Today (Saturday) is the first official day of fall. Gotta admit that summer was Grade A, once the rain stopped near the end of June. Fall has been swell so far, too. It's almost time to think about getting my wood in for the winter.…
Update: Missing Coeur d'Alene boy found/SR Coeur d’Alene police are looking for a 12-year-old boy who was last seen walking to school Friday morning. Chance Joshua Belknap was reported missing by his mother, Kristi Belknap, who had last seen him leave on foot for Woodland…
Space Shuttle Endeavour, mounted on NASA's Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA), flies near parasailers in Santa Monica, Calif., earlier today. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Vice President Joe Biden gave a big rah-rah for cheerleaders Friday when he told a group of high school and middle school athletes that cheerleaders are the best college athletes around. “Have you ever watched the cheerleading championships? I’m serious. Guess what?” Biden asked about…
On his Facebook wall, opinionator Kevin Richert of the Idaho Statesman mentions the props that former President Bill Clinton game former Coeur d'Alene High grad Bruce Reed for his input into the speech that wowed the Demcractic National Convention: He didn't mention Idaho by state,…
A worker walks past one of the derailed BNSF train cars earlier today in Havre, Mont. Around 14 cars were derailed this morning in Montana's Blaine County. See story below. (AP Photo/Havre Daily News, Lindsay Brown) 14 railroad cars of grain derail near Havre, Mont/AP…
"Just called a convent to interview a nun and had to navigate a torturous automated voice mail system that would make a saint swear" -- Cindy Hval via Twitter. Question: Are you good at navigating phone trees?
5:25 p.m. Female @ Joe's Body Shop, 1575 E. Mullan/PF, reports male stole her laptop. 5:08 p.m. Silver Mustang w/front-end damage left head-on crash on w/b Birch @ 14th/CdA. 4:56 p.m. 4-vehicle accident reported on H95 & Aqua/CdA. 4:49 p.m. 31YO female has collapsed at…
"Yup, we've all heard, seen and maybe even known a few horses' (bottoms)," posts Marianne Love/Slight Detour, "but they sure are a pretty sight when ya go to a draft horse show. As are the asses, better known as mules." More here. Show-and-Tell Friday (with…
Here's the flyer for Paul Mathews' run for the North Idaho College Board of Trustees, complete with the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans seal of approval.
At a cycling trade show in Las Vegas this week, Christa Hazel tells of being recognized by a Silver Valley resident: "Ran into Richard Shaffer, Prime Minister of the Wallace Inn (per his business card) at Interbike in Las Vegas. Interbike is North America's largest…
You don't think the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans are out to take over the North Idaho College Board of Trustees as they have the Coeur d'Alene School Board. Check out the slick flyer above for Ground Force boss Ron Nilson, who's running again for the…
Four elected officials from Kootenai County -- Assessor Mike McDowell (pictured), Clerk Cliff Hayes, Treasurer Tom Malzahn and Coroner Debbie Wilkie -- have sent Huckleberries a news release raising concerns about the proposal to change county government. All four hold offices that would be appointive…
The education labor union has reached a new milestone in lowness, attempting to turn Idaho voters into Luddites and depict kids as klutzes in order to satisfy a selfish agenda. Witness its first ad against Propositions 1, 2 and 3. Says the ad: “Prop 3…
A display of various size soft drink cups is shown next to stacks of sugar cubes at a news conference at New York's City Hall today. New research greatly strengthens the case against soda and other sugary drinks as culprits in the obesity epidemic. Two…
Mitt Romney and his wife, Ann, paid $1.94 million in federal taxes on last year's income of $13.7 million, for an effective tax rate of 14.1 percent, his campaign said Friday. That's slightly above the 13.9 percent rate the couple paid in 2010. Most of…
It’s green, 19 feet long, runs on 20 legs and produces a bit of a buzz. No, we’re not talking mutant insect. This is the Spokane Party Trolley – an environmentally friendly, pedal-powered pub on wheels, complete with keg tap, that relies on its riders…
One thing's for sure: Beef is not healthy for wolves. At a public meeting in Colville Thursday night, the Washington Fish and Wildlife Department announced intentions to eliminate the entire Wedge Pack of wolves that have killed or injured at least 15 cattle in northern…
Did you realize that Hobbit Day is tomorrow, Sept. 22. Hobbit Day, according to Wikipedia, is the birthday of the hobbits Bilbo and Frodo Baggins, two fictional characters in J. R. R. Tolkien's popular set of books The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.…
Actresses, from left, Tania Mallet, Eunice Gayson and Britt Ekland pose at a photocall for Bond 50 today in London. A Blu-Ray collection of 22 James Bond films will be released on Monday, celebrating 50 years of Bond movies. More here. (Photo by Jonathan Short/Invision/AP)…
12:08 p.m. Brent has legal questions for KCSD deputy re: an animal bite. 11:59 p.m. Dead cat reported on Seltice Way, b/n Old Atlas & Grand Mill/Huetter. 11:56 a.m. Possible illegal burn reported @ 15th & Lookout/Hayden. 11:45 a.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report…
A shopper takes a photo of the new Apple iPhone 5 sitting on display in the window of the Apple store in Toronto's Eaton Centre, as the new device goes on sale today. More here. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Chris Young) Question: Are you going…
In the middle of what might have been the worst two weeks in modern presidential campaign history, one of the nameless, faceless GOP smart guys who never want to be quoted by name – the Democrats have them too – said of Mitt Romney: “We’re…
The Boise State Broncos were a one-phase football team Thursday night at Bronco Stadium. That phase — a dominant, big-play defense — was good enough to beat BYU. It wasn’t enough to please coach Chris Petersen — or a grumbling fan base. No. 24 Boise…
Two years to the day of the death of two College of Southern Idaho students in a car crash, a civil lawsuit by their families was dismissed against the driver who was accused of chasing them. On Sept. 12, 2010, Kade Laughlin was arrested hours…
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.
