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For the third day in a row, I forgot to buy coffee for the office. I may have to go out and fetch my own -- at least 16 ounces. It's difficult to blog in the morning's with less than 2 cups of coffee. Here's...
For the third day in a row, I forgot to buy coffee for the office. I may have to go out and fetch my own -- at least 16 ounces. It's difficult to blog in the morning's with less than 2 cups of coffee. Here's...
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday PM (12 items & counting) ...
The Cutline Contest today features a man jumping over a cow as part of a "Corrida Goyesca" in northern Spain. Tuesday Winner: Uncle Bob.
I'm sorry that Huckleberries has been so flat today, other than the Redoubter/GOP CC devotee attacking Christa and my retirement announcement. Frankly, I've been overwhelmed by your kind comments here and on my Facebook and Twitter pages. I thought I was prepared for today. But I was wrong.
Editor Rob Curley/SR insists that the newspaper send this washed-up old blogger out in style. Usually, that means a H/T in the newsroom and maybe a trip to a watering hole after the final day of work. But Rob knows that Coeur d'Alene, not Spokane, is my universe. So he graciously has asked me to find a venue.
Fire erupted at a sawmill along U.S. 95 Wednesday morning, sending plumes of black smoke into the air and suspending operations as firefighters arrived. There were no reports of injuries. Employees were on break when the fire started in the planer mill building at about 10 a.m.
In another Blast from the Past (August 1992), Huckleberries tells of a lonely trucker who thought he might buy some companionship during a run that took him through Wallace.
Samantha Ramsay, a UIdaho assistant prof and former Coeur d'Alene High athlete, relished life, always striving for new heights. Now, she's gone. A lightning strike in the Swiss Alps took her life while she was climbing recently. She will be remembered with a service in Moscow on Saturday, Aug. 19
If this poem about "Ash Aphids" doesn't make you smile, check your pulse. Or your attitude. I miss my old friend Tom Wobker most when I run across a whimsical rhyme like the one below. Another of The Bard of Sherman Avenue's best.
Today is National Book Lovers Day, according to Christmas at the Lake on Sherman Avenue. And there are 139 days left until Christmas. Question: What book are you now reading? Moi? "The Life of David" by Arthur W. Pink.
I am now and will always be a fan of SR photog Kathy Plonka. In fact, I'm the fan of the whole SR photog gang, from Liz to Colin and Jesse. Here's the photo that Kathy snapped last night at Willie Nelson's concert at Northern Quest Casino. Q: Are you a Willie Nelson fan?
New information obtained Tuesday evening by the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office could help identify the black Dodge Caliber that left the scene of a crash involving a pedestrian Monday on Prairie Avenue. The Coeur d'Alene Press reports ...
With mixed emotions, I must tell you today that I've accepted a generous buyout from the SR and will be retiring soon. (If my buyout application is accepted, my last day as a blogger/columnist would be next Wednesday). The buyout didn't quite meet my retirement time table. But it was close enough. I would have been a fool to pass it up.
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (8 items & counting) includes fire involving 2 buildings at Merritt Brothers Mill, Athol.
In the poll Tuesday, Hucks Nation said it preferred Mexican food over Aisan food when eating anything but standard American fare. Today's Poll: Are you afraid that we might be headed for war with North Korea?
President Trump threatened on Tuesday to unleash “fire and fury” against North Korea if it endangered the United States. Question: Are you concerned that we might be headed for war with North Korea?
"When the little liar runs for another office, we look forward to raising money and volunteering for her opponent" -- the so-called Bard of the American Redoubt, blasting former Coeur d'Alene School Board chairman Christa Hazel for having the audacity to say that there's something amiss about the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee.
Apparently, there's a price to pay when you attack the zany leadership of the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee. An American Redoubter, who calls himself the Bard of the American Redoubt, has unleashed a savage attack on Christa Hazel for speaking out against Chairman Brent Regan and the Central Committee.
The back-to-the-future Coeur d'Alene Carousel is attracting 250-350 riders per day, according to Carousel Foundation board secretary Rita Snyder. But Carousel backers would like to boost those numbers.
A trial date was set Tuesday for a 21-year-old Rathdrum man charged with manslaughter after an altercation in downtown Coeur d’Alene turned fatal. Ralph Bartholdt/Press reports ...
Spokane writer Shawn Vestal, and former Spokane residents Timothy Egan and Sherman Alexie, are among the finalists for the 2017 Washington State Book Awards. Vestal, a columnist for The Spokesman-Review and the author of the award-winning story collection “Godforsaken Idaho,” is a finalist in the fiction category for his debut novel, “Daredevils.”
Adriana Janovich/SR provides a roundup of 12 best coffee shops in the local region, including The Vault, Strada, and Calypso's in downtown Coeur d'Alene. Q: Which local coffee shop is your favorite?
Hometown newspapers tend to have nicknames. Conservative readers, for example, have called my newspaper "Socialist-Review" for years. I've also worked for newspapers that were called "Lewiston Trombone" and "The Daily Mistake." It's all in good fun. Except when it isn't. Huckleberries Wednesday looks at newspaper nicknames.
Clay Bennett/Chattanooga Times Free Press
The Parting Shot today features Kuwait falling in his Men's 110 meters hurdles semifinal during the World Athletics Championships in London.