Blake Jones, 22, an intern with the Spokane Hoopfest Association checks out nets and backboards stickers on Hoopfest hoops on Monday in Spokane. Jones wanted to make sure the advertising logos on the backboards looked right before they will be transported to courts for this…
U.S. Coast Guard Academy Second Class Cadet Emily Marks yells instructions to a group of swabs Monday at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn. In all, 251 members of the incoming class of 2016, known as swabs, reported in during an event…
JMRusche (re: Lewiston straightens out roundabout issue): We just had an attack on a roundabout project here in Lewiston. The initial vote failed and would have cost the city $800,000 to repay funds to the state and Feds. Why the opposition? Roundabouts are part of…
When the US Supreme Court offers its ruling on President Obama’s health-care reform law Thursday, only one thing is certain: At least half of Capitol Hill is going to be ticked off. If the law stands, Republicans will fume. If the law is curtailed or…
Today I’m offering ONE LUCKY READER the opportunity of a lifetime. I’m talking about a chance to ride shotgun in my 1967 Oldsmobile Vista Guzzler as we travel to wild and crazy … North Idaho. That’s right. At a mutually acceptable date, we will leave…
If you thought that OpenCDA-dot-Com was going to leave the failed recall attempt alone, you need to think again. Mr. Bill was busy spinning a City Council encounter between Mayor Sandi Bloem and audience member Charlotte Gherke, whom I thought was borderline rude in her…
Jenny Arnerich lifts her son Wyatt, 5, up into the flowing, wall of water from an artificial waterfall at the Joe Humbert Family Aquatic Center in Milton-Freewater, Ore. while another son, Colin, 14, joins in the celebration of summer on Monday. (AP Photo/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin,…
Item: Little space, many opinions: County officials weigh in on infrastructure/Alecia Warren, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: Kootenai County department heads are on the fence about costly structural improvements the commissioners are considering in a draft facilities master plan. Although officials agree on the need…
With the clock clicking down on Sunday night, two runners were still a few miles from the finish line of Ironman Coeur d'Alene. One was Jordan Khani, an 18-year-old high school graduate from Ladue, Mo., not far from St. Louis. The other was Cathy Stephens,…
The Idaho primary elections have come and gone. The Coeur d'Alene recall attempt has come and gone. The summer solstice has come and gone. And we're still waiting for summer to arrive. Last year, it arrived around the 4th of July. I'm keeping my fingers…
Coeur d'Alene business owner, Graham Christensen, 39, douses himself with water as he runs up Bennett Bay Hill heading west towards town. His official time was 10:18:55 and he ranked the top local finisher in Ironman. (Christa Hazel photo special to Huckleberries Online)
The Department of the Navy sent Super Sub Cindy a thank you note for a recent article. It read in part: "On behalf of the United States Navy, thank you for your personal involvement in making Spokane Navy Week a great success, and for making…
In a reaffirmation of its controversial Citizens United decision on campaign finances, the US Supreme Court on Monday struck down as unconstitutional a 100-year old Montana law that banned corporations from spending money to influence state elections. The high court voted 5 to 4 to…
Here's what Stickman & Walkabout did with the floating golf balls they found along the Tubbs Hill shoreline for this year's Ironman Coeur d'Alene. (Stickman photo special to Huckleberries Online) New Idaho texting law goes live Sunday/CdA Press Ed corridor wins city achievement award/CdA Today…
4:56 p.m. R/P from Shore Drive/Cataldo reports neighbor cutting brush in disputed property area. 4:41 p.m. Charles, from Hauser View Drive, reports someone shot pickup w/pellet while parked at Upper Twin Lakes boat launch. 4:35 p.m. Female reports to animal control that she has a…
I’m not anti-Republican. I’m not. I swear. I have friends who are… well, you know. But – from precinct to national level – more and more stories dealing with Republicans are filled with examples of ignorance of politics in general and the workings of all…
"I've decided that Sundays will be the day I go all out for breakfast, if I have the energy and ingredients," writes JeanC of JeanC's Cat House & Shooting Gallery. "This last Sunday I decided on something a little different. Baked some pork chops and…
It takes a mighty ride to complete the Ironman, required are thighs of steel -- and of course an iron can. The Bard of Sherman Avenue (Christa Hazel photo special to Huckleberries Online: Hayden resident, Jerry Brensinger, 50, supported Boise State Broncos during Ironman as…
Statesman opinionator Kevin Richert gives us a preview of Tuesday's editorial: "As the old political joke goes, there’s nothing more permanent than a temporary tax. Same goes, perhaps, for Idaho Republicans’ “experiment” in a closed primary. During their convention last week, Republicans didn’t dump the…
Washington grew slowly — less than 1 percent — in the last year from a slight increase in people moving into the state, the Office of Financial Management said today. The annual estimate of state population said net migration, the difference between the number of…
Coeur d'Alene resident, David Scammell, 35, received a high five from Coeur d'Alene Assembly Church of God's pastor, Dan Christ, as he ran through Run Aid Station No. 6 on the east side of Bennett Bay Hill. Scammell's official time was 13:08:23. (Christa Hazel photo…
Coeur d'Alene resident, Jennifer Cowper, 42, stops to dump water on her head as she runs through Run Aid Station #6. This was Cowper's first Ironman. Cowper received news covereage for her Ironman inspiration that came from her mother who was diagnosed with ALS disease.…
That's SR buddy Alison Boggs directing traffic during the swim portion of Ironman Coeur d'Alene Sunday. She writes: "I volunteered until the end of the swim which was totally awesome but nearly broke my heart when you watch people struggling to get there by the…
On her Facebook wall, SR colleague Nina Culver of the Spokane Valley blog writes: "My neighborhood is now a crime mecca. That pile of stuff on the lawn next door from the evicted neighbors is attracting a steady stream of thieves who have expanded 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.
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