It’s like a death, really. The news that the north Spokane Fred Meyer store was closing stunned me. For more than 20 years I’ve weekly walked the store’s aisles. I’m confident I could find my way around it blindfolded. I know the cashiers, and they…
From KBOI Boise Facebook wall: "Senate Majority Caucus Chairman Russ Fulcher of Meridian says he thinks there will be legislation introduced during this session to allow teachers to have firearms in Idaho classrooms. He says it would include a component that would leave the final…
On her Facebook wall, Kerri Thoreson posts the photo above with the cutline: "The gray clouds have parted and a sliver of sunshine is melting the ice on the chain that hangs from the rain gutter. Nice end to the month of January." Question: As…
The Idaho Reporter offers an online defense today of statement by Idaho Sen. Sheryl Nuxoll, R-Cottonwood, comparing the proposed Idaho health exchange to Jews being led off to German concentration camps during the holocaust: A story in many newspapers this week contained the headline “Idaho…
From Kestrel West Morning Memo: From a piece today in the Twin Falls Times-News: Publilius Syrus, a writer who worked in Rome in the 1st century BC, wrote that “a good reputation is more valuable than money.” Frank VanderSloot, CEO of Idaho Falls-based Melaleuca Inc.,…
Three months after surgery to repair his ACL, G-Prep junior Reed Hopkins pulls against resistance of physical therapist Craig Henneberry. (SR photo: Jesse Tinsley) Just 22 seconds remained in the game when Molly Barnhart crumpled to the court. All she was doing was dribbling up…
Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter began and ended his talk to the Idaho Chamber Alliance this morning by cheering Chobani, the Greek yogurt manufacturer that opened a plant in Twin Falls last month. But the real subject of his talk was the 2013 legislative session, and…
The inaugural public event hosted by a fledgling education advocacy group on Wednesday attracted more than 100 citizens to the Coeur d'Alene Public Library. Amy Evans, president of the Coeur d'Alene Education Partnership, said she was "thrilled" with the number of people who came out…
Photo from video of armed man who robbed coffee stand at 12th & Sherman/CdA. (Photo courtesy of Coeur d'Alene police) A gunman wearing a SpongeBob SquarePants mask robbed a Coeur d’Alene coffee stand Wednesday night, escaping with an undisclosed amount of cash, police said. No…
Huckleberries hears from a Berry Picker embedded in the Coeur d'Alene Library tonight that a standing-room-only crowd is attending the State of the School District presentation by the Coeur d'Alene Education Partnership. Four of five Coeur d'Alene School Board trustees have attended (Chairman Tom Hamilton…
Jack and Jackie Harbaugh, parents of Baltimore Ravens head coach John Harbaugh and San Francisco 49ers head coach Jim Harbaugh, hold hands during a news conference today for NFL football's Super Bowl XLVII in New Orleans. Their sons will be coaching against each other in…
It's been quite a week so far, triggered by Brent Regan's loose lips at that legislative forum Saturday. I expect things to settle down until the next board meeting -- unless something is said tonight at that Coeur d'Alene Education Partnership forum. Click here for…
Huckleberries has been trying to determine how the audience at the now infamous legislative meeting in Post Falls Saturday reacted to Coeur d'Alene School Board Trustee Brent Regan's insensitive "joke" about President Barack Obama. I've been told that the description in the Coeur d'Alene Press…
6:09 p.m. Coeur d'Alene police using canine to track robber n/b on 13th Street/CdA. 5:53 p.m. Coeur d'Alene police are searching for a male in a black hoodie wearing a Sponge Bob Square Pants mask. Apparently, he used a handgun to rob a business in…
Earlier this month, Karin Craver, of the U.S. Postal Service, and her pet wolf Matohota pose together in Polebridge, Mont. Craver delivers mail twice a week year-round and is frequently greeted by residents at their mailboxes. (AP Photo/Daily Inter Lake, Brenda Ahearn) More snow on…
At the Coeur d'Alene Press online site, the newspaper is announcing that it has received copies of two letters from Coeur d'Alene attorney Steve Bell re: the anti-Obama "joke" by school Trustee Brent Regan. One letter asks the NAACP to investigate Regan and the other,…
A former Coeur d'Alene police detective is seeking financial compensation from the police captain who rear-ended the detective while both officers were off duty, resulting in injuries that ended the detective's law enforcement career. Tracy L. Martin retired from the police department last Dec. 5…
In this Oct. 1, 1987, file photo, Patty, left, and Maxine Andrews, of the famed Andrews Sisters, smile as they hold their star plaques which they received as they accepted a star in the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Patty Andrews, the last survivor of the…
As the debate over Idaho Gov. Butch Otter's proposed state health insurance exchange heats up, a North Idaho senator has sent out a mass email and posted a message on Twitter comparing the role of insurance companies to “the Jews boarding the trains to concentration…
A mountain lion caught recently in a wolf foothold trap set on the southwestern boundary of Glacier National Park was turned loose by state wildlife officials, but the National Park Service employee who discovered the animal and reported it to game wardens was caught the…
The American Kennel Club says the Labrador Retriever is the nation’s most popular dog for the 22nd straight year. According to the AKC top 10 list released today, the German Shepherd still commands the No. 2 spot. The Golden Retriever has nosed out the Beagle…
The Sand Creek Byway has another accolade for its trophy case. The American Council of Engineering Companies of Idaho has picked the U.S. Highway 95 realignment project as the first-place winner for the 2013 Engineering Excellence Awards competition for transportation. The $112 million bypass project,…
Sen. President Pro Tem Brent Hill, center, and Rep. Jeff Thompson, right, wait for a slice of pie on Wednesday. Hill went for the banana cream pie. (Photo: IdahoEdNews) The sweet smell of fresh flakey crusts and fruit fillings lured hundreds of people to the…
There's another thing worth mentioning from the presser involving the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations response to Trustee Brent Regan's insensitive, anti-Obama remark -- derogatory ethnic jokes. Tony Stewart, long-time local human rights leader, said of such jokes: "One of the most harsh…
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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