We've turned the calendar to the second half of 2015 -- and the season for dreadful tattoos has begun. If you don't believe me, head to the waterfront and check out the baking flesh. More heat = less clothes = tattoos on parade. The more...
A character on a float gives a thumbs-up along the Canada Day parade route through Port Credit today in Mississauga, Ontario. The holiday celebrates the joining of provinces to create Canada in 1867. (Peter Powers/The Canadian Press via AP)
A New York Times writer has triggered a social media firestorm by suggesting that readers add peas to guacamole dishes to make the beloved avocado stretch further. What do you think of that idea?
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday PM (27 items & counting + AM Scanner Traffic link) includes transient with machete found sleeping in grass near Safeway gas station on Government Way ...
Today's Cutline Contest features a GOPresidential candidate Rand Paul at an Iowa meet-and-greet. Tuesday Winner -- JohnA.
Huckleberries Online doesn't know what to make of a YouTube posting featuring Dan Popkey, press secretary for Congressman Raul Labrador, rapping about PolyPro. If you think I'm kidding, see for yourself. Is this another sign that the end is near?
The HucksOnline blogosphere roundup today launches with a sobering look of predators and their diet in the wild, from Outdoors blog. Plus: Go fourth/On Tap, The egg & I/Simple Mind, We know some terrorists/Fort Boise, If you're looking for heart .../Dogwalk Musings, All in a day in June/Slight Detour + more ...
The new school board members Casey Morrisroe and Tambra Pickford were sworn in at the School District office by clerk Lynn Towne at noon today. The public swearing-in will be on Monday, July 13.
I'm wondering if ignite cda (the urban renewal agency formerly known as Lake City Development Corp) is catching guff for re-branding because, among other things, Coeur d'Alene residents are tired of the rebrandings? I don't like Kootenai Health all that much. The hospital will remain KMC, or Kootenai Medical Center, for me for awhile yet.
There's quite a bit of hubbub on my Facebook feed re: the decision by Warner Bros. to yank "The Dukes of Hazzard" reruns. The Confederate flag on the iconic "General Lee," the 1969 Dodge Charger featured in many Dukes' car chases, was the deal breaker. Some say that the decision to yank the program is PC run amok. What say you?
Mandolyn Hume does a bang-up business at the Night Market in Kendall Yards in Spokane. Hume makes and sells gourmet popsicles in flavors like raspberry-basil, cucumber-apple and cold brew coffee. Question: Which flavor of popsicle is your favorite? Red?
Given the venue for her latest reading for "War Bonds: Love Stories from the Greatest Generation," Cindy was surprised when her husband, Derek, offered the encouragement: "Knock 'em dead."
Eden Irgens, owner of RangeNW, has provided a fact sheet of the significant economic impact that urban renewal has had on the city of Coeur d'Alene.
Commenter Scuba Steve defends the move by North Idaho College to charge $5 for parking on its campus during the 4th of July. Scuba sez NIC is charging the fee to pay for extra security, custodial costs & restroom supplies. If you don't want to pay the fee, sez Steve, walk a little farther to get to Coeur d'Alene's water front.
In Oregon today, recreational marijuana is now legal. Oregon became the fourth state -- all in the West -- to legaliza marijuana, following Colorado, Washington and Alaska. Why do you suppose all that states that have legalized marijuana are in the western part of our country?
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (10 items & counting) includes female in wheelchair who left Coeur d'Alene retirement center without telling anyone but was quickly located.
A former Idaho House chairman believes state lawmakers have the authority to end a perk that allows them to boost their taxpayer-backed pensions by as much as 800 percent. Former Rep. Dennis Lake, R-Blackfoot, told IdahoReporter.com Wednesday the Legislature can -- and should -- address...
Tweet: Is it bad that my political philosophy has evolved to: "I don't care as long as it pisses Ted Cruz off" -- Jess Walter, best-selling author and former SR colleague.
With little fanfare Monday morning, Latah County Commissioners approved changes to the county's employee handbook that included adding a reference in the anti-discrimination section to "sexual orientation, gender identity." The phrase will be inserted alongside groups and conditions, such as race, religion, gender, age, disability…
Today's AM Headlines launches with a warning to be extra careful with fireworks this hot 4th of July weekend holiday. Plus: Idaho Records/Press, NIC launches aviation mechanic program/Press, Latah County OKs adding LGBT protections/Press, Report: Federal lands huge economic factor/Outdoors, Athol frustrated by lack of Old H95 signs/Press ...
Tuesday Poll: 77% of Hucks Nation disagree with Kootenai County commissioners who refused to ban fireworks throughout the county, despite extremely dry conditions. Today's Poll: If you saw a dog left in a hot car, what would you do?
In an op-ed piece for the Coeur d'Alene Press, Eden Irgens, owner of RangeNW, offers a defense for ignite cda, the new name for the Lake City Development Corp. The re-branding has been the target of criticism and an editorial in the Press.
A new-found group, the Committee to End the CSI (College of Southern Idaho) Refugee Center, is targeting the long-standing center because it fears that displaced Syrians headed their may be security risks. Reuters news service, via the New York Times, provides the rest of the story.
In a letter to be shared with rank-and-file Mormons in the wake of the U.S. Supreme Court's legalization of gay marriage across the nation, top LDS leaders are reaffirming the faith's steadfast belief in — and exclusive commitment to — heterosexual unions. "Marriage between a…
Eastern Idaho law enforcement officials say child pornography continues to be a problem nationwide and Idaho is no different. The Post Register reports that an Idaho task force has been actively working to protect children and teenagers on the Internet since 2008, but their efforts…
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.
