A pedestrian walks across the sky bridge Wednesday, Dec. 28, 2016, between the Providence Medical Center building and the Doctors Building on the South Hill, as the snowy hills of north Spokane appear in the background.
A Tennessee woman’s $1.2 million estate has gone to the dogs – and cats, too. The Johnson City Press reported Glenda Taylor DeLawder’s bequest to an animal shelter was announced Christmas Day on the Carter County government website by Mayor Leon Humphrey. Who are you leaving your estate to? CH
My husband had a nightmare. He was yelling and thrashing around. I woke him up. "You're having a bad dream," I said. "Hush!" Then of course, I asked him what he was dreaming about. "Triceratops," he muttered. "In the tent! Not the BIG dinosaurs, Little tiny ones.'
In his latest controversial statement, Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte, known for his bloody anti-drug war that has killed thousands, threatened to throw corrupt officials out of a helicopter, saying he has done it before, to a kidnapper, and won’t hesitate to do it again.
Authorities say an east-central Idaho snowmobiler has been found dead in a mountainous area northwest of Salmon. The Lemhi County Sheriff’s Office tells the Post Register in a story on Wednesday that deputies and rescue teams found the body of 58-year-old Michael Mogard of Salmon on Saturday.
The parade of winter storms crossing the Inland Northwest shows no sign of letting up with snow expected Thursday night and again over the New Year’s holiday. Light snow is expected at lower elevations, but mountain areas could see 4 to 8 inches as the next storm appears as early as Wednesday at higher elevations and along the Canadian border.
A Union Pacific train engine has derailed in southwestern Idaho. Officials say there are no injuries from the derailment that occurred at about 11:30 a.m. Wednesday and left the engine leaning to one side.
Buhl, Idaho, man has pleaded guilty to beating a Twin Falls murder suspect in the Twin Falls County Jail. The Times-News reported that 30-year-old James Russell Hunt-Pyeatt on Tuesday guilty to a felony count of aggravated battery for the Sep. 5 beating of 45-year-old Glenn Joseph Tures.
One dog has died and another is injured after they were apparently attacked by a mountain lion in a subdivision south of Ketchum. The Idaho Mountain Express reported that wildlife officials have trapped and released the mountain lion in a remote area after the Thursday attacks.
Post Falls Police are investigating a rash of auto burglaries that occurred late Sunday night or early Monday morning in the same vicinity in the north part of the city. At least eight vehicles north of Poleline Avenue and east of Idaho were targeted between 11 p.m. Sunday and 8 a.m. on Monday. Do you always remember to lock your car? CH
With just a few days remaining in the year, one man has decided to make it his mission to protect Betty White from 2016’s evil ways. It’s no secret it has been a rough year in terms of celebrity losses.
Christmas ornaments can tell a world of stories. Here are a few of mine. Do you have an special stories about your decorations/ornaments?
A Post Falls man was arrested Wednesday evening after it was discovered he was wanted on three arrest warrants. The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office was called to the area of Greensferry Road and Blue Grass Lane around 1 p.m. Wednesday for a domestic dispute.
The first major act of the unified Republican government in 2017 will be a vote in Congress to begin tearing down Obamacare. But the euphoria of finally acting on a long-sought goal will quickly give way to the reality that Republicans – and President-elect Donald Trump – have no agreement thus far on how to replace coverage...
Mikayla McSheehy,13, was born with a defective eye. So when she found Ernie the one-eyed cat on Panhandle Animal Shelter's interactive Home-to-Home Animal Adoption website, she felt an immediate sense of kinship with him. Obviously, this is my favorite story of the day! We adopted both our cats from a shelter. How did you get your pet/s? CH
A new state audit of the evidence collected in Idaho’s sexual assault investigations shows that law enforcement officials didn’t submit nearly half of the rape kits to be tested. Officials say that’s largely because the cases were no longer being investigated or the agency determined no crime had been committed.
Coeur d’Alene police say they found a man dead in a home early Thursday after responding to a domestic dispute. Officers were called just after midnight and found a woman outside with “obvious trauma to her head and face,” police said in a news release.
At the young age of 3, Landon Hill accomplished what most could only dream of: He became an honorary sheriff’s deputy, badge and all. Surrounded by Kootenai County Sheriff’s deputies, members of the media and his family, Landon on Wednesday clung to his father’s shoulder as they stood inside the sheriff’s office in Coeur d’Alene.
Christmas is over, presents have been exchanged and now the Christmas tree is dropping needles everywhere. What’s a person to do? The city of Spokane offers free curbside pickup of fresh-cut, non-flocked Christmas trees on garbage days through Jan. 13. Trees taller than six feet should be cut in half.
Actress Debbie Reynolds, the star of the 1952 classic “Singin’ in the Rain,” has died. She was 84. Her son, Todd Fisher, said Reynolds died Wednesday, a day after her daughter, Carrie Fisher, who was 60. Is there anything more tragic than outliving your children? CH
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.
