A 56-year-old Hayden truck driver died this afternoon in a crash on Highway 95, near Fighting Creek, according to the Idaho State Police. George J McCormick was northbound in a 1996 Mack semi tractor and tanker trailer when the truck went off the road and…
As we were walking by the lake Saturday, I asked Mrs. O if there was anything more beautiful than the sun shining on the snow on a cold winter's day. She immediately said there was -- the sun shining on the beaches and water in…
On her Facebook page, Kerri Thoreson writes that this is one of her "few remaining front porch icicles as the sun sets."
In Facebook world, a number of Friend of Huckleberries Online changed their profile photos to cartoon characters as a solidarity move against child abuse. KEA exec Terry Harris laments that the move did little to combat the two awful cases of child abuse in Kootenai…
5:34 p.m. Panic alarm is sounding from Room 151 of Group Health on Lakewood/CdA.5:23 p.m. Coeur d'Alene police activity report for Dec. 5-6 here.5:06 p.m. A disorderly male is now unconscious & lying on ice @ i/s of Mullan & Catherine/PF.4:51 p.m. A dead deer…
On her Facebook page, Kerri Thoreson/Main Street has a number of drop-dead photos of eagles hunting salmon on Lake Coeur d'Alene, including the one above.Gonzaga drops out of rankings in 2 major polls/Jim Meehan, SportsLinkSpokane Valley police investigate possible serial robber/KXLYSpokane makes top 10 places…
A local villager evacuates a pig from a household in flooded Banja Koviljaca, 120 kilometers south-west of Belgrade, Serbia, Saturday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Vladimir Milovanovic)Top Cutlines:1. A farmer tries to contain his herd when he hears prices will drop if the market is…
We still have another day or two before the snow moves in again this winter. Pecky Cox/As the Lake Churns offers this photo re: how high the snow is still piled at Luby Bay on Priest Lake. She calls this photo, "Cold Buffet."
Washington State University police had their hands full at the Apple Cup, arresting more than two dozen people and ejecting nearly three dozen from the game last Saturday.Campus police report there were 18 arrests and 30 ejections that they know of during and after Saturday’s…
Elizabeth C. Crossley, 26, of Coeur d'Alene, has been arrested charged with two counts of felony injury to a child after police found two small naked children sleeping naked on the floor of her fecal-laden apartment early Sunday morning. Responding to an eyewitness report at…
At From A Simple Mind, Cis sez that she didn't have trouble coming up with Christmas gifts when she was still working, usually something inexpensive involving pens. Later, she and her hubby gave food to the local food bank. Times have gotten tighter since she…
At the Butte Standard, reporter Nick Gevock describes running across a group of 7 "slob hunters" while he was out hunting recently with his brother. Seems these guys simply opened fire on a herd of about 40 elk in the Madison Valley of Montana, some…
From his vantage point above Sherman/NW Blvd, Don Sausser writes of this photo: "“Even though Rathdrum Peak is 21 miles away, its morning mantle appears to loom large over Kootenai County’s Court House.”Smart Bombs versus a letter to the editor/Arch DruidPolice-involved shooting at Special K…
Kootenai County Clerk Dan English will serve as a private subject matter expert for the Janie Ward-Engelking team Thursday, according to Dustin Hurst/Idaho Reporter. Democrat Ward-Engelking, as you may recall, lost her House District 18 race to Republican Julie Ellsworth by 9 votes, 6429 to…
Former President John F. Kennedy has the highest job approval rating of the past nine U.S. presidents, according to a Gallup Poll. Kennedy leads the list with a strong 85 percent approval rating. In second place, President Ronald Reagan boasts a 74 percent approval rating.…
An 18-year old Hayden, Idaho, man was arrested for child cruelty Sunday after deputies say he placed a 25 pound bag on his stepdaughter to stop her from moving. Zacharee J. Wright said the girl was unable to sleep, so he placed her face down…
In Twin Falls, News-Times reporter Amy Huddleston discovered what life was like on the other side of the little silver bell that rings out from various stores during the holiday season. She rang a Salvation Army bell for three hours. Writes she: "I was given…
On his Twitter account, Dustin Hurst/Idaho Reporter posts a Pew Research News IQ quiz to test your political news IQ. Dustin reports that he nailed 11 of 12 questions, which puts him in the top 2% of 1001 Americans randomly sampled. You can take the…
Gigi Legerhas been in the Anna Ogden Hall program for four months and plans to finish out the two-year course of life evaluation, education, spiritual enrichment and personal growth. Union Gospel Mission, which runs the program, plans to build a similar program in North Idaho.…
Marc Stewart: Our 1992 trusty Subaru went to heaven and now we're looking for a new vehicle. It's an awful process. I detest car salesman especially ones who decide have a battle royale with his galpal on the phone during a test drive. I also…
Noonish: Trader Todd's on Cecil/PF reports an abandoned vehicle in parking lot.11:58 a.m. A Post Falls woman has texted a family member to say that she "is leaving and is done with this world." She also said she can't leave with the guilt & pain…
This Sept. 1980, photo provided by American Broadcasting Companies, Inc. shows ABC Monday Night Football commentators, from left, Don Meredith, Howard Cosell and Frank Gifford. Meredith, one of the most recognizable figures of the early Dallas Cowboys and an original member of ABC's "Monday Night…
Weekend Poll: 23 of 85 respondents (27.06%) checked "none of the above" when asked which weekend game interested them most. 19 voted for the Apple Cup, 14 for Battle in Seattle (Gonzaga vs. Illinois), 12 for the Civil War (Oregon vs. Oregon State), 11 for…
In the USA Today Coaches Poll, Idaho Vandals coach ranked Boise State as No. 14 in the nation, while Bronco coach Chris Petersen put his team at No. 10. You can see the coaches' rankings here. Overall, the Broncos, who will play Utah in the…
Sigh. It looks like Idaho may never rid itself of its reputation as a haven for white separatists thanks to national press like this headline today from Huffington Post: "Idaho Snowman Shaped Like KKK Member Appals Local Residents." The story reports on one North Idaho…
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.
