Vaughn Ward, a former congressional candidate who moved to Kootenai County to become CEO of Northwest Specialty Hospital in Post Falls, holds his son after speaking at a memorial service for the Marine Corps League at the Memorial Cemetary on Government Way in Coeur d'Alene.
It’s a dramatic tale. Elite Navy SEALs storm a walled compound in Pakistan and take out the world’s most wanted terrorist. Footnote: They were all men. While America’s last 10 years of war have propelled women into new and far riskier roles across the military,…
Animal lovers across the state are gathering signatures in hopes that voters will decide to make animal cruelty a felony in 2012. Idaho is one of just three states that don't have felony penalties for the most extreme animal cruelty cases, nor for repeat offenders,…
Over the weekend, Editor Mike Patrick of the Coeur d'Alene Press chided the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations for "living in the past." Quoth: "(Human Rights Education Institute) is trying to grow into a broad-based human rights education organization, while the task force…
Bank of America recently notified 2,500 customers with mortgage problems they could meet face-to-face with bank representatives who might be able to fast-track modifications that would keep them in their homes. Ethan Churchill threw his away. The student/teacher at Eastern Washington University says he and…
The Berry Picker who snapped this photo of Bob Rohrscheib at Memorial Day ceremonies in Coeur d'Alene Monday said: "I think I can see why we won the war just in his eyes." Rohrscheib, who is a member of the Marine Corps League and also…
Re: Geraniums take root in Lake City (Kathy Plonka SR photo) Beeranagar: Always loved when my Golden retriever “Hogan” and I went for runs every day back in the late 80’s and 90’s. We lived out by the airport and he loved taking a little…
Spokane woman claims Bigfoot sighting/Annie Bishop, KXLY Bubblehead: He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were…
Gridley rips Kathy Sims' conflict claims against Bloem, City Council/Hucks Online Almost Innocent Bystander: Kathy Sims is obviously smart and well respected outside of this blog and in this case, size matters. I think the numbers are going against the current Cda City cabal-no one…
I'll be back at the controls of Huckleberries Central on Tuesday per usual. But I'm off today to finish a relaxing Memorial Day weekend. Remember the sacrifices of our military veterans today. If you get a chance, thank one of them for serving and protecting…
A fan is brought to his feet by police after being tackled while running naked onto the field during the baseball game between the Seattle Mariners and New York Yankees Saturday in Seattle. The fan, who was arrested, was the third of four fans who…
Jeff Conaway, who played Kenickie in "Grease" and Bobby Wheeler on "Taxi," has died. Spokeswoman Kathryn Boole said the 60-year-old actor died Friday morning at the Encino Tarzana Medical Center, where he had been hospitalized in a coma since May 11. His manager, Phil Brock,…
Jason Newton of Beau's Lawn and Garden installed geraniums along a pathway at The Village at Riverstone in Coeur d'Alene on Friday. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Question: Duane Hagadone, of course, has put geraniums on the map here in Coeur d'Alene, with all the ones…
A Spokane woman out for a day hike along the Spokane river claims to have proof of the mysterious and elusive Bigfoot.Samantha, who did not give her last name, and her friends were hiking at Downriver Park over the weekend when they captured Bigfoot by…
Here's a driving question for you: When you approach a steady yellow traffic light, what do you do? Apparently more than half the people who took a recent written driving test in a national insurance company survey got that question wrong. A new report from…
Supreme Court rules prosecutor's office engaged in misconduct in 2006 murder trial/John Miller & Todd Dvorak, AP State Supreme Court justices have thrown out the second-degree murder conviction of a North Idaho man, citing prosecutorial misconduct and the likelihood that an Idaho State Police officer…
Originally posted at 5:02 p.m. Friday Huckleberries has acquired a copy of a response sent by City Attorney Mike Gridley to Assistant Chief Deputy Attorney General Brian Kane re: state Rep. Kathy Sims' claims (which Gridley called "scurrilous") of widespread conflicts of interest among elected…
Orginally posted at 3:54 p.m. Friday Public urinators were out in force along Sherman Avenue, according to the Downtown Coeur d'Alene Bar Report. Three or four incidents involving public urination were reported, including the one featuring a guy about to pee in Sherman Square, the…
I don't know why, after 8-plus years at the helm of the U.S.S. Huckleberries, that I still thrill whenever the blog reaches another million page-views. But Hucks Online reached its first 1 million page-views of the year last night. The blog is running about 20,000…
A 3,000 pound anchor from what is believed to be the wreck of the pirate Blackbeard's flagship, the Queen Anne's Revenge, is recovered from the ocean where it has been since 1718, today in Beaufort Inlet, in Carteret County N.C. Crew member Mitchel Gilliland, right,…
Father Tim Ritchey (The St. Maries priest who also serves Harrison) and I were talking after Mass following “Good Shepherd” Sunday recently about how few northern Idaho residents have the opportunity, as many in southern Idaho do, to be exposed to the unique Basque culture.…
5 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for May 26-27 here. 4:47 p.m. A white Crown Victoria w/female driver is broken down on H95 near Worley Fire Station. 4:37 p.m. Someone reportedly is unconscious in 1000 block of E. Forest Park Lane/CdA. 4:32 p.m.…
Would you have guessed there was water over the road recently if it hadn't been pointed out by the street sign at the Third Street docks. I don't know what the condition at the docks are today. But I suspect the water is still over…
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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