In an effort to get moving more, and because it was a beautiful day, and because we have not explore the area in which we live enough, I googled North Idaho Hikes this morning and came up with the Mineral Ridge Loop Trail. Going to…
Dancers perform during the closing ceremony for the Vancouver 2010 Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia, Sunday. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)Question: Do you appreciate Canadians more/less/the same after watching them host the Olympics for more than two weeks in Vancouver, British Columbia?
It's march. Daylight-saving time is a coupla weeks ahead. Jim Brannon's lawsuit to erase his 5-vote defeat at the hands of incumbent Mike Kennedy will have another day in court this week. The sun is shining. And all is well in the Land of Huckleberries.…
The League of Conservation Voters just released its 2009 scorecard, grading Congress on environmental votes. As is sadly not unexpected, the Idaho Congressional delegation did poorly. On a 0-100% scale: Sen. Mike Crapo = 18%, Sen. Jim Risch = 18%, Rep. Walt Minnick = 43%,…
"If you saw more motorcyles than usual on the road Sunday," Councilwoman KerriT, "it was the annual Frosty Buns Run. Several hundred cyclists headed out from Road House and Hot Rod Cafe in Post Falls at noon and traveled to Coeur d'Alene down Sherman Avenue…
The members of the Ukrainian activist pressure group FEMEN are seen during their action at Independence square in Kiev, Ukraine, Sunday, as they make fun of their country's bad performance in the current Winter Olympics. The human rights group FEMEN parodied the poor performance by…
5:33 p.m. Carol reports there's an injured moose lying in the bushes @ Green Court & Broken T/Rathdrum.5 p.m. Dalton Gardens caller reports that a neighbor's horse has been down for a day and now he think the neighbor has put a contraption over the…
Shea Andersen, spokesman for the Allred for Idaho campaign, will take a leave of absence from his position on the board of the Southwest Chapter of the Idaho Press Club. "I’m eager to devote my full energies to the campaign to make Keith Allred the…
The other, sponsored by Sen. John Goedde, R-Coeur d’Alene, but presented to the committee by lobbyist Jane Wittmeyer on behalf of Associated Builders & Contractors Inc. Inland Pacific Chapter, dubbed the “Open Access to Work Act,” would forbid any local or state government public works…
At A Familly Runs Through It, a recent snow day ended with an owie. But that seemed to be the only dark lining on the silver cloud that Idaho Dad and his family experienced. See here.Busted: Twin Falls seniors lose poker game/Bay ViewsPlaying in the…
Rachael Ray, Mr. Food and Frank Muir, President and CEO, Idaho Potato Commission (pictured far right) congratulate Chef Mark Zeitouni of The Standard, Miami Beach (pictured third from left) for his Homemade Tater Tots. This simple, delicious dish secured first place in the Idaho(R) Potato…
I can't figure out why the Coeur d'Alene Press published that top-of-the-fold story re: the county commissioners by Alecia Warren this morning (with mug shots of all three): "Commissioners put in the hours." Not much news value other than the statement that the three commissioners…
At OpenCHRG.com, Mary takes Civil Deputy Prosecutor John Cafferty to task for suggesting that the 48 different kinds of documentation requested by attorney Starr Kelso in Jim Brannon's lawsuit represents a "witch hunt." She called Cafferty's comments in his response to Kelso's request "unprofessional." And…
An Elma man was killed by accidentally urinating on a downed power line after a one-car crash near Montesano. Grays Harbor County sheriff’s Deputy Dave Pimentel said Monday that 50-year-old Roy Messenger was not seriously hurt after he collided with a power pole Friday night…
U.S. Army Sgt. Gregory A. Proft, now of Fort Benning, Ga., has submitted an affidavit that reports that he voted absentee for losing candidate Jim Brannon in the Coeur d'Alene City Council elections last November. Proft? You may remember him as an individual whose vote…
A fan shows his ticket for the "Tonight Show," as he lines up outside the NBC Studios on earlier today in Burbank, Calif. Leno will be reclaiming his old job at NBC's "Tonight Show" just nine months after giving it up to Conan O'Brien, and…
The 2010 spring steelhead season is in full swing up on the Salmon River and East Idaho is experiencing the positive financial effects throughout the plain. Local sporting goods merchants are enjoying much needed sales revenue, the Idaho State Liquor Dispensary is approving its biggest…
Consumers finally got some relief from abusive credit card practices last week. Not so small businesses, who continue to pay fees they cannot negotiate and cannot elude if they want to remain in business. Visa, MasterCard, and the banks that issue their cards take as…
Dr. Melanie Joy, the provocative vegetarian who rubs the noses of meat eaters like me in our hamburgers and pork chops, has written a book that asks meat people a question about our inconsistent relationship with animals: Why do we treat some of them like…
Former Idaho offensive lineman Mike Iupati runs the 40-yard dash at the NFL football scouting combine in Indianapolis on Saturday. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy)Cartoon: The way Olympics should end/David Horsey, Seattle P-IGonzaga women ranked higher than men/KHQPalouse earthworm listing faces long odds/Holly Bowen, Daily NewsFeds give…
Wolves, when you get down to it, are a lot like us. They are powerful, aggressive, territorial, and predatory. They are smart, curious, cooperative, loyal, and adaptable. They exert a profound influence on the ecosystems they inhabit. Nevertheless, we have problems with wolves, no doubt…
11:59 a.m. a highly intoxicated male is lying in the doorway of a Coeur d'Alene business.11:32 a.m. A 26YO male -- described as 6-1, 185 pounds -- is trying to hit people w/a baseball bat at the Parkridge Apartments, 3312 Parkridge. A firearm might also…
A couple walks past a destroyed statue of Chile's National Hero Bernardo O'Higgins in Concepcion, southern Chile, Sunday. An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck central Chile early Saturday. (AP Photo/ Natacha Pisarenko)Your weekday political wild card is in play
Labeling Department of Administration boss Mike Gwartney a political bully, Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keith Allred blasted a "botched deal" on a multimillion dollar broadband contract. And Allred laid the blame with Gwartney's boss and longtime friend, incumbent GOP Gov. Butch Otter. "This is another example…
Legislation from House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, to require voters to show a photo I.D. in order to vote has cleared the House on a 64-6 vote, after a vigorous debate, and now moves to the Senate. Moyle said, “The right to vote in…
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.
