Diane Sherman exercises her dogs Zara and Benji, rear, in Corbin Park on Tuesday in Spokane. The unseasonably mild weather may continue into spring, some forecasters say. Click here. (SR photo: Colin Mulvany) Gonzaga's Dower becoming complete basketballer/Jim Meehan, SR Washington's Gregoire to support gay…
Every time you carry your wife around, just remember - there's a competition for that. It started in Finland in a little town called Sonkajärvi where apparently they decided to start the sport called, "Wife Carrying." According to the internet, there may be deep roots…
Gov. Butch Otter cried wolf by declaring the predators a “disaster emergency” in Idaho last year, according to The Wildlife Society, the international organization of wildlife professionals. The group's newsletter editors ranked that story No. 1 in their list of Top 10 Wildlife News Stories…
Dale Edward Lowell just needed a bit more money. A few dollars here and there - anything to help him make another investment in a stock market he was sure he could figure out. It never worked, but, in his mind, success was just another…
Does anyone think this year the Idaho legislature will suddenly re-consider our current strategy of telling every single state agency, "This year, no building anything, no hiring anyone, no replacing broken items or taking on new projects?" No. This three year austerity strategy has cost…
Social media maven Jamie Lynn Morgan of NW Marketing 411 provided information to KVNI listeners on how to efficently and effectively use the internet for small business marketing. BTW, Jamie will be offering social media classes again this winter/spring beginning with Facebook 101, a one-night…
Idaho's state Board of Education has voted unanimously to grant Boise State University's request to boost the base pay for its head football coach, Chris Petersen, to $2 million. In a special meeting, the board voted to bump up Petersen's base pay to $2 million…
In the HucksOnline Lost And Found Dept: Canfield Middle School sixth-grade instructor Chris Pickens has been reunited with his glasses following a bike crash en route to work Tuesday morning in Hayden. HBO posted at item this morning re: someone finding a bloody pair of…
Two longtime Hayden-area businessmen have announced their candidacies against Idaho Reps. Phil Hart and Vito Barbieri in the GOP primary. Ed Morse, who is challenging Hart, is a real estate appraiser and consultant and board member of the Reagan Republicans group; Mark Fisher (pictured), challenging…
Meet the 2012 Post Falls City Council (from left): Linda Wilhelm, Mayor Clay Larkin, Ron Jacobson l-r back Betty Ann Henderson, Skip Hissong, Joe Malloy, Kerri Thoreson. (Courtesy photo from Kerri Thoreson)
City Administrator Wendy Gabriel: "We received a report from the Kootenai County Solid Waste Department that in 2011 the City of Coeur d’Alene’s Adopt-a-Street program delivered from Coeur d’Alene roadways a staggering total of 16.02 tons of trash to the County Transfer Station. This is…
Iowa means nothing and everything. Four years ago, Barack Obama put himself on a rocky path to the Democratic nomination and eventually the White House with a win in Iowa. Mike Huckabee won on the GOP side four years ago and is now a Fox…
Many of the wolves in northeastern Washington moved in naturally from Idaho. But the Gem State is a dangerous place for the wolves to return. A radio-collared wolf from the Diamond Pack in east-central Pend Oreille County was killed Dec. 20 by a trapper in…
Julia Gonyer, left, poses with her father, Richard Stiff, and her daughter, Kourtney Gonyer, at their home in Sylvania Township, Ohio, on Monday. All three were born today (Jan. 4), as was Marshall Stiff, Richard's late father. Richard Stiff holds a photo of himself with…
The driver who chased three Coeur d'Alene teenagers preceding a fatal 2010 car accident near Twin Falls pleaded guilty to reckless driving Tuesday. Kade D. Laughlin, 21, of Filer (pictured), entered the plea in Fifth District Court in Twin Falls, and was sentenced to 180…
Boise State head coach Chris Petersen walks the sidelines during NCAA college football game against Utah in Boise Dec. 4. Petersen is poised to join the ranks of college coaches making more than $2 million per year. The State Board of Education is expected to…
11:59 a.m. A woman who has been trespassed by Payless, 710 Cecil/PF) has returned. 11:30 a.m. Dog running in median @ I-90 & M/P 39 (near Cataldo Mission) causing safety hazard. 11:34 a.m. Father reports 18YO son threatening suicide @ Cottonwood Bay & Cliffdwellers/Worley. 11:13…
Mike Kennedy: "I had talked with Ron about running for Council President two years ago. He said he wanted another term so I didn’t put my name in for it then. After this recently concluded election we talked again and I expressed interest and he…
Tuesday Poll: A solid majority of Hucks Nation predicted Mitt Romney would win the Iowa caucuses but probably didn't expect him to do so by only 8 votes. 86 of 146 respondents (58.9%) predicted Romney would win the caucuses. Only 17 of 146 respondents (11.64%)…
One of the nation’s most reliably Republican states may finally play an important role in picking the party’s presidential nominee. The reason? Two changes: Accelerating the delegate-selection process by 2› months, and new rules making a winner-take-all outcome likely. “We’ve been overlooked, but Idaho could…
There's 100 reasons why you should try to ace Jim Camden's weekly news quiz, offered by The Spokesman-Review. We're offering a $100 prize to the winner this week. Also, for future contests, we're considering a nice secondary prize (for example, Gonzaga Bulldog tickets) to be…
Keeper Caroline Westlake counts the Meerkats at London Zoo in London earlier today. The annual count took place at the zoo Wednesday as keepers individually counted every animal and species at the zoo. You write the cutline. ((AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, sent the following to the Lewiston Tribune, which accused him of being a timber thief for taking public timber without paying for it: "In 1995 I contracted with a private landowner to purchase a quantity of logs to build a house.…
"Mitt's winning percentage: .013%. My percentage .079%. He's a piker compared to my titanic margin" -- Councilman Mike Kennedy, via Twitter.
From City Administrator Wendy Gabriel of Coeur d'Alene: "The telephone call volume to the Finance Department was at an exceptionally high level yesterday. There was an error made in one batch of utility bills that went out in the mail on Friday. The error caused…
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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