New Prime Minister Theresa May, followed by her husband Philip May, walk into 10 Downing Street, London, Wednesday. David Cameron stepped down Wednesday after six years as prime minister. Theresa May, 59, is the second female to hold the position of British prime minister.
The tech gods at the SR's Death Star in Spokane have heard the cries of the HucksOnline commenters, esp. Searcher. Those who post links with their comments no longer will be left to cool their heels awaiting moderation. Their long night of purgatory darkness --...
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday PM (26 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 24 more items) includes 2 incidents of indecent exposure to passing motorists ...
The Cutline Contest today features the Mud King and Mud Queen of the 29th annual Mud Day Tuesday in Westland, Mich. Tuesday Winner: DFO.
Idaho's US Sens. Crapo and Risch were among the 18 opposing votes that failed to derail the nomination of Carla D. Hayden to head the Library of Congress, the first female and first African-American to hold that post. The Senate vote 74-18 to approve Hayden, whom some conservatives consider an "unqualified Far Left progressive." (w/video)
The daily roundup of social media from HucksOnline includes the viewtiful photo of lilypads along the Trail of the Coeur d'Alenes by Keith Boe. Also: Extra innings/On Tap, Reflecting/Slight Detour, Idaho's best heads to WSU/SportsLink, Moving forward after tragedy/Fort Boise, Bernie, we thought we knew ya/Simple Mind ...
"This just in: Pokemon Go will be in the 2020 Olympics" -- Opinion Editor Gary Crooks/SR.
A new piece of public art honoring Coeur d’Alene Indian Chief Morris Antelope will be dedicated at 3 p.m. July 18. The statue of the chief – a strong advocate for the rights of the Coeur d’Alene Indians – is located in the area of the tribe’s historical gathering place, Yap-Keehn-um.
Schools chief Sherri Ybarra is planning to overhaul or replace the state’s teacher evaluation model in the wake of reports revealing widespread data inaccuracy, according to Clark Corbin, Idaho Education News (w/video)
We made frowny faces here at Huckleberries Online when a dozen trees or so were removed in front & along the North Idaho Museum building and lot, for flood prevention purposes. But walking partner Greg Lee and I spotted this row of trees yesterday that…
In a HucksOnline comment, Christie Wood of the Task Force on Human Relations said she was "I am very disappointed in Bryant's post. It was irresponsible as a prosecutor. But I have great confidence Barry McHugh will address it privately." And: "This is clearly not a crime, but extremely poor judgement from a prosecutor with a stellar career."
In our walk along the Coeur d'Alene waterfront today, Greg Lee and I counted 43 millennial Pokémon Go fans, with their heads buried in their cellphones looking for cyber world monsters in McEuen Park, City Park and the Hagadone resort complex. One Pokémon player told us that he'd tried Tubbs Hill twice.
In an Eye on Boise post today, Betsy Russell challenges findings by Idaho Freedom Foundation VP Fred Birnbaum that says the state general fund spending is increasing faster than the national average. In fact, Betsy's findings show Idaho's general fund is growing slower than the national average. You be the judge who's correct.
White evangelical voters overwhelmingly back Donald Trump for president, according to a new poll released Wednesday. Trump, the presumptive GOP presidential nominee, has 78 percent support among registered voters who identify as white evangelical Protestants, while Hillary Rodham has 17 percent, a Pew Research Center survey found.
AM Headlines: Fire displaces family/Press, Ada County homes hit record high/EOBoise, Child sex sting nets 4 local suspects/Press, No alcohol found in UI dean who drown/KREM, $5.1M to help fund H95 upgrades to H53/Press, Rare plant halts exploratory mine drilling/EOBoise, Experts: Idaho isn't growing extravagantly/EOBoise ...
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (24 items & counting) includes logging truck that has tipped over, blocking Ramsey Road & Brunner Road/Athol. And missing Coeur d'Alene man William Lee Kasner, 59, has been found ...
In the Tuesday poll, a supermajority of Hucks Nation says the state of Idaho should ban the sale of aerial fireworks. Now, the state allows the sale of aerial fireworks but bans shooting them off. Today's Poll: What do you make of a Facebook post re: police and African-Americans made by a Kootenai County deputy prosecutor?
Kootenai Health Facebooks: "As the second phase of expansion begins, there has been a lot of activity around Kootenai Health’s operating rooms and Emergency Department. Construction crews recently finished the demolition of the first stage of operating room construction to make room for three new...
The New York Times's editorial board says Donald Trump is "right" that Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg's criticisms of him are inappropriate."Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg needs to drop the political punditry and the name-calling," the newspaper said in an editorial published Wednesday.
As you know some disgruntled fans of Bernie Sanders are considering a "fart-in" to protest that their guy didn't win the presidential nod for the Democrats. The organizer has stocked up on boxes of dry beans and canned beans. But some HBO commenters consider lentils to be a better starter fuel for a "fart-in." Do you have better ideas?
An Idaho Falls man who police say identifies as transgender was arrested Tuesday afternoon after deputies say he took photos of a woman in a fitting room in Target. Sean Patrick Smith, 46, who also goes by Shauna Patricia Smith, was booked into the Bonneville County Jail on one felony count of voyeurism.
In a column today, Sandra Lee of the Lewiston Tribune wonders why she has lived 100 miles from Spokane's Manito Park and never seen it (until recently): "I'm betting a lot of people, like me, just don't realize what's there." (Question: Have you seen Manito Park in Spokane?)
In his editorial today, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune comments that conservative columnist Ann Coulter is clueless re: U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho. In a recent column, Coulter included Crapo's name on a list of candidates Donald Trump should consider as his VP running mate.
Spokane-based Avista will begin installing 272 electric vehicle chargers in Eastern Washington homes, workplaces and public areas this month to gather information on electric cars and recharging. Just a smattering of Avista’s Washington customers currently own electric vehicles or plug-in electric-gas hybrids.
A Kootenai County deputy prosecutor said Tuesday that a Facebook comment he made, suggesting genocide could happen if police stop patrolling black neighborhoods, was misunderstood. Bryant Bushling made and then edited a comment in response to a meme posted Sunday on the Facebook wall of Kootenai County Bailiff Todd Hartman.
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.
