For those keeping score at home, I voted absentee at Kootenai County election HQ, for the $32M Coeur d'Alene School District levy. NIC Trustee Ken Howard and his wife were at the polls voting the same time that I did. 2 others came in to…
From left, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman and Jordyn Wieber, members of the United States women's Olympic gymnastics gold medal-winning team, pretend to talk on telephones while posing for photos on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, today in New York. (AP Photo/Alex Katz)…
JeanieS: Today is one of the happiest days I have ever known. My two grandchildren were born this morning. Hunter (6.9 lbs) and Abigail (6.7 lbs). I am thrilled beyond words. It’s also one of the saddest days I have ever known - I won’t…
Federal prosecutors are calling for Idaho Rep. Phil Hart’s proposed bankruptcy plan to be dismissed, saying it’s improper, it wouldn’t appropriately satisfy his half-million-dollar federal income tax debt, and it relies on an income source that will disappear at the end of this year: His…
"He looked a little too comfortable," said Karin Roberts of Spokane as she shook the line that was attatched to her husband Jeff Roberts during their adventure with Coeur d'Alene Parasailing on Tuesday. The trip was a surprise 20th wedding anniversary present from her husband.…
5:39 p.m. Dog left in hot vehicle @ Hayden WalMart parking lot. 5:28 p.m. Vehicle theft reported in 1900 block of W. Appleway/CdA. 5:18 p.m. Vehicle burglary reported in 3100 block of Kathy Loop/CdA. 5:16 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Resort reports disorderly male in Plaza Shops…
Today 1st Congressional District candidate Jimmy Farris praised Congressman Mike Simpson for condemning Congresswoman Michele Bachmann’s (pictured in AP photo) claim that the U.S. government has been infiltrated by the Muslim Brotherhood. Congressman Simpson spoke out against Bachmann’s claims Friday, calling them “outrageous” and “a…
Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns tells Huckleberries that bear sightings on Priest Lake have become routine this year. But this is carrying things a bit far. Michael Potesky snapped this photo of a bear that swam to Bishop's Marina, hopped on to the breakwater &…
Seems yet another individual has died during the swim portion of a triathlon this summer -- this time a Boise doctor participating in the annual race at Emmett, Idaho. Matthew Sell, a doctor who treated newborn infants at Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center in Boise,…
Idaho’s rugged mountain ranges, numerous lakes, rivers and streams, verdant forests, scenic deserts and abundant wildlife rival the beauty of any state, but for Karen Ballard, the Gem State’s exceptional citizens are what give its quality of life an edge over virtually anywhere else in…
When we last visited former Lakeland School District instructor Meghan Ridley, she was cutting her teeth as a writer for Dope Magazine in Seattle. A free spirit, Meghan resigned her teaching position after being a local union leader and teacher of the year, partly in…
Here's another design view of MillerStaffer Architects "Field of Dreams" ballpark for the Cherry Hill Park complex, along 15th Street, just north of the freeway.
On her Facebook wall, Cindy asks: "How do you handle your text messages? Do you delete them as soon as you've replied? Do you let them just keep piling up telling your inboxes are jammed?" Moi? I delete all the texts, missed calls and phone…
On his Facebook wall, LCSC-CdA spokesman Marc Stewart posts: "Am I the only person who thinks school uniforms are a burden to the parents? They're costly and time consuming. We're paying $5 for every item of clothing that is required to have the school logo…
My eyes struggled to adjust to the darkness outside as they focused on the faint flashes of light in the southern sky spread out above my back step. Lightning? I squinted, slowly noting the emerald green tinge to the light. Lightning’s not green, I thought,…
The Atmospheric Ruminations blogger returned to Coeur d'Alene this month for his Coeur d'Alene High reunion. He was impressed with many things he saw, puzzled by others. In a blog post about his adventure, written from the Bates Motel (where he wasn't stabbed in the…
We went to a local small-town festival today. It was a ton of fun and the weather was perfect. Great, right? Well, first, some woman smoking a cigarette TOUCHED OUR NEWBORN DAUGHTER. While smoking. I don’t mean to ruffle feathers but that is not OK…
Here's a Miller-Stauffer conceptual drawing of the planned "Field of Dreams" for Cherry Hill. Huckleberries hears from an inside Berry Picker: "Bobby Brett (owner of the Spokane Chiefs and Spokane Indians) and Irv Zakheim will be at the Cd'A Parks and Rec meeting (in the…
12:14 p.m. A CdA Safeways has contained an animal & wants animal control to pick it up ASAP. 12:04 p.m. Cement truck on w/b I-90 @ M/P 18, east of CdA, is dropping chunks of concrete. 11:55 a.m. Someone is parked in middle of Coeur…
Athol Daze Queen Rachel Peterson pauses during her royal duties (over the weekend) to be photographed by Herb Huseland/Bay Views, who provides the following report re: Athol's 103rd birthday here. Faux outrage or lying a lot on the campaign trail/Arch Druid A tale of two…
A few months ago, the Dadcentric blog published a post about the discriminatory policy of the Boy Scouts of America. I read it, nodded in agreement, and then went and got ready for my son’s Boy Scout meeting. That’s right, we’re staying with the Boy…
As the analysis continues around Mitt Romney’s selection of Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan as his running mate a little history may inform how, generally speaking, unimportant the Number Two’s are to the eventual success of a national ticket. For sure Ryan brings youth, partisan excitement,…
A group of horses graze in a pasture near the Eastside Highway while the full moon rose over the Bitterroot Valley near Stevensville, Mont., earlier this month. (AP Photo/Ravalli Republic, David Erickson) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR TESH to clean Coeur d'Alene High/Maureen Dolan, Press Frontier…
Monday Poll: A plurality of Hucks Nation said Republican Mitt Romney made a wise choice in selecting deficit hawk Paul Ryan to be his VP running mate. 72 of 155 respondents (46.45%) took that position. 62 of 155 respondents (40%) said that Romney didn't make…
The entry "f-bomb," photographed in New York on Friday is one of the 15 new additions in the 11th edition of Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary. (AP Photo/Richard Drew) It's about freakin' time. The term "F-bomb" first surfaced in newspapers more than 20 years ago but only…
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.
