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News >  Idaho

Fort Ground to host Farewellfest

Mayor Steve Widmyer and I have tentatively set up a Farewellfest for this washed-up blogger from 5 to 7 p.m. next Wednesday at Steve's Fort Ground Grill on River Avenue in the Fort Grounds area. The SR will provide cake, cookies, coffee, soft drinks. And there might be a speech or two.
News >  Idaho

One moment changed everything

Everything was fine in Jesse Raymond's world just a little more than a month ago. His business, Ace Moving, was really getting off the ground. He just bought a house. Life was going along smoothly. Then one innocent dive into the Snake River changed everything. Devin Heilman/Coeur d'Alene Press reports ...
News >  Idaho

Time to fix flawed judicial elections

In his column this morning, Marty Trillhaase/Lewiston Tribune comments that something needs to be done about the flawed Idaho Supreme Court elections. As a case in point, he comments that poorly qualified then-state senator Curt McKenzie, R-Nampa, came too close to winning a justice seat, trading on his Republican credentials.
News >  Idaho

Parting Shot — 8.9.17

The Parting Shot today features competitors in the Women's 3000m Steeplechase participating during the World Athletics Championships in London.
News >  Idaho

Hump Day Wild Card — 8.9.17

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...
News >  Idaho

Cutline Contest —time2vote

The Cutline Contest today features a man jumping over a cow as part of a "Corrida Goyesca" in northern Spain. Tuesday Winner: Uncle Bob.
News >  Idaho

My apologies

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.
News >  Idaho

A final Blogfest in the works

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.
News >  Idaho

Fire burns lumber mill near Athol

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.
News >  Idaho

Trucker finds Wallace ‘house’ shut

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.
News >  Idaho

Services set for ex-Vik star Ramsay

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
News >  Idaho

Ash aphids

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.
News >  Idaho

Willie wows ‘em at Northern Quest

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?
News >  Idaho

New details about hit-and-run

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 ...
News >  Idaho

DFO announces retirement

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.
News >  Idaho

Poll: We prefer Mexican food

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?
News >  Idaho

Unquotable Quote

"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.
News >  Idaho

Redoubter attacks Christa Hazel

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.
News >  Idaho

Can Sanders surge revive Idaho D’s?

In his editorial today, Opinion Editor Randy Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune wonders if the Sanders surge of 2016 can save Idaho Democrats in 2018: "The people who surged to Sanders' cause have it within their grasp to organize, recruit candidates and energize the next election."