of them -- parents and children -- hanging out at the playground/splash pad. The splash pad wasn't turned on. That compares…
Idaho's red state roots haven't faded, the AP reports, but political infighting inside its Republican Party has left many feeling disenfranchised with the so-called traditional GOP candidates who will appear on this year's election ballot. Tea party voters, who showed to be a powerful voting…
"They call me geranium girl," said Rachel Johns as she planted geraniums on the grounds of the Coeur d'Alene Resort in Coeur d'Alene in May. (SR File Photo: Kathy Plonka) Guess which local city ranks among the 10 Best American Vacation Towns to Live In…
Kootenai County Commissioner Dan Green and Sheriff Ben Wolfinger will speak at the evening Kootenai County Reagan Republicans meeting, 6:30 p.m. Thursday at the Avondale Golf Course Restaurant, Hayden Lake. With the recent decision by District Court Judge John Stegner that the County's proposed lease…
A sobering report, titled "Families Out of Balance," published this morning, confirms what too many Idaho middle- and lower middle-class families know all to well: They are struggling more than ever to put food on the table and clothes on their backs. In the first…
How old are Mudgy Moose and Millie Mouse? No one knows for sure. What we do know is that they were born out of a love of books, active living, public art and the community of Coeur d'Alene. Every year since 2008 their birthday has…
In the American Spectator, conservative columnist Ben Stein writes: I have been going to Sandpoint since 1992 on a regular basis. In all of that time I have only had one person honk her horn at me and she had a Coeur d’Alene license plate.…
Chris and Jane Hammons at Embers by the Lake. (Inlander Photo: Carrie Scozzaro) Tell Jane Hammons that Embers by the Lake in Hauser, Idaho, reminds you of the Catskills resort from the movie Dirty Dancing and she'd be pleased, says her husband Chris. Assisted by…
11:04 a.m. Undisclosed medical emergency reported @ H95/Ohio Match Road, Athol. 10:57 a.m. Undisclosed animal problem reported @ Leisure Park/CdA. 10:20 a.m. Dump truck dropping gravel on w/b I-90/MP 2 (Beck Road/Post Falls). 10:17 a.m. Dentist office in 9900 block of Govt Way/Hayden reports male…
John Bujak, Libertarian candidate for governor of Idaho, has posted his own anti-Butch Otter website entitled www.liberalotter.com – echoing the attack website www.liberalAJ.com put up earlier by the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry to go after Democratic candidate for governor A.J. Balukoff, as part…
Heat, massive wildfires and violent thunderstorms: The summer of 2014 will be remembered for its intensity and disruption. Climate scientists say it is also a look into the future. Extreme temperatures and wildfires across the Pacific Northwest this summer are consistent with changes expected from…
Lightning strikes near Ben Hill Griffin Stadium at Florida Field during a weather delay before an NCAA college football game between Florida and Idaho in Gainesville, Fla., Saturday. The game was canceled after a second round of lightning and rain. Officials at the two schools…
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.
