Cindy's warming up in the bullpen to take over the helm of Huckleberries Online on Wednesday as I close out the year on the bench. Sorry, Brent, but I have one more week-plus of vacation to take before the end of the year. The good…
Three snow hikers watch the almost full moon rise behind the Weissfluhjoch in Arosa, Switzerland, Monday. There will be a total lunar eclipse visible from Britain on Tuesday morning, when the Earth casts a shadow onto the Moon. On the day of the winter solstice,…
Cragun was booked into the Kootenai County Jail on one count of Burglary and four counts of Aggravated Battery. He made his first court appearance Monday, and also conducted a jailhouse interview during which he claimed his neighbors were hurting his family and repeatedly breaking…
There used to be an old time candy store in downtown Coeur d'Alene on Sherman Avenue. I miss it. They had everything! Hard to find candies that we can't find locally anymore. Stuff from the 1920's, 30's, and so on. Stuff like... Wax Lips, Abba-Zaba…
This photo provided by the Blue Mountain Humane Society shows a Blue Mountain Humane Society staff member holding Monty the pythong Friday at the society's Walla Walla, Wash., office. The python crawled onto a porch and was captured in a pillow case. Now, the humane…
I'm going to rerun this photo from the weekend for more comments, because I think it's so dang good: "A house cat named Taz, tries to get a drink from a dripping faucet at a home in Washington, Ill., on Friday." You write the cutline.…
6:07 p.m. A wounded animal is lying on road @ Whispering Pines & Strahorn/Hayden.5:59 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activity report for Dec. 19-20 here.5:31 p.m. A wounded deer lying on H41, just south of H41, needs to be put down.5:11 p.m. Traffic lights at…
Before viewers could tape shows, buy the movie, stream them into your computer, or have them mailed to your house you had one time in a Christmas season to see a favorite show. That was it. Somehow we always seemed to be home on the…
CdAJim snapped this unusual guest at his bird feeder outside recently. Jim applauds the doe for her nice balancing act as well as being creative.Pre-Christmas with kindergarteners/A Butterfly MomentBrothers/Accidental Rabbit TrailsAn infestation of Christmas cats/A Family Runs Through ItDash of reality might do wonders/Arch DruidBecoming…
The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office reports that one of the victims of the bludgeoning yesterday in Bayview, has died at Kootenai Medical Center. Patricia Heath was pronounced dead shortly before 1:00 p.m. today from massive head trauma. Larry Cragun, 31 of Bayview is in custody…
Cloudy skies tonight could shield the Inland Northwest from the first total lunar eclipse in nearly three years, forecasters said. The eclipse comes within hours of the winter solstice at 10:16 a.m. Tuesday, which is the official start of winter. The partial phase of tonight’s…
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Herb Huseland of Bay Views reports that all 3 Spokane TV stations and the Coeur d'Alene Press are swarming his 'hood to report on the hammer attack that left 3 neighbors seriously to critically injured and a fourth slightly injured. The injured are (according to…
Seven Rhodesian Ridgeback puppies from a litter of 17 look out of their box in Nauen, 50 kilometers outside Berlin earlier today. On Sept 28, and 29, the 4-year-old Ridgeback Etana had 17 puppies. All of them survived. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)
Jammin: This just so happens to be my year of crap, devastation and heartbreak, but now that it's over, I'm happier than I've ever been. I attribute it to the painful process of ridding my life of crap, but negativity really has no place in…
At SpokaneDiveBars.com, a reviewer recommends readers to drop by Bobbi's in Plummer, next time they're in Idaho buying fireworks, cheap cigarettes, good soap, or simply visiting the Coeur d'Alene Casino. Quote SDB: "It's down the road from Worley and full of cheap beer." The reviewer…
After a four-decade absence, I was tooting my trumpet once again at an Eastern Washington University football game. Well, whaddya know. Guess you can go back. Pity my lip didn’t join me Friday night. No surprises there, of course. Nixon was still corrupting the White…
On her Facebook page, CindyH writes that she's "thinking about attending the midnight snowshoe tour on Mount Spokane." But she's never showshoed before. Asks Cindy: "Does it require coordination or balance? 'Cus I lack those skills."Question: I've skied cross country but never snow shoed. Which…
An out-of-service pressurized rail car is lowered onto its wheels with help from Hulcher Services employees Sunday at the Kootenai County Fire and Rescue District's new training site on Seltice Way in Post Falls. BNSF railroad provided two rail cars, ties and tracks, along with…
11:58 a.m. A male & a female are yelling at each other in 1700 block of 5th/CdA, after one of them pushed the other against a wall inside a house.11:23 a.m. Caller reports someone was battered @ Playfair & Timber/CdA.11:14 a.m. Caller reports 2 dogs…
An Idaho man is in critical condition after shooting himself in the head following a traffic stop north of Roseburg on Interstate 5 on Sunday. Igor V. Niaki, 31, of Post Falls, Idaho, is in critical condition at a Springfield, Ore., hospital, police said Monday…
Lt. Col. Victor Fehrenbach of Mountain Home Air Force Base told the Statesman Monday, "I'm doing great," after Saturday's Senate vote to repeal "don't ask, don't tell." Fehrenbach was in the Senate chamber as the votes were counted. "It was overwhelming," he said. "I was…
Weekend Poll: Hucks Nation believes Raul Labrador will continue the string of one-and-done representatives from the 1st Congressional District. 75 of 143 (52.45%) said Labrador will serve one term, like Walt Minnick & Bill Sali before him. 68 of 143 (47.83%) said Labrador will serve…
Rich Daniels stands in front of a half-pint in North Powder in eastern Oregon. Daniels, 50, has come up with an idea that may prove both brilliant and quixotic: a subdivision for 50 to 100 pint-size homes geared to folks hurt by the real estate…
In church Sunday, one of the wise Seasoned Citizens mentioned to me that so much more good things happen to people than bad. But we tend to remember the major bad things that happen. And forget the good that happens most of the time. He…
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.
