If you're like me, you're starting to wonder when all those nice green tomatoes on the bushes in the garden are going to begin to turn red. At this point, there's much promise -- and I suppose the great weather we've had for awhile will…
Maica Garcia of Spain, in blue cap, reacts as she gets into position in front of Tamas Varga of Hungary during their women's semifinal water polo match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, in London. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant) Question: What do you think Maica's thinking?
In her Main Street column this week, Kerri Thoreson tells a heart-warming story of a Coeur d'Alene woman and her son opening a house at 10th & Pennsylvania to landscape architech Jon Mueller and his siblings to enjoy a 60th anniversary in their childhood home.…
5;47 p.m. Wanted male in green shirt reportedly working pits @ Stateline Speedway on Beck Road. 5:36 p.m. Resident on Spruce/CdA reports 3 males taking something from neighbor's trailer. 5:05 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Aug. 7-8 here. 4:41 p.m. Caller reports…
Steve Spletstoser, who oversees quality control for Idaho Forest Group’s Laclede mill, straightens the lettering on a sign welcoming Japanese buyer Koji Fujiwara. Molly Messick provides StateImpact story re: how Japanese love for traditional homebuilding reversed the fortunes of the struggling Laclede mill. Story here.…
On the New York Times opinion page, columnist Randy Cohen holds up Idaho -- Idaho! -- as an example of reasonable bicycle law when it comes to stop signs. (Bicyclists can treat them like yield signs and roll through them if the coast is clear.)…
"You wouldn’t know it from looking at this picture of my son napping on the beach (recently), but our summer hasn’t been lazy at all," Idaho Dad/A Family Runs Through It.. "It seems like we’re busier now than ever. At least for one afternoon, however,…
Austin Wierschke, left, of Rhinelander, Wis., and Kent Augustine, of Jamaica, N.Y., compete during the final round of the 2012 LG U.S. National Texting Championship today in New York. Wierschke defended his title here. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Question: Would you rather text someone or call…
Jennifer Drake and Sara Meyer, the organizers of the successful anti-recall movement, haven't gone away. They just launched Citizens for a Positive Coeur d'Alene, a nonpartisan group dedicated to keep Coeur d'Alene "moving in a positive direction." Jennifer explains to Huckleberries: "We come from all…
Coeur d'Alene resident Shawn Schlager talked about the making of his documentay that detailed the hardships of being unemployed. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Michelle Schlager had been through a few tough years with her husband, Shaun. He lost his job as a graphic designer in…
On a unanimous vote, with even long-time holdout Councilman Ron Edinger agreeing, the Coeur d'Alene City Council OK'd an agreement with American Legion Baseball to move the ALB diamond from McEuen Field to Ramsey Park. The 6-0 decision Tuesday night followed a discussion in which…
There they stand in a photo sent to the state media – Governor C.L. “Butch” Otter and members of The Idaho State Lottery Commission proudly holding a large mock check for $41.5 million made out to the state. Governor Otter is clearly pleased with the…
From City Clerk Susan Weathers' rough draft of the minutes from the Coeur d'Alene City Council meeting Tuesday night. City Administrator Wendy Gabriel gave the following report re: McEuen Park project work, which includes "mass grading at the parking lot of City Hall and the…
The California Fish and Game Commission removed its president on Wednesday, months after he was criticized for killing a mountain lion in Idaho. Real estate developer Dan Richards was stripped of his leadership role with little discussion during a meeting in Ventura. "I was fully…
Russian gymnast Kseniia Afanaseva holds a portrait of an Orthodox Saint after her performance during the artistic gymnastics women's floor exercise final at the 2012 Summer Olympics on Tuesday in London. Afanaseva placed the portrait near the mat prior to her performance. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)…
12:06 p..m. Coeur d'Alene city truck pulling trailer in crash w/Honda @ Atlas & Seltice Way. 11:41 a.m. Male from 1200 block of Grouse Meadows/Hayden @ KCSD to report lost gun. 11:41 a.m. Undisclosed type of poisoning reported @ Coeur d'Alene Casino/Worley. 11:34 a.m. Chip…
Randy Travis, far right exits the Grayson County jail with two unknown persons Wednesday in Sherman, Texas, after being arraigned on charges of driving while intoxicated and retaliation. Reportedly, Travis was showing too much of his Honky Tonk Moon, as he was buck naked when…
“All over Montana, you can walk into a bar, a café or even a school or a courthouse and just listen for a while as people talk to each other,” Schweitzer explained, shortly after noting 93 percent of his state’s population is classified as Caucasian.…
The American Family Association’s Bryan Fischer has sunk to a new, disturbing low with his anti-gay statements. In two separate tweets last night, he called for an “Underground Railroad to deliver innocent children from same-sex households.” In one tweet he was referring to the sad…
I have never met Mitt Romney – or Barack Obama for that matter – but you sure wouldn’t know that by looking in my mail box. Yesterday I received, I’ve lost count honestly, what must be my 13th or 14th piece of mail from Mitt.…
Well, that’s one way to launch a campaign. Buhl resident Jack Wayne Chappell announced his intent to run as a write-in candidate for Congress, with a press release implying he wants to shoot Congressman Mike Simpson. In the lengthy announcement, Chappell acknowledges his bid is…
Skylar Rogers, 10, finds a splash of cool water at Borah Pool Tuesday in Boise. Hot summer temperatures dominated the day in Boise reaching and tying the record at 106 degrees. (AP/Statesman photo: Darin Oswald) Idaho Reports/Sherry Adkins, SR Official kills wolf associated with attacks…
Tuesday Poll: Only 29% (27 of 93 respondents) of Hucks Nation say they never experience road rage. Of those who do experience road rage, 34.41% (32 of 93) say they do a couple of times a year; 15.05% (14 of 93) say they do a…
A member of the audience returns to his seat after asking Congressman Raul Labrador (background) a question. Phantom Photographer, who took this photo for Huckleberries Online, wasn't sure what the T-shirt message meant. Question: Which one of your personal T-shirt messages do you enjoy/embrace most?
After winding through tree-lined roads or perhaps approaching by boat through ice-blue waters of Priest Lake, you’d be excused for not knowing that inside of Elkins Resort’s rustic log-cabin-style lodge is one of North Idaho’s culinary gems. In operation on the west side of 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.
