Pecky Cox of As The Lake Churns blog is shown with actor-commenter Ben Stein at her recent 50th birthday party at Hill's Resort at Priest Lake. Top Blog Post: We’ve always danced around the issue of how our children should address our adult friends. Of…
Cynthia Sawyer got a surprise while playing her Idaho Lottery $100,000 Big Winner Scratch GameTM from Barney’s Harvest Food in Pinehurst last Saturday while shopping for her weekly groceries. “I scratched it as I went around the store doing my shopping,” confessed Sawyer, a life-long…
Carson City Sheriff's deputies investigate the scene of the shooting at IHOP restaurant in Carson City, Nev., today. A gunman with a rifle opened fire at a International House of Pancakes restaurantkilling three people including two uniformed National Guard members and himself, and wounding six…
It looks like we're going to have contested races for all three Coeur d'Alene City Council seats. Adams Graves, the Downtown Association treasurer, just told Hucks Online that he's filing for incumbent Ron Edinger's council seat. Edinger plans to seek re-election. With filing deadline set…
The comment is enough to raise eyebrows: During a recent August recess swing through Twin Falls, Sen. Jim Risch compared the federal Environmental Protection Agency to the Gestapo. The Twin Falls Times-News mentioned the comment in passing in an Aug. 19 article. But Risch says…
It took a bit to sort out the data, but here's the effect on incumbents of L-71, the North Idaho compromise plan for legislative districts 1-7: Sens. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, and Joyce Broadsword, R-Sagle, would end up in the same district, forcing a face-off in…
Preliminary autopsy results are consistent with drowning in the case of a 5-year-old boy who was trapped underwater following an Aug. 28 car accident on Fernan Lake Road. The autopsy on Evan Deshazer did not reveal any internal injuries, said Lt. Stu Miller of the…
Kellen Moore will appear on the new issue of Sports Illustrated that will hit newsstands tomorrow, according to the Idaho Press-Tribune & Idaho Statesman. Sports Illustrated is going with two covers this week — and one features Boise State quarterback Kellen Moore. Click on the…
Four Kootenai County men and a woman comprise go to the head of the class of people wanted on felony warrants by sheriff's Major Ben Wolfinger. They are: Joshua Lloyd Curran (upper right), 35, of Hayden, who is wanted on 2 counts of delivery of…
Your child’s backpack is stocked with shiny folders, new pencils and blank paper full of potential. While some southern Idaho students have gone back to class, the majority will return Tuesday. As parents, you’ve made sure immunizations are current, clothes fit and your kid can…
The Coeur d'Alene City Council will discuss a possible second dog park in Coeur d'Alene when it meets at 6 o'clock tonight. Discussions have been under way to install a second off leash dog park at Cherry Hill Park off 15th Street. The proposed site…
The sun sets over Shouse Arena at the Twin Falls County Fair in Filer on Saturday. (AP Photo/Times-News,Ashley Smith) Fall drawdown of Lake Coeur d'Alene begins/SR Latah County deputies seize 137 marijuana plants/SR Man dies in BASE jump from Twin Falls bridge/Twin Falls Times-News Sports…
On her Facebook wall, Nicole Hensley offers this photo from KXLY viewer Andrew Hodge of a scene he saw this weekend at 3rd & Garden in Coeur d'Alene. Writes Nicole: "This hot weather brings nothing good for whoever this guy is..." Question: How much do…
11:45 a.m. Sandy has questions re: rash of burglaries in Emerald Estates/Hayden subdivision. 11:31 a.m. 54YO male guest at Comfort Inn on E. Seltice Way/PF possibly suffering heart attack. 11:14 a.m. Woman is locked out of her blue Ford Ranger, parked along NIC Dike Road.…
Linda Lantzy/Idaho Scenic Images snapped this shot of Devoto Cedar Grove on the Idaho side of Lolo Pass. She writes on her Facebook wall: "I left home at 4 am to try to beat the sun. Not early enough, but I like this one."
Here's a look at the North Idaho legislative district map, L-71, submitted today by GOP Commissioner Lorna Finman of Rathdrum and Democratic Commissioner Julie Kane of Lapwai. It puts Boundary County and the majority of Bonner County, including the entire Clark Fork area, into District…
Oh my goodness such a bummer – here comes autumn there goes summer! The Bard of Sherman Avenue
On her Facebook wall, Amber Copeland posts: "I am going to file my paperwork tomorrow for city council. The real question is what should I wear? Sensible business attire or a mini skirt and tube top. Hahaha yeah right. Tube tops should be illegal after…
Mike Kennedy sent the following email to County Clerk Cliff Hayes and his assistant, Pat Raffee, this morning: "I’m not sure if you are both on vacation or not, but as the candidate filing window for this election year has begun, the interest in an…
Mayor Cox Elorde of Bunawan township, Agusan del Sur Province, pretends to measure a huge crocodile which was captured by residents and crocodile farm staff along a creek in Bunawan late Saturday in southern Philippines. Elorde said Monday that dozens of villagers and experts ensnared…
Weekend Poll: When offered a choice solely between Sarah Palin & Michele Bachmann for president, Hucks Nation opted for Sarah Palin (some voting with thumb and forefinger firmly pinched against nose). 118 of 214 respondents (55.14%) picked Palin over Bachmann, who received 96 of 214…
PatrickH: The commissioners can cut funding for programs aimed at feeding seniors, and keeping kids out of trouble, but they have no problem with across the board increases at the County Clerk’s office, including 6k for furniture? Dan Green’s excuse when I called him was…
A pair of the new spring/sommer shoe collection are silhouetted while they are seen at a preview in Duesseldorf, Germany, Tuesday. The shoes will be on display at the international Shoe Fair (GDS) from Wednesday through Friday. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein) Question (for the Ladies of…
We still have most of a week to go before the lineup is more-or-less (not counting possible write-in candidates) set for the municipal elections for mayor and City Council positions this fall. Upon reading that one of the candidates would be Adam Graves, a parking…
Government subsidizes everything from the water you drink to the car you drive. Why should mail delivery to the nation's rural outposts be the one exception? The U.S. Postal Service is running $8.3 billion short. What had been a branch of the U.S. government became…
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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