Lucy Bodenhemier, 11, right, is comforted by her mother, Kathy as community members gather to sing "Silent Night? at the Winterhaven Festival of Lights in Tucson, Ariz., today, as a memorial for the Sandy Hook Elementary School victims. After the song the names of each…
Such an incredibly sad week this last week, punctuated by today's moment of silence this morning for the 26 victims of the senseless massacre in Newtown a week ago. The reverberations of the shootings are felt in Kootenai County today, where 3 of the 4…
Since I started this blog, I've adamantly opposed resorting to real identities for the commenters on the various threads. I'm still against the idea. But not as adamantly. In fact, I'm curious how things would run here, if everyone commented under their real names. I…
Russell Elementary School students serenade Christmas carols tocCity of Moscow employees at City Hall on Thursday. (Moscow Pullman Daily News photo: Dean Hare) 38YO Spirit Lake man faces lewd conduct charges/KHQ Twin Falls paper puts gun column on Page 1/Todd Dvorak, AP Long-time Nampa newspaper…
5:46 p.m. PFPD is looking for red 1997 Ford Escape that was taken by 2 hitchhikers from Del Taco/H41 after the driver topped & entered restaurant. Hitchhikers described as 5-7 male w/short hair & very small female w/long brown hair, named Michael and Alecia. 5:48…
Spokesman Keith Erickson provides the following roundup of news from the Lake City Development Corp. meeting this week: Riverstone rebound: Several news businesses have moved into the Riverstone development recently. The Main Street condominiums have sold out and there are plans under way for 150…
Nic doesn't believe the world is coming to an end today (nor do most of you, for that matter): But if you're one of those gullible people making rash decisions based on the assumption that there's no tomorrow, you might as well go out listening…
"Granted, they are not exactly those feet that prove you are laying out on a sandy beach somewhere in the Caribbean, but, you get the idea," posts Stebbijo/Stebbijo's Place. "This is the holiday season with my feet up! I am pretty lucky and fortunate, that…
It was a strange day for the Coeur d’Alene girls basketball team Thursday. And for Highland of Pocatello for that matter. The teams were scheduled to play tonight in a nonleague game. But CdA learned Thursday that school today was canceled because parents were concerned…
Student Resource Officers/Detectives Jon Spranget, front and Andy Sterling of the Coeur d'Alene Police Department made a stop at Skyway Elementary, where a schools plus program was in session, during their rounds today. Schools were closed in the Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls and Lakeland school…
An express-lane cashier looked up and said “How are you two doing today?” Then, immediately, she realized the man and woman next in line were not together. Each had a shopping basket. No one was troubled, of course. But it would have been the perfect…
"In my very humble opinion, Wayne LaPierre embarrassed himself and the NRA today. He had a chance to change the national opinion of the NRA and he simply threw red meat to the base. He had a week to come up with something meaningful and…
A Jefferson County man was charged Thursday after authorities accused him of waterboarding at least two boys and injuring a woman who tried to stop him. William Albert Province, 42, also is suspected of making threats to a school, Child Protective Services officials and foster…
Following is an opinion piece by Chief Allan, leader of the Coeur d'Alene Indian Tribe, re: the fiscal cliff: It’s time to buckle down and address one of the biggest budget issues this country has faced in decades, the “fiscal cliff” – a series of…
Digger: A little shocked to wake up and see my name in the obituaries. Only after rubbing my eyes and reading it again did I discover it said 'Harry D. Johnson.'" Question: Have you ever had a similar experience to the one Digger describes above?
Activist Medea Benjamin, of Code Pink, is led away by security as she protests during a statement by National Rifle Association executive vice president Wayne LaPierre, left, during a news conference in response to the Connecticut school shooting on Friday in Washington. The nation's largest…
In the last week or so, Mayor Sandi Bloem referred to the attempt earlier this year to recall herself and three members of the City Council as a victory: once at the retirement event for Susan Weathers (retiring City Clerk) and again at her State…
Everyone deals with tragedy in their own way. For Sandpoint resident Randy Carne, the Sandy Hook Elementary School tragedy still weighs heavily on his mind as he and his loved ones as Christmas nears. However, the recent heavy snowfalls have given him a way to…
11:17 a.m. Commercial fire alarm sounding @ Parkside condos, Front Avenue, CdA. 11:14 a.m. Someone suffering possible stroke near boat launch @ Bayview Marina. 11:09 a.m. DMV workers report wanted person in driver's license office/CdA. 10:22 a.m. CPD Blue stopping to check security @ Winton…
Investors sent Washington a reminder Friday that Wall Street is a power player in talks to avoid the "fiscal cliff." Stocks fell sharply after House Republicans called off a vote on tax rates and left federal budget talks in disarray 10 days before sweeping tax…
Idaho's Robert Harris Jr. (1) drives the lane against Boise State's defense during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game on Thursday in Boise. Idaho, 4-6, led early and at half before faltering late to lose 86-76 to the Broncos, 8-2. SportsLink story…
The nation’s largest gun-rights lobby is calling for armed police officers to be posted in every American school to stop the next killer “waiting in the wings.” The National Rifle Association broke its silence today on last week’s shooting rampage at a Connecticut elementary school…
A woman, left, wipes tears off a man as they pay respects in front of a makeshift memorial before the couple joined fire officials for a moment of silence at 9:30 a.m. (EST) today in Newtown, Conn. Officials say the gunman, Adam Lanza, killed his…
Wednesday-Thursday Poll: A slight majority opposes a proposal unanimously approved by the Bonner County GOP Central Committee that would allow school employees to carry guns, on a voluntary basis. 157 of 305 respondents (51.48%) oppose the idea. 138 of 305 respondents (45.25%) support it. 10…
Children massacred in Connecticut. Fiscal cliff drawing closer. Gun lobby loading up; anti-activists speaking up. And today, if you believe the ethereally deranged, all us sinners in the hands of an angry God will get what we've got coming to us. And no, it won't…
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.
