Gonzaga's Haiden Palmer, second from right, competes with Miami's Jessica Capers, left, Shenise Johnson and Stefanie Yderstrom for a loose ball in the first half of an NCAA tournament second-round women's college basketball game in Spokane Monday. No. 11 seed Gonzaga upset the No. 3…
I broke out the bike again Sunday to ride with Mrs. O down to the lake & around Dike Road. Mrs. O figures that she's ready to ride once the temperature rises to 34 or above. I'm not as confident. Still I bundled up and…
Britain's Duchess of Cambridge meets a young fan during a visit to The Treehouse in Ipswich, England, Monday. The Duchess of Cambridge visited to formally open The Treehouse, a children's hospice service for Suffolk and Essex. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, pool)
Last week my daughter’s wish came true, like a fairy tale. She received what she called, “the biggest news of my life.” On Tuesday evening I watched her face as she listened to the person on the other end of the phone. Her eyes crinkled…
5:14 p.m. Female in 100 block of Wyoming/Hayden says neighbor's are messing w/her car engine. 5:06 p.m. Female reports male who has been warned continues to call her nonstop. 4:53 p.m. Hit-and-run accident reported in parking lot of Mountain View Alternative High/Rathdrum. 4:47 p.m. Caller…
John Gardner, a sales specialist at REIin Spokane, holds a two-person, three-day emergency supply kit the company sells. Gardner says he is accustomed to people reacting to worrisome news by stocking up on survival gear. Michael Guilfoil SR story here. (SR photo: Colin Mulvany) Death…
Standing in front of a statue of Ronald Reagan on horseback, Republican presidential candidate, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum speaks at a campaign rally earlier today in Dixon, Ill. Dixon is the boyhood home of former President Ronald Reagan. (AP photo) Question: Is there any…
DFO: Taryn Hecker Thompson told HBO via Facebook that the 1st edition of the weekly will be out March 28. Well, my first story is in. I wrote about the current and past forestry practices in the Park and the reasons for doing what they…
The Kootenai County Reagan Republicans officially announced endorsements today for 12 candidates in the May 15 Republican Primary Election. The conservative organization’s Board of Directors voted to recommend the following for the Republican nomination: 1st Congressional District: Raul Labrador State Representative, 2nd District, Seat B:…
At KVNI/ESPN 1089, co-host Kerri Thoreson writes today: "Spirit Lake Elementary School Principal Patty Morrison comes from a long line of educators and taught in the Lakeland School District for two decades. She was recently honored to be named Idaho Rookie Principal of the Year.…
On her Facebook wall, Cindy writes of a close encounter with a Fred Meyer employee today: "Just got back From Fred Meyer. An employee on his lunch break walked by me singing 'People are crazy at -- Fred Meyer ... People are crazy -- at…
In this Sept. 26, 2010 file photo, Indianapolis Colts quarterback Peyton Manning (18) greets Denver Broncos quarterback Tim Tebow (15) at an NFL game, in Denver. Manning is negotiating to join the Broncos, ESPN reported today. Citing anonymous sources, ESPN said that the four-time MVP…
Ten House Republicans have voted against a non-binding memorial backing improved cooperation with Canada on trade and security, but HJM 13 passed the House, 56-10, and now moves to the Senate. The memorial, co-sponsored by Reps. George Eskridge, R-Dover, and Max Black, R-Boise, and Sen.…
In Boise, Dennis Mansfield is nervous about amendments to the Martial Law Executive Order Friday: "My concern rests on the fact that those who become responsible for the running of the US Government during a martial law period of external OR internal conflict are NOT…
The Senate has voted 23-12 in favor of SB 1387, the pre-abortion ultrasound requirement. Retiring Sen. Diane Bilyeu, D-Pocatello, rising to explain her vote, said, “You know, fellow senators, as a woman, and as a person of faith, this bill makes me want to cry.…
... The Congressman Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, is the only confirmed elected Idaho GOP heavyweight attending the fractured Lincoln Day GOP Dinner fundraiser Saturday, featuring controversial speaker Richard Mack. According to unofficial sources, Huckleberries hears the following will be no-shows: U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, U.S. Sen.…
The Leprechaun in the vehicle to your right wasn't lucky that he Kootenai County commissioner wannabe Tim Herzog happened by after his vehicle stalled during the annual St. Patrick's Day Parade in downtown Coeur d'Alene Saturday. Herzog gave the stranded parade goer a jump before…
Noonish: 6 1/2MO PF baby temporarily knocked itself unconscious by falling backward onto carpet. 11:54 a.m. Caller from misdemeanor probation/Govt Way reports wanted person in office. 11:43 a.m. Multi-vehicle crash has left debris on w/b offramp of I-90 & M/P 6 (Seltice Way exit). 11:34…
Weekend Poll: Hucks Nation blames the U.S. oil companies for the high gas prices, with President Barack Obama a close second. 91 of 213 respondents (42.72%) blame the oil companies, while 78 of 213 respondents (36.62%) say Obama is at fault. The Merry Hucksters rank…
John Green, one of three Republican candidates for sheriff, used the St. Patrick's Day Parade in downtown Coeur d'Alene Saturday to advertise his campaign.
I received a call from a reader one time who was hot under the collar that Mormons had posthumously baptized her dead son. After her son died, his young widow joined the LDS Church and the mother was offended that members of that church were…
Idaho's primary is two months away. The general election is eight months off. Yet the just-closed candidate filing all but completes the Idaho Republican Party's purge of its moderates in the state Senate. Conservative excess once restrained by pragmatism will find its fullest expression yet…
When I was a kid, my mother taught me to be unfailingly polite and deferential to senior citizens. But now that I am a senior citizen, do I still have to? The question arises because I recently moved into a neighborhood in Sacramento, Calif., largely…
This photo is getting a lot of attention on Kerri Thoreson's Facebook page. She snapped it outside the Handy Mart in Post Falls on Saturday. Emails Kerri: "Loved the financing available on the sign, I'm sure a tongue and cheek nod to the soaring gas…
Looks like Larry Spencer is stirring up the public earlier than usual this election cycle, sending out a "sky-is-falling" mailing to waterfront residents recently. The envelope of this property alert warns: "Proposed new land-use code may destroy waterfront property values, could prohibit home additions and…
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.
