Gonzaga defeats San Francisco 88-57
S-R photojournalist Colin Mulvany covered the GU's home game against San Francisco. Check out this big picture gallery of game photos.
S-R photojournalist Colin Mulvany covered the GU's home game against San Francisco. Check out this big picture gallery of game photos.
In looking for a venue for our 40th anniversary celebration later this year, Mrs. O & I were surprised by a venue manager's reaction to the length of our marriage. She genuinely seemed surprised that people could love and live with one another for 40...
A scientist points out a seismogram display on a monitor just set up at CenturyLink Field in Seattle today. Scientists with the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network installed the instruments to record expected vibrations from jumping and stomping fans at Saturday's Seattle Seahawks playoff game against…
Mark Vogt got more than he bargained for when he took a day trip Thursday to the Wolf Lodge area to experience a little nature. “I came to watch the eagles and I got to watch the whole mountain come down,” Vogt said, after a…
You asked, and Techmeister Dan has provided. All users, including ones with mobile devices, can click on recent comments at the top of Huckleberries Online now. For mobile users, you have to click on the down arrow on the orange "Huckleberries Online" banner line to...
In a news release this afternoon, ISP says one lane of traffic has been opened on H97, near Beauty Bay, after a mudslide completely blocked the road this morning.
Crews worked to clear debris from Idaho state Highway 97 following a rock and mudslide this morning near Beauty Bay on Lake Coeur d'Alene. Traffic is now taking turns past the slide. Story here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) ...
... Idaho gets 34.9% of its total state general revenues from the federal government (the 16th largest share in the country). The information was provided by the Tax Foundation, via Idaho Reporter. Idaho, of course, is peopled with Teapublicans, who constantly bash the federal government....
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, kisses House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. after being re-elected to a third term during the opening session of the 114th Congress, as Republicans assume full control for the first time in eight years Tuesday. You write the...
Snowmobiler Barry Sadler, of Mullan, thought he was going to die after going missing Sunday. But 5 friends followed his snowmobile track and found him early Tuesday morning, hypothermic and dehydrated in the Brimstone Creek area.
Paul Turner of the SR's Slice column decided to renew his 98YO mother's newspaper subscription after struggling with the issue. She's kitten weak & doesn't read the paper often. But she has always had a subscription and, Paul, posts poignantly, she always will ...
One lane of Idaho state Highway 97 has been cleared of debris following a rock and mudslide this morning near Beauty Bay on Lake Coeur d’Alene. Traffic is taking turns past the slide. The Idaho Department of Transportation estimates the other lane will be cleared…
In today's North Idaho blogosphere roundup, Chris Carlson of Carlson Chronicles discusses fatal shooting of young mother at Hayden Walmart and Dan Gayle says "belfies" (butt selfies) are the new selfies ...
Should we hold Blogfest 2015 on Valentine's Day? Feb. 14, after all, falls on the Saturday closest to the actual 11th anniversary of Huckleberries Online, Feb. 16. However, I can think of a number of sweethearts out there, including Mrs. O, who might object to sharing Valentine's Day with my blogfest crowd. Would you prefer Saturday, Feb. 7, or ...
Jack CDA-ecs (Skyline_Productions.com) posted this on his Facebook wall, in case you lost your walkie-talkie yesterday. You might still find it at Lakeside Avenue & Northwest Boulevard.
By the nature of my 40-plus years’ work as a journalist, most days I am rarely at a loss for words. Wednesday was an exception. Like the rest of the civilized world, I struggle to understand the murderous attack on the satirical French newspaper, Charlie…
Let's hope the ambitions Idaho's lawmakers have set for public school spending are more than what Senate President Pro Tem Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, is suggesting. Writing earlier this week in the Idaho Falls Post Register, Hill said he expected to return Idaho education spending to…
Kootenai County will conduct a swearing-in ceremony for newly elected county officials 10 a.m. Monday in Rooms 1A and 1B of the County Administration Building. The officials being sworn in are: Assessor Mike McDowell, Commissioners Marc Eberlein and David Stewart, Coroner Warren Keene, Clerk Jim…
The Bard of Sherman Avenue pays homage to victims of Islamic terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo ...
Elvis Presley would have been 80 today, if he'd lived. How has the music of Elvis Presley affected you? Do you have an all-time favorite Elvis Presley song?
And now a word from Keith & Bent at North Idaho Cider: "We did a Fort Grounds Grill launch party just before Christmas and Cindy posted it for us. If you're looking for fodder today to fill in some cracks we're doing one today at...
Top Item of Morning: Highway 97 blocked at Beauty Bay after hill side collapses onto it, according to ISP. (Victor Correa/KHQ provides photo of mudslide)
Columnist Marty Peterson writes: "With the GOP so firmly in control of Congress, Idaho's most underreported news story has to be the emergence of the Idaho delegation as potentially one of the most influential and powerful state delegations in the country. It is a delegation…
In a press conference this morning, legislative leaders told reporters they are concerned with 'instant racing' terminals at Post Falls and other Idaho places. Idaho tribes are calling them illegal. Today's AM Headline roundup ...
Wednesday Poll: A plurality of Hucks Nation believes Congressman Raul Labrador "sold out" when he voted for a third term for House Speaker John Boehner. 30 of 73 respondents (41.1%) said Labrador sold out his beliefs by supporting Boehner, who is despised by Labrador's Tea…
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.