Colleen Rosson of Silverton couldn't believe her eyes when she arrived for work at the Kellogg Chamber of Commerce today. A Red Bull can was sitting on the lid of a trash bin at the Depot Trailhead parking lot for the Coeur d'Alene Trail. Colleen has an idea re: the back story for this strange case of littering. Do you?
Mrs. O and I returned Monday afternoon from an extended weekend in Portland, where we hung out with Amy Dearest and Okie Doke. We made stops at Powell's book store (of course), as well as the Portland Zoo, historic Academy Theater ("La La Land") and the Cosmic Monkey, a cartoon shop that had a Coeur d'Alene connection ...
Scanner Traffic for Tuesday PM (18 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 19 more items) ...
The Cutline Contest today features Britain's Queen Elizabeth II and her husband the Duke of Edinburgh hobnobbing with an elephant at the Zoological Society of London's Whipsnade Zoo. Extended Weekend Winner: gitrdun.
Cindy fielded a phone call this AM that concluded: "Please, let me know one thing that you are grateful for today. I guarantee gratitude will make you smile." So, I said, "I'm grateful that the sun is shining in Spokane and it's not snowing like it was yesterday." And you know what? I AM smiling. Question: Why are you grateful today?
Today's roundup of links from the Huckleberries Online social media includes: Walk this way/Fort Boise, About that snow/Faithful Geek, Your weekly (beer) planner/On Tap, Back in the saddle again/Bay Views, Foul moods & fowl, etc./Slight Detour, Argh! Back to politics/Dogwalk Musings, I seem to be so disconnected/Simple Mind ...
Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter allowed a nearly $320 million transportation funding plan to become law on Tuesday, despite lodging multiple criticisms against key aspects of the measure.
The sign taped to the northern entrance to The Boardwalk bridge warned: "Nesting geese ahead. For your safety, please do not touch or disturb." The sign was accurate. A protective Canada goose was hanging on the railing of the bridge hissing at all passersby. Meanwhile,...
From the files of Huckleberries Online (April 13, 1992), a column item about the House race between Hilde Kellogg and Cliff Hayes in which I had some fun with that Greyhound track rabbit named after Hilde.
Idaho Supreme Court Justice Daniel Eismann says he will retire this fall after more than 16 years on the state's highest court. Eismann has served in the state's judiciary for three decades, first as a magistrate judge in Owyhee County and later as a district judge in Ada County. The AP reports ...
The Idaho State Police report that two local women were hurt in crashes at w/b I-90/Northwest Boulevard at about 5:19 this morning. The first crash occurred when Toni Brown, 52, of Athol, skid on ice. The second crash occurred when Katherine Retano, 26, of Coeur d'Alene, was unable to stop in the fog and hit Brown's car.
White House press secretary Sean Spicer, in an effort to shame Russia's alliance with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and his use of chemical weapons, said Tuesday Adolf Hitler "didn't even sink to using chemical weapons" during World War II. CNN reports.
I notice that Phaedrus and Facebook Friend Jamie Velandra of Spanaway, Wash., both question are level of interest in the passenger incident on the United flight. Both said that there are more important stories out there. Question: Why are we more interested in a passenger being dragged off a United flight than other news stories?
Scanner Traffic for Tuesday AM (19 items & counting) includes 2 suicide attempts and a head-on crash with injuries at Ramsey Road/Kathleen Ave, CdA ...
The Well Read Moose and Washington Poet Laureate Tod Marshall will stage an hour-long reading of poems, including those by our late friend Tom Wobker, The Bard of Sherman Avenue -- at 6 p.m. Monday at the Riverstone bookstore. Tod has even asked me to read a couple of Tom's poems in celebration of National Poetry Month.
AM Headlines begins with story re: closure of Spokane AIDS Network, due to a loss of its state contract for services. Also: Public Comments (April 11)/Press, Lost tire causes I-90 injury crash/KHQ 6, Blanchette: M's opening day greeted with boos/SR, Tribe resumes gill-netting pike/KXLY 4, Babes in the Sage: Landers finds coyote den/Outdoors ...
In the Extended Weekend Poll, Hucks Nation disapproved of the move by Senate Republicans to dump filibuster rules for U.S. Supreme Court nominations in order to confirm the nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch. Today's Poll: After a passenger was dragged from his over-booked seat by United security, are you more/less likely to fly w/the airlines?
I've been changing my eating and sleeping habits this year. Less snacking. More water. Earlier to bed. As you know, I've long enjoyed walks along the waterfront. Now, I'm looking for healthy snacks to mix into the equation. Yesterday. I mentioned edamame to Mrs. O. And a bag appeared with the groceries last night.
"I brake for interesting cloud formations" -- bumpersnicked seen on orange sedan in Portland Monday morning.
In a weekend column, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune comments that the integrity of the Idaho Legislature is at stake in the handling an ethics situation involving House Majority Leader Mike Moyle and his wife, Rep. Janet Trujillo. The two are accused of fleecing the Idaho taxpayer.
Huckleberry Friend Matthew Root didn't need the much-publicized incident involving a passenger being hauled from a recent flight to dislike United Airlines. He hasn't flown with United for 25 years -- and he's a man that flew over 100,000 miles last year. He considers United's service to be terrible.
Murder suspect Nathan Utt appeared in Spokane County Superior Court on Monday afternoon and waived his extradition to Idaho. Utt, 41, is suspected of killing 78-year-old Shirley Ann Ramey in her home near Hope, Idaho, on Wednesday. Chad Sokol/SR reports.
In its Sunday editorial, the Coeur d'Alene Press commented that that the Coeur d'Alene School District should re-examine its hiring practices in light of sex crime charges being filed against former teacher Jeffrey Lynn Kantola. The teacher had a background that should have raised red flags, says the editorial
ignite cda has changed the way members of its governing board are appointed. In the past, members of the public had to wait for a board member to step down to have a shot at appointment. Now, the seat is open when a term is up. A board member who wants re-appointment must reapply rather than get it automatically.
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.
