I did something different today for the daily political cartoon eye-opener. I not only published my favorite for the day, but I also provided links to the other 5 political cartoons that were available. I may start doing this, if you like having choices. Also,…
President Barack Obama speaks as he and first lady Michelle Obama, not seen, host a celebration of American poetry and prose at the White House earlier today in Washington (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Question: Which poem is your favorite?
Item: State Patrol cracks down on left-lane campers/Scott Gutierrez, Seattle P-I More Info: Motivated by complaints from the public, state troopers stopped more than 200 King County drivers last month for hogging the left lane on the freeway, the State Patrol reported Tuesday. Twenty-four drivers…
5:51 p.m. Nancy reports she hasn't seen her lost horse for about 90 minutes. 5:50 p.m. Woman in her 40s-50s appeared to be confused when she drove off from Rose Lake Store. 5:46 p.m. Dodge Neon w/tinted windows passed in H41 no-passing zone @ M/P…
Alan Creach, right, stands with his mother Imogene, center, and other family members near the spot where their father was killed by a Spokane County Sheriff Deputy at The Plant Farm in the Spokane Valley. The Creach family held a press conference Wednesday to respond…
A shaven-headed young boy yawns as others put their hands together during a service to celebrate the birthday of Buddha at Jogye temple in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday. A group of children entered the temple, the main temple of Korean Buddhism's Chogye Order, to experience…
"Elmer Currie takes his sweetheart of seven decades for a twirl on the dance floor at the Lake City Senior Center on Saturday," posts Kerri Thoreson, More Main Street. "Elmer and Bernie mark their 70th wedding anniversary today. More about their celebration in Main Street…
President Barack Obama meets with Billy Graham at his mountainside home in Montreat, N.C., on April 25, 2010. Obama concluded his North Carolina vacation with his first meeting of the ailing evangelist, who has counseled commanders in chief since Dwight Eisenhower. Graham was admitted to…
A handyman hired by a North Idaho lawyer to kill his wife was sentenced today to 27 months in prison for an explosive device he strapped to the intended victim’s car. Larry Fairfax, 50, never told investigators about the pipe bomb when he said he’d…
Jeff Ward, president of the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans, is in a lather about a recent tempest in a teapot involving Coeur d'Alene Trustee Stephanie Powers being invited to speak to a handful of PTAs. She contacted the PTAs to request permission to speak (as…
Huckleberries: First, can you describe your Zone geographically? Stephanie Powers: From Dalton Avenue north, between 15th & 95, all the way to Dodd Road (Dalton Gardens, Hayden & Hayden Lake). See Facebook page here. Huckleberries: What is it like to be running for a nonpartisan…
This April 29 photo shows Kate Middleton accompanied by maid of honour Pippa Middleton, right, as she arrives at Westminster Abbey at the Royal Wedding in London. The tradition of the bridesmaids wearing white is less unusual in the U.K. and among royals heeding a…
The shiny copper distilling equipment and stainless steel storage tanks at the entrance of the restaurant provide a glimpse of what’s inside. Bardenay Restaurant and Distillery, with locations in Coeur d’Alene, Boise and Eagle, Idaho, is the first combination restaurant and distillery in this country.…
A Seattle City Council briefing Tuesday on Seattle’s new yellow-pages opt-out program showed that the number of canceled phone books in Seattle continues to rise, with an increasing number of people rejecting the thick paper directories. Dick Lilly, a manager with Seattle Public Utilities, said…
In the cheers & jeers column of the Idaho Press Tribune, someone posted this comment: "Jeers for those people or developers who insist on painting their houses in drab camouflage colors. Enough already! And they are now spreading beyond the subdivisions onto the streets of…
Tamra Jacksond, right, principal of Bridgeport High School in Bridgeport, Wash., and five students eagerly await a call from the White House earlier. The school was one of three finalists vying for a commencement speech by President Barack Obama, but a school in Tennessee won…
On her Facebook wall, Cindy wrote last night: "Sam just ran up to a reclining Milo and rolled him over. 'Cat tipping!' he yelled and ran off." Today, she sent me a note: "I bet you've tipped a cow or two." One of Cindy's Facebook…
Well, it's not a sure thing yet, but I am working on deal to serve the best BBQ you've ever eaten on Saturday nights at a new brewery in Wallace, Idaho starting in June. So, it's about time I get licensed and insured to make…
11:55 a.m. 2 dogs are running loose, causing traffic hazard, @ I-90 & Sherman Avenue onramp. 11:20 a.m. An elderly woman in a silver Subaru @ Ramsey & Prairie/Hayden has run a red light. 11:09 a.m. Dustin's in the KCSD lobby to report a theft.…
On her Living in Coeur d'Alene Idaho blog, Jamie Lynn Morgan posted this photo, taken from inside a Coeur d'Alene area business, and asks: "Where Am I?" Well?
Tuesday Poll: In a strange vote, as many Hucksters voted to reduce the state's wolf population to 150 or less as they did to increase the population to 1000 or more -- 39 of 112 (34.82%). The rest of the votes were divide among these…
Cupcakes have been getting huge, both literally and figuratively, for years. Celebrated in Saturday Night Live’s famous “Lazy Sunday” video in 2005, they now star in their own television reality show, the Food Network’s Cupcake Wars. And now that the cupcake trend has (finally) hit…
You think you've read it all on Huckleberries Scanner Traffic? Well, Mia Carlson/KZBG this morning has topped anything I've written here. And I quote: "On the scanner, a boy at one of the local schools tried to 'put it in a bottle' in the boys…
On her Facebook wall, Cindy mentions a close encounter with a racist salon technician: "Went to a salon to get my eyebrows waxed. The technician admired my nails and asked where I got them done. I told her and she asked 'Are they white?' I…
On Friday, I published a comment re: an amateurish cartoon published in the Coeur d'Alene Press, sliming LCDC, city elected officials, and possibly the originator of the popular Mudgy & Millie children's book series, Susan Nipp. Seems a letter writer in today's Coeur d'Alene Press…
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.
