My wife and I ran into Councilwoman Dixie Reid and her husband, Tom, near Independence Point Friday night. I enjoyed exchanging pleasantries with Dixie. And I passed along my attagirl for all her years of service to the city of Coeur d'Alene. As I've said…
1. He falls asleep on the couch in the principal's office at school and sleeps through the lunch rush going down the hall.2. You take him into the store to get some medicine and he doesn't ask for a toy or candy or pop. Just…
Dawn Wendzel/AP Photo, Gull Meadow FarmsIn this aerial photo provided by Gull Meadow Farms, a maze in a cornfield in the likeness of the nation's 38th president, the late Gerald R. Ford, is seen recently at Gull Meadow Farms near Richland, Mich. A company that…
Thom George Photoshop/Special for Huckleberries OnlineThom George captures the essence of the new public-art heart in front of the Coeur d'Alene chamber building, framing a coupla local art lovers.
From Marianne Love: "I just learned from his niece that Merle Parsley died Saturday night in Boise. For anyone who wishes to send cards, the address right now is Cloverdale Funeral Home, 1200 North Cloverdale Road, Boise, ID 83713. Merle taught next door to me…
Full Eye On Boise post hereThe American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota has filed a brief backing Idaho Sen. Larry Craig in his Minnesota court case, in which Craig is seeking to withdraw his guilty plea in an airport restroom sex solicitation sting. The ACLU…
Originally posted at Vox Box here br> br>CNNATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Laura Hathaway initially had no regrets after getting a tattoo on her lower back when she was 21. But now, 10 years later, she wants it gone....The American Academy of Dermatology reports tattoo regret…
While splitting wood for my brother-in-law in Spirit Lake Sunday, I spent time reflecting on the new civility that I've been trying to introduce on this blog. Especially after I killed another thread Saturday night in which several posters were carrying on a personal argument…
Further evidence that Sen. Larry Craig has become a ubiquitous laugh line -- and because of that, his political days are likely numbered. On Sunday night's Emmy Awards, Craig was the butt of not one, but two jokes. One was a pre-produced faux news documentary…
48% of the 132 respondents to the weekend Huckleberries Online poll said that Kootenai County Prosecutor Bill Douglas will be remembered most for his relationship with Marina Kalani. Overall 73% said he'd be remembered for office e-mail scandals, including those involving Kalani and former Chief…
Item: Evangelicals and environmentalists are surprising allies: Creation care divides evangelicals in Idaho and the nation, and a Boise congregation and its pastor are among those at the heart of the debate/Rocky Barker, Idaho Statesman.More Info: Boise Vineyard Christian Fellowship Pastor Tri Robinson broke down…
... Judge oversaw trial of 'blind sheik' in 1993 World Trade Center case/Fox News
Item: Septic realities: Panhandle standards need serious update/Spokesman-Review Editorial BoardMore Info: Under policies followed by Idaho's seven public health districts, a one-bedroom house needs a drainfield to handle 150 gallons of discharge a day. For more bedrooms, add 50 gallons each. Unfortunately, that figure is…
Bruce Reed, the local boy who served as a White House adviser for President Bill Clinton, tries regularly to explain conservative Idaho to his liberal Slate online readers. In "The Has-Been" column last week, he said that ex-New York mayor Rudy Giuliani "came out to…
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.
