The work day start slowly this morning. Now, there's news breaking out all over -- and I'm having a tough time keeping up with it. I love days like this. I'll keep posting. You keep commenting. Here's the Hump Day Wild Card ...
Louisiana Gov. Bobby Jindal waves to the crowd with his wife Supriya Jindal after he announced his candidacy for president in Kenner, La., earlier today. Question: Do you know any prominent Republicans who aren't running for president?
HFHayden (RE: Friends of McEuen Park meet today): Do any of the Friends have any ideas for what can be done to improve the safety/atmosphere in the parking structure? My wife and kids are now uncomfortable in that area due to the crowds of people…
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday PM (22 items & counting + AM Scanner Traffic link) includes male w/machete who's tried and failed to steal a vehicle on Twin Lakes Road ...
The Cutline Contest for Hump Day Wednesday features an annual celebration in Spain in which revelers jump through fire. Tuesday Winner -- MJhartid.
Does The Bard of Sherman Avenue have a rhyme & an opinion about the moved-up starting time of Ironman Coeur d'Alene. Of course he does.
Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev ended his long silence on Wednesday, apologizing for the pain and suffering he caused his victims, many of whom packed a federal courtroom as a judge formally imposed his death sentence. "If there is any lingering doubt ... I did...
As the heat wave begins to take hold, Christa Hazel, chairman of the Coeur d'Alene School Board wonders: "I need a ruling in advance of the heatwave: exactly how old does one need to be for a muumuu to be considered age appropriate?" Anyone?
The Mississippi state flag was taken down this morning from a display of state flags in front of Boise’s city hall because it contains the Confederate emblem, the Idaho Statesman and the AP report; Boise Mayor Dave Bieter asked for the removal after the killing...
Among the topics in the HucksOnline blogosphere roundup today: The Confederate Flag/Bay Views, Racism? It's time to get a grip/Dogwalk Musings, Feedback pours in on East Sherman/Coeur d'Alene Today, A Knucklehead's salute/Carlson Chronicles, 'War Bonds' in Wenatchee, Leavenworth/War Bonds, and Are you OK with hate?/Faithful Geek, & more.
Workers in the major project to shore up island erosion and restore wildlife habitat in Idaho's Clark Fork Delta are doing a little unexpected weeding. Illegal marijuana growing plots have been discovered two consecutive years, the Idaho Fish and Game Department reports. Several patches were…
Update: A 20-year-old Post Falls woman was lying when she said she found a litter of 8 puppies abandoned in a box at Corbin Park, according to a KCSO news release. Mariah F. Eutsler, 20, admitted that her story was false -- that she was trying to do a favor for a friend who was living out of his RV in Spokane.
On its Facebook page, the Post Falls Police Department posts: "A citizen sent PFPD this great picture of a Kootenai County Sheriff's Office Deputy (Justin Arts) helping out a small child after a traffic accident in Hayden. Great work!" Bingo!
The organizational meeting for Friends of McEuen Park is this evening at Fort Ground Grill, 705 W. River Ave., at 5:30 p.m. Anybody interested in being part of this group is welcome to attend. Friends of McEuen participants will serve as ambassadors to the park…
North Idaho College Trustee will be the featured speaker at the noon luncheon of the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans at the Fedora Pub & Grille, 1726 W. Kathleen Ave/CdA. Wood will discuss the college's budget and taxes as well as career technical education.
In a survey (the New York Times) conducted with the Police Executive Research Forum last year of 382 law enforcement agencies, 74 percent reported anti-government extremism as one of the top three terrorist threats in their jurisdiction; 39 percent listed extremism connected with Al Qaeda or like-minded terrorist organizations
Hucks Nation was split re: a decision by the city of Coeur d'Alene to allow beer & wine to be sold at the Harbor House at McEuen Park. Today's Poll: Should CdA require compensation from Hagadone Hospitality for loss of public air space as result of project to add 2nd resort tower?
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (16 items & counting) includes 14YO male who suffered traumatic injuries in ATV rollover. He's being treated at Urgent Care of Northwest Specialty Hospital in Post Falls ...
Coeur d'Alene Mayor Steve Widmyer was appointed to the ignite cda board last week, to fill out the unexpired term of former mayor Al Hassell. Question: Question: Some say a council member or mayor shouldn't serve on the ignite cda board. I don't see a problem with one person sharing both roles. Do you?
The Weather Channel has surveyed American citizens throughout the nation to find out just how hot is too hot. Idaho (and Washington) considers 85 degrees as "too hot." But residents of other Northwest states are a bit tougher: Montana (87 degrees), Wyoming (89 degrees), and Oregon (90 degrees). How hot is too hot for you?
Ironman Coeur d’Alene will move to August starting next year, while a half-Ironman event will be added on the June weekend when the rigorous triathlon has traditionally been held. Ironman said the full triathlon will be held on Aug. 21 next year. Besides changing the...
A Kootenai County judge Wednesday morning agreed to enter new charges, including first-degree murder, against the man accused of killing Coeur d’Alene police Sgt. Greg Moore. First District Senior Magistrate Barry Watson agreed to new charges filed by county Prosecutor Barry McHugh, including first-degree murder,…
The city of Coeur d'Alene is considering a tire “booting” program for habitual parking ticket violators, according to Brad Jordan, the Parking Committee's representative on the Ignite CdA board. The minutes of Ignite CdA (from June 17 meeting) reveal that the particulars of the booting...
The board of Ignite CdA (Lake City Development Corp) endorsed a proposal by Hagadone Hospitality to build a second hotel tower over Front Avenue and the western half of the resort shopping mall. Included in the vote was endorsement of the city vacating rights to Front Avenue. The vote wasn't unanimous. See Ignite CdA minutes below.
AM Headlines today includes: Idaho Records/Coeur d'Alene Press, Region's rivers hit record low flows/Outdoors, Psychic works to find woman with dementia/Press' 2nd thick-skinned traveling turtle shows up/CdA Press, Post Falls man gets 10 years for child pornography/Press, & USFS OKs gold mine in Frank Church Wilderness/EOBoise. More below.
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.
