Reporter Eli Francovich, who has been subbing in the SR's Coeur d'Alene office for vacationing Scott Maben captured this photo in a Post Falls backyard this morning, south of the Spokane River, at the foot of Blossom Mountain. He said the moose and her calf…
The NFL preseason kicked off this week, which means 2 things: Summer is winding down & I'm beginning my Fantasy Football mode. I used to be ambivalent re: this time of the year. Summer was passing. Winter is waiting on the other side of a...
If you don't have other weekend plans don't forget the Ales for the Trail benefit for our Centennial Trail that will take place from 2 to 8 p.m. Saturday at Coeur d'Alene's McEuen Park. On Tap blogger tells you more about it below.
Scanner Traffic for TGIF PM (20 items & counting + AM Scanner Traffic link with 20 more items) includes barn fire on Gozzer Road/Harrison that's spreading to trees and threatening another structure & vehicles ...
Today's Cutline Contest features a ball attendant at the NFL preseason football game between the New England Patriots and Green Bay Packers. Thursday Winner: Deflategate.
Cindy asks: "Some days are just hard. What do you do on days like that?" Anyone?
Chad Sokol, of the SR's Extra Credit blog, posts: "Ah, the classic story of a man and his yak. Lynn Taylor of Athol, Idaho, and his pet yak, Makloud, are an inseparable duo. Now 8, Makloud is being treated for urinary tract problems at the Washington State University Veterinary Teaching Hospital in Pullman." Q: Do/did you have an unusual pet?
The 27 lawmakers who supported an investigation into Planned Parenthood didn’t actually sign the letter sent to Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter, but that doesn’t mean their support is fake. The letter, written by Idaho Chooses Life director David Ripley, asks Otter to investigate whether Planned…
Daily roundup of HucksOnline blogos links: Urban lagers/On Tap, Fire lingo/Randy Stapilus, Degrees of misery/Fort Boise, Manufacturing fear/Arch Druid, Gone fishing -- for the last time/Outdoors, McKellen bewitching as 'Mr. Holmes/7 Blog, FOX, quit shilling for Trump/Dogwalk Musings, & New bike rack at Sanders Beach/CdA Ped-Bike Blog + more ...
Being admitted to college may have just gotten a little easier for many of Idaho's high school seniors. Members of the Idaho State Board of Education unanimously approved a proposal Tuesday during a meeting in Meridian to conditionally admit high school seniors with a 3.0 GPA to any of the state's eight public universities and colleges.
In its series, "Small Towns 2015: Of Mountains and Mines," reporter Laura Johnson of The Inlander, visits Kellogg, population 2120, 37 miles east of Coeur d'Alene -- a town that was "founded by a jackass and inhabited by his descendants." Johnson writes, Kellogg is a place of beauty and refuge for its 2120 (2010 population) residents
President Obama released hit eclectic summer playlist on Friday. His 2015 grooves include tracks from Justin Timberlake, Coldplay, Beyoncé, Bob Dylan and Bob Marley, among others. The commander in chief unveiled his “by popular request” Spotify list of songs he says he’ll be jamming to while vacationing on Martha’s Vineyard through next week.
A 19-year-old woman fell out a second-story window early Friday at the Delta Gamma sorority house near the Washington State University campus in Pullman. The woman was taken by ambulance shortly after 2 a.m. to Pullman Regional Hospital with non-life-threatening facial injuries, Pullman police Cmdr.…
The Bard of Sherman Avenue has a rhyme re: that Spin Control blog/SR story about WSU coach being highest paid Washington State employee. This one is a dandy (as are almost all of The Bard's short prose pieces).
Scanner Traffic for TGIF AM (20 items & counting) begins with a wildfire along I-90, east of Coeur d'Alene & vandalism to umbrellas and Harbor House building on McEuen Park, at foot of Tubbs Hill ...
At Idaho Education News, Kevin Richert reports that Idaho SAT scores dropped slightly in April -- and the decrease was most pronounced in math. The Coeur d'Alene Charter Academy again posted the highest scores in the state, averaging 1,858 for 60 test-takers.
House Minority Leader John Rusche responds to the attack on urban renewal by executive director Wayne Hoffman of Idaho Freedom Foundation: "I think urban renewal and tax increment financing are important to the communities of the State. But no surprise, I (almost) always disagree with the positions Wayne and the IFF choose."
In Thursday's poll, a plurality of Hucks Nation said that emailgate will derail the presidential hopes of Democratic frontrunner Hillary Clinton. Today's Poll: Do you agree with Gov. Otter's decision not to launch investigation of Planned Parenthood in Idaho in wake of fetal-tissue-sales controversy?
DISH Network television subscribers in Spokane have lost access to KXLY-TV because the two companies couldn’t agree on the price of broadcasting. KXLY said in a statement that thousands of viewers are affected by the decision, which blocks access to the station’s local news, college football and ABC programming.
AM Headlines for TGIF includes: Hayden considering roundabout/Press, Post Falls Food Bank seeks new leader/Press, Prisons director defends system/Eye on Boise, Garnet-digging season may be cut short/Press, North Idaho nears firefighting retardant mark/Press, Tentative agreement reached for CdA teachers/Press Crapo criss-crosses state/EOBoise ...
It wasn't vandalism. It was the wind. A fire official sent the following email to Huckleberries Online re: the report on AM Scanner Traffic that vandals had destroyed the umbrellas at the Harbor House. Glenn Lauper emailed Huckleberries Online that concession stand employees left the umbrellas out last night & the wind did the rest.
In his latest newsletter, Congressman Raul Labrador writes: I was delighted to participate in my first-ever “ribbon-shooting” ceremony Wednesday, marking a key step for a long-sought shooting range near Riggins. Idaho State Bureau of Land Management Director Tim Murphy, Idaho County Sheriff Doug Giddings and...
Wayne Hoffman of the Idaho Freedom Foundation is attacking urban renewal. He thinks urban renewal laws should be repealed. Quote: "Urban renewal is a clever scheme. It allows for the government to fictionalize property values inside the urban renewal district." I couldn't disagree with Hoffman more re: this issue. How about you?
Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter says he will not launch an investigation against Planned Parenthood facilities in Idaho despite receiving a request from nearly 30 Republican state lawmakers. (Question: Do you agree/disagree with Gov. Otter's decision not to launch an investigation of Planned Parenthood in Idaho?)
After a two-week lull, someone is once again starting small ground fires near residences along the northeast border of Dalton Gardens near Hayden. On Wednesday afternoon, a passing motorist saw a fire along the road near where Loch Haven Road ends and called 911. Since…
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.
