On this day in history: In 1800, John Adams moved to Washington, DC. He was the first President to live in what later became the capital of the United States. In 1932, Lou Gehrig set a major-league baseball record when he hit four consecutive home…
Sailors and Royal Marines from the Royal Navy frigate HMS Portland, intercept and board one of two pirate vessel during counter-piracy operations in coordination with a Spanish martime patrol aircraft, in the Gulf of Aden, off the coast of Somalia, Tuesday. The two pirate vessels…
MikeS: Was talking to a log truck driver yesterday at Twin Lakes and apparently there was a cougar siting around 5:30 a.m. when they first rolled in, a full grown cougar crossing the road near the end of Upper Twin. Most folks I spoke with…
Life can be like dodge ball. You line up, you work hard to avoid being hit, but sometimes you have to take the hits as they come. The last one standing seems to be the winner. They don't necessarily win because they are smarter, faster,…
Traffic was backed up on the Long Bridge in Sandpoint on Wednesday. Since the Sandcreek Byway construction started, summer traffic through Sandpoint, which is usually a snarl, has been worse than usual. Motorists are reporting sitting on the Long Bridge backed up for 45 minutes…
At Spokane's recent PetFest, former SR buddy Erica Curless massages a chihuahua. Erica now operates a massage business for horses and dogs. You write the cutline. (Photo special to Huckleberries by Taryn Hecker)Top Cutlines:1. Specializing in short-hair dogs only, an Erika curl-less creation is shown…
5:43 p.m. R/P reports animal abuse @ Del Taco.5:12 p.m. A 4YO child is screaming and hitting a woman driving a black Isuzu pickup on Highway 95 & Canfield.5:04 p.m. R/P reports that a child in a go-cart isn't yielding right-of-way and almost got run…
My plans (form moving out on my own at 19) were sound and my plans were infallible – or at least, that’s what I thought. As I boldly went where every naive twenty-something had gone before, I tripped on a few hurdles that made me…
They say they aren't a bunch that will be running thru the woods with a beer and guns. ... Well, that is reassuring. But some of the rest of their thoughts are not.. at least not to this old gal ... I could say more,…
Find out why Idaho Dad wants a bumpersnicker that reads, "I stop for moose," here.Kidney Update #2/Nuts & NonsenseCraving chaos, in search of silence/Otis G ExperienceToo many funeral guest books/Slight DetourMailbag/Get Out! North IdahoThe humility of Glenn Exum/Kellogg Bloggin'More belowQuestion: If you had a bumpersticker…
I'm not sure why the owner of this private road in Bonner's Ferry is feeling grumpy, it's gorgeous scenery in those parts. Maybe I should have looked further to see if perhaps the Seven Dwarfs have retired to the mountains and if there were similar…
Cis: Holy Mother of ... did someone blow up a refinery? Gas just jumped 20 cents in the past two days… Gas was $2.44 in Sandpoint and today it is $2.65!!!!!! For those in Bonner county… Ponderay Babe's gas station has it at $2.55 for…
He was the go-to guy for Idaho media, especially in the Treasure Valley, whenever they needed a conservative comment. In the execrable “he said, she said” school of journalism, there has to be an “opposing viewpoint” to any sort of progressive action, and he was…
Cruises on Lake Coeur d'Alene and "extravagantly catered" meals are among the reasons staff of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission is suggesting Avista shift half of the $1.2 million annually it spends for its board of directors from ratepayers to shareholders. The recommendation is contained…
Gail Churape of Chewelah, Wash., and her grandson, Harper Sol, (2) of Spokane, get close for a snapshot of soaking up the sun on the north-side of Manito Park, in Spokane, on Monday. (AP Photo/The Spokesman-Review, Dan Pelle) Montana deputies nab work crew escapees/SRWill Idaho…
Item: Second burglary suspected arrested/Huckleberries Online <a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1675568/" mce_href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1675568/" mce_href="http://answers.polldaddy.com/poll/1675568/">Have you ever been burglarized?</a><span style="font-size:9px;" mce_style="font-size:9px;" mce_style="font-size:9px;">(<a href="http://answers.polldaddy.com" mce_href="http://answers.polldaddy.com" mce_href="http://answers.polldaddy.com">opinion</a>)</span>
From left, Kimberly Young, from Oakland, Calif., Shaun Nicolas Doss, 6, from Gilbert, Ariz., and Jeremy Warriner, from Indianapolis, Ind., wearing prosthetics, and other victims of defective GM and Chrysler cars, and their families, gather at a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington today…
Lynne: Good heavens. Peterson's Grocery isn't even safe during the day any more. I wouldn't dare venture down there at night. I stopped in yesterday afternoon after work and a young man was pacing back and forth across the driveway talking on his cell phone,…
I view Huckleberries Online as more than a job. I believe I serve a readership at least half the size of the real circulation of the Coeur d'Alene Press (5000 to 6000 Berry Pickers) who are hungry for the type of local/regional news and commentary…
A second suspect in a possible Coeur d'Alene residential burglary surrendered to CPD Blue at 7:45 p.m. Tuesday, according to police spokeswoman Christie Wood. In a news release, Wood said that Jake Smith, 18, of Hayden. Allegedly, Smith was involved in a possible burglary of…
Russia's Svetlana Kuznetsova takes a tumble in her quarterfinal match against U.S. player Serena Williams during the French Open tennis tournament at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris Wednesday. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)Question: Have you ever suffered an embarrassing pratfall -- literally or figuratively -- in…
At 2C Etc. (the Idaho Press-Tribune reporters' blog), Sharon Strauss describes her desk and work cubicle as "a mess." She continues: "I believe my desk is an accurate reflection of the interior of my mind, and - as a logical extension - my personal life.…
It’s been an instructive experience to watch the left-wing media and blogosphere digest the news that the IVA is in a time of transition as I prepare to assume a new role with the American Family Association in Tupelo, Mississippi. In the blog entries below,…
A man walks past an iconic image from the 1989 Chinese government crackdown on protesters in Beijing's Tiananmen Square ahead of it's 20th anniversary in Taipei, Taiwan, earlier today. (AP Photo/Wally Santana)Question: Did the 1989 protest at Tiananmen Square make a lasting difference?
10:34 a.m. Daniel wants to know if it's legal to carry nunchucks.9:42 a.m. Motorist reports he has hit a deer on Highway 95 @ Kootenai/Bonner County line.9:33 a.m. A boat has come off its trailer @ 95 & 53 (near Garwood).9:29 a.m. R/P reports a…
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.
