Andre Tcheffu, 10, looks up at first lady Michelle Obama after performing for her at the National Gallery of Art, Tuesday in Washington. The first lady and Ho Ching, wife of Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, toured the National Gallery of Art, West Wing…
Here's another reason why I'm listening to NPR more and more (besides the fact that KVNI no longer provides interesting programming), three knuckleheads with ESPN sports radio (AM 700) were polling one another and other men in the broadcast studio this morning re: whether or not they pee in the shower.
Scanner Traffic for Tuesday PM (21 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 16 more items) includes all divers and sonar being called off water after day's search for three missing boaters at 3:48 p.m.
The Cutline Contest today features a male who was trying to elude arrest in Colorado Springs, Colo., only to be stuck in a tree for three hours before surrendering to police. Monday Winner: 012017_1200.
In a Facebook post, the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office reports that high winds today have hampered the search for three people who are believed to have drowned as the result of an accident on Lake Coeur d'Alene Sunday night. Searchers have spotted some images in the lake they want to view more closely.
Huckleberries Online social media roundup features a plane being hauled by a wave-runner on Lake Coeur d'Alene (photo courtesy of Don Sausser). Also: Evening splendor/Slight Detour, A real American Jedi/Faithful Geek, Trump 98: No tax returns/Randy Stapilus, Great American Beer Festival deal/On Tap, Time to put heat on M's organization/Grip.
The Idaho Civility Summit wrapped up today, with participants backing moves to enhance discourse in the state, from education and training in schools to a possible civility pledge, reports Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise. Question: Do you think this is a good exercise. Or a pie-in-the-sky approach to civility?
Stop me if you've heard this one before ... Texas faculty and students are fighting a new gun law that allows concealed handgun license holders to carry guns into college classrooms, buildings and dorms. The law, which took affect Monday, is being challenged by professors who consider it unconstitutional and "dangerously experimental."
KREM reports: "Police cited a Post Falls man after he admitted throwing a skateboard at a speeding car driving through his neighborhood. A Post Falls police officer cited Levi Wilk for malicious injury to property after he hit a Volkswagen car that had been speeding through his neighborhood while his children were playing outside."
Democratic National Committee CEO Amy Dacey and two other top officials are stepping down, the party announced Tuesday, following the publication of hacked internal emails. The emails showed their apparent favoritism toward Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primary wee published by WikiLeaks.
KREM 2 reports that the recent annual benefit at the Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course raised $3.47 million for the Community Cancer Fund. Among the celebrities: NHL legend Wayne Gretzky, Gonzaga men's basketball coach Mark Few and Major League Baseball player Shane Victorino.
Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Tuesday gestured to have a crying baby removed from his rally, after the child interrupted his speech. "Don't worry about that baby, I love babies," the GOP presidential nominee initially said at a rally in Ashburn, Va., after an audible cry from a child in the audience. WWHD? What would Hillary do?
In a letter to the Coeur d'Alene Press, Judith Yancey of Coeur d'Alene asks bicyclists to share the sidewalk with walkers, strollers, elderly folks, children, etc. I enjoy riding my bicycle. And I'm aware of motorists who make life dangerous for bicyclist. But I'm also aware that many bicyclists don't follow common rules of courtesy.
Writing for Idaho Politics Weekly, Chuck Malloy relates how difficult life would be for if he couldn't afford health insurance. As a diabetic, Chuck says, he'd have to choose between medicine and paying the rent. About 78,000 Idahoans don't have that choice. They make too much to qualify for state insurance and not enough to qualify for Medicaid.
Scanner Traffic for Tuesday AM (16 items & counting) including a tense neighbor dispute in Hayden and a dog that may have been let out of pickup without owner's knowledge ...
Aaron Luna/KXLY reports that families and friends are hoping against hope for three missing boaters who are presumed drowned in Lake Coeur d'Alene. The three -- 34YO Justin Luhr, 21YO Caitlin Breeze and 21YO Justin Honken -- have been missing since their boat was hit by another off Arrow Point on Sunday.
In the poll Monday, a supermajority of Hucks Nation chose "all lives matter" over "Black Lives Matter" as the slogan that explained their approach to the racial divide in this country. Today's Poll: Is Donald Trump 'unfit' to be president?
Washington Post: "President Obama on Tuesday sharply attacked Donald Trump, calling him “unfit to serve as president,” as the Republican presidential nominee faced a continued barrage of criticism from members of both parties for disparaging the parents of a fallen army captain."
AM Headlines kicks off with SR Outdoors blog post re: record use of the Route of the Hiawatha trail in July. Also: Food bank workers foil burglary attempt/Press, Blaze destroys home but not family outlook/Press, Pullman PD still investigating WSU assault/KREM, Vandals spray-paint, burglarize cars in CdA/Press + more ...
I'm delighted to hear that the Human Rights Education Institute will reopen at 5:30 p.m. Wednesday, with an exhibit that explains the local human-rights battle with the Aryan Nations. When I arrived here in 1984, I was assigned to cover the human rights task force. I am a witness to much of the history that will be displayed at the institute.
For some reason, Idaho's gas prices are 35 cents per gallon above the national average, 6th highest in the country. The US average has dropped 25 cents in the past 50 days to an average of $2.13. Yet, we're paying $2.48 per gallon. What's up?
Writing for the Inlander, former state senator Mary Lou Reed comments on the celebration held on behalf of the late Art Manley and her husband, Scott, at McEuen Park. Mary Lou reminds us that it was the determination of these two and others like them that has protected this beautiful jewel of an area that we call home.
In Slate online, columnist Michelle Goldberg comments on the Twin Falls controversy involving a sexual assault of a 5-year-old girl by three boys, the youngest of whom was 7. The assault has blown up into a community controversy that has gain the attention of the nation. The hubbub, she contends, is a microcosm of USA in the age of Trump.
A person in a power ultralight craft enjoyed a bird's-eye view of the Coeur d'Alene waterfront Sunday afternoon, including this run above Tubbs Hill. Photographer Don Sausser caught the flyer in action.
Coeur d'Alene Press: Three people remain missing after Saturday night’s boat crash south of Stevens Point on Lake Coeur d’Alene. Rescue teams searched for the missing people all day Sunday and Monday. The three missing adults are all presumed drowned.
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.
