I was amazed Sunday AM re: how quickly Coeur d'Alene city parks crew cleaned up City Park, City Beach and the waterfront after the big 4th of July bash this year. Mrs. O, Huckleberry & I watched parks employees picking up litter in City Park...
Super SR photog Kathy Plonka has returned with photos showing the human toll of the 2,000-acre Cape Horn fire at Bayview. Photo set includes 5 photos.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency has authorized using federal funds to help with firefighting costs on the Cape Horn Fire, and reports that firefighting resources onsite include eight air tankers, three helicopters and eight engines, with a Type II management team scheduled to arrive at the fire this afternoon.
Scanner Traffic for Thursday PM (32 items & counting + AM Scanner Traffic link, with 20 more items) includes CPD officers finding lost child at Coeur d'Alene City Beach.
Revelers open their mouths as they wait to cool off with water thrown from a balcony, while celebrating the official opening of the 2015 San Fermin Fiestas, in Pamplona, Spain, today. Revelers from around the world turned out here to kick off the festival with...
Newly minted refugee Herb Huseland/Bay Views reports: "Today, I ventured forth to collect some meds and other things firm in the belief that KHQ had the facts when they announced that Bayview Residents would be allowed in for a short period to collect needed stuff. Well, they were wrong." More below.
Seems an obsessed fly fisherman with bad knees has started a blog for geezers in Spokane, titled Just A Geezer. Sez former park ranger Dave Clark: “The world has pretty much decided seniors, boomers and geezers don’t have much to say anymore – let them know they are wrong! Alone we’re just geezers, but together we are geezer strong.”
Nearly half of Idahoans believe the state’s public schools are worse than they were five years ago. And nearly 60 percent of Idahoans want the state to dump Common Core standards. Those are two findings from a poll completed last week and released Monday by...
On his On Tap blog, Rick Bonino interviews former Army bomb squad specialist Tom Applegate re: Mad Bomber Brewing of Hayden. Tom, his wife, and two bomb squad buddies opened Mad Bomber Brewing in November 2013. The business recently upgraded to a shiny new 7-barrel brewhouse and began distributing beer around the Coeur d’Alene area.
Here's some more 4th of July parade photos by Duane Rasmussen, including the feature one which shows former state senator Russ Fulcher, who lost to incumbent Butch Otter in the 2014 GOP gubernatorial primary, handing out flags along the parade route. Do you suppose Fulcher is considering another run for statewide office.
Two of the four large campgrounds at Farragut State Park were evacuated last night due to fears of falling embers from the Cape Horn Fire, but the other two remain open – and will soon be joined by a fire camp within the park grounds....
Americans are much more likely to be fans of their local Main Street business than corporate titans, according to new polling from Gallup. Roughly two out of every three people in the U.S. say they have either "quite a lot" or a "great deal" of…
Just two weeks ago Carli Lloyd wasn’t sure where she fit into the U.S. attack in this Women’s World Cup. But on Sunday she finally found her place – in the record books – after scoring three goals in the first 16 minutes of the championship game, leading the U.S. to a convincing 5-2 win over Japan before a pro-American crowd of 53,341 at BC Place.
Idaho’s state parks are thriving, just five years after Gov. Butch Otter proposed shutting down the parks department and eliminating funding. State funding for parks in Idaho is still less than half what it was in 2006, and that’s reflected in smaller staffs, a backlog of maintenance projects and reduced services during off-peak months.
Smoke from the Cape Horn Fire can be seen from MacDonald’s Hudson Bay Resort in Bayview on Monday. (Photo: Kathy Plonka) Ralph Jones fried eggs and bacon for weary Bayview residents Monday morning, the scent of burning pine wafting in his coffee shop near downtown.…
Gov. Butch Otter has issued a disaster declaration for Bonner and Kootenai counties due to the destructive Cape Horn fire, which has destroyed multiple homes, consumed more than 2,000 acres and threatened to force evacuation of more than 200 residents. “Our thoughts and prayers are…
From U.S. National Weather Service in Spokane: "A video of webcam images of the Cape Horn wildfire near Bayview, ID between noon on 7/5/15 through 9:00 am this morning. Notice how much fire there was during the overnight hours. This was mainly due to persistent northeast winds as well as fairly low relative humidity levels." Webcam link below.
State Sen. Mary Souza, R-Coeur d'Alene, points something out to executive director Wayne Hoffman of the Idaho Freedom Foundation at the Coeur d'Alene 4th of July parade in downtown Coeur d'Alene Saturday. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen)
Scanner Traffic for Monday AM (20 items & counting) includes some incidental reports of what's happening beyond fire lines of Cape Horn Fire ...
Weekend Poll: After the Supreme Court legalized gay marriage in this country, a polygamous Montana trio asked to be married. In its 4th of July weekend poll, HucksOnline asked: "Do you support legalizing polygamy?" 199 of 306 respondents (65.03%) of Hucks Nation voted "no." Today's Poll: How are you suriving hot summer?
Sara Meyer (RE: Hagadone seeks street vacation): From what I've read and heard I'm opposed to the city vacating the air rights above the resort sky bridge. If a 19 story tower is built above the current sky bridge it will block all mountain views...
Same-sex marriage is now legal in all 50 states, but nestled in the Idaho Constitution remains the provision that defines marriage as only between a man and a woman. The Supreme Court struck down all gay marriage bans nationwide last week, making Idaho's marriage definition unenforceable. However, removing the language will be an uphill battle.
In this first of several Photo Set pictures from Duane Rasmussen: Dan English, who has announced his candidacy for the City Council seat now held by Steve Adams, prepares to mount the small bicycle that he rode in the 4th of July Parade in downtown Coeur d'Alene Saturday. Question: Which entry did you consider most interesting?
"From @KCSO_LtMiller - evacuations can't be forced in the state of Idaho without an ok from the governor's office" -- @caseylundkxly re: Cape Horn Fire. Question: Is this a good law?
Photo Set: Michael Mastor snapped this photo of the Cape Horn Fire through a spotting scope Sunday. The tiny pinpoint that is a helicopter provides some idea re: scope of fire. Idaho Records/Press Person Field irrigation system nears completion/Press Lake City man competes on 'American...
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.
