I'm off to home and then the North Idaho Fair. I'll make a pit stop to pick up my 84-year-old mother along the way. She's still got spunk and a good sense of humor. Which she had to have to raise six strong-willed Portuguese children.…
Boston Red Sox players watch the scoreboard screen as Sen. Edward Kennedy is honored prior to a baseball game between the Red Sox and the Chicago White Sox at Fenway Park in Boston on Wednesday night. Kennedy, 77, died late Tuesday. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola)
After about 20 minutes or so, I was on the road again. Thinking about where I would stop for the night was briefly mused over, then forgotten. I would stop when I got tired of driving. I pulled into a very quiet Bayview at 3:30…
The North Idaho Fair kicks off today at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds and runs through Sunday. A favorite fair treat is found at the award-winning Ekness booth ~ North Idaho Beer Balls. Add a little kraut and some onions and they're delish/Councilwoman KerriT/OnLocation North Idaho.…
Young women play in tomato pulp during the annual "tomatina" tomato fight fiesta in the village of Bunol, near Valencia, Spain, Wednesday. Bunol's town hall estimated more than 40,000 people, some from as far away as Japan and Australia, took up arms Wednesday with 100…
5:27 p.m. A female bicyclist who hit her head is semi-conscious and complaining of shoulder pain, following a crash with a vehicle @ Government Way & Walnut/CdA.4:41 p.m. Reiswig Road/Post Falls resident reports someone has discarded syringes and bottles along her property line.4:32 p.m. Officers…
This combination of four photos, provided by the Snowmass, Colo., Police Department on Tuesday, show a bear that was trapped in a skateboard park, because of its steep concrete sides, in the Colorado resort town of Snowmass making its way out on a ladder that…
For the past few months citizens have reported sightings of a cougar in Falls Park, which is right in the city center of Post Falls. For those who may have doubted themselves or were convinced it was maybe a large dog they'd seen, there is…
A large flag flies at half mast outside the house used by President John F. Kennedy as the "summer White House" near the Kennedy family compound in Hyannisport, Mass., today. President Kennedy's youngest brother Sen. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., died of brain cancer late Tuesday…
Here's what Fourth of July Pass looked like on Highway 10 in the 1920s. OrangeTV provides this flashback in his Remember The Roxy blog.I had high hopes that the articulate young man with a sales pitch of hope and change had a vision of improving…
Four reptiles, a ferret, a tarantula, and $168 in cash were stolen Sunday night or Monday morning from Duncan's Pet Shop on Government Way, according to Coeur d'Alene police reports. Apparently, the thief or thieves entered the pet shop from an opening in the roof…
A disabled 23YO man who works part-time for Goodwill Industries is without his candy-apple, motorized wheelchair after a thief stole it Tuesday, according to the Coeur d'Alene police department. Usually, Christopher Sollenberger takes the NICE bus to Goodwill Industries, where his mother has left his…
In the comments section today, there has been some discussion whether Coeur d'Alene City Council wannabe Jim Brannon is aligned with OpenCDA.com's Dan Gookin. I have dug through my photo archives and discovered/remembered that they shared a rolling billboard in the past. The 2007 photo…
Cabbage Boy: I will talk to Brannon about utilizing this mode of information distribution. I think lots of politicians are very wary of the semi-anonymous world of the blogs. You have spoken to that yourself. I give MikeK props for wading in and handling it.…
Musical Chair: I actually enjoy the political banter on this site. I never used to be interested in politics since I've always felt like a little speck of nothing in Whoville with no voice, but now that I am much older, kids gone, no job…
This statement may shock some of you, but cancer has actually been a blessing for me. With that I mean the little things that used to sit on my shoulder, I can now brush off. Life is too short to hold onto those grudges. And…
Wells Combined Schools administrators say an undisclosed number of students will face disciplinary action for a football camp hazing incident. Elko County (Nevada) School District official Jack French says the incident happened while Wells High football players attended a camp in mid-June at Idaho State…
Gwen Ingram-Jones models a pair of "winkers," decorative pants that appear to "wink" from behind as the wearer walks, in Everett Wash. Story here. (AP Photo/The Herald, Mark Mulligan)Popkey: Teddy visited Idaho in 1960 to help JFK's campaign/StatesmanEx-ITD director Lowe alleges sexual harassment by board…
11:59 a.m. Kathleen on Orange Blossom Drive/Hayden reports an unknown dog or animal is digging under her house.11:32 a.m. Fortgrounds resident complains that there are 3 vehicles without permits parked in front of his home.11:17 a.m. Woman flagged down NIC maintenance man to say a…
The picture of this sign is real. Although we still have a Christmas Tree slated for the Capital Building in Olympia, Washington, the Nativity Scene which had been there on display for years is now gone, verboten, forbidden. Instead we have a Christmas Tree and…
When it comes to fast food joints per capita that is — in fact Boise was the 12th worst out of the 100 cities that Men’s Health reviewed for list on “Urban Waistlines”. Men’s Health reviewed the number of Burger King’s, McDonald’s, Taco Bell’s and…
Evidently, the must-have accessory this hunting season is an Idaho wolf tag. The tags went on sale Monday morning - and nearly 6,200 had been snapped up by mid-afternoon Tuesday. Ultimately, we hope the hunters get a chance to use these tags. The state has…
Estella Lee hopes a reward being offered by Washington State University President Elson S. Floyd (pictured) will help capture whoever is responsible for the assaults that have reportedly taken place on campus during the past week. Floyd announced Tuesday that he will contribute $5,000 out…
Jason Stevens, 10, of Eagle, battles with his senior Springer Heifer while showing in the quality judging in a livestock competition during the Western Idaho Fair in Boise, Idaho, Sunday. (AP Photo/Idaho Press-Tribune, Charlie Litchfield)Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SRHighs in mid-80s today/Mike Prager, SRCdA home essay…
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.