For all the bellyaching a coupla of you did re: that Coeur d'Alene Casino pop-up ad that was bugging you at the bottom of the page ... none of you have mentioned that the problem has been fixed. It's gone. Now, if I get booted…
Three-year-old Sarah Spudlich of Bemerton, Wash., touches the fur of the Mariner Moose during a visit to Mary Bridge Children's Hospital in Tacoma, Wash., today. In addition to Moose, players Doug Fisher and Josh Wilson as well as broadcaster Dave Sims went room-to-room giving autographs…
Shaun Winkler is the leader of the small white supremacist group in North Idaho and says there are just a handful of them and he knows exactly who is who and who does what. Winkler says whenever anything directed towards race happens people always are…
5:15 p.m. Good Samaritan said she stopped to assist a Washington woman in a Suburban station wagon @ H95 & Hayden, only to be punched by her. 5:06 p.m. A Holiday (Cornerstone & Prairie) gas station worker reports a customer became angry & yelled because…
In a press conference today, Spokane Police Chief Anne Kirkpatrick credits two officers, including Eric Olson, left, with making a decision to steer the MLK Jr. parade away from what was determined to be an explosive device in downtown Spokane. Story here. (SR photo: Dan…
26 Members of the Pilobolus Dance Co. break a world record for people fit in a BMW Mini at the EMC Guinness Record Record Breaking Event at the Equitable Center on Tuesday in New York. You write the cutline. (Matt Peyton/AP Images for EMC) Top…
President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama welcome China's President Hu Jintao to the North Portico of the White House in Washington earlier today for the State Dinner. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak) Question: Should we be honoring a top official of the nation of China,…
The Daily Beast has ranked the states in terms of most tolerant (Wisconsin) to least tolerant (Wyoming). Idaho finished 45th of 50 states -- or as the sixth least tolerant state in The Daily Beast rankings. You can see Boise Weekly's story about the rankings…
From Idaho Reporter via Twitter: (Raul) Labrador, (Mike) Simpson vote yes on "Repealing the Job-Killing Health Care Law Act." Passes 245-189. 3 Dems voted yes. USA Today story here. U.S. Rep. Mike Simpson: “I strongly believe the best thing we could do is to repeal…
On his Get Out! North Idaho Facebook wall, OrangeTV posted this photo of a new business in Midtown, called the Stash Box. Orange tried but couldn't find any information re: the business? What services will be sold or goods offered. You can read OTV's comment…
On Tuesday, Ive published the Top 35 commenters at Huckleberries Online since mid-December 2008. Now, for the remainder of the Top 68 (as culled from the Top 100 commenters on our SR.com Web site): 36. Arpie, 978 37. LarrySpencer, 978 38. poolman, 961 39. JeanC,…
A bomb left along the route of a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade was sophisticated, with a remote detonator and the ability to cause many casualties, an official familiar with the case said Wednesday. The bomb, which was defused without incident on Monday, was…
Idaho Supreme Court Chief Justice Daniel Eismann told lawmakers that the state court system is meeting its obligations to citizens, though court dockets are packed and the state has reduced funding to courts due to economic conditions. “We appreciate the outstanding working relationship we have…
NIC Trustee Christie Wood re: "Henderson wants to split community college districts"): This is not the first time Frank has attempted to create districts for CC trustees but it is the http://media.spokesman.com/photos/2011/01/19/woodweb_r60x60.jpgsecond time he has done it without discussing any of his ideas with the…
Spokane's P-Jammers marching band join in the Martin Luther King Day Unity Parade as over 1,000 people took to the streets after a rally at the INB Performing Arts Center in Spokane. Now, the FBI is saying that a sophisticated bomb planted in a backpack…
A lot of people prefer rice in their stir-fry, but I’ve always liked noodles better. One of my favorite treats is pho, a Vietnamese dish pronounced “fuh.” It features rice noodles, and usually beef, seafood or chicken. You can’t get pho anywhere around here, but…
Former Minnesota Twins baseball player Harmon Killebrew poses with a statue of him unveiled near Target Field in Minneapolis in this April 3, 2010, file photo. Killebrew, a native of Payette, Idaho, played major league baseball for 22 years and was the American MVP in…
11:45 a.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activity report for Jan. 18-19 here. 11:29 a.m. Woman reports her Dad's trying to hook hose to tailpipe to kill himself via carbon monoxide poisoning in 1700 block of 12/CdA. 11:25 a.m. Mother reports her 11MO baby may be…
The Police Chief in Kellogg, Idaho tells KHQ that on MLK day fire crews responded to cross burning on Elder Ave. which is in the northeast part of Kellogg. The cross was wrapped in burlap and was about three and a half feet tall. The…
Idaho and 19 other states are suing the federal government over a provision of the health care reforms passed last year that requires individuals to purchase private health insurance or face a penalty. It looks like the states already involved are going to get some…
In a statement issued in defense of Superintendent Tom Luna's reform plan for public education, state GOP chairman Norm Semanko wrote, in part: "On Friday, the Idaho Democratic Party came out against Governor Otter and Superintendent Luna’s plan asking, “why should any parent, student or…
Sen. Joseph Lieberman, I-Conn., introduced by his wife, Hadassah, right, acknowledges a gathering before he announced that he has decided to retire and not seek a fifth term in 2012 in Stamford, Conn., Wednesday. At center is Maddy Wisse, Lieberman's granddaughter, and Rebecca Liberman-Wisse, one…
Tuesday Poll: 80 of 159 respondents (50.3%) voted that they want the American Legion baseball field to stay at McEuen Field. 67 of 159 (42.1%) said the field should be moved elsewhere. 12 of 159 (7.6%) were undecided. Today's Question (from Lewiston Tribune): What is…
A 29-year-old man who was first stopped for littering by Coeur d'Alene police was later arrested for excessive DUI (for blood-alcohol content of .228). The man admitted being drunk when he was stopped by officers at 301 Sherman Avenue at 3 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 8.…
Esther Robinson, 93, left, and DeEtte Sauer, 69, pose at an athletic club in Houston. Sauer is a medal-winning senior swimmer and Robinson likes to hit the gym for the weights, but also enjoys dancing. Read Leann Litale's story re: these two remarkably fit women…
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.
