A lot of tragedy and hardship last week -- the two accidents that claimed five lives and the huge Sherman Avenue fire that displaced businesses and three renters. Eagle Eye asked in the comments section (reposted out front below) if there were any relief efforts…
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Someone who cruelly shoots and wounds his neighbor’s dog should be prosecuted, state lawmakers declared Monday, as they introduced legislation to make a two-word change in Idaho’s state laws/Betsy Russell, Spokesman-Review. More here.Question: Agree? Disagree?
I have no local blog photos today, but I do have a good column by Ralph Bartholdt/The Skinny On North Idaho about ice fishing. So, I'm going with this swell AP photo. Here, John White, of Dubuque, Iowa, chips away at blocks of Ice while…
re: Young turks win Huetter council seats Huetter Mayor Brad Keene, left, and Huetter City Council members Luke Gibler and Jeni BrownI know the press had interest in the politics concerning the little town of Huetter. There is a new strange development that I thought…
Earlier today, three men were ice fishing on Lake Pend Oreille in front of the Condo Del Sol complex in Sandpoint. The ice apparently was too thin and gave way, plunging two of the men into the frigid water. Fortunately, the water was only waist…
Item: Deer Park woman inherits castle/KXLY.comMore Info: The castle - just outside of Prague - has been in the Nadherney family since 1806. It was temporarily taken away from them when the Russians invaded the Czech Republic, however Jamie says her father reclaimed the castle…
New Idaho state Rep. Curtis Bowers, R-Caldwell, who was appointed to replace former Rep. Bob Ring, wrote a guest editorial for his local paper, the Idaho Press-Tribune, that’s being much talked about in the temporary Statehouse these days. In it, Bowers reveals that in 1992,…
Zelda: And now for something completely different...I will admit to a teensy Starbuck's habit, namely those little bottles of Frappuccino sold in 4-packs at the grocery store. I went to my local F. Meyer's on Sat. and in one short week, the price had gone…
Jennifer DeMonte/Daily Inter Lake, APA snowmobile streams past an avalanche warning sign posted at the trail head of Canyon Creek, Mont. An avalanche on the back side of Whitefish Mountain Resort killed two backcountry skiers Sunday and searchers combed the slide area for other possible…
Item: Pamphlet sheds light on LCDC operations/Bob Paulos, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: Kathy Sims, a former Idaho state senator from this district, is distributing a booklet about the state's Urban Renewal Act, citing instances in which she says Lake City Development Corporation has abused the…
... None of 56 passengers bound for Idaho hurt when 2 planes collide/KTVB.com
Leave it to state Rep. Dick Harwood, whose legislative district includes the Coeur d'Alene Reservation, to criticize the deals Gov. Butch Otter reached with the Coeur d'Alenes and other Idaho tribes over tribal fuel tax revenues. The agreements, which Otter and tribal leaders negotiated prior…
re: WSU mourns loss of 3 students/KREM2Ben Lockard was the gregarious, outgoing guy that never would have settled for an office job -- he had to be outdoors. Tyler Pearson was adventurous and smart, often keeping his buddies in check when they were about to…
A fire is a devastating thing to deal with. For the tenants, the business owners, and the building owners. I have dealt with two majors ones. I can still recall the awful smell of walking thru the ruins. I hope some of them had some…
Digger: DFO - you need to put that asinine quote by Cpl. Greear of the ISP out on the front page tomorrow (re: Highway 95 accident that killed three WSU students) and let us put some heat on the ISP public relations department to explain…
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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.
