Coeur d'Alene's Madison Sumner, right, and Erin Legel, left, battle wtih Lake City's Kassie Torres for the loose ball during teh first quarter Friday night at Coeur d'Alene High School during the annual Fight for the Fish game. (Special photo to SR: Bruce Twitchell) The…
In this Thursday, Nov. 24 photo, U.S. Rep Gabrielle Giffords, D-Ariz. and her husband, retired Capt. Mark Kelly, serve a Thanksgiving meal to troops at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz. U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords has arrived in Tucson, Ariz., to begin commemorating the…
Outrage continues to grow over a viral video showing physical play during a recent high school basketball game. Now the player at the center of the controversy, Connell senior Cole Vanderbilt, is receiving death threats. The video was posted by the relative of a Highland…
Despite a speech from U.S. Sen. Jim Risch backing Mitt Romney, Rep. Ron Paul won Friday’s pay-to-play vote. Paul’s surrogate was Washington state Rep. Matt Shea of Spokane Valley. How strong a win? The former Libertarian got 43 percent (173 votes) to the former Massachusetts…
Where ever did Idaho Treasurer Ron Crane get the idea you should cover the cost of his daily commute to work? Everybody else in Idaho is shelling out $3 and $4 a gallon for gas. But Crane, who commutes the 50-mile round trip from his…
I lifted weights 3 times this work week & got in one long walk. I'm off to a decent start New Year's resolution wise. But I still need to fill out my New Year's resolution list. I usually concentrate on one to three things I'd…
"I do this to strengthen my core muscles" said David Kopf, as he rode his unicycle through City Park in Coeur d'Alene on Friday. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)
On the 700ESPN Twitter site, Patchin, Lukens & Osso ask: "How often should a man get a haircut? 3 or 4 times a year do it?" Question (for the Men of HucksOnline): How obten do you get you hair cut?
5:59 p.m. 20ish male in Emerald Estates/Hayden area is despondent b/c his wife left him. 5:27 p.m. Caller reports e/b truck driving recklessly @ I-90 & Sherman Avenue/CdA. 5:23 p.m. Caller reports ongoing problem w/neighbor drug habits in 100 block of E. Borah/CdA. 5:09 p.m.…
On her Facebook page, Peggy Rushing-Mattfeld of Golden Vision Photography posted this photo of an eagle in full flight spotted on Lake Coeur d'Alene. Now, I can see why those fools were parking in the middle of the road this morning to take in this…
HucksOnline has been down for almost an hour as a result of another Time-Warner power malfunction. I'm home now to complete the work week's posting. Thanks, Time-Warner. That's why I use Direct TV at home.
The Legislature's Health Care Task Force has voted 11-1 to endorse the draft legislation for an Idaho health insurance exchange, and to “send it to a germane committee to let them determine whether it's best for the state or not,” in the words of Sen.…
... That all three incumbents of the Legislative District 1 will face challengers in the state GOP primaries this spring. Dr. Lorna Finman is sponsoring a reception for two of them from 8:30 to 10:30 p.m. Saturday in the Grove Hotel Hospitality Room in Boise.…
An Avista construction worker is helping move six miles of natural gas pipeline as part of the Highway 95 reconstruction from Chilco to Athol. Dan Kolbet shot this photo about a half mile south of Silverwood. You can see a slide show of the project…
Trish Gannon re: "Connell cage roughness goes viral": You know, I really stink at evaluating games but I looked at the ‘short’ video and nothing stands out as particularly harmful. I remember one game in Priest River where one of our kids actually got punched,…
JohnA re: "Hart says IRS wrong re: payments": Phil Hart has a very legitimate engineering business and is clearly entitled to his deductions, assuming he has written proof. If, as Larry asserts, they are are legitimate and provable, and all are being disallowed he should…
The word of the day is “maturity.” As in: “Politicians demonstrate maturity when they put aside their fear about Obamacare and implement the law.” Maturity. Gov. Butch Otter told reporters a few days ago that Idaho must move forward with the creation of a state…
A small Washington town of about 4,200 people now has the country's attention after a video, shot at a recent high school basketball game, went viral and showed up on Yahoo.com's homepage.The video, shot by an opposing team's parent, shows Connell payers committing what could…
Operation Migration ultralight pilot Joe Duff led 10 juvenile whooping cranes from Wisconsin to their wintering habitats at Chassahowitzka and St. Marks National Wildlife Refuges along Florida's Gulf Coast. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Birmingham News, Hal Yeager)
11:46 a.m. PFPD Blue are responding to a woman locked out of running vehicle. (No location given.) 11:42 a.m. Man is in KCSD lobby to discuss possible fraud on 16th Avenue/PF. 11:13 a.m. Patrol officer wants to know what to do with drivers who park…
Councilman Ron Edinger now has two seconds to an expected motion at the Coeur d'Alene City Council meeting to put proposed changes to McEuen Field to a discussion and vote Jan. 17. I suspect that the vote will be 4-3 against an advisory vote with…
Kage Mann: Elvis birthday is this Sunday. Hard to believe the ‘King of Rock’ would have been 77 years old. Twenty years ago, Jerry Glanville used to claim he seen Elvis down south. It’s nice to fantasize every once in a while. Question: Which Elvis…
A group of north Idaho political and business leaders agreed unanimously Wednesday that Idaho should avoid creating a state health insurance exchange and should instead wait for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the Obamacare lawsuit of which Idaho is a plaintiff. The leaders…
In this Nov. 2 file photo by Christopher Anderson/SR, Spokane police officer Karl Thompson walks into the William O. Douglas Federal Courthouse in Yakima Wash. surounded by his family, friends and legal team. Thompson was found guilty on two counts in the death of Otto…
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.
