I plan to read a few chapters of Wayne Manis' book, "Street Agent," this weekend -- his stories about the many years of work as an FBI agent. I started with Chapter 9, a story about a woman who poisoned everyone around her including officer who came to investigate various matters. I just started the chapter on the Aryan Nations.
Isabella Busse , 6, holds an umbrella as she walks through floodwaters near the a pier during a storm in Seal Beach, Calif., Sunday. The heavy downpour on Sunday drenched Orange County in one of the heaviest storms of the year.
I need to give myself a kick in the pants and start walking again next week. I've let this slippery winter get into my head, when, in other years, I've walked year round, no matter what the conditions were outside my Coeur d'Alene office window. I'll take my new iPhone 7 along to register any interesting sights that I see out there, too.
Scanner Traffic for Friday PM (10 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 16 more items) includes crash on Perimeter Road/Copper Tree Road, Rathdrum, that trapped female in vehicle ...
The Cutline Contest today features President Donald Trump welcoming British Prime Minister Theresa May to the White House this morning. Thursday Winner: DFO.
Columnist Sue Lani Madsen said she didn't give thought to joining Women's March last Saturday because conservative women and pro-life women weren't welcome: The weather was decent and the atmosphere festive. This is a community that knows how to gather in the streets without turning it into a riot. But I still didn’t feel welcome."
On Friday, March 18, 2016, Stella Merritt awoke to find her husband Bob dead. Four days later, she felt like she lost him again. Merritt claims her husband’s body was mistakenly cremated, denying her and her family the chance for the open-casket funeral they desired. Jonathan Glover/SR reports ...
Years of litigation over giant megaloads of industrial equipment that had been proposed to travel on scenic Highway 12 through north-central Idaho, along the Clearwater and Lochsa river corridors, has ended today with a settlement that bans future megaloads. Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise reports.
The daily roundup of links from HucksOnline social media begins with a photo from Priest River Facebook page re: a snowshoe softball game. Also: Down the deep river/On Tap, A this & that Friday/Slight Detour, Carousel of Smiles project/Simple Mind, A Legislature like the people?/Randy Stapilus, 'Split' may signify a Shyamalan comeback/7 Blog...
In the category, "Don't they teach civics in Riggins?" state Rep. Paul Shepherd, R-Riggins, has introduced a bill that declares the state to be the "final arbiter" of constitutionality. Not the federal government. And the House State Affairs Committee voted to print it! Didn't we fight a Civil War over issues like this. Bueller? Bueller?
Seems the 'Merica Firsters at the Kootenai County GOP Central Committee are reaching beyond the borders of 'Merica for their featured speaker for the annual Lincoln Day Dinner, scheduled for the Coeur d'Alene Resort on Saturday, March 4. Huckleberries hears that New Zealander Trevor Louden will be the Lincoln Day speaker.
Wayne Hoffman, executive director of Idaho Freedom Foundation, is again challenging legislators to remove the sales tax on groceries. He points out that the idea has bipartisan support. Here is an area in which Huckleberries and Hoffman agree.
A group of people gathered to sing the Mary Tyler Moore Show theme song, in remembrance of the actress' passing this week, and throw their hats in the air at the IDS Crystal Court in downtown Minneapolis, Minn., on Friday.
... Or do you get jealous, too -- and think someone's bragging -- when s/he posts a selfie or photo that indicates s/he's in The Kennel enjoying a Gonzaga basketball game. I'll forgive Coeur d'Alene school trustee Christa Hazel, however, because she was celebrating her…
Scanner Traffic for Friday AM (16 items & counting) includes broken power pole near railroad track at Pleasant View/Prairie Ave that may have caused power outage ...
In a Facebook message, KXLY's Robyn Nance reacts to story of 19YO male who faces charges after he allegedly abused his 10MO daughter at Valley Hospital: "If you are going to be 'grown up' enough to have sex, then you better be 'grown up' enough to be a parent ..." More below.
In Thursday's poll, an almost supermajority of Hucks Nation opposes President Donald Trump's call for building a wall between this country and Mexico to help stop the flow of illegal aliens. Today's Poll: Should House Speaker Scott Bedke restore committee assignments to outspoken Rep. Heather Scott?
AM Headlines begins with a look at undefeated Gonzaga's 21st win last night, over San Diego. Also: Edit: Key to quality education/Press, Democratic Club elects officers/Press, The Kennel is Zags' secret weapon/KHQ, Man takes free items, gets Tasered/Press, Washington legislators want Sonics back/SR, Needy Spokane VA faces Trump hiring freeze/SR...
"Driving down Sherman, the lights adorning the trees, the resort and the lake, the American flag waving above the mountains surrounded by snow and sunset. Man, Coeur d'Alene is beautiful" -- Keith Boe/North Idaho Life. Question: Do you ever take the beauty of our town for granted?
Rep. Heather Scott, R-Blanchard, rose on the floor of the House today and requested a personal privilege. “The lady has the floor,” House Speaker Scott Bedke said. Scott said, “Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I respectfully request that I be returned to my committees, so that I can properly perform my duly elected position." Betsy Russell/EOB reports ...
The Web site, Only In Your State, has developed a list of 20 places at which to dine in Idaho in 2017, including about half of them in the Panhandle, including the White Horse Saloon in Spirit Lake and the Fainting Goat in Wallace. Can you name a place that you'd like to dine in Idaho this year that you haven't eaten at before?
Ordering a "Reuben" at Subway is like ordering a T-bone at McDonald's -- Cindy Hval/Facebook. (DFO: I've had better Reubens at Subway than I have at fancier restaurants, like Bardenay.) Q: Have you ever eaten a Subway Reuben?
In his weekly Cheers & Jeers, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune gives Cheers to ... Kerry Uhlenkott. Legislative coordinator for Right to Life of Idaho. Uhlenkott repudiated the idea of charging women with first-degree murder if they get an abortion. A petition and possible legislation would do just that
A Coeur d’Alene surgeon (Dr. Stanley Toelle) fighting federal charges that he helped his Las Vegas stripper ex-wife launder money from her drug distribution ring claims agents should have targeted Hall of Fame boxing broadcaster Al Bernstein. Thomas Clouse/SR reports ...
Idaho state school Superintendent Sherri Ybarra told lawmakers Thursday that funding the third year of Idaho’s five-year plan to improve teacher pay is imperative, “not only to attract new teachers into the profession, but also to provide an incentive for our great Idaho teachers to remain in the classroom.” Betsy Russell/SR reports ...
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.
