The lack of day-care regulations in Idaho sounds like a Libertarian's dream or a working parent's nightmare. Excerpt: Twenty-five years ago, when a day care operator was convicted of molesting two young girls in his care, the city of Coeur d'Alene decided not to wait…
Deana Ruddach/As The Lake ChurnsAs The Lake Churns' good friend Deana thought this squirrel picture would be interesting to those around Priest Lake. They are Northern Flying Squirrels. She calls them the "night squirrels" - "they come for the bird seed and nuts" she says.…
Over the Police Squawker a few minutes ago, SReporter Taryn Hecker heard this SOS from a harried ambulance attendant: Hey, chief, I need at least a coupla more sets of hands here. We're dealing with a 600-pounder. Then, the EMTer figured he could get by…
OrangeTV/Get Out! PhotoThe way I see it, if the waitresses at the Fort Ground are unhappy with their jobs since the big bad billboard appeared on the scene, they have two options. Find a new job or get over it. They're merely staff and like…
I installed a new rain/snow cap on my chimney Sunday afternoon, the umpteenth time I've ascended my roof to either sweep the chimney or service or replace the rain/snow cap. So, what's the big deal? I have a two-story house -- and the chimney pokes…
Here's the one you've been waiting for -- downtown Spokane's version of Huckleberries: The Falls/Shawn VestalMy name is Shawn Vestal, and I’ll be your waiter. We’ll be trying to serve up a diverse and interesting menu of Spokane news and features here every day –…
Hat Tip: IdaBlueU.S. Senate wannabe Larry LaRocco spends a day shearing sheep.From CNN, in an attempt to build up his vote among some Evangelicals, Obama goes too far by saying, ” I am confident that we can create a Kingdom right here on Earth.” The…
Item: Spanish Spoken Here -- and Two-thirds Don't Mind: Fewer Admit Feeling Prejudice Toward Hispanics than Toward Arabs, Overweight People/ABC News "Good Morning America" PollMore Info: Spanish speaking in the United States is widespread and accepted by most Americans. But a third who experience this…
Full editorial hereAs Breast Cancer Awareness Month gets under way in the United States, a new study shows that awareness about breast cancer is plentiful – and often wrong. What's really needed, concludes the National Breast Cancer Coalition, is education. Indeed. As one example of…
Item: Parks panel considers alcohol permit: Riverstone Park the only place policy would apply/Meghann M. Cuniff, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: Alcohol could be served with a permit in Riverstone Park under a proposal to be considered tonight by the Coeur d'Alene Parks and Recreation Commission. The proposal…
Originally posted at Eye On BoiseFirst came the news that “wide stance” has made the Urban Dictionary as the latest new slang term, defined by that site as meaning “closeted homosexual.” Now, the New Yorker has used our senior senator’s case as a frame for…
The dirty little secret inside the Republican Party is that we've been propping up at least 2 individuals as elected officials who have, according to extremely well-known rumors, long had some serious side sexual/personal issues in their lives. I'm not a social conservative, but I…
Jane Q. Citizen: Have you seen the Ft. Ground Grill's billboard on NW Blvd? Very Hooters-like and some of the waitresses at the grill have been pretty vocal about their displeasure at how the place is being marketed. The billboard says something like "there's nothing…
Michael Ramirez/Investor's Business Daily
For the first time, I plan to attend two weddings in a day, today. Colleague Erica Curless is marrying Matt Folwell at Dover Beach early this afternoon and columnist Doug Clark's daughter, Emily, is marrying a Seattle singer this evening in Spokane. The rest of…
For the rest of OTV's review, click hereOur main dishes arrived moments later, along with a steaming basket of pull-apart bread. Jessica poured some herbal-infused olive oil onto a small plate for dipping our soft bread chunks and left us to dig in. Alfredo sauce…
Ruth Marcus' column on our op-ed page today pointed out how Clarence Thomas' revisionist history about the Anita Hill controversy is easy to dispute. Thomas disses Hill -- again -- in his recent book. He sounds like the victim. But in my biased opinion, Hill…
Full compilation from Idaho Statesman here"Obviously, the easiest and the least painful thing for everybody would have been for Larry to resign. No question about it. And I told Larry that. I said, ‘The easiest thing, and the best thing, would be for you to…
I had another fun, busy day at Huckleberries Online, cutting that video with Meghann, gabbing on that Delaware radio station, and following the latest twist in the Larry Craig story. I can't believe I'm having this much fun at this juncture of a long career.…
*Carl Gidlund told Huckleberries Online Thursday that he and his wife were surprised to find paraphernalia for Idaho State U and Boise State U at the new Kohl's department store. But nothing for UIdaho, WSU or Gonzaga. He offered to buy an ISU T-shirt of…
Jeff Schrier/Saginaw NewsA skunk, with a glass T. Marzetti Supreme Caesar salad dressing jar stuck on its head, walks on the sidewalk in front of the Carrollton Township administration building, in Carrollton, Mich. Thursday. A Carrollton police officer used a BB gun to shoot off…
Coeur d’Alene Police are looking for three men who may have tried to lure two girls into a van Thursday evening. The 9-year-old girls told police they were riding their bikes near Honeysuckle Drive and Stiner Avenue between 5 p.m. and 5:30 p.m. when a…
"This morning on Capitol Hill ... four bathroom fires broke out inside the Senate office building. Inside one bathroom, three big, burly firemen broke the door down, kicked in the stall, and Senator Craig said, 'My dreams have come true.'" -- Jay Leno Daniel Kurtzman's…
... All the children of the world ...AP File PhotoSen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., left, talks to Pascale Mossin, 2, as her mother Mame McCutchin, 38, of New York, center, holds her at a news conference on children's health care in New York in this…
Kathy Plonka/Spokesman-ReviewMonique Betty, 17, of Pocatello retreated to the basement dressing room after a rehearsal of her ballet routine for Idaho Junior Miss competition at Schuler Auditorium at North Idaho College on Thursday. The winner will be announced on Saturday. Story about state Junior Miss…
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.
| Oct. 2007 | ||||
| 31 | 30 | 29 | 27 | 26 |
| 25 | 24 | 23 | 22 | 21 |
| 20 | 19 | 18 | 17 | 16 |
| 15 | 14 | 13 | 12 | 11 |
| 10 | 09 | 08 | 06 | 05 |
| 04 | 03 | 02 | 01 |
