I was invited to photograph the J24 Districts on Flathead Lake with one of my good friends Tony Devoe, owner of a J34 – Whitestar. We motored around shooting and enjoying the race. I opted to shoot the entire time with the 400mm 2.8 on…
Noah Kroese/Spokesman-ReviewRelated: Idaho to move 125 prisoners from Texas facility after concerns/John Miller, Idaho Statesman
Jesse Tinsley/Spokesman-ReviewVictoria Wells, 7, is showered with frigid water on the splash pad at Bluegrass Park in Coeur d'Alene Thursday as temperatures go above 100 degrees.Attention, HBOers; Regional Editor Scott Maben is seeking online input from tomorrow's print Handle section re: the heat. Friday is…
How is your financial situation? -- Idaho Statesman *Paycheck to paycheck*Decent living*Well off*Retire*Other Update: By a margin of 49% to 37%, a plurality of 945 respondents to an Idaho Statesman poll say they live from "paycheck to paycheck" over "decent living." Five percent said they…
An overturned cattle truck has shut down U.S. Highway 95 in Idaho just north of Athol, the Idaho State Police reports. It is anticipated the closure will remain in effect at least until 5 p.m., the agency said. Motorists should expect long delays in both…
I am a big fan of your column and enjoy seeing some different perspectives in an otherwise stale media environment here in North Idaho. I am hoping that you could help me out with my wedding. I grew up in St. Maries and I am…
"You have to remember Friday is pajama day," Boo told me as we were driving home tonight."OK, I'll write it on the calendar," I said."You have to remember because my brain is small," Boo says. "I can't hold lots of memories."Mommy Dearest/BrodH20
Last weekend we watched the parade in Bayview. Three children, ages probably 7 or 8, sat in front of us and gathered up quite a large share of the candy that was being thrown from the floats. There was no room in front for my…
Joni Coombe, who recently completed the Certified Nursing Assistant program at the North Idaho College Workforce Training Center, takes the blood pressure of current CNA student Shaun Quinn.Dressed in purple scrubs, Joni Coombe gingerly lifts her patient’s arm and secures a print cuff around it.…
Note: Major John Chamness of the Salvation Army sent the following after Family Phil found a Huckleberries Online post that said the Kroc Center would be built 4-5 feet above street level. In forwarding information from the project engineer to HBO, PRster Megan Beck erred…
If a conservative is a liberal who's been mugged, a tax raiser might be a tax opponent who's driven some of Idaho's roads. Someone like Butch Otter, say. Idaho's governor is no friend of big government, or big taxes, but he knows that rants against…
Item: Double standards/Steve Smith, News Is A ConversationSo (Steve) do realize that there is a perception that the Spokesman picks on Spokane Police? Some PD officers will tell you it is more than a perception, that is is actually fact. As an outside observer I…
1. Buying a plastic 2-liter bottle of soda in a convenience store and looking up to see Spokane Police Officers suddenly entering.2. My first day on a job at a Walmart photo studio and having Dan Gookin show up and ask for "a glam shot…
At Huckleberries Online on Wednesday, Rainbow Sparkle Pony Angel and Whippersnapper (shown in parentheses) debated what North Idaho wimmen want in their men. RSPA: Owns two (2) 1986 Subaru Brats and one runs! (W: WRONG! The Nickels Worth ad clearly says "... neither runs, but…
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.
