Three rafts bounce through Wolf Creek Rapid on the Selway River in 2005. This year's higher-than-average flows are attracting rafters and kayakers to the Selway's post-permit rafting season, which started Monday Lewiston Tribune story here. (Idaho Department of Fish & Game via Lewiston Tribune) Metal…
On her Facebook wall, CindyH tells of a couple she knows who are getting a divorce. Cindy wonders if the couple's divorce "had anything to do with the difficulty of making dinner reservations, doctor's appointments, etc." The post prompted FF Jesse & Shawn to suggest…
11:47 a.m. Man has questions about arrest of daughter Alicia who's now in Benewah County Jail. 11:44 a.m. Cavalier driver @ H95 & Hanley brake-checking & mebbe throwing pot out window. 11:40 a.m. 2 motorcyclists w/California plates are driving recklessly from Appleway north on H95.…
Howie Stalwick, long-time buddy and former SR colleague, has compiled a list of the 50 best athletes of all time from the Inland Northwest. First 5: Ryne Sandberg, John Stockton, Gerry Lindgren, Drew Bledsoe, & Mark Rypien. You can see the entire list and read…
Wednesday Poll: A plurality of 40% (42 of 105 respondents) of Hucks Nation voted that Congressman Raul Labrador hurt himself by voting "no" on the debt ceiling deal. 28 of 105 (26.67%) said he helped himself politically with his vote, while 22 of 105 (20.95%)…
His last name is Cooper. And a woman calling herself his niece says he acted suspiciously before suddenly disappearing. But it remains to be seen if Lynn Doyle Cooper – the deceased man the FBI is investigating in the 40-year-old D.B. Cooper skyjacking – will…
Let’s get this out of the way right off the top: there is no better potato in the world than the Idaho potato. World class. Dependable quality. The tuber gold standard. And the “brand” is valuable. Years ago some enterprising fellow in New Mexico got…
A box of satirical breath mints poking fun at President Obama is seen at the office of University of Tennessee Vice Chancellor of Communication Margie Nichols in Knoxville, Tenn., Wednesday. The mints were pulled from the shelves at the University of Tennessee bookstore after local…
Sometimes falling in love has painful consequences. For Jim and Andy CastroLang it meant giving up another lifelong love. The couple met in August 1981 at Blessed John XXIII University Center in Fort Collins, Colo. Andy had been hired to facilitate campus ministry. Jim was…
A healthy diet is expensive and could make it difficult for Americans to meet new U.S. nutritional guidelines, according to a study published today that says the government should do more to help consumers eat healthier. An update of what used to be known as…
Art on the Green, Coeur d’Alene’s huge outdoor art party, will fill the grounds of North Idaho College this weekend with color, with music (from two stages) and with swordplay. Swordplay? Yes, members of the Coeur d’Escrime fencing club will again roam the grounds and…
Dolores Cooney, left, of the World Museum of Mining, leads Claire Dubeau, at right, and her daughter, Anastasia, center, on a tour of the museum grounds in Butte, Mont., this week. Dubeau is the great-great-granddaughter of Butte Copper King W.A. Clark. This is the first…
Pitting all eight Republican senators who opposed public schools chief Tom Luna’s education reforms against incumbents is the talk of the Statehouse this week. “We feel like we have targets on our backs,” said one of the Endangered Eight, who was spooked enough by the…
Well. Well. Look at the Big Brain on Leonardo. Just got back from Spokane’s Museum of Arts and Culture, where I spent time marveling at the many works of Leonardo da Vinci. I’ve been hoping to catch this exciting exhibit ever since it blew into…
Item: Gozzer hearing continued: No vote yet by county commission on resort project/David Cole, CdA Press More Info: Many opposed the project because they don't believe it fits with the existing residential structures in Squaw Bay, now officially called Neachen Bay. Others believe Discovery's planned…
Item: County proposes BNSF conditions: Railroad stalled previous proposals with lawsuit/Alecia Warren, CdA Press More Info: Kootenai County is attempting again to improve safety conditions at a train refueling station above the region's drinking water source. The county commissioners are proposing new amendments to the…
Thanks for a little help from my friends (read: Dustin Hurst of Idaho Reporter), Huckleberries Online is one of three blogs named by Chris Cillizza's The Fix Blog/Washington Post as best political blogs in Idaho. Idaho Reporter and 43rd State Blues are the other two.…
A grasshopper rests on a rail outside the Kansas City Royals dugout during the first inning of a baseball game against the Baltimore Orioles Tuesday in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
On his Facebook wall, OrangeTV writes of a regular at Mic-'n-Mac's who pulls a cart around town full of glossy photos of dead rockers, which he sells to the tourists. OTV was surprised that the wandering entrepreneur already had a photo of Amy Winehouse, who…
5:47 p.m. Caller reports a black Labrador locked in silver Toyota van in Post Falls Super 1 lot. 5:21 p.m. A drunk & disorderly man in black tank top is sitting @ City Park picnic table by BB courts. 5:07 p.m. Woman sez cat is…
The new roundabout at the corner of River Avenue and College Drive is starting to take shape. If you haven't seen it yet, check out the webcam at the Education Corridor website at http://www.edcorridor.com/. (NIC Education Corridor photo) Another woman grabbed on Centennial Trail/SR Man…
Three clowns including Glitterella, aka Edith Stephenson, from Nampa, and Miss Bea Happy, aka, Brenda Castle, from Caldwell stop to wave to passing cars as they make their way down the steps of the state capitol in Boise. Lollipop, aka Barbara Grimm, from Boise, was…
Federal Judge Donald Molloy of Missoula, Mont., denied a lawsuit today by environmental groups that claimed a law removing federal protections of wolves in Idaho and Montana was unconstitutional. The ruling allows hunting seasons in the two states to progress as planned next month/Lewiston Tribune.
Besides the vows the next biggest part of a wedding, most would say, is the food. But dozens of couples are now out thousands of dollars since local catering company Puttin' On The Ritz suddenly closed its doors.The reason? Nobody at the catering company is…
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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