How in the world did everyone walk away from this crash of a Canadian tour bus near Naples, between Sandpoint/Ponderay & Bonners Ferry? Mike Weland, publisher of the online NewsBF.com provides the photos and news coverage here.
I have a friend who believes that when things break and then get fixed it's all related to the phases of the moon. She also admits she smoked a lot of pot when she was younger, but has since gone on to become a respected…
Campbell Soup Co's (CPB.N) incoming CEO Denise Morrison is bringing back the salt as she tries to entice people to buy more soup. The move to add salt and flavor in more than two dozen soups after a health-inspired low-sodium push failed to lift sales…
The NFL Players Association executive board and 32 team reps have voted unanimously to approve the terms of a deal to the end the 4-1/2-month lockout. Owners overwhelmingly approved a proposal last week, but some unresolved issues still needed to be reviewed to satisfy players;…
Patrons flocked to Borders Books and Music store in Coeur d'Alene on Friday to take advantage of the going-out-of-business sale. Borders Group began liquidation sales at all of its 399 stores as the 40-year-old chain winds down operations. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Giant worm doesn't…
Idaho schools chief Tom Luna was at dinner with his wife, Cindy, after his “Students Come First” education reforms cleared the 2011 Legislature, when a stranger stopped by his table. “This guy I’d never met came up and said, ‘Word on the street is you’re…
JimmyMAC brought one of the two cutest Berry Pickers to Blogfest 2011 -- his lovely baby daughter. Nic brought the other. Nic tells of daughter Zu's Blogfest experience here. And his overall impression of blogfest here.
11:53 a.m. Idaho Independent Bank, Government Way/Hayden, reports suspicious person in bank. 11:42 a.m. Cheryl wants to see animal control officer re: cat that won't leave her place. 11:36 a.m. Woman wanted for meth possession may be in 9700 block of Melrose/Hayden. 10:53 a.m. Motorist…
With EMTs checking them out for injuries, passengers from an Edmonton tour bus gather behind the guardrail at the south end of the Naples Bridge after the bus left U.S. 95 and rolled onto its side. Fortunately, injuries were all minor. You can read all…
A baby is in critical condition after being assaulted by his 19-year-old father in Coeur d’Alene, police said today. James Dean Blanchard was arrested today at 3 a.m. for felony injury to a child after police were called to 1042 N. 17th St. at 9:30…
Weekend Poll: A plurality of Hucks Nation (51 of 104 respondents, 49.04%) voted that the goofiest resolution passed at the recent Idaho GOP state convention in Moscow was support for Idahoans carrying weapons anywhere at any time, including on college campuses. In descending order, other…
Michael Moscato uses some spray paint on his "art" that is made out of bales of straw and hay at the Ohio State Fair, in Columbus, Ohio., Sunday Feed is being turned into fine art at the fair, in a new sculpting competition using hay…
Congratulations, neighbor, on being declared The Most Beautiful Small Town in America. But for the Coeur d'Alene faithful, is that honor bestowed a little to the north by USA Today and Rand McNally kind of like getting sandpoint kicked in your face? Not really -…
Item: It takes a community: Hughes believes hydroplane racing could again be popular on Lake Coeur d'Alene/Alecia Warren, CdA Press More Info: Doug Miller agrees. President of the Hydromaniacs nonprofit, Miller is in the midst of trying to resurrect the annual Diamond Cup Unlimited Regatta…
Saying their actions were detrimental to the party, the Region 1 Republican Central Committee approved a "no confidence" vote last week against Sens. Shawn Keough of Sandpoint (left) and Joyce Broadsword (right) of Sagle. "As elected state officials, your actions have demonstrated that you do…
Dion Smith of Lapwai rides his horse, Mioxat, onto the grass dance circle Saturday during the horse parade at Julyamsh, the annual celebration of the Coeur d'Alene Tribe at the Greyhound Park. Story here. (SR photo: Jesse Tinsley) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Fairchild airman killed…
They call them “Brady officers.” If you ever find yourself arrested, they’re the ones you want to catch you. A Brady officer is a cop with a record of untruthfulness. On a witness stand, they could be a defense attorney’s dream. f a prosecutor gets…
An autopsy is being held to determine the cause of Amy Winehouse's death, but a coroner's official says police have found no suspicious circumstances. The singer was found dead Saturday at her London home at the age of 27. An autopsy is being held Monday…
The man who has confessed to carrying out a bombing and shooting spree that left 93 people dead in Norway will be held for eight weeks, half of that in complete isolation, after a closed hearing in which he said his terror network had two…
The long-overdue Blogfest 2011 (aka Hucks Summer Bentfest) is finally here -- from 3 to 6 p.m. today (Sunday), at Steve Widmyer's Fort Ground Grill, 705 W. River Ave., in historic Fortgrounds. Usually, blogfest is somewhere around Feb. 16, the actual anniversary of Huckleberries Online.…
Will CouerGenX wear his Kennedy T-shirt? Will I be able to enjoy a beer with HMO? What color goatee will OrangeTV have? Will Cindy be there? Will she remember that I said I owed her a bottle of wine? What kind of gifts do I…
Noel Strick, left, and Mitsi Evans, right, battle in the women's Ear Pull finals during the 50th World Eskimo Indian Olympics Friday afternoon at the Carlson Center in Fairbanks, Alaska. Strick defeated Evans and went on to win the event. You write the cutline. (AP…
A Norwegian who dressed as a police officer to gun down summer campers killed at least 80 people at an island retreat, horrified police said early Saturday. It took investigators several hours to begin to realize the full scope of Friday's massacre, which followed an…
Michele Bachmann is a headache! Maybe even a migraine. She certainly creates, in me, as per possible side effects of a migraine, a degree of nausea and (a) disturbed vision! Now, it seems she has left her church. She is ~ was ~ Lutheran. After…
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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