Noon: Teen girl has razor & is threatening to cut herself @ Hauser Lake & Cliffhouse. 11:59 a.m. Officer wants file started on weedly lot b/n 12th-16th/PF, belonging to construction firm. 11:36 a.m. David has questions re: flooding on Spokane River & lifejacket requirements. 11:24…
This undated photo provided by the University of Idaho shows part of a giant Palouse earthworm, Driloleirus americanus. The giant Palouse earthworm will not be listed for protection under the Endangered Species Act because recent information indicates the worm might be more widespread than previously…
Many of you (in the media) have inquired as to the latest condition of the 20 day-old infant that was hospitalized on (Sunday). The child’s father James Dean Blanchard was arrested in connection with the child’s injury. We checked with medical staff within the last…
Luna Guv Run: Overwhelmingly, Hucks Nation doesn't want to see Superintendent Tom Luna run for governor in 2014, should Gov. Butch Otter elect not to seek re-election. 151 of 177 respondents (85.31%) said they don't want controversial Luna to run. Only 19 of 177 (10.73%)…
Deanna Goodlander: The facts are, that FEMA who are the flood insurance folks have told the Core of Engineers who oversee levees that they must more stringently clear levees in order to make them less inclined to fail. After Katrina and more recently the Mississipi…
Rep. David Wu, D-Ore. speaks in Hillsboro, Ore., in this March 7 file photo. Wu has announced that he is resigning in the wake of allegations that he had a sexual encounter with an 18-year-old woman. Story from The Hill here. (AP Photo/Don Ryan, File)…
A Spokane woman is telling police she fell victim to the Nigerian boyfriend scam and lost $70,000 in the process.It was a combination of loneliness and a very generous heart that led this mother of five to have to apologize to her children for leaving…
Before it can compromise, the city of Coeur d'Alene will likely comply. A subcommittee recommended Monday the City Council adopt a mitigation plan to begin removing vegetation and addressing other concerns regarding the levee along Rosenberry Drive in response to the U.S. Army Corps of…
In PCMag.com, Lance Ulanoff writes: "At some point this week, I will put aside my BlackBerry device and pick up an Apple iPhone. Having been using one BlackBerry or another for at least five years, this is a big deal. The time, though, has come…
Kim Ransier, director of operations for Hospice of North Idaho, delivers donated artwork to the Hospice House in Coeur d'Alene on Monday. The new facility expects to start accepting patients in mid-August. SR story by Alison Boggs here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins,…
JeanieSpokane: I am very sorry to see Campbell’s adding salt back in to their products. I look at all the ingredients of every pre-packaged product that I bring home. I don’t care what the studies say - Americans consume way too much sodium and protein…
Item: McEuen studies would cost city $60,300/Tom Hasslinger, CdA Press More Info: The city of Coeur d'Alene is proposing to extend its contract with the McEuen Field design team, Team McEuen, so the architects and engineers can begin topography and traffic studies to ensure the…
There won't be a steep learning curve for Steve Wilson in his new job as interim president and chief executive officer of the Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce. The chamber's board of directors announced Monday that it had hired Wilson to step into the interim…
Derek Jeter and Mark Teixeira each homered and drove in three runs, Freddy Garcia stifled his former team and the New York Yankees handed the snakebit Seattle Mariners their 16th straight loss with a 10-3 victory Monday night. A rain delay of 1 hour, 57…
I enjoyed hobnobbing with the 55 or so Berry Pickers who showed up for the 2011 Blogfest (aka Hucks Summer Bentfest) at Steve Widmyer's Fort Ground Grill on our viewtiful afternoon Sunday. Blogfests re-energize me. They bring together a range of people with widely different…
"We hadn't planned to go to Julyamish," writes Marianne Love/Slight Detour. "I knew my sisters were going, but when Debbie came home from Seattle Friday night and told me one of her friends from the Shoshone-Paiute Tribe of Nevada would be dancing at the powwow,…
Arpie: At least both of you had the sense to leave the shirts untucked despite being on the downhill side of the great shirt tuck divide. I’ve noticed that everyone 5 years older than me always has their shirt tucked in and everyone 5 years…
5:45 p.m. Shoplifter in goatee & black hoodie left Stateline WalMart & got into blue Dodge Neon registered to a CdA woman. 5:42 p.m. Everyone out of water & capsized sailboat retrieved on Hayden Lake. 5:39 p.m. Female driver wants ISP officer to retrieve bumper…
Samuel Gottsegen, 17, recounts his experiences as one of the victims of a bear attack that occurred Saturday evening near Talkeetna, Alaska, as he recovers in an Anchorage hospital on Monday. Gottsegen was taking part in an outdoor education course from the National Outdoor Leadership…
At Blogfest 2011 (aka Hucks Summer Bentfest), Don Sausser catches DFO & DanG hobnobbing while waiting for Bent to finish preparing the sumptious chicken & beef barbecue for the event at Steve Widmyer's Fort Ground Grill. You write the cutline. You can see the rest…
Either Herb or I didn't get the memo re: what to where at the Hucks Summer Bentfest at the Fort Ground Grill Sunday. If you look closely enough, you'll see that the two Hawaiian shirts aren't exactly alike. But you have to look awfully close…
Two Spokane women wanted in Kootenai County on drug-related charges headline Major Ben Wolfinger's weekly felony warrants list. Ashley Abuhl, 19, of Spokane (upper left), is wanted on charges of possession of contolled substance & under the influence of a controlled supbstance. No bond has…
They've whacked a failing program, ostracized a bunch of kids and parents, cut here, consolidated there and, in all likelihood, succeeded in getting every single employee to do his or her best work. That's what we call leadership. The Kootenai County commissioners - Todd Tondee,…
The family I grew up in was very particular about how a slice of a round cake was to lie on a plate. It was supposed to be positioned so that you could eat it from the inside out and from the bottom up. For…
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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