I had a good chat with Editor Gary Graham & Blogmeister/Online Editor Ryan Pitts re: the State of HucksOnline this afternoon in the downtown Spokane office. We discussed ways to make this blog sing even more. I enjoy breaking down what we do here for…
The United States team competes in the synchronized swimming technical routine preliminary at the Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, today. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo) Question: How long can you hold your breath under water?
Townspeople cowered indoors today as deputies with high-powered rifles hunted down and killed lions, bears and dozens of other exotic beasts that escaped from a wild-animal preserve after the owner threw their cages open and committed suicide. After an all-night hunt, at least 30 of…
5:53 p.m. Coeur d'Alene police are seeking 15YO runaway 5-8/150lb male named Russell. 5:44 p.m. Jim @ Hayden Meadows wants to speak to officer re: man who followed kids home. 5:26 p.m. Randall is concerned re: his ex taking property while he's absent from house.…
Scot Haug, an assistant professor-business division with Lewis-Clark State College Coeur d’Alene, is blissfully unaware of the bear lurking in the background at the Buck Knives Factory in Post Falls. Haug teaches accounting classes at LC and was part of a student tour of the…
It could be said that breathing easier is a way of life for Coeur d'Alene's Ralph Paul. That metaphor though took on a whole new meaning when the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality air shed coordinator for North Idaho won a $145,000 Wild Card jackpot…
HucksOnline was reading through the panel offerings for the Oppenheimer Ethics Symposium in Boise Thursday, when this one from 2:30 to 5 p.m. caught our attention: “Media Ethics in the Digital Age,” a panel discussion featuring Vicki Gowler, editor, The Idaho Statesman; Anne Wallace Allen,…
A story in the Idaho Press-Tribune reports that all but a couple of the 14 candidates running for city council elections in Nampa & Caldwell are using Facebook & Twitter to reach out to potential voters. Quoth: "One of the more active council races on…
Protestors hug at Camp Occupy Portland in Portland, Ore., Wednesday. Two park blocks in downtown Portland are the site of the camp city. (AP Photo/Don Ryan) Question: Who does the dishes in your house?
Facebook Friend Ron Lahr keeps inviting HucksOnline to ring doorbells for endorsed candidates in the Coeur d'Alene and Post Falls city council races. Seems the RR's are going to be out en masse Saturday morning in Coeur d'Alene, meeting at 10 o'clock at candidate/RR board…
Well, it seems we’ve touched a nerve over at the Sacramento-based Pacific Legal Foundation. They are NOT pleased with our recent blog posting about the Priest Lake wetland case. Pacific Legal Foundation represents the Sacketts in their procedural fight with the EPA. Of course, the…
A 33-year-old Lewiston native who retired as an NFL football player in 2009 after playing for the New England Patriots, the Atlanta Falcons, the Washington Redskins and the San Francisco 49ers has launched a run for Congress in Idaho, taking on freshman GOP Rep. Raul…
11:44 a.m. Rodney wants to speak to deputy re: recent burglaries on Paradise Road/Rathdrum. 10:40 a.m. Firefighters are checking on 911 hangup call from Hecla Mines HQ on Mineral/CdA. 10:34 a.m. A local construction company rep reports getting threatening email today. 10:24 a.m. CPD Blues…
Lindsay Lohan is taken into custody by Los Angeles Country sheriffs after a judge finds her in violation of probation Wednesday in Los Angeles. Superior Court Judge Stephanie Sautner revoked Lohan's probation Wednesday after the actress encountered problems during her community service assignment at a…
It wasn’t supposed to go down this way. The cynics just knew that three Republicans and three Democrats couldn’t possibly redraw Idaho’s congressional and legislative districts. After all, they noted, three other Republicans and three other Democrats had spent the summer trying to do the…
Monday's publication of "Cecil Andrus: Idaho's Greatest Governor" prompted a good deal of chatter about who deserves the title. Chris Carlson, author of the new book, was Andrus' press secretary. Carlson considers Andrus a surrogate father and offers an openly affectionate view. Steve Smylie, a…
October 19 is a date that lives in family infamy. 35 years ago today, my father was killed in a vehicle accident that transformed the future of my family. Mom was 51 then. She's 86 now. She never remarried, saying at times that she wasn't…
Kendall Holt takes a punch from Danny Garcia in the 11th round of a junior welterweight boxing match in Los Angeles Saturday. Garcia won by split decision after the 12th round. (AP Photo/Jae Hong) Question: Have you ever been punched in the face? Why?
The City's decision is nothing new. They had the same rules in place two years ago, but because that was pre-iPad the rules applied only to cell phones. Actually, if the City wants to level the playing field, they can supply all the candidates with…
Tuesday Poll: A slim majority supports the CDATV decision not to allow Coeur d'Alene City Council candidate Adam Graves to use his iPad during his debate Thursday with incumbent Ron Edinger and Amber Copeland. 76 of 146 respondents (52.05%) said Adam's ever-present iPad should be…
Wausau firefighters Jared Thompson, left, and Jamie Giese give artificial respiration to a dog that was rescued from a house fire in Wausau, Wis., Tuesday, Oct. 18, 2011. The dog, a 7-year-old yellow lab named Coda, was reported to be in good condition following the…
KHQ spoke briefly to Robert (Bartlett), as well as the family attorney, who both described (7-year-old hunting accident victim Connor Bartlett) as a boy with a very bright smile and who could "light up a thousand rooms." Family chose not to make a statement on…
Whew. Can you have a debate in which nobody wins? The seven Republican presidential candidates on the stage during the CNN debate in Las Vegas on Tuesday slapped, swatted, slashed, jabbed, picked and poked at each other for two hours. As might be expected, most…
Pam Stout's first brush with fame came in the spring of 2010 when, after appearing in a New York Times story about the rise of the Tea Party, David Letterman invited her on his show to explain the movement. "I know nothing about the Tea…
RE: Police, fire billboard touts wannabes (John Bruning & George Sayler)/HucksOnline Tom Hamilton: To put it in my perspective, I view the responsibility of a Trustee to be primarily advocacy for the taxpayer and the parents. The administration should advocate for the district, the CEA…
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.
