Post Falls wins, Lake City falls in opening round/Jordan Rodriquez, special to the SRAt the Idaho Press-Tribune, John Wustrow live-blogged the boys state 5A basketball tournament in Nampa today. He reports that Borah led throughout the final game of the night to beat Lake City…
Shanus Maximus: Your generation threw just about everything away that the greatest generation fought and DIED for ... and look what we have. People are less educated, entitled, irresponsible, spoiled, weak, gang ridden, drug addicted and less free. I mean it is truly an oddity…
Minnie DeGroot, 5, and Gabriel Shipp, 4, practice during a beginning violin class taught by volunteer instructor Dr. Sara Montgomery, with the S.O.Y. Mariachi youth education group in Roswell, N.M. today. (AP Photo/Roswell Daily Record Mark Wilson)Question: Did your parents make you take any kind…
Dunno if I should mention this or not today, but Coeur d'Alene Press editor Mike Patrick and I will be getting together with Mayor Sandi Bloem to discuss the electronic media and blogging for the mayor's monthly TV show. Seems there's some interest in this…
I know that yesterday was "Read across America" day, inspired by Dr. Seuss's birthday. I was reminded of that while watching the evening news and seeing Spokane TV reporters reading to kids. I've done that a couple of times over the years and have found…
Olympic champion Kristin Armstrong testifies in support of Senate Bill 1348 in front of the Senate Transportation Committee earlier today in Boise. The Boise resident told the Senate Transportation Committee Thursday that motorists who drive too close to bikers or who cut them off are…
A grey squirrel stretches out to grab sunflower seeds from a makeshift birdfeeder in Monroe Township, Pa., Wednesday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/ The Citizens' Voice, Mark Moran)Top Cutlines:1. “I could have sworn there was an illegal absentee ballot in here” -- Token.2. In…
America should reserve a place for God in the public domain and speak English when doing government business, according to a symbolic measure passed 50-17 in the House. Rep. Rich Jarvis’s resolution, HCR 44, Thursday was aimed at asserting states’ rights under the Constitution’s 10th…
6:01 p.m. Caller reports a male in his 50s has been watching children for a half hour @ Thayer Park on Lancaster.5:45 p.m. A 21YO female in front of Safeway's on 4th believes she's going to do after taking two pills offered to her for…
Joker: I can’t believe an American Legion baseball team has a chokehold on the land. The public is leery of condos or developers making a “deal” with the city. I am too. I want to see the public space redesigned in a way that allows…
Post Falls will play Madison Friday, according to John Wustrow of the Idaho Press-Tribune. John was live-blogging the boys basketball 5A state tournament in Nampa today. Here's how he described the close of the Post Falls game: "Zach Kelsh misses a half court shot at…
Mayor Sandi Bloem and the City Council are walking into a mine field as they begin the process to develop a final plan to reconstruct McEuen Field. They'll get it done this time. The table was set for the revitalization of that hallowed area by…
Charles Dixon: I thought I'd just throw this out here. I was at the local supermarket checkout last night buying a few things and the line was long so I had time to sit and peruse the covers of the various Enquirer-type magazines there. And…
A 28 year-old cow, nicknamed "Grandma", walks across her Stony Point Road pasture with her latest calf born two days ago in Santa Rosa, Calif., late last month. Grandma has had over 20 calves and has lived years past the normal life span for a…
Mayor Sandi Bloem, fresh from her talk to the Kootenai Environmental Alliance at noon, answered several questions posted by Huckleberries Online re: McEuen Field:Q: So what's going on with McEuen Field?Sandi Bloem: The council is going to bring McEuen Field forward now because it's time…
With a friend like Mike Gwartney, Butch Otter doesn't need enemies. The governor's hand-picked choice to run the state's Department of Administration, Otter's longtime confidant has become one of his political liabilities. Some legislators consider him dismissive and imperialistic - which doesn't help the strained…
In Boise, city officials are trying to send a message to pet owners to pick up after their dogs when walking them in three different Foothills area. They actually counted and flagged dog pop at Foothills trailheads in February. They counted 251 piles of dog…
Robin Loznak, one of my favorite wildlife photographers in the Northwest, has left the Roseburg, Ore., newspaper and now is free-lancing. He sent this photo to Huckleberries Online to announce the news. It shows a group of baby nutria, including one albino, who gather for…
Opinion Editor Kevin Richert/Idaho Statesman just sent an e-mail to Huckleberries Online re: his newspaper's policy about links. I've kept him aware of the discussion going on here about that policy, after the dust-up between the Statesman and Idaho Conservative Blogger. Richert posts: "A quick…
In the first nine months of Washington's Death with Dignity Act, 63 terminally ill patients received lethal medication to end their lives. Thirty-six of them -- or more than half -- died from ingesting the medication. Complications in taking the medication were reported in three…
CindyH: So yesterday, after a long and grueling day, I arrived home. My son said, “Hey hot rod mama!” My husband said, “You're going to have to work a lot more to pay for all your tickets, you red light runner, you!” Me? I. Do.…
11:59 a.m. Apartment manager reports that an assault with two victims has taken place @ 4598 Fairway. The suspect has gone back into his apartment.11:24 a.m. A 13YO male has suffered a broken leg at River City Middle School.10:50 a.m. A report of a child…
Popkey has an article in the Statesman (Wednesday) on the "revolutionary" efforts of Ron Paul supporters (Ronulans) to take over the Idaho Republican Party and rid it of RINOs. They are led by this man, Challis McAffee, Republican Central Committee member, who "was charged with…
Several dozen great blue herons were perched on pilings in the Pend Oreille River at Usk, Washington Tuesday. Area birding enthusiasts said this is the time of year large groups of the giant birds can be seen migrating and resting in certain areas, such as…
Wednesday Poll: 103 of 142 respondents (73%) agree with Judge Benjamin Simpson's ruling that ordered Jim Brannon to post a $40,000 bond in order to continue his lawsuit against incumbent Mike Kennedy and the 2009 City Council elections. 31 of 142 (22%) disagreed with Simpson's…
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.
