We'll see how real the Gonzaga Bulldogs are this week when they travel to Saint Marys to take on the second-place Gaels. Gonzaga barely held off the Gaels at home earlier this year. The Zags should be ranked in the Top 5 in the nation…
A Smooth Coat Chihuahua looks up at it's handler while being displayed in the ring during competition at the 137th Westminster Kennel Club dog show today in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
America’s future is found in its children, the saying goes. We must center our lives on them. All children must be allowed to succeed. And if we truly love our children, such individualized formula will work, the saying continues. Each of us feels this to…
The father of a 2-year-old found wandering alone in a parking lot near a pub in Coeur d'Alene told KHQ Monday, "I'm not a bad parent." KHQ's Dylan Wohlenhaus spoke to Jesse Edwards at his home Monday afternoon, but he declined to go on camera.…
On his Facebook wall, Robin Loznak of Kellogg, Ore., posts: "A male red-winged blackbird belts out his territorial song from a perch on a cattail in a marsh at an abandoned timber mill near Roseburg, Ore. (last week)." You can see more of Robin's outdoor…
5:17 p.m. 2 males report that they got their vehicle stuck at the end of Spirit Lake Road, near the entrance to Inland Empire Paper Co. property. 4:43 p.m. Male tells deputies that he left his iPad at the Kontiki (Stateline Showgirls). Also, he said…
Keint Leiss said Monday he will not return as the Coeur d’Alene High boys basketball coach this season. He resigned on Feb. 1, two days after a group of disgruntled parents met with administrators to complain about their sons being verbally abused by Leiss and…
Here's me, a few years ago, with a friend shooting ... um ... skeet. Hey, if the president can be pictured with a gun shooting skeet. Why can't I? ;-) Exposure/Tumblewords For Karren/Slight Detour Taxes/From A Simple Mind Pope resigns/Dennis Mansfield To protect & serve…
This is the "before shot" of a before & after look at Superman & Lois Lane whose bodies improved dramatically between the time comics were 12 cents per issue to the time they cost 20 cents per issue. You can see what Paul means by…
From teacher, former legislator and former gubernatorial staffer Clete Edmunson - @cleteedmunson - Note to self, don't ever say 'me likey' something even if me likey ... uh .. I mean if I really do like something! Click here for Tweet. H/T: Kestrel West Morning…
The Capitol Auditorium is full and overflowing as the second “listening session” on education of this year’s legislative session kicks off this afternoon. House Education Chairman Reed DeMordaunt said first the joint House and Senate education committees will hear from representatives of stakeholders – Robin…
Unofficial HucksOnline photographer Don Sausser snapped the HBO Brain Trust -- Cindy, Christa, & DFO at Blogfest 2012 at the Fort Ground Grill. Super Blog Subs Cindy & Christa are the two reasons why DFO can take all that vacation every year without worrying about…
Idaho state Sen. Sheryl Nuxoll has not only shown her complete lack of understanding of the health care issue, but also appears to be against veterans. The only health care system in the United States that is completely owned and controlled by the federal government…
Dennis Erickson won a pair of national titles at Miami and has been a head coach at three Pac-12 schools. Now the 65-year-old is coming out of retirement to help transform Utah’s offense, joining 26-year-old Brian Johnson as co-offensive coordinator. Johnson, a former Utah quarterback,…
Senate Democrats introduced two bills Monday to avoid sequestration by closing tax loopholes. Sens. Carl Levin (D-Mich.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) said they had two bills, one that would avoid the automatic spending cuts set to take place next month for one year and the…
Bethine Church looks at a Picture of her late husband, Sen. Frank Church, D-Idaho, at her home in Boise, in this 2003 AP file photo. In his wonderfully entertaining memoir, Joe Miller tells an incredible story about Bethine Church, the widow of Idaho’s four-term Democratic…
Snow storms in the Northeast and better than expected growth in China have kept upward pressure on fuel prices. In addition, the ongoing switch to the summer blend fuel and refinery maintenance pushed oil and gas prices higher in the past few weeks. As a…
A bill making schools off-limits to violent convicted criminals would affect the state’s alternative high schools. And in a story in today’s Times-News in Twin Falls, Statehouse reporter Melissa Davlin spoke to an alternative high school principal, Lauri Heward of Burley’s Cassia High School. Heward…
All 3 Kootenai County senators (Goedde and Vick and Nonini, oh my) vote against Otter pick. For the first time since 1974, the Idaho Senate has rejected the governor’s nominee for a slot on the Idaho Fish and Game Commission, voting 19-16 against confirming Joan…
Jess Walter (pictured in SR photo) has always written short stories. His first few – except the one he wrote for a writing contest and won $25 – didn’t make him a dime. But in the past decade, he’s published many of his short stories…
St. Louis Cardinals non-roster invitee catcher J.R. Towles holds his bat while watching an unofficial batting practice before the start of spring training baseball earlier today in Jupiter, Fla. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) Question: I know a guy who considers the beginning of spring training, when…
11:54 a.m. Driver of orange Camero w/black stripe @ s/b H95/Garwood has suspended license. 11:37 a.m. Coeur d'Alene Tribal Police are looking for a beige 2003 Yamaha ATV taken from 1st Street/Plummer last Thursday. 11:17 a.m. A yellow Labrador is running loose along n/b H95/Lancaster,…
Weekend Poll: By an exact margin of 2-to-1, Hucks Nation would prefer Gov. Butch Otter over Congressman Raul Labrador in a possible GOP gubernatorial primary matchup next spring. 114 of 171 respondents (66.67%) picked Butch in a possible primary showdown with Labrador. Only 57 of…
Indiana remains at No. 1 in The Associated Press’ Top 25 despite losing a game this week, surviving a week of upsets to become the first team in over a month to hold onto the top ranking. Gonzaga (23-2) did receive two first-place votes, but…
In 2001 I contracted with the Lewiston Tribune, then inconveniently between political reporters, to cover that year’s Idaho legislative session. I handled some aspects of it, though, differently from the years before when I’d covered for other daily papers. I worked out of my home,…
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.
