Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho"The Flamingo Motel in downtown Coeur d'Alene is a kitschy relic of the Lake City's long standing history as a tourist mecca," writes Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North Idaho. "For most of the motor hotel's half century it was Pepto pink but now is…
Coeur d’Alene Police say an adult and several juveniles vandalized the city’s Riverview Cemetery early Sunday morning, breaking flower stands and plaques marking Veteran’s graves and littering a memorial area with broken beer bottles. Officers responded to the cemetery at 1001 N. Lincoln Way just…
OrangeTV/Making Flippy FloppyIn his new "Incidental Findings" feature, OrangeTV unveils a note left by a trucker at a local visitors center (above).*"The show was an incredible combination of puppetry, robotics, lights, sound, and, most importantly, education," reports Family Phil/A Family Runs Through It re: "Walking…
Overheard (in a Kootenai County courtroom this afternoon): A local redneck, complete with a dirty baseball cap bearing a confederate flag, metal horn and the word, "Rebel," was smitten as his girlfriend appeared on closed-circuit TV for her first appearance on an open-container charge. He…
Colleague Jim Hagengruber witnessed the following along Dike Road near Honeysuckle Beach at Hayden Lake Sunday: A casting agent couldn’t have picked a better set of rednecks: they were pot-bellied, wore sleeveless t-shirts, clutched beer bottles and were accompanied by a black lab with a…
Jesse Tinsley/Spokesman-ReviewChiarpah Matheson is reflected in a mirror on his dancing regalia Tuesday, July 18, 2007 at the Coeur d'Alene Casino near Worley. Matheson is a Coeur d'Alene Indian and an avid powwow dancer. He will be the head man dancer at the upcoming Julyamsh…
1. Hawaii (32): 4942. Boise State (26): 4903. Fresno State: 3614. Nevada: 3375. San Jose State: 3216. New Mexico State: 2337. Louisiana Tech: 1578. Utah State: 1109. Idaho: 107Full story here
Elaine Thompson/APT Steele, left, smiles as her partner Amanda Swarr looks on while wearing half of a wedding dress as they wait in line Monday to register as domestic partners at the Secretary of State's office in Olympia, Wash. Swarr said she'll wear a whole…
Kathy Plonka/Spokesman-ReviewIdaho State Police and emergency crews work the scene of a crash involving a cattle truck on Highway 53 between McGuire and Greensferry Monday morning. Story here.
On The Road w/Dick Haugen features two Spokesman-Review this morning: Steve Bergum at 11:05 and Jim Meehan at 11:30. E-mails Dick: "We'll talk golf, Vandals, Zags etc. Join in (at KGA-AM, 1510).
We are now experiencing the natural progression of two fabulous fads of our new century - first, getting tattooed, and now, getting untattooed. Lord knows, we all have our odd habits that are a pleasure to us, a mystery to others and often abandoned in…
Item: Harry Potter breaks sales records/APDFO: Some of you have already read the final edition of the Harry Potter series. One of you, Sam the Reporter, has offered his Vandal Sense blog site to begin a discussion of the book here. (I've peeked, of course.)…
Item: N. Idaho looks to prosper with ex-urbanites: But while some communities may be set for years, many towns will continue to struggle, an economist says/Bert Caldwell, Spokesman-Review.More Info: Avista Corp. economist Randy Barcus says growth in Spokane and Kootenai counties will double that of…
Item: More e-mails made public: In new batch, prosecutor blames judge, leaks for drug court's demise/Erica Curless & Taryn Brodwater, Spokesman-ReviewAgain Douglas's office makes headlines. In a few days we will probably see The Boy Wonder, Marty Raap fight Judge Mitchell's decision regarding the Goodrick…
A simple question prompted wholesale finger-pointing at Huckleberries Online last week. After colleague Taryn Brodwater forwarded the newsletter from Cruisers tavern at Stateline, I asked my readers if they knew something about the missing blow-up doll that was taken from a biker's saddlebags. Seems the…
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.
