Author Branstetter speaks this PM
Reminder: Author Heather Branstetter of "Selling Sex in the Silver Valley: A Business Doing Pleasure" will discuss her book about the sex trade in Wallace at The Well-Read Moose this evening at 6 o'clock.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 26, 2017
Herb: Aging ain't fun 11
In a Bay Views post today, blogger Herb Huseland, 79, Bayview, says the "only saving grace (about aging) is that you didn't die young." Do you agree/disagree?
Blogs: Reclaim Idaho hits road 1
The roundup of links of HucksOnline social media begins by spotlighting the Reclaim Idaho movement that launched an Idaho tour by the Medicaid Mobile in Farmin Park/Bonner County last night. The Medicaid Mobile will be in Coeur d'Alene Thursday evening at City Park.
Local GOP condemns Risch, Crapo 4
Here's Betsy Russell's complete report on that 20-18 vote by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee last night, backing friendlier relations with Mother Russia.
On TV Pundits 3
Tom Wobker, The Bard of Sherman Avenue, had as much use for TV pundits as he had for politicians. In a few words, he puts television pundits in their place.
Senate rejects repeal-only plan 4
Senators on Wednesday rejected a key proposal that would repeal much of ObamaCare, despite intense pressure from conservatives. Senators voted 55-45 against an amendment from Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) that would repeal the Affordable Care Act and give lawmakers two years to come up with a replacement. The Hill reports ...
Couple visits all but 1 Cracker Barrel 11
An 80-year-old Indiana couple has visited 664 of the nation's 665 Crackel Barrel restaurants, including the relatively new one in Coeur d'Alene, reports Andie Judson, WCNC-TV. Ray and Wilma Yoder plan to cross the last one -- the Tualatin, Ore., franchise -- off the list by year's end. Q: Have you been to the local Cracker Barrel?
CdA Rev finds treasures for owners 2
KHQ buddy Adam Mayer delves into the story you first saw on Huckleberries this week -- the one about Pastor Mark Arbic of the 1st Baptist Church. Mark is the padre who uses a metal detector to find lost treasures on Coeur d'Alene beaches and then tries to locate the owners.
AM Scanner Traffic -- 7.26.17
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (20 items & counting) includes the theft of a vehicle with a Meals on Wheels sticker on the side from the 3700 block of N4th Street in the last hour ...
Local GOP OKs pro-Russia stand 39
That sound you hear is Joseph McCarthy spinning in his grave. Despite eloquent opposition from regional director Sid Smith of U.S. Sen. Jim Risch's Coeur d'Alene office, the zany Kootenai County Republican Central Committee OK'd a resolution backing Russia's foreign policy, 20-18. Local R's also backed complete de-funding of Planned Parenthood.
AM Headlines -- 7.26.17
AM Headlines: Lake City Library closed for upgrade/Press, Rathdrum Mountain won't open this fall/Press, Missing Post Falls teen may be in Spokane/KHQ, Idaho woman pleads not guilty to murder/Tribune, Petition targets Washington distracted driving law/SR, Montana anti-transgender petition passes legal test/AP + more ...
Poll: Prez botched Scout speech 1
In the Tuesday poll, Hucks Nation said overwhelmingly that President Donald Trump botched his speech at the National Boy Scouts Jamboree this week by politizing it. Today's Poll: Should transgender people be allowed to serve in the military?
No charges coach's alleged penis stunt 13
No criminal charges will be filed against a Spokane high school football coach accused of placing his penis inside a hot dog bun in front of players at a leadership camp last summer. The Shoshone County Prosecutor’s Office declined to file charges on June 21. Eli Frankovich/SR reports ...
Trump: Transgenders in military? No 15
President Trump announced on Wednesday that the United States will no longer “accept or allow” transgender people in the United States military, saying American forces “must be focused on decisive and overwhelming victory” and could not afford to accommodate them. The New York Times reports ...
Letter: A word to CdA newbies 5
In a letter in the Coeur d'Alene Press today, Paul Stewart Jr. of Coeur d'Alene writes that new arrivals to Coeur d'Alene should learn how to behave ASAP. For instance, he writes, you don't honk immediately after a light turns green. Or drive over planters and landscaping to reach a parking spot at Costco.
This Idahoan doesn't fear Trump 2
In an editorial today, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune comments on an Republican elected official in Idaho who doesn't fear President Donald Trump: Congressman Mike Simpson.
Edit: Next trustee election begins
In an editorial today, the Coeur d'Alene Press addresses state Sen. Mary Souza's attempt to politicize nonpartisan school board elections by combining them with the general elections in November. The Press comments that there's good arguments on each side.
3 local restaurants make steak list 9
What do Wolf Lodge Inn, Cedars Floating Restaurant and Satay Bistro have in common? All three popular restaurants made Adriana Janovich's list for the best places in the Inland Northwest to eat a steak. Q: Where's your go-to place for a steak?
Giant die to return to north shore 1
In mid-March, a giant game piece, one half of a pair of dice, washed ashore on City Beach near Independence Point. Removed by city workers, the big die will soon return to Independence Point. Maureen Dolan/Coeur d'Alene Press reports ...
Huckleberries: Rock Hound was in right place at right time
Huckleberries Wednesday begins with the story of a local Rock Hound who was in the right place at the right time when a 3YO girl was about to wander between cars in the busy McEuen Park lot.
TUESDAY, JULY 25, 2017
Parting Shot -- 7.25.17 3
The Parting Shot today features the Casco Bay home of Duane and Lola Hagadone on Casco Bay. The three gardens surrounding the home will be featured in the 20th annual Coeur d'Alene Garden Club tour July 30.
Wild Card/Tuesday -- 7.25.17 14
I saw a blond man-bun riding past on a bicycle during my noon walk along the waterfront Monday. And wondered: When will the man-buns go the way of the North Idaho redneck mullets? The man-buns are overdue to shuffle off stage. I consider them to bell bottoms of the hair styles. Something that has never worked.
PM Scanner Traffic -- 7.25.17
Scanner Traffic for Tuesday PM (15 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 17 more items) includes male with hunting knife threatening motorists in Rathdrum area construction zone ...
Cutline Contest -- 7.25.17 13
The Cutline Contest today features President Donald Trump speaking at the National Boy Scout Jamboree in West Virginia, while former Boy Scouts, Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke and Energy Secretary Rick Perry, watch. Monday Winner: DFO.
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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