If one has spent the majority of his life donating blood — nearly 40 gallons worth — you’d suspect he’d say he’s done it out of a profound sense of community, a willingness to help others or some other altruistic motive. At 83, Eldo Androes…
A pediatrician who worked in Pocatello during the 1980s is behind bars for allegedly waterboarding his daughter. His wife was also arrested on charges of recklessly endangering their children. The 11-year-old daughter of Dr. Melvin Morse and his wife, Pauline Morse, told law enforcement that…
Seven-term GOP Rep. Mike Simpson said Friday that Rep. Michele Bachmann's claim that an extremist Islamic group has infiltrated the U.S. government is a revival of McCarthyism that must be condemned. "I thought it was outrageous," Simpson told the Idaho Statesman's editorial board Friday. "We…
Mel Stuart, the Emmy-winning filmmaker and documentarian who tackled such serious subjects as the assassination of John F. Kennedy and mental illness but is perhaps best known for directing the whimsical Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory, has died. He was 83. Madeline Stuart told…
The team from Great Britain competes during the synchronized swimming team technical routine at the Aquatics Centre in the Olympic Park during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Thursday. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill) Question: How long can you hold your breath under water?
12:22 p.m. Residential burglary reported @ Garwood & Rimrock. 12:09 p.m. A cow is loose on Silver Meadows Loop/Athol. 11;51 a.m. Distraught individual in Aisle 11 of Safeway on Neider/CdA threatening suicide. 11:36 a.m. CPD officer is dealing with a parking problem at Independence Point…
Item: Costly communications: Union reps: Frontier Cd'A call center closing so cheaper workers can be hired in South Carolina/David Cole, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: Union representatives said this week that the more than 100 employees at the Frontier Communications Corp. call center in Coeur…
On his Facebook wall, Kevin Richert of the Idaho Statesman writes: "So, eight days after dropping Dish Network to return to DirecTV, I've received an email and a snail mail saying Dish is "willing to do almost anything" to get us back. Of course, they've…
Scotty Roberts waits to have someone help move his oxygen tanks last Friday from an RV parked behind the Guardians Foundation's facility in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. Roberts and a half dozen other homeless veterans moved into a home being rented by the Guardians Foundation. Story…
Thursday Poll: A plurality of Hucks Nation believes that the unprecedented heat in much of the USA is caused by global warming 70 of 141 respondents (49.65%) took that position. Meanwhile, 64 of 141 respondents (45.39%) said that global warming isn't the underlying cause of…
United States' Brooke Crain (32) passes Alise Post, also of the U.S., who crashed in a BMX cycling women's semifinal run during the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, Friday. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena) Question: Have you ever had a bad crash on your bicycle?
At the Idaho Statesman, opinionator Kevin Richert has discovered a new sort of political animal -- RIVOs (Republicans In Voting Only). Among the RIVOs, you can list Kermit Kiebert of Ponderay, former Parma mayor Margie Watson and Corey Smith of Idaho Falls. All describe themselves…
In Thumbstack.com's annual business survey, Idaho ranked as the friendliest state in the nation for small business, followed by Texas, Oklahoma, Utah and Louisiana. The online referral company, in conjunction with the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, surveyed more than 6,000 small business owners across the…
And why not? The car-sized rover traveled more than eight months and 352 million miles before making a dramatic landing Sunday on the Red Planet. Since its arrival, Curiosity has sent us a steady flow of photographs of the planet's barren landscape, including Thursday's 360-degree…
Recruits swarmed outside Wallace Residence Hall Thursday, taking their place in the University of Idaho's biggest sorority recruitment in more than 20 years. "To see our numbers up so high is very encouraging," Matthew Kurz, UI director of sorority and fraternity life, said. "There's a…
Democrats seem to think raising taxes is a vital ingredient in the recipe for righting the nation's unbalanced budget. Republicans, on the other hand, appear to be armed only with scalpels and cold stares. So who's right? Or, as common sense suggests, isn't a little…
United States' Abby Wambach celebrates after winning the women's soccer gold medal match against Japan at the 2012 Summer Olympics on Thursday in London. The United States won 2-1. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis) In the 1972 Olympics, the U.S. team had 316 men and 84 women.…
A proposed land swap involving Camp Easton, a historic Boy Scout camp, can proceed, according to a judge's decision handed down Thursday. Judge John Luster reaffirmed his earlier ruling to dismiss a lawsuit filed against the Inland Northwest Council of Boy Scouts seeking to block…
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's, it's, it's two planes, apparently. That booming noise residents heard around 4 p.m. Wednesday? It came from a pair of military-looking jets flying over Coeur d'Alene and Hayden, multiple witnesses reported. But if they really were military jets,…
Stickman visited the office to drop off a baggy full of huckleberries Wednesday afternoon. I've been eating them by the handful. Wonderful. Thoughtful. It makes what do here that much easier. Thanks, Stickman. For the huckleberries. And for constantly reminding us that the community that…
Britain's Francesca Jones performs during the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around qualifications at at the 2012 Summer Olympics today in London. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
The Coeur d’Alene Police Department is actively looking for citizens who would like to become a Reserve Police Officer with the Department. We currently have eight (8) active Reserve Officers. Reserve Officers are required to work/volunteer sixteen (16) hours per month. Reserve Officers will be…
5:25 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Aug. 8-9 here. 5:10 p.m. Someone is suffering breathing problems @ Silverwood Theme Park/Athol. 4:46 p.m. 2 large plastic crates are lying on slow lane on e/b I-90 @ Pleasantview/PF. 4:39 p.m. 60YO male may be…
Transfer cases containing the remains of Navy Petty Officer 3rd Class Clayton R. Beauchamp, left case, and Army Spc. Ethan J. Martin, right case, sit on a loader during a prayer today at Dover Air Force Base, Del. According to the Department of Defense, Beauchamp,…
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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