The Kids Parade, an annual event kicking off the Fourth of July festivities in Coeur d’Alene, will take place Friday. The parade begins at 10 a.m. at 10th Street and Sherman Avenue and continues to Independence Point. This year’s theme is “Wide World of Sports.”
Christians should repent, register to vote and run for office if they want to save America, evangelist Franklin Graham told some 4,300 people gathered on the Capitol Campus on Wednesday. “I have zero hope in the Democratic Party. I have zero hope in the Republican Party. The only hope for this nation is almighty God.”
Coeur d'Alene's urban renewal agency could lose its tax exemption on 11 pieces of property following a re-interpretation of a state statute by Kootenai County officials. (Question: Do you think this action by the county will stand?)
A model displays a 2017 spring/summer design by fashion brand Steinrohner during the Fashion Week in Berlin, Germany, Tuesday.
I don't take selfies, although on occasion I allow Mrs. O to take a selfie of the two of us (and Huckleberry if she's hanging around). I have a dumb phone. It takes lousy photos. So I'm not going to waste my time taking selfies. How often do you take selfies?
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday PM (19 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 16 more items) includes 4 juveniles on dirt bikes & ATVs racing at Spirit Lake City Park.
The Cutline Contest today features a Russian tennis player kicking a ball at the Wimbledon Tennis Championships. Tuesday Winner: JMRusche.
Idaho teacher salaries went up by an average of $912, a 2.1 percent increase, under the first year of the state’s teacher career ladder. For 2015-16, Idaho’s average teacher salary was $45,117, according to an Idaho Education News analysis of salary data. A year earlier, the average came in at $44,205.
On his Facebook wall, David Townsend of Coeur d'Alene, states that he will be out of the country for the 4th of July. But he won't miss the activities that will take place in and around the celebration, especially the ongoing noises that makes the Lake City sound like a war zone for weeks. The sirens. The carnage of the highways.
In this recent photo by Duane Rasmussen, Cher Kyle of Hayden, gets a visit from a fine-feather friend while sitting on the edge of the Spokane River, near North Idaho College. Also, Duane provides 32 other photos in this photo set of local water fowl...
A story by Katie Lobosco of CNN Money reports how American families are paying for ever-rising college costs (an average of $43,921 for tuition, room and board at private colleges and $19,548 for in-state students at public schools). How do you pay for college for your children?
Seven refugees with active tuberculosis were resettled in Idaho between 2011 and 2015, but none of them were contagious, the state Department of Health and Welfare said Tuesday.
North Idaho Blog roundup: Bayview Daze activities/Bay Views, Idaho's glass ceiling/Carlson Chronicles, City Hall shut Monday/Coeur d'Alene Today, That exciting fund-raising deadline/Fort Boise, Women's basketball legend Summitt, RIP/Grip, Friday's Opening redux: Spies & castaways/7 Blog, Wednesday in the Woods events popular/Outdoors ...
Boaters on Lake Pend Oreille are urged to watch out for logs and other floating debris after a log boom failed at the Clark Fork Delta’s drift yard. A debris field about 100 yards wide and a quarter mile long has been spotted near Memaloose Island in the lake, according to the Bonner County Sheriff’s Department.
In a comment on Idaho Reports, Melissa Davlin discusses the difference between the high-profile sex abuse case in Twin Falls involving children with foreign backgrounds and other child sex abuse incidents.
In time for Independence Day, Wallethub provides a list of 2016's Most Patriotic States. Believe it or not, Idaho doesn't finish in the Top 10. The highest ranking Northwestern states are: Alaska (2), Montana (7) and Washington (9).
There has been some confusion re: the transfer of city garbage collection service from Waste Management to Coeur d'Alene Garbage. That transfer officially begins Friday. At the request of Huckleberries Online, Deputy City Administrator Sam Taylor has prepared a news release to clear up the confusion.
On his Outdoors blog, SR buddy Rich Landers comments: "The advent of the smartphone camera may be the worst thing to happen to wildlife since market hunting." True wildlife photographers use a telephoto lens to capture creatures in the wild, not smartphones that disturb critters and might endanger the individuals shooting photos.
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (16 items & counting) includes injured deer that needed to be dispatched near Blackwell Island ...
In a report today, Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise provides you with the ins and outs of permitless carry, which goes into effect in Idaho Friday. Despite the law, there are still several areas where permitless carry isn't allowed, including businesses that especially prohibit guns on the premises.
Keri Alexander, publisher of the Shoshone News Press, did a slow burn after watching a driver dump litter out her car window at a Shoshone County freeway exit. Keri was volunteering to pick up litter at the time. Do you believe people are as opposed to littering today as they were during the Beautiful Highway days of the 1960s?
AM Headlines features Lake City High graduate who plans to earn money by giving free bike rides to downtown Coeur d'Alene visitors. Also: Early cherry harvest at Green Bluff/KHQ, Transit vote plan doesn't gain traction/Press, SAT scores show room for improvement/Press, Bayview plans patriotic events/Press + more ...
In Tuesday's poll, a supermajority of Hucks Nation agrees with the U.S. Supreme Court decision this week that struck down a Texas law that limited access to abortion. Today's Poll: Should the city re-double its effort to find lifeguards for Coeur d'Alene's City Beach?
Prancing Unicorn YAY weighs in on the 2 stupid mothers who tried to take selfies with a moose in Spokane. Some believe that the moose ran into traffic and was fatally injured after being spooked by a crowd that gathered to watch its actions.
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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