Ray Garland, 94, of Coeur d'Alene, the remaining member of the Pearl Harbor Survivors group in Spokane, places a floral lei on a wreath at the Pearl Harbor memorial tribute Wednesday at the Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena. The short ceremony commemorated the 75th anniversary of the attack.
The deer that ran across three lanes of Highway 95 and head butt my Toyota 4Runner caused $2,500 damage to two car doors. It'll cost me $500 out of pocket. Yeah, I view deer that prowl our neighbors a bit differently now. I don't loathe them as some Dalton Gardens residents do. But I no longer view them as harmless forest critters either.
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday PM (10 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 15 more items) includes theft of purse from vehicle while woman was dropping child off at Post Falls day care today ...
The Cutline Contest features an election worker from Flint, Mich., hauling ballots as a statewide recount begins today in Michigan. Tuesday Winner: DFO.
Jadd Davis, artistic director of Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre announces, via Facebook, the directors for the 2017 summer season, in order of performance. The season will begin with "Chitty Chitty Bang Bang," which Jadd will director. The directors for the four other plays are listed below.
Architects Monte Miller & Dick Stauffer have changed the face of downtown Coeur d'Alene by constructing McEuen Terrace and Parkside towers. Ric Clarke/Coeur d'Alene Press provides the back story for Miller, 66, who moved to Coeur d'Alene when he was 13.
"Lady walks into a restaurant wearing an 'I'm With Stupid' shirt, carrying an infant" -- Facebook Friend's close encounter with said woman at lunch today at Nadine's Mexican Kitchen/Rathdrum.
The NYTimes reports: "President-elect Donald J. Trump has selected Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma attorney general and a close ally of the fossil fuel industry, to run the Environmental Protection Agency, signaling Mr. Trump’s determination to dismantle President Obama’s efforts to counter climate change — and much of the E.P.A. itself."
Idaho’s gross domestic product increased an estimated 2.8 percent in the second quarter of 2016, according to a Wednesday release from the Bureau of Economic Analysis at the U.S. Department of Commerce. Zach Kyle/Idaho Statesman reports that Idaho's economy got a double dose of good news.
The daily roundup of links from HucksOnline social media includes two Post Falls council members modeling Christmas wear at last night's City Council meeting. Also: Assorteds/Slight Detour, Jolly happy sold out/On Tap, A day of sadness/Simple Mind, and Wilderness re-naming honors Evans/Outdoors.
In his editorial to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune comments that the U.S. is paying a price for our historical blind spots. We are waging the wrong kind of war on terror against an unconventional enemy as a result, Trillhaase says.
University of Idaho football coach Paul Petrino, who led the Vandals to an 8-4 record and their first bowl appearance since 2009, was voted the Sun Belt Conference coach of the year.
In today's editorial, the SR comments: "About one-third of Washington state jobs depend on trade, so it’s nerve-wracking to watch the Trump administration flout diplomatic tradition with China, trash trade deals and promote steep tariffs. The hope was that campaign rhetoric would give way to realism once the new administration settled in."
Actress/comedienne Amy Schumer has taken on social media trolls who claim she's too fat to play Barbie in an upcoming film featuring the Mattel doll. She posted a photo of herself in a swimsuit on Instagram, saying fat shamers failed "because she knows she's not fat and has 'zero shame' in her game." (Q: What do you think of fat shamers?)
In his column today, Shawn Vestal/SR blasts Spokane County commissioners for rushint a six-month ban on outdoor pot forms into existence -- a decision made without warning. Vestal quotes Commissioner Al French, who said lamely: "You don't want to advertise these things before they even take effect." Oh?
On her Facebook wall, Jeanne Helstrom of Coeur d'Alene posts re: Christmas cards. She's among those who still writes messages in them and sends them out. She's been known to make hand-made cards. It's time consuming but a labor of love, she writes. How about you? Do you still send out Christmas cards?
AM Headlines for Wednesday AM: Public Records/Press, Idaho state employee pay still lags/SR, Pearl Harbor vet recalls fires & fury/Press, Elk herd concerns drivers near Hauser/KREM, Kellogg officer fixes fence for homeowner/KREM, Forming new state in E Washington not likely/KXLY, Dalton Gardens woman viewed raid from roof/Press ...
In Tuesday's poll, a near majority of Hucks Nation oppose a federal plan to build a N-waste facility in eastern Idaho. Today's Poll: Do you send out Christmas cards?
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (15 items & counting) includes police search for Shopko shoplifter at old Wild Waters theme park @ H95/I-90 ...
In this morning's editorial, the Coeur d'Alene Press supports proposed moves by Secretary of State Lawerence Denney to tighten Idaho's laws re: campaign finance disclosure. The state's Sunshine Laws are too loose, agrees the Press. (And Huckleberries.)
In her Main Street column for the Coeur d'Alene Press today, Kerri Thoreson writes of two sisters who viewed Idaho's Capitol Christmas Tree on the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol this past week. Sisters Patricia and Marion Richardson said the tree, from the Payette Forest, weathered the cross-country trip well.
The city of Coeur d'Alene has collected some $20,000 of an estimated $350,000 owed in parking violations in the last three weeks. It did so by sending out 8,400 letters for nearly 24,000 citations. Now, the city is considering tougher measures to get repeat offenders to pay their tickets. Keith Cousins/Press reports.
Seventy-five years ago today, Japan's carefully planned attack on the U.S. Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor shocked the world and catapulted America into World War II. Below, you'll find a link that leads you to an array of stories prepared by The Spokesman-Review for this special occasion.
Donald Trump has finally been named Time’s “Person of the Year.” “It’s a great honor,” the president-elect said on NBC’s “Today” show on Wednesday morning. (Do you agree/disagree with Time's choice for Person of the Year?)
Do you want to build a snowman? You can this weekend! The National Weather Service issued a winter storm watch for the Coeur d’Alene area for Thursday afternoon through Friday afternoon. Bethany Blitz/Press reports.
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.
