The Kootenai County Sheriff's Department is hunting for at least one low-life who tossed two puppies in a white pillowcase from the passenger side of a black pickup in the Worley area Saturday night. More below.
United States teammates, from left to right, Morgan Brian (14), Tobin Heath (17), Alex Morgan (13), Lauren Holiday (12), Carli Lloyd (10) and Ali Krieger (11) celebrate after Lloyd's second goal against Japan during the first half of the FIFA Women's World Cup soccer championship…
Scanner Traffic for Tuesday AM (15 items & counting) includes Cape Horn resident who wants to return to his home to feed 3 pet birds that have been without food for 3 days.
Bill Cosby testified 10 years ago that he had obtained Quaaludes in the 1970s to give to young women with whom he wanted to have sex, according to a court document unsealed Monday. It was an acknowledgment, the first to become public and in Mr. Cosby’s own words, that he viewed powerful, sedating drugs as a part of his sexual encounters with women.
In Monday's poll, 57% of Hucks Nation has air conditioning and therefore is coping relatively easily with this hot summer of our discontent. Today's Poll: How do you view the Confederate flag?
SR photog Kathy Plonka was at the scene of the Cape Horn fire at 4 this AM to take more photos for the paper and Huckleberries Online. Here's a photo set of them.
As if firefighters don’t have enough trouble trying to stop wildfires across the region, the National Weather Service warns of lightning storms and wind gusts this afternoon. A weak cold front is expected to move south out of Canada and cross into the mountainous tier of counties from the Cascades to Western Montana.
To launch AM Headlines today, Rep. Luke Malek provides Huckleberries Online with this panorama view of the Cape Horn Fire and smoke at sunset Monday night. Meanwhile, SR bud Kathy Plonka is preparing a package of her photos from today. Kathy was on the scene at 4 AM to shoot photos. Also, per usual, you can find today's headlines below.
I've already picked 4 or 5 zucchinis in this hot summer of 2015. Better yet, I have one taker for excess zucchinis, which means that I won't have to put them in bags, ring neighbor's door bells and run. The Bard of Sherman Avenue, of course, has a rhyme for this wonderful vegetable.
A law enforcement source has confirmed to CBS News that Subway restaurant spokesman Jared Fogle is a suspect in a federal child pornography investigation. FBI agents and Indiana State Police are at Fogle's in Zionsville, Ind., and have removed electronics from the property. FBI special...
In the Lewiston Tribune, columnist Bill Hall writes of striking a blow for all steerage class passengers while boarding a plane recently. In walking through the first class cabin -- and being eyed by the wealthy passengers in the front seats -- Hall said he did something that struck a blow for all the masses who huddle in the seats in the rear.
Drivers will encounter lane closures on Interstate 90 in Post Falls Wednesday and Friday for concrete pours needed to construct the new Greensferry overpass. The eastbound right (slow) lane of I-90 will close from 4 to 9 a.m. Wednesday, and both eastbound and westbound lanes…
The effort to remove the Confederate flag from the South Carolina statehouse grounds is riding strong momentum. The governor is for it. Nearly all state senators are backing it. And petitioners are collecting signatures by the hundreds of thousands. A final Senate vote of 36-3...
Bullfrogs, native to the southeastern US, are multiplying rapidly in the West and terrorizing the rest of the amphibian world. They're taking over ponds and marshes, gobbling up native frogs and other wildlife. The one shown above was trapped June 29 at Boundary Creek Wildlife Area in an effort to map the species spread.
In a comment, Houg Deffernan contends that the second resort tower proposed by Duane Hagadone and Hagadone Hospitality will give the city of Coeur d'Alene a boost economically. And Houg goes on to claim that the city of Coeur d'Alene would be Bonners Ferry without Hagadone. Thoughts?
Monday's weather cooperated with firefighters battling the Cape Horn Fire in Bayview, Idaho. Fire officials say there was very little fire growth, and as a result, firefighters were able to construct a fire line up to the ridge above Bayview. Monday night fire crews plan...
I was amazed Sunday AM re: how quickly Coeur d'Alene city parks crew cleaned up City Park, City Beach and the waterfront after the big 4th of July bash this year. Mrs. O, Huckleberry & I watched parks employees picking up litter in City Park...
Super SR photog Kathy Plonka has returned with photos showing the human toll of the 2,000-acre Cape Horn fire at Bayview. Photo set includes 5 photos.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has authorized using federal funds to help with firefighting costs on the Cape Horn Fire, and reports that firefighting resources onsite include eight air tankers, three helicopters and eight engines, with a Type II management team scheduled to arrive at the fire this afternoon.
Scanner Traffic for Thursday PM (32 items & counting + AM Scanner Traffic link, with 20 more items) includes CPD officers finding lost child at Coeur d'Alene City Beach.
Revelers open their mouths as they wait to cool off with water thrown from a balcony, while celebrating the official opening of the 2015 San Fermin Fiestas, in Pamplona, Spain, today. Revelers from around the world turned out here to kick off the festival with...
Newly minted refugee Herb Huseland/Bay Views reports: "Today, I ventured forth to collect some meds and other things firm in the belief that KHQ had the facts when they announced that Bayview Residents would be allowed in for a short period to collect needed stuff. Well, they were wrong." More below.
Seems an obsessed fly fisherman with bad knees has started a blog for geezers in Spokane, titled Just A Geezer. Sez former park ranger Dave Clark: “The world has pretty much decided seniors, boomers and geezers don’t have much to say anymore – let them know they are wrong! Alone we’re just geezers, but together we are geezer strong.”
Nearly half of Idahoans believe the state’s public schools are worse than they were five years ago. And nearly 60 percent of Idahoans want the state to dump Common Core standards. Those are two findings from a poll completed last week and released Monday by...
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.
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