The reporters noted that these multiple births not only involve the potential for all kinds of health problems for mother and babies; they also “consume enormous financial resources for hospitals, health insurers and families.” Some people have strong opinions on this issue. On The Seattle…
What do you make of the brewing feud between President Obama and Rush Limbaugh?/WorldNetDaily Obama has rightly ID'd the primary spokesman for evil in AmericaLimbaugh's behavior is Exhibit A for why we need the Fairness DoctrineThis is the beginning of the end of Limbaugh's influence…
There was nothing fishy about the Fight for the Fish spirit doubleheader Friday. The No. 1-ranked Coeur d’Alene girls concluded the regular season undefeated with their third consecutive victory over Lake City, 65-46, while the top-ranked Lake City boys had no problem dispatching the Vikings…
In the news this evening, the Dow Jones Average fell almost 9% in January, the worst January in Wall Street history, here. Tom Daschle has hit a tax bump on his way to becoming HHS secretary here. Alaskans are braced for an eruption that has…
Bear, a dog that fell through the ice on a pond in Fort Mitchell, Ky., awaits rescue by members of the Crescent Springs and Fort Mitchell Fire Departments which responded to the scene. Crescent Springs firefighter/EMT Wayne Keller and another Crescent Springs firefighter, Jonathan Berwitz,…
Blogging has become a way to be creative and share about life and my opinions. I was an avid pen pal and I just consider this a modern twist without the postal delay. Huckleberries is a warped little community that makes think, laugh, get pissy,…
Freya Ford, a Sandpoint High graduate, became the first young woman from North Idaho to be crowned Miss Rodeo Idaho. Bashful Dan, who provided this photo of the recent events at Western Pleasure Guest Ranch, said Ford is available to appear at events in the…
Melissa Bentley, 18, of Allentown sits on a mailbox Thursday in Whitehall, Pa. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Morning Call, Don Fisher)Top Cutlines:1. Tubob2. Poolman3. JeanieSpokaneHM: Cabbage Boy
6 p.m 2 girls in pink sweatshirts are walking up the I-90/41 on-ramp to hitchhike.5:25 p.m. Resident in the 1000 block of 21st Street reports her stove is on fire, and the fire is spreading to the cabinets. She and her children have evacuated the…
Eight fifth-graders from Post Falls are taking the state Legislature by storm today, making presentations to the education committees in both houses, greeting state Supt. Tom Luna after his budget pitch, and generally livening up the Capitol Annex in their white lab coats and laboratory…
" So I took him out, Boss, and I showed him aroun’.Says it’s nearly as niceas his Wallace hometown."The Bard of Sherman Avenue
Former Maryland Lt. Gov. Michael Steele, center, is congratulated by supporters after the announcement that he had been elected the first black Republican National Committee chairman by the RNC during their winter meetings in Washington. Steele was the most moderate candidate in the field and…
Post Falls Mayor Clay Larkin, Police Chief Cliff Hayes and Post Falls PD Lt. Greg McLean pose with the torch at the Post Falls Police Department/KerriT, OnLocation North Idaho. More here. How To Win A Husband: My fellow blogger Bay View Herb asked a little…
It's no secret that I have great disdain for anything and everything to do with Jimmy Buffett. Bully to the parrots, the beachy latitudes, and the cloying light rock sounds! Karaoke versions of "Margaritaville" have been known to turn me into a violent ashtray-thrower. I'd…
I never really considered whether my photos and commentary would make others uncomfortable and, as often is the case with blogging, was being a bit self indulgent with them. I mean I know my commentary can be funny and I think the photos are cute,…
A Bonner County employee (John Hanson, 61, of Colburn) was killed Friday morning in a head-on collision that also forced one woman (Jennifer Gibson, 26, of Priest River) to be airlifted to a Spokane hospital in serious condition. Idaho State Police received a call of…
In this photo provided by Chris Nakashima-Brown, an electronic road sign is seen in Austin, Texas on Monday. Two electronic signs intended to warn motorists of construction near the intersection of Lamar and Martin Luther King boulevards were changed yesterday by hackers. (AP Photo/Chris Nakashima-Brown)Whatta…
11:04 a.m. Officer is in contact with two juveniles @ Highways 41 & 54, one of whom appears to have been involved in an ATV crash.10:55 a.m. R/P reports that individuals cutting trees near her residents told her that they are working for Avista. She's…
"This bill is going to spend more money than we have, it's going to spend it inefficiently, it's going to leave things out, and it's going to spend so much there's nothing left for anything else," he said. "I think we could spend a quarter…
Rathdrum teenager Rose Flack hugs Principal Conrad Underdahl at Lakeland High School Thursday. Flack came back to the school to say hello at a pep assembly the day after she was featured as a contestant on American Idol. All she could say about the show…
Another rate hike by Avista. Do they not know we are in a recession? Families losing homes, dropping medical insurance, no jobs or work available. Avista officials say we upgraded equipment, etc. They need to use profits for that, not another rate hike. They get…
If Sali runs, look for him to try to cobble together a coalition of support among disaffected Republicans who want their party to take a hard turn to the right; small-government libertarian-leaning Ron Paul Republicans; and voters who, recession or no recession, focus on social…
Here is Ben Stein at the American Spectator, pointing out a few things about the so-called “stimulus bill” that was just passed by Nancy Pelosi’s Democrat House. The bill has been called “porkulus” by Rush, and “The Generational Theft Act of 2009” by Michelle. I…
Two juvenile elk wander in a field Wednesday, near the Prairie Falls Golf Club in Post Falls. A small herd of elk claimed a section of the eighth fairway at the golf course for most of the afternoon to sun bathe, according to a homeowner.…
Idaho's Brandon Wiley (11) shoots between Kurt Cunningham (50), Mark Sanchez (43) and Paul Noonan (25) during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game on Thursday in Moscow. It was the first time in 14 meetings -- almost a decade -- that the…
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.
