On his Facebook wall, Joel Kennedy posts said he "believes he just set a World Record: Oldest Person to Read 'The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy' for the First Time." Question: Which classic book are you afraid to admit that you've never read?
After being evacuated from their homes, residents of the apartment complex on the corner of 15th Street and Mullan Avenue watch as firefighters with the Coeur d'Alene Fire Department work to extinguish a fire in a second-floor apartment of Monday. Story here. (Coeur d'Alene Press…
On her Facebook wall, Cindy posted Monday: "I have battled evil trolls today at Huckleberries Online. I have written about hunting safety and buying distressed/foreclosed property. I have done 4 loads of laundry and got to hear about Sam's day, as well as checked in…
11:45 a.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Sept. 30-Oct. 1 here 11:28 a.m. CPD Blue checking on welfare of individual in 600 block of W. Emma, CdA. 11:03 a.m. 2-vehicle, non-injury crash reported @ Kootenai Emergency, 700 W. Ironwood, CdA. 10:47 a.m. Caller…
President Barack Obama gestures as he speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Tuesday, about the government shutdown. Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a protracted dispute over Obama's signature health care law reached a boiling…
On its web page, the Idaho Democratic Party is asking voters seven quick questions about education. Among other things, they’re asking about teacher salaries and class sizes. They’re also asking about pre-kindergarten, a concept popular with many education and business leaders, but one that has…
On September 29 Pete Cenarrusa (pictured), died in Boise at the age of 95. The longest serving secretary of state not just in Idaho history but in all of American history, the former Speaker of the Idaho House and state legislator, a farmer-sheep rancher from…
The majority of blame for the U.S. Government shutdown is being put on the shoulders of Congress. However, members of the House of Representatives and the Senate will still be paid. Their pay is protected by the 27th Amendment to the Constitution. "No law, varying…
City crews reassembled the seawall between Park Drive and Hubbard Avenue through City Park to Northwest Boulevard on Monday as part of the recertification of the Dike Road levee. Recertification has involved a series of repairs and maintenance to the 1.5-mile stretch between Harbor Center…
Item: Insurance exchange starts: Individuals have until Jan. 1, 2014 to get coverage/Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: Open enrollment for the Idaho Health Insurance Exchange starts today, but individuals have until Jan. 1, 2014, to get insurance. If you don't get it by Jan. 1,…
All 11 of the candidates for Coeur d'Alene City Council and mayor have confirmed that they will participate in a candidate forum Wednesday night. The forum, sponsored by the Coeur Group, starts at 5:30 p.m. in the Community Room of the Coeur d'Alene Public Library.…
Item: Government shutdown begins over health care feud/Associated Press More Info: Congress plunged the nation into a partial government shutdown Tuesday as a protracted dispute over President Barack Obama’s signature health care law reached a boiling point, forcing some 800,000 federal workers off the job.…
Spokane City Council members Monday night rejected a proposal aimed at scantily clad baristas. The 4-2 vote against modifying unlawful public exposure laws brings an end to a passionate public debate that blurred political parties, gender and business. Council President Ben Stuckart joined council members…
If you like sausage, you probably shouldn't watch it being made. The same might go for everything else you eat. Initiative 522 is supposedly about your right to know the genetic origins of your food. But the fact remains the initiative's sponsors are far more…
Conservation groups are challenging the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s decision to shrink protected habitat by more than 90 percent for the last caribou herd in the Lower 48 states. After proposing that 375,000 acres in North Idaho and Northeast Washington be protected for endangered…
Workmen install a seawall along City Beach and the north shore for federal certification purposes, to show Coeur d'Alene has protection from an extensive flood. SR story by Scott Maben here. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen)
Memo to Don Soltman, President, Idaho Board of Education: With all due respect allow me to bring to your attention the most recent ranking of universities and colleges in the United States put out annually by U.S. News and World Report. Please note that Idaho’s…
Item: Board names five candidates for UI job: Former UI College of Law Dean Don Burnett has been serving as interim president/Elizabeth Rudd, Lewiston Tribune More Info: The candidates include James Applegate, a consultant for higher education and philanthropy; Donald Birx, chancellor and professor at…
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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