In the news this evening: Justice Ginsburg hints there may be a Supreme Court opening soon here. VP Biden drops an F-bomb into an open mic here. Wall Street registers its first four-day rally since November here. Obama abandons term 'enemy combatant' here. AG: Anna…
Mitch Seavey's dog team watches Jessie Royer drive her team along the Kuskokwim River and into the Nicolai, Alaska, checkpoint on the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race this week. (AP Photo/Al Grillo) SR's Today In Photos
Temps were plunging, snow was storming; could have used some global warming.The Bard Of Sherman Avenue
OrangeTV: I've found that it's much easier to blog about a particular subject, in my case food & nightlife etc, than it is to maintain a general personal blog. I could never come up with clever enough stuff from my mundane life and I didn't…
Spokane Police officer James "Jay" Olsen waits in a courtroom today for a jury's decision from a hearing where the jury determined that Olsen had acted in self-defense in the shooting of Shonto Pete. The decision is separate from Olsen's ongoing trial on assault charges…
Spring Break attendees dump beer and other drinks at people below while watching country music singer Kenny Chesney's concert from the upper floors of the Summit Condominiums in Panama City Beach, Fla., on Wednesday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The News Herald, Terry Barner)Top Cutlines:1.…
5:17 p.m. A 54YO woman is having difficulty breathing after drinking an entire bottle of rubbing alcohol.4:35 p.m. A man wants to see an officer re: his ex-wife opening his mail at his old address.3:48 p.m. Motorists reports that a man who obviously was drunk…
In this Thursday photo, Jim Cramer, left, host of the "Mad Money" show on CNBC, talks with Jon Stewart during an appearance on Comedy Central's "The Daily Show with Jon Stewart" in New York. The feud between Stewart and Cramer has been good for laughs,…
"After the show ('Jungle Book,' performed by Christian Youth Theater), I asked the boys if they thought they might want to be in a play. As expected, they said, 'No.' But a little while later, Josh said, 'Mom, if I was going to be in…
It's often said that freshmen can gain 15 pounds during their first year of college due to their increased intake of alcohol and fast food. But the same can happen in the workplace with the availability of candy, homemade treats, Girl Scout Thin Mints, snacks,…
"As the sun sets a cow elk and yearling head into the trees to join the rest of their herd, just off of Burlington Road at the north end of the Rathdrum Prairie," writes Councilwoman KerriT/OnLocation North Idaho. The herd numbers around two dozen and…
At 4 p.m. Saturday, the fourth annual St. Patrick's Day Celebration Parade will take place in downtown Coeur d'Alene. The parade will begin @ 8th Street and Sherman Avenue.Question: Are you part Irish? If not, do you still celebrate St. Patrick's Day by wearing green?
Sheriff Rocky Watson tells Huckleberries he isn't moving to the new digs he set up at Cougar Bay. Remember? Rocky bought Duane Hagadone's old Casco Bay "cabin" and moved it in two pieces to his Cougar Bay property. However, Rocky said during a visit to…
Anyway, Taco Time truly has the quintesstial version of the Crisp Burrito. They're never frozen; they really do make fresh batches several times a day, rolled and ready for the fryer. The pinto filling is made from a dehydrated spicy bean mix, but is still…
When news broke that the Oklahoma Legislature had proclaimed "Do You Realize??" by the Flaming Lips as the state's official rock song, my eyes welled up with tears of gratitude. Thank heavens our own Legislature busies itself with more pressing issues. Like taxing brewskis or…
Becky Washa, of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, cries as she holds a photo of her sister Holly Washa, Thursday, outside the Washington State Penitentiary in Walla Walla, Wash. The state Supreme Court stayed the execution of Cal Coburn Brown, who killed Holly Washa in 1991,…
Although it isn't official yet, Mayor Sandi Bloem told Huckleberries this morning that she will seek a historic third term this fall. "I'm healthy, and I love what I'm doing," Bloem said. "I'm in a good place." Ray Stone is the only other Coeur d'Alene…
Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns has been chronicling below-zero temperatures at Priest Lake on her blog. She snapped this photo of the chair she uses to read at noon yesterday. The white in front of the chair is frozen Priest Lake. No fog. No clouds…
The goal of creating a tolerant environment is a noble one. The problem is, the neutral position we are aiming for does not exist. Cleansing academia of any reference to God does not create an unbiased, intellectual environment. On the contrary, it makes a very…
During my freshman year, my roommate brought an 18-by-24-inch poster of Paris Hilton in our dorm, and despite my protest, it stayed propped up against the wall for the whole year. I absolutely despised it. How any college student can look up to her is…
(Rep. Jim) Clark, who was convicted of DUI himself 10 years ago, isn't the only Idahoan concerned about the huge number of drunken driving cases that appear in courthouses throughout the state every day, or the number of automobile collisions caused by people who risk…
The University of Idaho spirit squad raised $1250 to be able to attend the Western Athletic Conference tournament. Among other fundraising methods, the squad went through the audience during basketball games asking for donations. Story here. Jake Barber/ArgonautIdaho Records/Rainey Coffin, SRChief Justice Roberts visits Moscow,…
Gov. Butch Otter hopes to spend more than two-thirds of Idaho's $1.2 billion in stimulus money on schools, transportation and help for low-income Idahoans. What do you think of his plan?/Idaho StatesmanExactly rightMore on educationMore on roadsMore on private jobsMore on low-incomeNo opinion
MamaJD: Lately I've been pondering shutting my blog down. I'm tired and sometimes the people are creepy. Granted, most people who visit are friends and family. Every once and while though, I get a comment that is creepy. And then I wonder, “Why am I…
Me: Oh - while cleaning out my Mom's house I found a casette of Kelly Hughes from 1983! Idaho Born it was called. I know it belonged to my sister who graduated with him from Post Falls High. He looks so young and I need…
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.
