I've lined up Coeur d'Alene schools superintendent Harry Amend for my weekly Huckleberries Gone Wi-Fi gig. I'll be asking you for input tomorrow re: questions. I'll be interviewing Harry at 10-10:15 a.m. Thursday. Also, I let Spencer out of the cooler, as a result of…
Here's another shot of that mountain goat photographed in Glacier National Park by Chris Peterson/Glacier Geographic.*Toadman, Mrs. Toad and the two pollywogs welcomed a new arrival to their family at 10:59 a.m. Saturday at Sacred Heart here.*Peanut, a Brit who has lived in the States…
"It has been a great career: challenging, exciting, humorous, and long. I have worked for great sheriffs who have had the highest regard for public safety. If not for family commitments that take us to Montana, I would have stayed for the rest of Sheriff…
Scott Clark, planning director for Grant County, Wash., has been hired to fill the same position in Kootenai County. The board of commissioners made the announcement today. Grant has worked with governmental entities since 1992 when he started as an engineering technician with the Bureau…
A retired North Idaho College law enforcement instructor and former Illinois police chief has been appointed to the No. 2 position in the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department. Edward “Tad” Leach, 61, is replacing retiring Undersheriff Gary Cuff, Sheriff Rocky Watson announced Tuesday. Leach started part-time…
Suzanne Grimes, hand on top, holds hand with Susan Carney as they talk with reporters at the Montgomery County Regional Hospital in Blacksburg, Va., today. Both had children injured in the shooting massacre at Virginia Tech on Monday. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) President Bush is thanked…
Item: Parents demand firing of Virginia Tech president, police chief over poor handling of mass shooting/Fox NewsMore Info: Parents of a Virginia Tech student expressed outrage Monday at what they call an inadequate response by college brass to the worst mass-murder shooting in American history.…
Question: Which photo do you like better?
Item: Idaho lawmaker reports IRS deal: Back-tax agreement means disclosure of book sales/Erica Curless, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: A North Idaho lawmaker says he has reached an agreement with the Internal Revenue Service and has 60 days to provide additional financial information. The agreement brokered last week…
AP PhotoThis is a police handout image made available this morning of Cho Seung-hui, 23. The fourth-year student from South Korea was behind the massacre of at least 30 people locked inside a Virginia Tech campus building in the deadliest shooting rampage in modern U.S.…
I have always felt that Tax Time brings out the worst in people. I am surprised, however, that not one single talking head on the networks has mentioned that April is developing a reputation for being Gun-Toting Crazies Month. Or at least it has with…
Pray for the families and the victims of this tragedy. My feelings immediately returned to the Fairchild Airforce Base shootings and how severely injured those patients were upon arrival. The officers, campus security, swat and EMS personnel run the frontline upon notification, but it is…
For a stay-at-home, home-schooler who's responsible for children 8 and 5, Family Phil Corless has been on a roll this month. As you may recall, the CdA resident was the first to mention the problems with greedy adults at the ha-huge Dave Smith dealership Easter…
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.
