Thanksgiving, Black Friday, and the downtown Coeur d'Alene welcome to the holidays are behind us. Now, it's time for Christmas trees, shopping, and possibly winter. Any complaints out there for the relatively mild, late-fall weather we've been experiencing? I didn't think so. I'll post the…
High school senior Emma Sullivan displays the text of a tweet she sent after listening to Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback speak to a group of students last week in Fairway, Kan. Since posting the tweet, Sullivan was called into the principal's office and ordered to…
Holidays are not slowing the rightward march of the Bonner County Property Rights Council. Monday night, the controversial Property Rights Council is sponsoring a “public seminar” on “The Theoretical Basis for a Property Rights Council.” The featured speaker is Sandpoint-based James L. Payne. Mr. Payne…
Nine-year-old Kali Andrews of Blanchard adjusts her hat before modeling in the annual Kootenai Medical Center Foundation's Festival of Trees fashion show/fund raiser at the Coeur d'Alene Resort earliler today. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Goodwill employee attacked at knifepoint/Alison Boggs, SR Alleged White House shooter…
5:15 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Nov. 27-28 here. 5:07 p.m. 2 vehicles have hit a deer on H95 @ M/P 425 (Presley Road, south of CdA). 4:56 p.m. Wheatfield/CdA resident reports female in red Honda shot BBs at her house. 4:49…
The body of a woman who has been missing since Nov. 10 was found this morning in the Spokane River below the debris gate of the Avista Dam in Post Falls. The body of Cheryl A. Corbett, 61, of Post Falls, was recovered by the…
Don Gunter of Post Falls had all the tools for going out to fill the coveted Idaho moose tag he drew this year: Rifle, pickup, knives and saws, strong hunting partner … But he also was prepared for the bigger job of handling a moose.…
Coeur d'Alene police are looking for a man in a black hoodie who tried unsuccessfully to steal a purse belonging to a female employee of Goodwill Industries after holding a knife to her throat. The incident occurred at 2 p.m. today at the store at…
A Berry Picker (re: Huckleberries Hears ... that United Conservatives of North Idaho are organizing): "If Tina Jacobson, chairman of the Kootenai County GOP Central Committee, is involved, it's a serious conflict. She's helping to organize a new group because of flaws in the local…
Eman: Which brings me to the photo’s used for cats like wayne and honestly almost all the political mug shots. If that’s the best one of wayne then OK so be it but wow. Look at the one for Adams, scarry. Goodlander? yikes. The mayor’s…
Boise State's Chris Petersen will be the first coach UCLA Athletic Director Dan Guerrero will approach about the Bruins' football job, according to influential people with knowledge of the situation who are not authorized to speak publicly on the matter. Guerrero, who on Monday announced…
An ice climber ascends at Alaska's Mendenhall Glacier during filming of "Blue Obsession," a 2011 Banff Mountain Film Festival finalist. (Courtesy photo: Alan Gordon) People who produce adventure films featured in the Banff Mountain Film Festival shouldn’t be stereotyped as hard-core, muscle-powered adrenaline junkies with…
Coeur d’Alene High quarterback Chad Chalich gave Idaho head coach Robb Akey an oral commitment Sunday night to accept a scholarship offer to play for the Vandals, Vikings coach Shawn Amos said. Chalich, who led the Vikings to the 5A state championship, had a home…
A shopper recently marched into the gift shop at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center and asked: “Where are the clip-on ornaments?” She was shown to the decorated Christmas tree, where she picked out several ornaments. She clips a $50 bill onto each ornament for everyone…
The Slice had asked about friendships involving horses and barn cats. “Well, Maggie’s not exactly a horse,” wrote North Idaho’s Diane Newcomer. “She’s a 47-year-old mule.” Maggie has a feline friend, a 5-year-old orange mouser named Thunderfoot. “They have been buddies ever since Thunderfoot was…
North Idaho and Eastern Washington share a grim distinction: Both have far higher rates of parents choosing not to immunize their children against childhood disease than either Idaho or Washington as a whole. As a result, health authorities say, youngsters in the region are at…
Vive la toast! - November 28 is National French Toast Day!You couldn't ask for a better jumpstart into Cyber Monday and the holiday shopping frenzy than chowing down on the carbohydrate and sugar dream team that is French toast! Whether you prefer it for breakfast,…
Chad and Jayme Hall are the owners of Alligator Diesel Performance in Coeur d'Alene. The company made Inc.Magazine's list of America's 500 fastest-growing companies after experiencing a three-year growth rate of 1,213 percent. Alison Boggs' SR story here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Cartoon: One way…
Beverly A. Mitton, 57, of Ponderay, was airlifted by MedStar to Kootenai Medical Center after she lost control of her pickup on ice, rolled over, and struck a tree at 12:48 this morning on Highway 95, five miles north of Five Mile Creek, in Boundary…
The 2011 Capitol Christmas Tree arrives in Washington on Monday, following a 20-day cross-country tour that started in the Stanislaus National Forest in northern California. The 65-foot white fir tree will be illuminated during a ceremony scheduled for Dec. 6. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) Question:…
Crime fighting has gone high-tech and mobile in Post Falls. Citizens can now report criminal activity via text messages and email. Police say the system - being piloted in this area by PFPD -- is not intended to replace 911. If residents need emergency assistance,…
Wearing seat belts saves lives, so therefore you should be forced to wear one, say defenders of this freedom-infringing statute. You’re walking down the street and a police car races past, blue and red lights ablaze. Surprisingly, the police officer blocks your path, hops out…
... that a display ad in the classified section of the Coeur d'Alene Press today has some local Republicans up in arms. Entitled "Conservatives Unite," under a mug shot of a smiling Ronald Reagan, the ad begins: "If you're frustrated with liberalism taking over in…
Weekend Poll: Overwhelmingly, Hucks Nation said it wouldn't get "up early, shop till I drop" on Black Friday past. 183 of 202 respondents (90.59%) said they wouldn't take part in the early-morning madness on Black Friday past. Only 3 of 202 (1.49%) said they planned…
Washington State coach Paul Wulff, right, walks onto the field with players before an NCAA college football game against Washington in Seattle. Wulff canceled his regular Sunday evening conference call with reporters. Washington State finished 4-8 this season after losing to archrival Washington in the…
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.
