Well, Ladies & Germs, we've reached the final week of July, which means Art on the Green is upon us -- and the days left to cross off things on your summer to-do list are running short. I was so busy during the first half...
Randy Muscarella offers a taste of his banana split to his 10-year-old rough collie, Whiskey, outside Doyle's Ice Cream Parlor at the corner of Boone and Nettleton. Doyle's has been a fixture at that location since 1939. Muscarella moved to the neighborhood a few months…
True-crime writer Ann Rule, who wrote more than 30 books, including a profile of her former co-worker, serial killer Ted Bundy, has died at age 83. Rule died at Highline Medical Center at 10:30 p.m. Sunday, said Scott Thompson, a spokesman for CHI Franciscan Health....
Ken Hopkins from the "Dave, Ken and Molly" show on 92.9 KZZU's morning show was involved in a bike crash on Monday evening, July 13, 2015. He suffered a devastating injury and at this point has no feeling from the mid-chest down. Ken slid on…
Today's Cutline Contest features gold medalists from the USA during the synchronized swimming mixed duet technical final at the Swimming World Championships in Russia on Sunday. Weekend Winner -- TwoZeroEight.
Scanner Traffic of Monday PM (18 items & counting + AM Scanner Traffic link with 12 more items) includes police closing I-90 in both directions, near 7th St bridge in Coeur d'Alene.
I don't want to go all Audobon on you, but I'm becoming interested in birds (at least those that visit my back yard). It started with humming birds and has expanded to include a yellow Finch, that I named "Atticus," a Fat Robin and his pals, and a quartet of magpies that I've dubbed Skipper, Rico, Kowalski & Private. (Do you watch birds, too?)
The Boy Scouts of America have ended a blanket ban on gay adult leaders while allowing church-sponsored Scout units to maintain the exclusion because of their faith. The new policy, aimed at easing a controversy that embroiled the Boy Scouts for years and threatened the...
Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter wants our next president to be a governor, like him. Otter, who called in to conservative talk radio host Bill Colley’s show on Twin Falls’ Newsradio 1310 KLIX Thursday morning, said that running a state is different than being in Congress, where you’re one vote out of hundreds.
The daily blog roundup from the HucksOnline blogosphere features Cindy hanging out at a local retirement center where she renewed acquaintances with 3 people featured in her book, "War Bonds: Love Stories from the Greatest Generation." Also, I've posted links to 7 other blog posts from the weekend.
No, this isn't Cindy's feline Thor. It's Skinny, a fat cat who shed more than half ot its body weight, from 41 pounds to 19 pounds, with exercise and a special diet. See before and after photos. (Question: Is your cat/dog fat?)
Three juveniles could face felony vandalism charges after being arrested and charged with causing $3,000 damage to the Prarie Falls Golf Course. The trio is suspected of damaging the course, club house and a cart. (Question: Should juveniles be charged with felonies in this case?)
Marianne Love/Slight Detour is another regular huckleberry pickers who confirms that the pickin's slim in dem dar hills this summer. She and her husband Bill had to make several stops in the Myrtle Creek drainage to find enough huckleberries for a couple of nights of huckleberry sundaes.
Male disputes with females and vice versa kept the Post Falls Police Department hopping over the weekend. The silly spats included one over burnt toast, another over texting, and the final one over a one-night stand that evolved into a car burglary with a relative happy ending, minus $280.
The number of Idaho adults who are overweight or obese is rising, the Idaho Department of Health & Welfare reports, though Idaho’s obesity rate still remains close to the national average. The latest Idaho Behavioral Risk Factors report, which has 2013 data and came out…
Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson’s Boulder-White Clouds wilderness bill passed the House without objection today. “Today’s action by the U.S. House of Representatives is a great accomplishment for the thousands of Idahoans working to solve the Boulder White Clouds land management issue,” Simpson in a statement.…
Letter writer Ann Carlin nails an issue that is growing into a problem. Too many clueless animal owners are taking their dogs shopping with them, pretending that they are service dogs (even while the dog is riding in a basket). Store owners aren't suppose to ask if the dog is really a service animal. So society has to put up with this nonsense.
All of us who have flown out of Spokane International Airport in the last five years should be hopeful that Michelle Skomars continues to do her job well. She's air traffic manager at Spokane International Airport, and provides radar service for Fairchild Air Force Base.
Scanner Traffic for Monday AM (12 items) includes warning from city of Post Falls to avoid Spokane Street, from Seltice Way to Spokane River bridge, where a chip-seal project is going on today.
In an editorial Sunday, the Idaho State Journal points to a poll by Politics Weekly which shows tangible dissatisfaction among Idahoans of current state Republican political leaders. Gov. Butch Otter's has an unfavorable rating of 43%. Yet Idahoans, who eschew Democrats, continue to elect the same old politicans. Why do you think that is?
In his column today, Chuck Malloy says Idaho's Republican leadership is getting long in tooth: " I’m not sure how healthy the (Idaho Republican) party really is, with the aging politicians holding the highest offices and showing few signs of leaving their offices." (Is it a bad thing that aging pols hold almost all of Idaho's top elected spots?
In an editorial, the Idaho Statesman says Idaho has no excuse for its inadequate public defender system. After all, the editorial states, Idaho doesn't have an excuse for dragging its heels on fixing the system. Such defense is mandated by the U.S. Constitution.
In the HucksOnline weekend poll, Weekend Poll: 73 % of Hucks Nation said the state of Idaho should require motorcycle riders to wear helmets. Today's Poll: When did you last pick huckleberries?
From the Peanut Gallery, Frum Helen Back admits she's never tasted a huckleberry (and I know that she's lived here a long time). She can't understand why people fight over them. But she is willing to fight over a treat that you would find in the Walmart bakery. (Question: What treat would you consider fighting over?)
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.
