Interest created by the contentious Coeur d'Alene City Council elections and an active October pushed HucksOnline to a level that I've sought for almost 9 years -- 10,000 followers. In the 31-day period that ended Wednesday, HucksOnline blog/Twitter/Facebook attracted 10,222 followers. Also on Wednesday, HucksOnline…
On her Facebook wall, Kris Crocker/KXLY is predicting frigid temperatures tonight, dropping down to 11 degrees overnight. This, after originally predicting a much, ahem, milder 17 degrees. Quoth Kris: It's going to be a "real 'Three Dog Night,' unless you're me. One is plenty." Question:…
Kage Mann: Wheels, alot of people criticize Spokane’s police force. What people forget is alot of Spokane’s deputys got their work experience over here in the KCS department, before transferring over to Spokane for better pay and benefits, while still living here. Are sheriffs deputies…
6:09 p.m. Driver injured in crash w/deer @ H53 & Greensferry/Hauser area. 6:06 p.m. Possible illegal burn reported in 1200 block of Violet/CdA. 5:57 p.m. Cop asked dispatch if Post Falls warming shelter accepts women and was told that it does. 5:48 p.m. Teen girl…
A pack of mules string crosses the newly completed 128-foot-long Gates Park Pack Bridge spanning the North Fork of the Sun River in the Bob Marshall Wilderness in northwestern Montana. Old-fashioned mule power and new construction techniques and tools were used to reconstruct the bridge.…
On her Facebook page, Spokane Mayor Mary Verner complained about the politicizing of this year's election. Sound familiar? Quoth: "This year was a turning point for the way campaigns are conducted in Spokane. Mine was a grassroots campaign with a small army of volunteers, over…
It’s about time to start thinking about holiday decor if you’re a household that likes to seasonally decorate. Regional forest service agencies are opening the outdoors for Christmas tree hunting. Some will make the trek into the wilderness for the perfect tree. Some gave up…
The forewoman of the jury that convicted Officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. said none of the jurors brought information to deliberations from media reports, as alleged by defense attorneys seeking a new trial. Diane Riley, 57, of Ellensburg, granted an interview with The Spokesman-Review after…
Kage Mann: I was looking at the election numbers and did you know that the direction of Huetter was made by only FOUR voters. Four out of only 40 registered in the town. Talk about voter apathy. Baseball has the "Mendosa Line," named after former…
Spokane Mayor-elect David Condon, right, speaks to the media about his transition team today at Second Space art gallery. He named three of his transition team members, including Katy Bruya, left, and Theresa Sanders, center. (SR photo: Jesse Tinsley) Question: Will David Condon be the…
Got a note from a reader who teaches at a local grade school. I’m going to keep her name to myself, in case any parents of her pupils would freak out about this. Alluding to Tuesday’s Slice, she began, “What kind of hippie are you?…
Kerri Thoreson: Just a thought on the very low Post Falls voter turnout … it was the first time that citizens could not vote in person absentee at our city hall and had to drive to the county election office in Coeur d’Alene to cast…
Bob Costas somehow managed to secure a phone interview with Jerry Sandusky on NBC's new newsmagazine show, Rock Center this evening, and he did as good a job one could have done under such bizarre circumstances. He also, it should be noted, managed to include…
Actress Laura Coppinger portrays the Sugar Plum Fairy during St. Charles, Mo.'s annual Christmas festival. Coppinger was fired when she went to take a mandated city drug test, accidently flushed the toilet during the test -- which is prohibited -- and cursed when she was…
11:37 a.m. Woman has locked herself in Honda w/1YO baby while man breaks things outside vehicle on E. Canyon Road/Cataldo. (11:53 a.m. Male has left property) 11:11 a.m. Deer w/badly injured leg that has been chewed or caught in trap is @ 15th & Violet/CdA.…
Jamie Pierre performs an extreme jump at the Snowbird Ski Resort in Utah. Unified Police say 38-year-old Pierre of Big Sky, Mont., was killed while snowboarding near Gad Valley on Sunday. Police spokesman Lt. Justin Hoyal says there is no avalanche control on the mountain…
The Idaho Press-Tribune has only good things to say about state Sen. Joe Stegner, R-Lewiston, who has decided to leave the Legislature to become a lobbyist for the University of Idaho. The Nampa-Caldwell paper wonders if Far Right ideology drove Stegner out: "Perhaps Sen. Stegner’s…
Before you get too weepy re: 3X killer Paul Ezra Rhoades and his date with the needle Friday, you might want to think about his victims: Susan Michelbacher was the last of Rhoades' victims in March of 1987. The 34 year old was discovered roughly…
The Kootenai County Commissioners have asked Prosecutor McHugh on behalf of Kootenai County to join a lawsuit being filed by Twin Falls County challenging the redistricting plan that has been adopted by the state. The Idaho Constitution states that the division of counties shall be…
A teacher in southwestern Idaho is among a five educators nationwide being recognized by the Southern Poverty Law Center's anti-bias education project. The law center issued a statement Monday saying Sonia Galviz of Nampa and four other educators will be the first to receive its…
Amanda Duke, 22, said that she would be staying at the warming center at Fresh Start in Coeur d’Alene on Monday. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Amanda Duke stopped by the Fresh Start homeless drop-in center in Coeur d’Alene on Monday afternoon, glad to find a…
Monday Poll: 84 of 103 respondents (81.55%) believe that convicted, three-time murderer Paul Ezra Rhoades will die as scheduled in Idaho Friday morning. Only 19 of 103 (18.45%) say he'll win some last-minute reprieve and escape the needle. Today's Poll: Which team will win the…
The federal government offers an array of energy subsidies, and even Rep. Raul Labrador won’t go so far as to deem all of them failures. So why, exactly, is Idaho’s 1st Congressional District representative rushing to gut these subsidies? Is this self-avowed fiscal conservative looking…
The Idaho Argonaut Editorial Board says there's a lesson to be learned in the tragic accident that killed two students and sent four others to the Gritman Medical Center Saturday morning: "Under no circumstances is driving drunk a choice any person should make. Although it’s…
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.