Cindy writes in the comments section: "I just experienced a close encounter with a bail bondsman and SPD officers who tackled a runner at Fred Meyer. Right in the produce department! The dude's head hit the floor and it really did sound like a watermelon."…
David Torres, 3, checks out salmon as he walks past fisherman as the first day of recreational salmon fishing opens, Saturday in Moss Landing, Calif. (AP Photo/The Monterey County Herald, Orville Myers)
Don Sausser is one of my favorite Merry Hucksters, although he still doesn't like the fact that HBO and most other newspaper blog sites allow anonymity to posters. Today, he wrote: "This morning's SR editorial page features an interesting Leonard Pitts comment regarding anonymous blog…
One thing I think about when I wake up in the middle of the night is all the wrongs people have committed against me. Did anybody ever tell you, for example, that you would reach a point when your body would turn against you and…
Unless you’re me (or most Avista employees), you probably don’t go to bed every night thinking about energy – nor should you. That’s what we’re here for. As long as the lights turn on every day, the furnace fires up with natural gas every morning…
A cat named Leon hangs out in a flowing crabapple tree in Oakland, Ore., this morning. The fruit trees in south western Oregon have mostly blossomed and are starting to leaf out. (Robin Loznak/robinloznak.com)Playball! Mariners open season vs. Oakland/Seattle P-IUMontana looking to jump to Division…
A University of Idaho study is examining women leaders in the state since the 19th Amendment granting voting rights to women was added to the Constitution more than nine decades ago. Kathy Canfield-Davis (pictured), one of the researchers and an assistant professor at the University…
President Barack Obama, wearing a Washington Nationals jacket and a Chicago White Sox hat, delivers the ceremonial first pitch during opening day ceremonies for a baseball game between the Philadelphia Phillies and Washington Nationals on Monday at Nationals Park in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Question:…
11:53 a.m. Caller reports there's an unwanted person in 6300 block of 4th/CdA.11:43 a.m. Female on Courcelles Parkway/Coeur d'Alene Place reports that her boyfriend and another man are arguing vehemently re: computers.11:12 a.m. Female reports that she felt intimidated at a western county post office.11…
Tiger Woods said he was "blown away" by the reception he received from the crowds at Augusta after playing his first public golf since November. About 500 spectators watched the 34-year-old take part in the first official practice session for the Masters on Monday. "What…
My sister-in-law Carin reported this comment from her 6YO daughter on Easter Sunday: "Mommy, are there Easter bunnies for different parts of the world, like Russia, China, and Idaho?"Question: How would you answer that?
A man already accused of assaulting a woman he used to care for now is accused of kidnapping her from the Coeur d’Alene Casino, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department. John M. Costa, 47, of Chewelah, is due in Kootenai County District Court this…
OK, I know this is the photo is from the women's NCAA tournament. But it's interesting and illustrates the end of the college basketball season. Here, a group of balls is added to by players as they attempt to fill the basket during Connecticut's practice…
Former Minnesota Twins baseball player Harmon Killebrew poses with a statue of him unveiled near Target Field in Minneapolis Saturday. Killebrew, played major league baseball for 22 years and was the American MVP in 1969 and lead the Twins to the World Series in 1965.…
State lawmakers refuse to give up the practice of allowing unelected substitutes to indefinitely serve and vote in the House and Senate. Perhaps there is some legitimacy to having a substitute temporarily fill in for a legislator who, because of an emergency, must be absent…
Apple says it sold more than 300,000 iPads on Saturday, the day it debuted across the country. Sales included pre-orders of the iPad, a new type of touch-screen device that blends features of the iPhone, electronic book readers and tablet computers. Prices start at $499…
Item: Stankiewicz defends Lightfoot Militia/Julie Golder, Bonner County BeeMore Info: Every able-bodied Idaho male already belongs to the militia, according to Jeff Stankiewicz. That is outlined in the Idaho Constitution, said Stankiewicz, major of the 21st Battalion of North Idaho’s Lightfoot Militia. A member of…
The Pocatello Housing Authority recently spent nearly $14,000 in federal "stimulus" funds to plant new flowers and trees and install new sprinklers at a Pocatello housing project. The project generated no new jobs, even though that's what stimulus money was supposed to accomplish. Don Thompson,…
"Great late season skiing awaits in North Idaho," posts KerriT/OnLocation North Idaho. "From $10 lift tickets at Schweitzer to free skiing for all at Lookout Pass Recreation Area (pictured) this weekend, it's a skier and boarder paradise!"Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SREarly April more like winter with…
I've been having a lot of technical difficulties this morning trying to post. I've worked out a few of the kinks. But we're still stumbling along. We'll get this bucket of bolts fixed, yet.
A group of kids and parents in north central Spokane were in the middle of an Easter egg hunt Sunday afternoon when a couple of pit bulls from down the street got out from behind their fence and charged at them. One of the pit…
Dan of the County (re: county commissioner debates sponsored by local Repubs last week): No real fireworks to report although some of the questions they asked of each other were pretty direct and obviously intended for some discomfort. There was a full house with quite…
Stickman: Had a very nice tour this morning on Tubbs Hill with our Arborist in a sense and many others from the Tubbs Hill Foundation and ones from the forest service and others that are experts in their field about the Hill and the trees…
After 2 weeks, I can say that Twitter has become a valuable tool for Huckleberries Online. Not only does it provide a wealth of info and breaking news from my online media sources, but it drove my posting Friday p.m. On Fridays, I'm tapped out…
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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