Hungarian Artist Miklos Zoltan Baji performs a shamanic ritual around a bonfire during winter solstice celebrations in Bekescsaba, 200 kms southeast of Budapest, Hungary, earlier today, on the shortest day of the year. Q: What does the winter solstice mean to you?
As you may have figured out with this late start for Huckleberries Online ... something's amiss. I arrived at the office at 8 to find many in the SR building standing around in the lobby. In the dark. Something electrical had gone south between the...
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday PM (20 items & counting) includes two separate reports of eagle watchers at Mineral Ridge spilling over onto Highway 97. Also: A Rustler's Roost delivery van is stalled on Highway 95.
The Cutline Contest today features a Communist supporter paying homage to the Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin near the Kremlin to make the anniversary of Stalin's birth. Tuesday Winners: CDAJim & gitrdun.
For the man who was shot half a dozen times back in March while walking to his car after church service, Tim Remington, he is doing much better. In fact, he is recovering ahead of schedule. Taylor Viydo/KREM 2 provides an update on the good pastor's recovery. The link below also provides video.
I received my annual flu shot this morning. (I had to do something while waiting for the lights and computers to come back on at the SR's Coeur d'Alene office. Originally, I asked for one in September during my annual physical. But Doc Chisholm cautioned me to wait a bit. Last year, I didn't get my flu shot until this spring.
Am I the only local motorist smiling this yuletide? Brian Walker/Coeur d'Alene Press reports that Coeur d'Alene gas prices have tumbled 17 cents to $2.22 in the last month. That should leave a little extra over from the fuel bill for stocking stuffers. Do you remember a few years ago when gas prices topped $4/gallon?
In this morning's editorial, The Spokesman-Review comments: "Idahoans will be the losers if the Legislature does not quickly clarify rules that could make unsuccessful litigants responsible for all court costs and lawyer fees; potentially tens of thousands of dollars."
... The Coeur d'Alene Resort Boardwalk is closed due to snow and ice. I saw a sign hanging from a chain across the entrance during the noon hour. I was in the middle of my first Walk Along the Waterfront in some time. The sunshine…
Idaho’s college go-on numbers have dropped, but the state’s college enrollment keeps trending upward. Nearly 99,300 students attended Idaho colleges and universities this fall, according to a new report from the National Student Clearinghouse Research Center. Idaho’s numbers defy national trends. Kevin Richert, IdahoEdNews reports.
Idaho Vandals tight end Deon Watson, a former Coeur d'Alene High football star, will play in his last game as a Vandal against Colorado State in the Great Potato Bowl in Boise. John Blanchette/SR looks at Watson's career and the professional career of his father in a column today.
After greeting me in the waiting room this morning, my doc's nurse asked a pleasant question that you hear all the time: Are you ready for Christmas? I wasn't sure how to answer. Does it mean: Are all the gifts purchased? Does it mean: Am I mentally ready for another Christmas Day, with all its memories. Q: Are you ready for Christmas?
A Boise man has been accused of abducting a man who owed him money, beating him and leaving him on the side of the road in freezing temperatures wearing nothing but socks. The Idaho Statesman reports that a 46-year-old man was booked into the Ada county Jail on Monday on charges of aggravated battery, robbery and second-degree kidnapping.
When a patient goes to the best hospital, he or she usually hopes for a doctor who is knowledgeable and experienced. Something else to wish for? A woman physician. That's because female doctors may on average be better than their male counterparts at treating patients. CNN reports. Q: Is your doctor a female?
In Tuesday's Poll, a plurality of Hucks Nation said it parked cars front end first. Only a little over a quarter back into a parking spot. Today's Poll: Do you support the city of Coeur d'Alene's decision to crack down on parking scofflaws?
Would you rather ... Stay in Idaho and enjoy a White Christmas? Or vacation in Hawaii and skip the white Christmas? H/T: Cindy Hval, for introducing the "Would You Rather" idea on a podcast with 2 of her boys -- and to school Trustee Tom Hearn who will miss the white Christmas this year because he's in Hawaii.
I've read the Facebook post of several friends with snowblowers. Some say that 7 a.m. is too early to fire up the snowblowers. Others aren't sure. What do you think? When is an appropriate time to begin snow-blowing your driveway and sidewalks, without incurring the wrath of your sleep neighbors?
Gold coins are cropping up in Salvation Army kettles throughout the region. A Salvation Army worker found a gold coin in Kalispell, Mont. Another gold coin was found in Oregon's Willamette Valley. The late was a 1915 gold bullion coin worth $1,000. Q: How often do you dig out your wallet when you hear a Salvation Army bell ringing?
After reading about the coming change in my duties (which will include writing 5 shorter Huckleberries print columns per week), Wedeln4Hillary2016 offers encouragement. He figures that 10 inches of column spaces equals about 350 to 400 words. And says that'll go by fast if I poach a good comment from Huckleberries. I intend to do so.
Jeanne Green, who will turn 93 on Jan. 1, always said she wanted the 400 acres of lakefront, forested property on Lake Pend Oreille that her family homesteaded in 1902 to be conserved as-is and remain in the family. But now the $15 million family property at Camp Bay on Lake Pend Oreille is slated for development and in a dispute among her kids.
The Coeur d'Alene Press had fun with a Facebook post on the Post Falls Police Department site. Seems someone found a "kit" that contained methamphetamine and drug paraphernalia -- and an identification. The department, it seems, will be delighted to return the items to anyone who claims them.
Those who ignore parking tickets issued to them in Coeur d’Alene will soon face a vehicle boot, and a healthy dose of public shaming. A new ordinance was passed Tuesday night by the Coeur d’Alene City Council that places individuals with four or more unpaid parking tickets more than 45 days old on a publicly published “scofflaw list.”
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.
