Coeur d’Alene lawyer Scott Reed was handcuffed in his office last month after police mistook him for a possible bank robber. This case of mistaken identity prompted Reed to commend the department’s handling of the situation. It also prompted his son, who was President Clinton’s…
Golden State Warriors' Anthony Randolph screams in pain after injuring his ankle during the first half of an NBA basketball game against the Sacramento Kings Friday in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot)Question: Were you ever in extreme physical pain? What happened?
Huckleberries Online completed a blog record Friday when it posted more than 10,000 page-views for the fourth day in a row. In fact, HBO registered 11,184 page-views and 6100 unique views on Friday to set the record in style. Not a bad way to launch…
Item: New fitness facilities open in Hayden, Coeur d’Alene/Nils Rosdahl, SRMore Info: Describing Precision Fitness as specializing in one-on-one, high-intensity-resistance- training programs, owner Scott Stockwell this past week expanded his business from Coeur d’Alene to Hayden. The new facility is in a 2,688-square-foot space at…
University of Southern California football coach Pete Carroll comments on his leaving to become coach of the Seattle Seahawks during a news conference at the USC campus in Los Angeles earlier today. Carroll says the only reason he is leaving Southern California to become Seattle…
A subway passenger, left, looks on at participants in the 9th annual "No Pants Subway Ride" in Mexico City Sunday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte)Top Cutlines:1. Can you guess which passenger has explosives in his or her underwear?/Moscow Minidoka.2. Thinks the man on…
5:52 p.m. A male is trying to retrieve a white cooler off I-90 @ Huetter rest stop.5:36 p.m. Johnny reports that his electrical equipment was stolen from work.5:15 p.m. A crash has knocked down a light pole in front of one of he Zips.4:33 p.m.…
Coeur d'Alene Police, Fire, and the Spokane Bomb Squad closed a busy street Monday while investigating a grenade inside a pick-up truck. Police say it started earlier today when a person, who was taking care of an elderly couple who recently died, took over their…
You don't think Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns would miss the annual Priest Lake Snowshoe Softball Tournament did you? More here.Harry Reid's regrettable remarks/Arch Druid2-fer: One last grasp for glory, and: A fox for Fox/Dogwalk MusingsHow Howie Mandel almost got me in trouble/From A Simple…
On Thursday morning, an occasional HBO commenter named Pip wrote: "I thought you were supposed to be a news man. If so, you should know to check your 'facts.' Gookin has never called Christie Wood 'Sergeant Cupcake,' and she knows it. Someone else did, but…
Item: McGwire admits to steroid use/Associated PressMore Info: Mark McGwire finally came clean Monday, admitting he used steroids when he broke Baseball's Home run record in 1998. McGwire said in a statement sent to The Associated Press on Monday that he used steroids on and…
Iowa State's Jon Reader, left, rolls Iowa's Ryan Morningstar, during the 165-pound match in the semifinals of the Division 1 NWCA National Duals wrestling competition in Cedar Falls, Iowa, on Sunday. (AP Photo/The Waterloo Courier, Rick Tibbott) Question: I was a fairly good wrestler in…
One of the more delicious rumors out there re: the makeover at KXLY is this: former KREM2 anchor Nadine Woodward will join Bud Nameck in the station's new morning show. At this point, this is sheer speculation -- and wouldn't meet the time able if…
Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said Monday that he "could have used a better choice of words" when he described Barack Obama in 2008 as "light-skinned" with "no Negro dialect" unless he wants one. The Nevada Democrat spent the weekend furiously calling up black political…
Gov. Butch Otter listed five priorities, with the first being not to raise taxes. No. 2: Maintain some cash reserves. No. 3: Protect education. “As our recovery advances, one of our first priorities for new dollars should be our public schools and higher education,” he…
A group of geese cross the street in downtown Boise, Idaho on Saturday. (AP Photo/Idaho Press-Tribune, Charlie Litchfield)Cartoon: That cute little tax outfit/Milt Priggee, Seattle P-IPete Carroll leaving USC to coach Seahawks/Seattle P-IIdaho-Humanitarian Bowl ties record for viewership/Idaho StatesmanGonzaga moves up in the polls/SportsLinkEx-Lake City…
The owner of the Parkside Bistro at the edge of Coeur d'Alene's City Park is under a lease with BNSF Railway Co., which owns the land. But now, the railroad is abandoning that unused rail line and that piece of the land will revert to…
11:29 a.m. Post Falls firefighters have extinguished the 11:12 a.m. fire and now are investigating the incident.11:12 a.m. A small passenger car is on fire in e/b lanes of H90 @ M/P 5 (Spokane/Post Falls).11:10 a.m. A 37YO male is now conscious and talking after…
The Board was fully aware of the recent elimination of the Executive Director position at the Workforce Training Center and fully supports the efforts of Dr. Bell and the college to fully integrate our credit and non-credit programs. This decision was entirely appropriate for the…
Item: Sarah Palin signs multi-year deal with Fox News/Robert Seidman, TV By The NumbersMore Info: Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin has signed on as a contributor to the Fox News Channel. Fox News Channel today confirmed that Palin will appear on various network programming on…
Jockeys fall of their horses during a race at Nakayama racecourse near Tokyo earlier today. Nine jockeys were involved in the horse-riding accident. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) Question: Have you ever fallen off a horse?
In the weekend HBO Poll, you Merry Hucksters definitely feel that local businessman Adam Johnson should take stock of his life after being cleared of wrongdoing by a grand jury in the shooting of two Moses Lake men over the holidays. 64 of 191 (34…
Guys take note: The Locker Room Men’s Hair Salon is open for business, and any questions about which sex the establishment caters to are quickly answered once inside. There’s a complete lack of the feminine flair that deters men like me from getting a haircut…
It didn’t take Dan Gookin long to return to bashing CPD Blue spokeswoman Sgt. Christie Wood. Ornery Gookin reinvented himself as Mr. Nice Guy last fall in a council bid that fell short of unseating incumbent Deanna Goodlander. In doing so, he put distance between…
Jeanne and Joe Hunter, left, get into the best position to photograph the Idaho Capitol dome, on the floor Saturday in Boise. Their son, Covey, 10, right, gets ready to lean into the photo for an artistic shot. Jeanne Hunter's great-great-great grandfather was a lawyer…
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.
