Kerri Thoreson snapped this pic at Higgins Point yesterday and wrote, "A sweet sad bouquet at water's edge at Higgin's Point. Someone was being missed and loved on this Christmas morning." Is there someone special you were missing this Christmas?
Yes, DFO needs to take a few days off to recover from having a few days off. Meanwhile, we mortals slave on. Are you taking the rest of the week off like Dave, or are you chained to a desk like me? Lots of newsworthy…
Karen DenBraven, NIATT director at the University of Idaho, explains the research and development the program is doing to make 2-cycle snowmobiles more fuel economical and reduce air and noise pollution. MOSCOW, Idaho – The University of Idaho’s transportation institute is where research quite literally…
Okay, so I've never made the CdA eagle watching pilgrimage. But honestly, how many of you have? From Rich Landers Outdoors blog: WILDLIFE WATCHING — Carlene Hardt heard about the huge numbers of bald eagles congregating at Lake Coeur d'Alene and finally made time on…
On Christmas Eve we caught Thor trying to help himself to Milo's stocking. Catnip may have been involved. Did you get your pet/s anything for Christmas?
Kids are notorious for faking fevers to stay home from school. A new study suggests their parents aren’t much better. Nearly half of the workers surveyed admitted to calling in sick when they weren’t. Adecco Group North America, the temporary staffing company that commissioned the…
FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Blind and alone in Alaska winter temperatures that dipped 40 degrees below zero, a lost 8-year-old Fairbanks dog wasn’t given much of a chance to make it home. But after walking 10 miles to the edge of a local musher’s dog yard,…
Sam Bishop, left, purchases a Springfield XD 40 handgun from salesman Nick Brown on Tuesday at Sharp Shooting Indoor Range and Gun Shop. A New York newspaper is under criticism for publishing the names and addresses of local gun owners on Monday. In a piece…
Colds are caused by cold weather. No, they are caused by viruses. However, you might be more susceptible to colds in the winter months because you tend to go indoors in crowded environments where you are more likely to pick up other people’s viruses. Plus,…
Rahim checks out parts of his new prosthetic leg before being fitted at Kootenai Prosthetics & Orthotics in Post Falls in July. A 12-year-old boy in southwest Afghanistan is attending school, playing soccer and helping around his home with the aid of a prosthetic leg…
Tens of thousands of people have signed a petition calling for British CNN host Piers Morgan to be deported from the U.S. over his gun control views. Morgan has taken an aggressive stand for tighter U.S. gun laws in the wake of the Newtown, Conn.,…
This little gem is my favorite Christmas gift this year. It features brilliant poems, like this one: This is My Chair This is my chair This is my couch This is my bed This is my bench This is my chaise This is my settee…
James Finch, a service adviser for the US Bank Service Center, takes a call at the facility in Coeur d’Alene on Dec. 19. For a room where hundreds may be on the phone at once, it’s surprisingly serene on the floor of the US Bank…
BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A divided Idaho Supreme Court has sided with the utility PacifiCorp in a tax fight the state has said could shift millions in assessments to others. Justices issued a 3-2 ruling Monday, with the majority affirming a lower court decision in…
In this Saturday, March 3, 1984 file photo, from left, actors Charles Durning, Eliott Gould and Screen Actors Guild President Ed Asner take a break before the filming of the 50th Anniversary Special celebrating the guild. LOS ANGELES – Charles Durning, the two-time Oscar nominee…
LOS ANGELES – Jack Klugman, the prolific, craggy-faced character actor and regular guy who was loved by millions as the messy one in TV’s “The Odd Couple” and the crime-fighting coroner in “Quincy, M.E.,” died Monday, a son said. Klugman, who lost his voice to…
WASHINGTON – As President Barack Obama and congressional Republicans wrangle over tax increases and spending cuts, they can agree on something: They want to lower the corporate tax rate. The U.S. has the highest overall rate of any of the world’s developed economies. It took…
Who wants to go to the movies? This week's news quiz is awarding two free tickets to a random entrant, and our overall champ will take home a $50 gift card to the Davenport Hotel. You're 10 interactive questions from being in the running! Good…
A house burns Monday in Webster, N.Y. A former convict set a house and car ablaze in his lakeside New York state neighborhood to lure firefighters then opened fire on them, killing two and engaging police in a shootout before killing himself. WEBSTER, N.Y. –…
I'm still fuming about this story that ran last week: IOWA CITY, Iowa – A dentist acted legally when he fired an assistant that he found attractive simply because he and his wife viewed the woman as a threat to their marriage, the all-male Iowa…
COEUR d'ALENE - Nearly 30 years ago, Orville Dockter sat in the back of a classroom at Lewis-Clark State College in Coeur d'Alene and listened to a lecture. He didn't mind listening because his job was to drive his wife, Audreilee, back and forth to…
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.
