The weathercasters who predicted a milder winter than usual, with less snow than usual, are starting to look good for Winter 2012-13. (Anyone remember what Cliff Harris predicted?) We're more than halfway through the two toughest months of the year. And the days are getting…
Antelope are face-to-face on opposite sides of the fence in Phillips County, in northeastern Montana. Remote cameras, installed by The Nature Conservancy of Montana at its 60,000-acre Matador Ranch in south Phillips County, are documenting barriers conventional fences pose to wildlife in a project meant…
Many devotees of a British drama set in 1920 are peeved to find themselves behind the times. The hit series "Downton Abbey" makes its season premiere on PBS this Sunday, but it was September when those same episodes started airing in the U.K. That left…
A parent who was "All Shook Up" about Elvis Presley songs in a high-school drama prompted educators to cancel the musical, deeming it too sexual. But the decision was reversed Thursday by administrators at the high school south of Salt Lake City. The administrators at…
Police converge on a neighborhood in Hayden after an apparent murder-suicide this morning. Story here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) 5:12 p.m. Out-of-state vehicle is facing wrong way & partly blocking H95/H53, Garwood. 4:55 p.m. Possible DUI driver in silver F150 pulling small trailer has pulled…
Dunno if Cindy will broom her firefighter interest momentarily for faux denim swim suit sighted by Kerri Thoreson at the Polar Bear Plunge Tuesday. But I thought I'd toss out the bait to see if Cindy's blurking. Building Night/Tumblewords Thursday this and that/Slight Detour Where…
Update: KCSD has released the identities of two people killed in an apparent murder-suicide this morning in Hayden: Daryl R. Clark, 43, and his wife, Tina M. Clark, 48, both of Hayden. Family notifications have been made. Autopsies on both will be conducted on Friday.…
From city of Coeur d'Alene spokeswoman Kristina Lyman re: the City Council meeting Tuesday night: Council voted to direct city staff to arrange a public, televised meeting between it and school district Trustees to work out details surrounding the acquisition of Person Field. In addition,…
A girl sits on a Newtown bus leaving the new Sandy Hook Elementary School after the first day of classes in Monroe, Conn., Thursday. The Sandy Hook students started today in a new school, formerly called Chalk Hill School in Monroe. It was renamed Sandy…
As you wind through an industrial park on the west side of Coeur d’Alene, you might think your GPS or iPhone has forsaken you, leading you astray on your quest for one of the Inland Northwest’s newest breweries. But then you see the green sign…
In its current issue, The Inlander asked a number of local people about fear, including Timberlake High principal Chris MacDougal, who responded: OK, I admit I am afraid of something: the future, if there is one, ha. I wake up too many nights, 2ish to…
I was riding the early bus in the first forward-facing seat. A girl got on just before downtown and sat in the center-facing seat directly in front of me. She might have been 18. Could have been 20. She proceeded to extract a compact from…
On his Slice blog, Paul Turner posts: "Pat Cadagan received a Hostess fruitcake as a stocking-stuffer at Christmas. That's OK. He likes fruitcake. But he is in no hurry to eat this one. No need to rush, after all. The expiration date is in 2015."…
Here's the clip of the exchange between Coeur d'Alene City Councilman Mike Kennedy and Coeur d'Alene School Board Chairman Tom Hamilton at last night's council meeting, courtesy of Coeur d'Alene TV Channel 19: In the comments section, Kim Knerl sez: "However, this was on Tom’s…
The top prize for this week's News Quiz is a $100 certificate to the Davenport Hotel -- double the usual top prize. Then, compiler Jim Camden is offering a quiz of 20 questions -- double the usual number of questions. The Spokesman-Review is also offering…
... The Coeur d'Alene Police Department reports via Facebook: Citizen volunteers at the Police Dept. gave a total of 4,159 hours for 2012! That is the equal to 2 full time employees yearly hours. All volunteers are area citizens who volunteer in a wide range…
It isn’t usually a part of how I gear up for a legislative session, but this morning I underwent a root canal. On the good side: It should be all downhill from here. Tomorrow morning, the governor and legislative leaders will speak to reporters as…
On her Facebook page, Cindy writes: "Like I am the only one who thinks flossing her teeth seven times right before going to the dentist will fool him into thinking I'm a faithful flosser." Question: How often do you visit the dentist?
KHQ's Dylan Wohlenhaus (who snapped this photo) is on the scene of the shooting in Hayden this morning. Dylan tweets that the condition of the female in the shooting is unknown. Breaking: KHQ's Dylan Wohlenhaus tweets: "Deputies are calling this a murder-suicide as the man…
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio enters the House of Representatives chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington Thursday, after surviving a roll call vote in the newly convened 113th Congress. He is escorted by House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Va., and House Minority Leader…
Wednesday Poll: Almost 57 percent of Hucks Nation fully or "more or less" supports the "fiscal cliff" deal hammered out by the White House & Congress at the eleventh hour this week. 28 of 152 respondents (18.42%) fully supports the deal. 58 of 152 respondents…
Boise State President Bob Kustra speaks during an NCAA college news conference Wednesday in Boise. Boise State had committed to play football in the Big East Conference, starting this year. But the school announced Monday it was reversing course and staying in the Mountain West…
Joker reports about the public comments period of the City Council meeting: "Last night was an instant classic. Tom Hamilton of the school district came up to the podium to talk about Person Field. Yawn.. Until Mike Kennedy delivered a blistering rebuke by reciting a…
A Polar Bear who made his way across Sanders Beach to participate in the annual plunge celebrates his victory after joining a thousand others in the chilly waters of Lake Coeur d'Alene New Year's Day. (Duane Rasmussen photo special for Huckleberries) Question: Anyone know who…
Emilie Ritter Saunders/StateImpact offers this snippet from the Department of Health & Human Services, reporting that Idaho has received conditional approval to operate a state-based exchange: Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Kathleen Sebelius today announced that more states are on track to implement the…
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.
