I followed Cindy to Facebook about 18 months ago, and now she has followed me to Twitter. She joined up sometime Saturday, and I became her first follower. You can follow her, too at this Twitter address: http://twitter.com/CindyHval. BTW, you can follow the same Twitter…
Argentina's Mario Ledesma Arocena, bottom, and Georgia's Davit Zirakashvili react after the scrum collapses during their Rugby World Cup Pool B match at the Manawatu stadium in Palmerston North, New Zealand Sunday. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
ESPN has dropped Hank Williams Jr. from opening Monday Night Football tonight after Williams' controversial comments Monday about President Obama. Says ESPN, in a statement: "While Hank Williams Jr. is not an ESPN employee, we recognize he is closely linked to our company through the…
5:54 p.m. Hauser Lake City Hall reports a mysterious backpack left outside building. (Update @ 6:09 p.m. Deputy reports it's a children's backpack w/clothes in it.) 5:49 p.m. Several males are shooting from pickup on Fernan Lake Road, near USFS Road #1562. 5:47 p.m. Litter…
Kurt Wilson sits on his 893-pound pumpkin in Polson, Mont. When they weighed it over the weekend at the Harvest Fest in Ronan. Mont., on a certified scale from Spokane, it outdistanced May's previous personal best by a whopping 250 pounds, and broke the Montana…
A group of Inland Northwest backers and supporters of the Boy Scout's popular Camp Easton have filed a lawsuit trying to halt the sale of the camp to an Arizona developer. The suit, filed recently in Kootenai County District Court by the group Camp Easton…
After 33 years with the Idaho Department of Lands, Marianne Love's husband, Bill, called it quits Friday. She tells us all about it here. And Marianne explains the photo above: "Of course, Bill had to get a "honey do" list, complete with coordinates for his…
A Republican senator must return at least $2,402 to Idaho after he was inappropriately reimbursed for daily mileage between the Capitol and his Nampa home because he said he was spending nights during the legislative session sleeping on a couch in his Boise office. Sen.…
A devotee of the Jui Tui Chinese Shrine has his cheek pierced with a wrench at a procession during the Vegetarian Festival in Phuket, southern Thailand earlier today. The festival, held annually at the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar, celebrates vegetarianism with the…
Dunno which Downtown Coeur d'Alene drunk from September amuses me more -- The man who was walking south in the crosswalk @ 4th & Sherman with his butt exposed (to moon friends who were behind him)? Or the 25YO woman in a pink blouse, carrying…
It sounds like Downtown Coeur d'Alene was a war zone between Sept 7-29, with Coeur d'Alene police responding to one fight after another. Examples: Saturday, Sept 17: 0032 hours: 201 N 2nd St - #CD1492604 – Fight – Eight people fighting near CDA Press and…
My wife and I were touring an art museum when we discovered that art wasn't the most remarkable aspect of the building. The most memorable part of the building was the restrooms. We were in a Spanish museum when we both needed a bathroom and…
Week 5 Rankings: Rank Team Record Points 1st Place Votes 1. Coeur d'Alene 5-0 30 5 2. Ferris 4-0 25 3. Colfax 4-0 18 4. Freeman 5-0 11 5. Post Falls 5-1 10 6 Central Valley 4-1 8 *Also receiving points: West Valley (2), Mead…
George Sayler, the former Idaho legislator who's now running for City Council emailed HucksOnline: "I thought you might like to know, since I have read on Huckleberries about other candidates facebook pages, that I now also have one. It is brand new and I am…
Amanda Knox, center, is escorted as she arrives for an appeal hearing at the Perugia court, central Italy, earlier today. The 24-year-old Knox looked tense as she entered a packed courthouse. Moments ago, the court found Knox not guilty of murder and 4 other charges.…
A Priest River High football player is in a Spokane hospital recovering from an injury sustained in a 63-6 loss to Timberlake on Friday. Details are sketchy because Priest River High School isn’t releasing any information. Athletic director Brandi Johnson is referring all calls to…
When hunters go afield in search of game this fall, many will leave their wives and girlfriends at home to manage the household. For some women it’s a break from their men, a time to indulge in their own hobbies. For others, it just means…
Contrary to what you may have heard, Sandi Bloem doesn’t have a no-clap rule for her council meetings. Her Sandiness was accused by detractor Mary Souza of not allowing applause during her three terms as Coeur d’Alene mayor. Souza, who operates the anti-Bloem administration website,…
This might get played down in church, but Father Roger LaChance assures that the good book has animals covered. After all, Genesis says the man upstairs gave them names. "When you name something, you know it, it's part of your existence," LaChance said. Still, it…
Family members watch as the remains of U.S. Army Spc. Robert E. Dyas leaves the tarmac Sunday at Gowen Field in Boise. Dyas was killed in action in Afghanistan on Sept. 21. Statesman story here. (Idaho Statesman: Chris Butler) Letterman snags wrangler who saved boy…
11:37 a.m. Dustin is in a hurry to get a VIN inspection on his vehicle. 11:05 a.m. Caller from 1500 block of E. Elm/CdA reports a trespasser on premises. 10:53 a.m. An employee of Safeway, on Neider/CdA, reports some kind of threat made. 10;51 a.m.…
To have you Pac-12 is a treat – the Cougs need more teams they can beat. The Bard of Sherman Avenue
Weekend Poll: Hucks Nation doesn't want to know the party affiliation of candidates running for office in local, nonpartisan elections. The county Reagan Republicans, the Pachyderm Club, and other county Republicans are pushing candidates to reveal their party affiliation. 97 of 177 (54.8%) don't want…
Niklas Ajo of Finland falls from his Aprilia during the 125cc race at the Grand Prix of Japan at the Twin Ring Motegi circuit in Motegi, north of Tokyo, Sunday. Ajo retired from the race after the accident. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi) Question: Have you ever…
Seems Bill McCrory is upset by that Coeur d'Alene Press poll that shows newcomer Adam Graves comfortably ahead of long-time incumbent Ron Edinger, 56% to 44% (or about 310 to 245 votes). McCrory is miffed that the bar graph seems to put Graves even further…
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.
