In her Main Street column today, Kerri Thoreson is giving a shoutout to the snow blowers & throwers who clear snow from their driveways and sidewalks, as well as their neighbors. My next-door neighbor and I take turns shoveling each other's sidewalks. But I'm jealous of the neighbors across the street who has a retiree handle their entire sidewalk.
AM Headlines: Burglary reward? Sandwiches/Press, Crapo trends online after movie reference/KREM 2, Gonzaga frosh Collins making most of minutes/SR, Pappy Boyington Museum gets booted out/KXLY 4, December revenue beats forecast by $16.3M/EOBoise, Snowpack, water supply off to good beginning/EOBoise ...
In the poll Tuesday, a plurality of Hucks Nation predicts that Coeur d'Alene School District patrons will pass both a $32M levy and a $35.5M bond on the March ballot. Today's Poll: Do you support the attempt to reclassify abortion as first-degree murder in Idaho?
Donald Trump on Wednesday morning angrily denounced news reports about potentially compromising information Russia has allegedly gathered about him, citing denials from the Kremlin that it has any such intelligence. The Washington Post reports ...
Dan Foreman, the new state senator from Moscow, will introduce legislation that would classify abortion as murder for women having one and doctors performing one. The 63-year-old retired Air Force officer and retired Moscow police officer said his only concern would be "doing the right thing." William L Spence/Tribune reports.
Steve Hudson was born into a downtown dynasty. Hudson and his younger brother, Todd, are fourth-generation owners of Hudson’s Hamburgers on Sherman Avenue, which is far more than a funky little burger joint. Hudson’s is an institution that has been featured in newspapers across the country. Ric Clarke/Press reports.
Hold on for yet more wild weather swings ahead. Temperatures are expected to dip to near 0 and perhaps even below in some areas tonight and Thursday before rising into the 40s with rain on Tuesday and Wednesday next week, Press Meteorologist Randy Mann said. Brian Walker/Press reports ...
CNN reports: "Popular but politically humbled, President Barack Obama said goodbye to the nation Tuesday night, declaring during his farewell address that he hasn't abandoned his vision of progressive change but warning that it now comes with a new set of caveats." Q: Did you hear President Obama's farewell address?
Boise State football coach Bryan Harsin is the highest-aid state employee in Idaho, earning $1.1M. He is followed by Boise State basketball coach Leon Rice at $650,000. By contrast, Gov. Butch Otter, who runs things, earns only $124,436 annually. Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise reports.
In my print column today, I re-visit Deputy City Administrator Sam Taylor's rough start to the week. Remember? He pulled out of his driveway in a Post Falls neighborhood, only to get stuck immediately in the deep snow of an unplowed street. As you may recall, his boss, City Administrator Jim Hammond rode to the rescue ...
The sound of alarms going off in the marinas at Bayview meant it was time for Mark Streater to go to work Tuesday. It was the sound of float homes on Lake Pend Oreille tilting and sinking due to heavy snow loads. Streater and others were called upon by float home owners to shovel snow. Brian Walker/Press reports.
The Parting Shot today features a man in Bismarck, N.D., chipping away at a large snowdrift while working in blowing snow on a rooftop. Bismarck has received 55.3 inches of snowfall on the season. Somehow, this photo makes Huckleberries feel better re: the snow shoveling that awaits at home today. How about you?
I introduced my new Huckleberries schedule to you last night, 8 to 4, with the final hour spent at night writing the Huckleberries column. For some reason, I have a tough time writing the Huckleberries print column at the office. It takes two times as long or more to do so when the scanners are squawking and the emails and phone calls coming in.
Scanner Traffic for Tuesday PM (18 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 19 more items) includes crash b/n fully loaded school bus and Subaru Forester in Post Falls ...
The daily roundup of HucksOnline social media begins with photograph of Fort Sherman Chapel by Duane Rasmussen. Then, Bay Views and Slight Detour focus on snow and cold, while Simple Mind looks forward to a fun but scary future. SR Outdoors, meanwhile, provides a photo of a "herd" of cougars patrolling North Idaho.
I'm trying to read between the lines re: "no" vote by Coeur d'Alene School Trustee Christa Hazel on the vote to float a $35.5 million bond for much-needed district building expansion. I know Christa supports these projects. But I wonder if she's worried that the bond, coupled with the $32M levy vote on the same March ballot, might doom measures.
Deputy City Administrator Sam Taylor, our Johnny-on-the-Spot, has apologized for the city to newspaper carrier Jamie Sedlmayer, who got plowed in this morning in Coeur d'Alene Place WHILE driving on the street.
The Cutline Contest today features ducks trying to keep their balance as they waddle across the frozen waters of an artificial lake in Milan, Italy. Monday's Winner: SLFisher.
Some of you have asked about the business that Jennifer Locke owned before she because Jim Brannon's deputy county clerk this month. It was called Zip-n-Go. Jennifer sold a weather-proof outdoor blanket, which received rave reviews from reps of The Grommet, a product launch web site.
Following his State of the State address Monday, Gov. Butch Otter named the first recipient of the Idaho Medal of Achivement, the state’s highest civilian honor: Barbara Morgan, the teacher and astronaut from McCall who now teaches at Boise State University.
If you're a float home owner, posts Herb Huseland/Bayviews, you don't have to worry about the roof caving in from snow load this winter. But you may have to worry about the weight of the snow sinking your float home.
In an article for the Inlander, Wilson Criscione focuses on the decision by the Coeur d'Alene Press to name a victim of an alleged 2012 gang rape at North Idaho College.
Sen. Jeff Sessions confronted one of the biggest criticisms surrounding his nomination to become the next attorney general, insisting he's not a racist. In the wide-ranging Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Sessions also pledged to recuse himself from all investigations involving Hillary Clinton. CNN reports.
Marianne Love/Slight Detour has a theory that all roads lead to Sandpoint. Marianne, the long-time journalism instructor at Sandpoint High, chronicles the many former and present Sandpoint residents who have made an impact around the world. Sandpoint High counselor Jeralyn Mire is the latest Sandpointer to make a splash.
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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