In today's rhyme, The Bard of Sherman Avenue targets the phenomenon of "Colony Collapse Disorder. In practice, what this means is that the bees simply vanish from their hives, leaving behind their most precious worldly possessions: honey and larvae." You can see The Bard's rhyme below, as well as a link to explain "Colony Collapse Disorder"
In the Blue Review of Boise State University, writers Kyle Eidson and Dave Lachiondo explain how the Basque fight for a homeland has impacted the many Basque living in Idaho: "Basque immigrants who came to Idaho in the years before the Spanish Civil War hesitated...
An adult spelling bee is scheduled Thursday, featuring seven teams that will dot their i's and cross their t's. The event takes place in the Edminster Student Union at North Idaho College, sponsored by the American Association of University Women. Question: Are you a good speller?
In an old Coeur d'Alene Press newspaper clipping, Woody McEvers is shown at the Kootenai County Centennial Appreciation Party, 25 years ago. Question: How many of you remember eating at Woody's Rustler's Roost when it was located downtown?
At the Lewiston Tribune, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase said legislators who voted against the child support bill in special session last week were not evil or stupid, just plain afraid of the Tea Party, Wayne Hoffman's Idaho Freedom Foundation "and conservative talk radio that they're willing to sacrifice the well-being of 183,000 kids ..."
Idaho Democratic Party Chairman Larry Kenck will resign on May 29. In his resignation letter, Kenck cited his health as the reason he is stepping down. Kenck was re-elected for his second term as chairman in March. Vice chair Jeanne Buell will serve the remainder...
Hucks Nation isn't a fan of most of the North Idaho legislative delegation. In a poll that offered five choices, 51% said the antics and votes of most of the delegation (who are conservative hardliners) were strange but not laughable because they hurt average Idahoans. Another 27.61% said their actions were laughable. More below.
Among the AM Headlines today: Hayden resident Alan Golub was inspired to create this digital art by the community's response to the death of Coeur d'Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore. Also: Former Athol clerk to be sentenced/Press; Jerky quip earns Oberto sampler/Eye on Boise; 'Welcome to Idaho' sign stolen/Press; Jobless rate holds steady/Press + more.
Dan English, the former Kootenai County clerk, will seek election to the Coeur d'Alene City Council seat currently held by Councilman Steve Adams this fall. English, who will become executive director of Habitat for Humanity June 1, also is a former Coeur d'Alene councilman. Adams is known for his strong anti-federal government stands.
In his Sunday Business Bits column for the CdA Press, Nils Rosdahl reports that Anthony's restaurant is coming to Riverstone: "Anthony's at Coeur d'Alene will be a new building on the pond at Riverstone just north of Bardenay. The 6,125-square-foot dinner house will seat 150 people indoors and many more on a 4,200-square-foot exterior patio.
In a letter to the Coeur d'Alene Press editor, Jim Kover, of Post Falls, said more Calilfornians are needed to buy all the homes being build in Kootenai County. That's the only way, he said, that he can recoup the $70,000 to $80,000 devaluation in his own modest home. Question: Are you eager to see more Californians move to North Idaho?
State Sen. Mary Souza was one of only four North Idaho senators (out of 15) who voted to support the controversial Child Support Enforcement bill. In an op-ed article in the Coeur d'Alene Press, Souza explains why she voted for the bill -- and laments the fear that legislators feel, on both sides, in voting for such bills.
Since 2001, retired Army Reserve Lt. Col. Philip Kowzan, 77, of Spokane, has played taps at military honor funerals in the Spokane area -- 1,259 honor funerals and counting. Pia Hallenberg/SR provides insight into the man who has honored so many of our veterans by playing the 24 notes that can make the toughest soldier cry.
New parking regulations are now in effect in the city of Coeur d'Alene. The regulations are designed to address loitering and other problems in the new McEuen Park garage.
In the Spokesman-Review Sunday, Huckleberries reminded readers of the dire predictions by Citizen Against Virtually Everything (CAVErs) who fought construction of the Kroc Center tooth & nail -- the same naysayers who also battled against other worthy projects that are transforming our viewtiful piece of paradise.
You get a break from Huckleberries Online for the next three days. It'll be my chance to overhaul the garden. But I'm sure you have way better plans that that. So enjoy yourself. Be safe. And I'll see you back here Tuesday. Here's your Memorial...
Cub Scout Easton Kulm, 8, of Florence, N.J., places a flag as scouts placed thousands of flags on veteran’s graves at Brig. Gen. William C. Doyle Veterans Memorial Cemetery in honor of Memorial Day Friday in Wrightstown, N.J.
I might be anticipating this weekend more, if I didn't have a ha-huge garden project waiting for me. Out with the old wood chips. In with the rock. I tried to tell Mrs. O that I'm getting too old for this stuff. But she merely...
A North Idaho man said his dog was shot on a Forest Service road last weekend by a teen who mistook the husky-malamute cross for a wolf. The dog later died. The same bullet struck Jim Rosauer’s second dog, which survived. “We saw both of our dogs drop to the ground. It was just shocking,” said Rosauer, who lives near Eastport.
Scanner Traffic for Thursday afternoon (20 items & counting + AM Scanner Traffic link) includes SOS to temp worker that she needed to return home because her baby-sitter had been arrested.
An Idaho sheriff is questioning President Barack Obama’s order ending the transfer of some combat-style gear to local law enforcement. Bannock County Sheriff Lorin Nielsen said the prohibition is an overreaction to recent events and images of combat-ready police trying to quell violence and looting, first in Ferguson, Mo., and then in Baltimore.
Prompted by concerns with delinquent public behavior at the McEuen Park parking facility, the Coeur d’Alene City Council recently passed an ordinance restricting certain activity at the sub-level parking lot. The new law, which applies to all city parking facilities, goes into effect on Saturday.
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.