Sad news today from Marianne Love's beloved Lovestead. Two neighbor dogs attacked and killed one of her border collies Sunday. Writes Marianne: "Our love for her and for our other family pets is immeasurable, as is our grief. Hug your pets and tell them you love them in honor of Kea"
Scanner Traffic for Monday AM (13 items & counting) including a search for two missing children in Garwood area that had a happy ending.
In the Weekend Poll, a plurality of Hucks Nation said they view state Sen. Mary Souza the same today as it did in January when she took legislative office. However, 26.29% said they view Souza in a better light today. Today's Poll: Do you view the federal government as “an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens”?
The homecoming dance for Coeur d'Alene High School finished on Saturday night but many people were absent from the dance thanks to the dress code. Parents said many students skipped the dance because they got a notice from Coeur d'Alene school district that bare shoulders and spaghetti straps were not allowed.
Does The Bard of Sherman Avenue have a rhyme for the 0-2 start of the former Super Bowl champion Seattle Seahawks? Of course he does. 12 words that says it all.
State officials are debating if they should allow groups to lease public land in a way that could prevent public access. A half-dozen times over the years, the Idaho Department of Lands has received applications for permission to lease state endowment land for an exclusive private hunting operation. Every time, the department has said no.
Roughly half of Americans view the federal government as “an immediate threat to the rights and freedoms of ordinary citizens,” according to a new Gallup poll. The Gallup survey released on Monday said that 49 percent see the federal government as a threat. The biggest...
Here's something you don't see every day -- the Idaho Vandals singing the fight song in victory to the crowd at the Kibbie Dome Saturday after they beat Wofford College 41-38 for their first win of the 2015 season. Thoughts?
Jeff Sayer, director of Idaho’s Department of Commerce, says the notion that a minimum wage in Idaho should be a livable wage “scares me to death.” He agrees that Idaho’s economy cannot grow with low wages, but says that raising the minimum wage would create…
A Washington State University student was taken to the hospital in critical condition after falling from the third-story fire escape of a fraternity house Saturday night. Pullman Police spokesman Cmdr. Chris Tennant said police were called to the Sigma Phi Epsilon house at 610 NE…
In a weekend editorial, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune focuses on that Boise State report that reveals that women hold just 30.8 percent of appointments in state government -- and only 34.4 percent in the counties.
COCOLALLA, Idaho – Nancy Taylor says her captive-born wolves enjoy human contact. When she gives paid tours of Wolf People, the wolves come up to the chain-link fence to check out the visitors. “They want to be petted, and they love to give kisses,” said…
The driver who survived the Sept. 12 head-on collision on U.S. 95 that left three others dead was released from the hospital and taken into custody Friday, Idaho State Police reported. Ryan J. Turner, 27, of Hayden, was driving north in the southbound lane in...
In Sunday's SR, my Huckleberries print column kicked off with comments made by former Kootenai County clerk Dan English re: marriage licenses for gay couples. English, a Democrat and a Christian, said county clerks who can't issue such licenses, for conscience sake, should resign.
It looks like a viewtiful Saturday morning in the viewtiful Lake City. That means a trip to the waterfront for a walk with my girl and Beagle Huckleberry. And then a laundry list of honey-do's. I hope you enjoy the weekend as much as I…
You know that your Friday has gotten off to a rough start when your wife pokes you awake and says, "Isn't your dental appointment in 40 minutes." I arrived at the office with 5 minutes to spare, I think I shaved and bathed. But no...
Jie Quan of China, dips Juan Wang, also of China, as they pose for family members in front of the sculpture "Unconditional Surrender," earlier today in San Diego. The sculpture by Seward Johnson is inspired by Alfred Eisenstaedt's iconic photo of a sailor kissing a nurse in Times Square on V-J Day.
Jill Barville, a talented correspondent/columnist for my newspaper, was inspired by a recent SR story re: 6 women who lost between 70 and 300 pounds. She was particularly inspired that the women were focused on a goal, like a marathon, not on just how they looked. Jill summarizes: Our culture's view of the body needs revising.
Scanner Traffic for Friday PM (27 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 15 more items) ...
The Cutline Contest today features Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton and talk-show host Jimmy Fallon hamming it up this week on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon." Thursday Winner: DFO.
In his latest newsletter, Congressman Raul Labrador writes that he and Congress are morally obligated to defund Planned Parenthood, which, he says, " treats unborn children like commodities, callously bargaining about the price of organs over lunch."
In the Bloglander, Daniel Walter/Inlander targets an op-ed column circulated to newspapers by Superintendent of Schools Sherri Ybarra that, apparently, is getting mocked on Twitter and Facebook. Bloglander headline sez it all: "Let's copy edit the Idaho state superintendent's grammatical mess of an essay." Thoughts?
As the two-day hearing for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl wrapped up today in Texas, top military officials testified that the Hailey man said he walked away from his post as part of a plan to contact a general at a forward operating base roughly 19 miles…
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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