The Parting Shot today is a reminder that another harbinger of spring has come -- the beginning of spring training in Major League Baseball camps in Arizona and Florida. The photo shows a coach for the Texas Rangers catching a ball as a hot air balloon floats overhead in Surprise, Ariz.
Thirteen years ago today, I launched HucksOnline. I had no idea what I was in for. I only knew that it was growing tired of writing editorials for the SR and it was something new. As it turned out, Huckleberries Online crowded out my editorial writing duties and eventually I became the only full-time newspaper blogger in Idaho ...
Scanner Traffic for Thursday PM (16 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 17 more items) includes traffic lights malfunctioning in Seltice Way/Riverstone area after 4 p.m. today ...
The Cutline Contest today features an Australian couple who fall during their performance in the ice dance short dance program in South Korea today. Wedneday Winner: Psalm 37.
Woody McEvers suggested that I begin running Huckleberries from days gone by. I've accumulated them for 32 years. Here's one of the first from my Feb. 17, 1985, column -- about the retirement of CdA street superintendent Reid Walker. Did you know that Reid never plowed snow in February. Reid, BTW, died Sunday at age 89.
Huckleberry Friends: Today's roundup of links from HucksOnline social media begins w/sad tale of Erica Curless losing 2 tires to a Spokane pothole. Q: Are potholes worse in Spokane worse than their country cousins in North Idaho?
Kevin Richert, the former Opinion Page editor of the Idaho Statesman, knows what it's like to be criticized by elected officials: "Often, they were right on the mark, and I willingly and promptly corrected the record," Kevin Facebooks. But the ongoing campaign by President Trump would be ludicrous if he didn't have the podium of the presidency.
A Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy administrator is accused of having sex with a Bonner County teenager. Nichole Noel Thiel, the vice-principal and athletic director at Coeur d’Alene Charter Academy, is charged with felony sexual battery against a minor child 16 to 17 years old. Eli Francovich/SR reports ...
Ten years ago, K.Jay Davis carried 210 pounds on his 5-foot-6-inch frame. He also carried the burden of drug and alcohol addiction. Today, slim and ultra-fit, Davis, 38, owns SCE Fitness in downtown Spokane, and works with people training for Spartan races and those hoping to compete on “American Ninja Warrior.” Cindy Hval/SR reports ...
Idaho lawmakers are considering joining fellow Republican-dominated states calling for a constitutional amendment to limit federal government power. The Senate State Affairs Committee introduced legislation Wednesday calling for a convention of states to propose a federal balanced budget requirement. The Associated Press reports ...
President Trump blasted the "out of control" dishonesty of the mainstream media during a Thursday press conference, accusing reporters of distorting facts to help special interests. Question: Do you think the mainstream media is dishonest & out of control?
Scanner Traffic for Thursday AM (17 items & counting) includes a run on loose dogs this morning ...
As far as I know, this was the first rhyme provided to Huckleberries by The Bard of Sherman Avenue, on May 20, 2002. The Bard offered this ode to North Idaho College trustees in wake of their arbitrary decision to cut five sports programs to help balance the budget.
In the beginning, Cis Gors/Simple Mind described Huckleberries Online perfectly: "(Huckleberries Online) is like the guys who get together for coffee at a local shop, and everyone has an opinion, about almost everything ... Now take that table and expand it as far as your mind can think."
Here's the first post I made as a blogger (on Feb. 16, 2004). The blog was then called No Holds Barred. Later, it was known as Hot Potatoes before becoming Huckleberries Online. BTW, the original name of my Huckleberries print column was Kootenai Grapevine.
In the poll Wednesday, a solid majority of Hucks Nation is "very" concerned about ties between Russia and President Donald Trump's administration. Today's Poll: Have you slipped and fallen on ice this winter?
In an email sent to his department this morning, Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Lee White relayed an announcement by the Idaho Medal of Honor Commission: "The Idaho Medal of Honor Commission met this morning and voted unanimously to posthumously award Sgt. Greg Moore the Medal of Honor."
"I can't count the number of hearings I've attended where the testimony is entirely skewed one way or the other and the committee votes the opposite way" -- William L. Spence, Lewiston Tribune.
AM Headlines: Public Records (Feb 16)/Press, Jail to remain within CdA limits/Press, Fliers at WSU target illegal aliens/KREM 2, Helping PFHS teens deal w/tragedy/Press, Priest Lake revved up for snowmobiling/SR, Gonzaga's Collins puts NBA draft talk on hold/SR, Families outraged over memorial fund theft/KXLY 4 ...
The Washington state Supreme Court has ruled that a florist who refused to provide services for a same-sex wedding broke anti-discrimination laws. The nine justices posted their unanimous ruling on Thursday.
The Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee has voted unanimously, 19-0, in favor of funding 3 percent merit raises for permanent state employees next year, as recommended by both Gov. Butch Otter and the Legislature’s joint Change in Employee Compensation Committee, and building that cost into every state budget it sets ...
In his Letters from the West column, Rocky Barker/Idaho Statesman tells of a letter sent by Gov. Butch Otter to President Donald Trump. Among other things, Otter asks Trump to "use the full power of the federal government against neighboring states that have legalized marijuana."
Residents don’t want the anonymous cat who was drenched in diesel fuel and possibly hung by a noose to have died in vain. What they’re really after is justice. The cat, which had oil in its lungs and deep cuts on its neck consistent with a noose, had to be put down. Brian Walker/Press reports.
In today's Huckleberries print column, KXLY's Robyn Nance wonders about the disparity in two recent fatal DUI sentences. In one, the judge threw the book at a man who killed a 16YO teen and severely injured his friend. In another, the judge sentenced a man who killed 3 to one-year fixed. Robyn has a personal reason to be upset.
The Coeur d’Alene School District is encouraging community members to tour the four schools listed in the school district’s $35 million construction bond proposal. Tours will be led by the school principal accompanied by Superintendent Matt Handelman or another district administrator.
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.
