It'll take a few days for me to get into the staycation mode. But I'm looking forward to trying to adjust quickly. I'm going to enjoy the heat, the family that has already made it to Coeur d'Alene to participate in a series of anniversaries…
Army Staff Sgt. John Cudney embraces his daughter Joannie Thilman at the Wyoming Vietnam Veterans "Welcome Home" Reunion at the Casper Events Center in Casper, Wyo., today. Cudney, who now lives in Sheridan, Wyo., volunteered to serve in Vietnam in 1972 and retired from military…
I'll be turning controls of HucksOnline over to Cindy for 2 weeks beginning Monday. I'm taking a staycation to help host a family reunion and series of family celebrations this month, including my mothers' 90th birthday. But one still have this one day to sing in the sunshine before I head for my hammock in the back yard.
Following a traffic stop early this morning, KCSDeputies confiscated 22 pounds of marijuanan and several grams of heroin and arrested two Washington residents: 39YO Domonique R. Adams-Swanson of Seattle and 63YO Sylvester G. Byrd of Tukwila.
Scanner Traffic for Friday PM (22 items & counting + AM Scanner Traffic link) includes female pedestrian struck by vehicle @ 7th St/Homestead Ave ...
In the HucksOnline blogosphere roundup, Vince Grippi/A Grip on Sports explains why today, National Doughnut Day has been a really, really long one. Also: Old beer game/On Tap; Language of dreamers/Faithful Geek; Saturday event to honor local heroes/Coeur d'Alene Today; and Friday fish tale with Bill Love/Slight Detour + more ...
Looks like closed primaries are here to stay for Idaho Republicans, in the foreseeable future.
RecallCDA figures Kathy Sims and Mary Souza are gearing up to attack current urban renewal laws in Idaho via an interim committee that Sims lobbied to create. Sims has gotten no where trying to rein in the state's urban renewal laws over the last 5 years. Do you suppose she should consider they've been good for the town she's suppose to represent?
In a column, Randy Stapilus/Ridenbaugh Press discusses importance of JFAC, the legislative budget committee, and the recent decision by Senate co-chair Dean Cameron to accept a job in the Otter administration. That leaves Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, in line to become the next co-chair of the powerful committee.
The region's next great shared-use trail could be a 25 miler along the Pend Oreille River in Idaho from Oldtown near the Washington stateline east to Dover at Lake Pend Oreille. Trail planning by local citizens plus area, state and federal agencies has been going on for years, and the National Park Service is on board.
U.S. Senator Mike Crapo received a friendly welcome from Republicans at an Idaho Falls luncheon Friday, with warm introductory remarks from fellow Senator Jim Risch and an endorsement from Congressman Raul Labrador. Before Crapo spoke, Labrador took the stage and shut down rumors he will…
A former Coeur d’Alene coin dealer recently jailed for theft has been ordered to repay customers about $578,000 for violating state consumer protection laws. Kevin E. Mitchell, 49, who owned and operated the CoiNuts Inc. shop until closing it in July 2012, was accused of…
Teri Grubss as Mother Abbess and Emily Cleveland as Maria Rainer in The Modern Theater production of "The Sound of Music" in Coeur d'Alene. (Modern Theater photo: Dan Baumer) ‘The Sound of Music” is a big show, not just in terms of its scope but…
I need suggestions from Hucks Nation for things that my extended family members, from both sides, can see, do, eat & drink while they're in Coeur d'Alene for the next two weeks. Anyone?
Post Falls Police Department fielded 2 calls involving disturbing the peace during the grave yard shift this morning. Each was a bit unusual.
"A man is incomplete until he gets married -- then he's finished" -- on old, red pickup at H95/Kathleen Ave today, spotted by Frito Ray this AM in Coeur d'Alene.
Cindy has spotlighted six Spokane high school graduates who have been inspirational. She said she'd sic her cat, Thor the Enforcer, on me, if I didn't provide you with links to those six stories. Fans of Cindy's writing will enjoy her stories below. Question: Do you have a friend or loved one who is graduating from high school this spring?
Thursday Poll: Hucks Nation has mixed emotions about a Hagadone Hospitality proposal to add a second, 19-story tower to the Coeur d'Alene resort campus. Today's Poll: Do you agree w/NIC trustees' 3-2 decision to raise tuition rather than increase property taxes to cover a budget increase next year?
Scanner Traffic for Friday AM (15 items & counting) includes male using blow torch to kill grass in a Coeur d'Alene neighborhood ...
In today's AM Headlines: 3 Shock players investigated in Las Vegas theft/SR; WSU builds wine science center at Tri-Cities campus/SR; Vestal: Iconic Garland Theater celebrates 70th birthday/SR; California woman with dementia still missing/CdA Press; Boy gives up soccer ball to help Moore family/Press; & obituaries for Jason Gritten, Jeff Kirk/Press.
Jonathan Daniel Renfro, of Rathdrum, accused in Sgt. Greg Moore's homicide, was in court this morning. SReporter Scott Maben provides the update on the legal proceedings against Renfro. BTW, the slaying of Sgt. Moore occurred one month ago today.
Does The Bard of Sherman Avenue have a rhyme for our suffering brethren in drought-stricken California? Of course, he does. And it's a dandy.
The share of Idaho women who had consumed more than four drinks at a time at least once within the previous 30 days rose by nearly one-fifth between 2005 and 2012, according to a new national study from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington. Question: Are you drinking more today than you did in 2005?
For its TGIF Cutline Contest photo, HucksOnline turns to discredited FIFA President Sepp Blatter, who has announced he is stepping down from his position amid a widening corruption scandal. Thursday Winner -- RhodeTrip.
I find myself agreeing with IFF's Wayne Hoffman again. This time, Hoffman correctly says that our formerly Libertarian governor hurt kids by flipflopping from his old position of support medical marijuana. Otter vetoed a bill that would have allowed parents of kids with severe epilepsy to treat them with oil extracted from marijuana plants.
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.
