The antibiotic resistance factor MCR, which protects bacteria against the final remaining drugs of last resort, has been found in the United States for the first time—in a person, and separately, in a stored sample taken from a slaughtered pig. (Question: Concerning?)
The sensational divorce trial of local bank tycoon R. Lewis Rutter veered from “threatened tragedy to pure comedy” and from the “pathetic” to the “ridiculous.” Not that The Spokesman-Review minded. (Question: Good or bad that newspapers don't cover divorces like they used to?)
A 12-year-old injured in a rollover crash Thursday near downtown Coeur d’Alene was driving his father’s vehicle without permission, according to police.The mid-day wreck occurred on the corner of Third Street and Garden Avenue and involved one other vehicle. Question: Did you ever take a vehicle without permission?
A protester is removed during a speech by Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump at a campaign event in Albuquerque, N.M. In AP’s delegate count, Trump surpassed the number needed to give him the nomination. That essentially closed out a raucous race on a quiet note, as a small number of unbound delegates put him over the top.
Well, it was another interesting day in the land of the wild Huckleberries Online. The speaking engagement with Leadership Coeur d'Alene was fun, especially with Super Sub Taryn Thompson tossing in more than 2 cents. Taryn will pinch hit for me Friday, while I help a family member from my wife's side move into a Coeur d'Alene Place home.
Scanner Traffic for Thursday PM (18 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 16 more items) includes yet another chase, with wanted male speeding off from Alpine Store/Garwood ...
The local AAUW spelling bee was settled by a coin toss, after the two best teams failed to spell their word in the 13th round. The winners? Danajo Cole, Michael Harryman and Calvin Saul of the AGC Aerocomposites team from Hayden. North Idaho Eye Institute (Dr. Alison Granier, Robin Chisholm & Marjorie Valencia) claimed 2nd place.
The Cutline Contest today features a guy who looks like Santa Claus showing his support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. Wednesday Winner: YPMule.
The annual Roost Pursuit bicycle event -- dubbed by organizers as "The Most Non-Serious Bicycle Event of the Season" -- is scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. Sunday, June 5. Korrine Rothrock, of the Kootenai Environmental Alliance, tells you about the event below.
A Spokane man who was released from jail less than a week ago led Kootenai County Sheriff’s Deputies on a high speed chase through an alfalfa field Thursday morning. A car was reported stolen near the Hayden Walmart just before 11 a.m. and deputies spotted the vehicle a few minutes later being driven west on Prairie Avenue near Atlas Road.
The daily roundup of posts from the HucksOnline blogosphere includes swell outdoor scenes from talented blogger/photographer Marianne Love/Slight Detour. Also, Simple Mind is counting down days until hubby's retirement. City Hall is closed Monday. And A Grip on Sports says no one is more than "mostly dead" in NBA playoffs.
At about 8 this morning, deputies responded to the 12000 block of N. Church Road, northeast of Hauser, for a report of a trespassing. A homeowner, not on scene, called in stating his adult daughter was being held against her will by an ex-boyfriend, later...
Viljo and Autumn Basso, the former Seattle couple who brought you Syringa and the Garnet in Midtown Coeur d'Alene have now opened the Blue Bird restaurant, which offers unusual dishes. The Inlander provides a report on the Bassos eclectic offerings in yet another Midtown location in this week's edition.
Some school districts in Idaho have quietly adopted bathroom policies for transgender students with little trouble. In Central Idaho's Blaine County School District, school officials sat down with students and parents to discuss options. School buildings there have private, unisex bathrooms that the district makes available to transgender students.
Some low-life with red spray can is de-facing the scenery on Tubbs Hill. Walkabout has provided 4 photos of the tagger's work.
Bloglander, the blog for the Inlander, points out some shortcomings in a Safewise survey that listed Spokane as No. 22 on the list of 30 most dangerous cities in the United States. Now, I'm not a big fan of Spokane. And I take precautions when I travel to the downtown area of the Lilac City at night. But 22nd most dangerous? Really?
Tom Wobker, the late Bard of Sherman Avenue, weighed in on the environmental concerns re: fish caught to eat in Lake Coeur d'Alene. Here's a post that Tom made back on June 8, 2003.
Two Boise State football players have been expelled from the university and a third has been suspended from the school for a year after a sexual assault investigation, according to the players’ families and BSU documents obtained by the Idaho Statesman.
Tara Singh, 11, of Louisville, Ky., incorrectly spells her word during the final round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in National Harbor, Md., Thursday. Story here. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) The bee began with more than 280 kids testing their spelling acumen, but Thursday's final...
In the Wednesday poll, a majority of Hucks Nation said it supports the new overtime rule change ushered in by the Obama administration. Today's Poll: Now that Donald Trump has wrapped up the Republican nomination for president, do you plan to watch the GOP convention?
Column Shawn Vestal/SR wonders what happened to James Mitchell's book, "Enhanced Interrogation"? Mitchell, who worked alongside Bruce Jessen to develop and implement the Bush administration's torture program from Spokane, has disappeared from Crown Publishing's web site. It was scheduled for a May 10 release.
Scanner Traffic for Thursday AM (16 items & counting) includes accident between vehicle and construction worker @ 4th St & Indiana Ave/CdA that has injured construction worker ...
In her Front Porch column this week, Cindy Hval writes of her dreams to have an elegant back yard some day, enjoying her Great Gazebo, flowers, outdoor furniture, etc. That collides with Derek's plans for a manly practical approach to back yard design.
AM Headlines includes 3 photos of an amphibious plane buzzing the north shore Wednesday. Also: Jet boat races return to North Idaho/KHQ, 2 local teens win Special Olympics track/Press, $5,000 reward offered in blow dart cat case/Press, Jewell: Making landscapes more resilient to fire/EOB, Lake City champ out of national spelling bee/CdA Press ...
In his editorial this morning, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune comments: "It's become so routine you hardly notice when a group of lawyers collects another payday because somebody affiliated with Idaho state government screwed up." Idahoans are caught between Tea Party/Liberty/Redoubt nonsense and "corporate cronyism."
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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