As you readers know, I drove through the road construction on Interstate 90, beginning at Spokane Street, within minutes after it started last week (about 8:30 last Tuesday morning). And then drove through the area the next day (around 9). I didn't have any trouble…
At the Kootenai MPO blog, Staci Lehman explains that the items above are lights taken out of signals when Olympia, Wash., switched to LED signals. A friend of hers picked them up for $1 apiece. And now Staci wants to know what to do with…
I'm only going to post one Wild Card today. Seems that The Political Sandbox gets most of the wild card posts, while the regular one is largely ignored. So I'll use this one for both for a couple of days, to see how things go.…
Idaho Supreme Court Justice Jim Jones has reversed course and decided not to debate Judge John Bradbury over some of Bradbury’s campaign talking points. Jones had given Bradbury three possible dates for a debate in Boise after Bradbury said he’d meet Jones for a debate…
Children stand on a dock at Lake McDonald at Glacier National Park in Montana on Tuesday. The million-acre park celebrates it's 100 year anniversary Tuesday. But many of its glaciers have melted, and scientists predict the rest may not last another decade. The forests are…
An 8-year-old female Dalmatian named Tiara sits on the back of a horse in Obihiro, Japan. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) Top Cutlines:1. Erica Curless shows off the clients of her Dog and Pony Show Business….to let everyone know she is back to…
Eagle, Idaho pollster Greg Smith says he’s done a poll in the 1st Congressional District GOP primary race that finds 50 percent of voters undecided, just weeks before the May 25 primary election. Smith said his poll of 400 voters in the 1st CD showed…
The forum is likely to become contentious as each man tries to convince voters that he is the right choice for Idaho’s 1st Congressional District. Both men continue to spar over illegal immigration, an issue which, despite high unemployment, two wars currently in progress, and…
5:08 p.m. Mt. Carroll resident reports his neighbor has been beating a tired horse for an hour.5:02 p.m. 2 teen boys are causing traffic to swerve around them as they pretend to do CPR on each other @ McGuire & Howell/Post Falls.4:48 p.m. A trespasser…
No Plato here, norSocrates;send lots of moneyquickly, please.The Bard of Sherman Avenue
Facebook's made all kinds of privacy changes lately. It's made some users uncomfortable and, thanks to a couple poorly-timed screw-ups, Facebook is getting a lot of heat about the changes from Senators, media, and watchdog organizations. We don't think any of that will ever cause…
Dan of the County: Yes, absentee voting has started at the elections office, 1808 3rd street, or a request by mail. We will also be open this Saturday only for absentee voting at the elections office from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Voting -- it's…
It was the most personal of official events. Around 600 people gathered under a big tent in West Glacier this morning to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the establishment of Glacier National Park. There were officials a-plenty - Park Superintendent Chas Cartwright, as well as…
By gathering notable townsfolk for this Up With People-esque extravaganza (and by not paying any attention to Starship's lyrics), Sioux City's promo video has now supplanted Cleveland's as the most unintentionally hilarious instance of civic self-love.Question: A Berry Picker e-mailed this self-promotion video by Sioux…
CdA newsroom colleague Renee Elliott just told me that K-Mart is turning away customers this afternoon b/c the power is out for the second time today. Meanwhile, Hawksgrl posted on Twitter that the power is out at Numerica's Coeur d'Alene store. As you know by…
The Whatcom County sheriff's office says a 27-year-old Ferndale man was arrested last week for investigation of bestiality after a family member accused him of sexually abusing a goat. GMI reports the Whatcom Humane Society took custody of the goat. In another bestiality case, Sheriff…
A future cowboy gets a roping lesson during branding at the Flying A Ranch north of Havre, Mont. (AP Photo/Havre Daily News, Alice Campbell)Eastern Oregon player dies on brink of new start/Nick Lockridge, MissoulianMissoula makes breath-test refusal a crime/Keila Szpaller, MissoulianDenturist makes deal in patient-fondling…
Nick Adams: The Maureen Dolan story in the Press about the opposition to the International Baccalaureate program in the CDA schools is pretty interesting reading. I'll admit that I'm not familiar with the program and had no idea that some folks view it as an…
Mike Kennedy: I learned to toss and throw a pizza in the air with the best of them. The main cook was a guy named Juan from Mexico whom I don't think would pass any “e-verify” checks in today's environment. Heck of a good guy,…
Councilman Mike Kennedy tells HucksOnline that Judge Chuck Hosack has set 3 p.m. Friday as the date to heard a number of motions in Jim Brannon's lawsuit, including: Brannon's motion to reconsider dismissal of the city, motion for permissive appeal of dismissal of city, motion…
Noonish: Street lights not working @ Ramsey & Kathleen/CdA.11:55 a.m. Resident reports an over-abundance of cats at a Mount Carol/Dalton Gardens place.11:51 a.m. A beagle is missing from 1200 block of Garden/CdA.11:45 a.m. Darrell, at Lakeland School District, has info re: a driver who ignored…
Monday Poll: By a slight margin, Vito Barbieri is the pick of HucksOnline to win the House District 5 seat now held by retiring Rep. Jim Clark. Barbieri captured 36 of 138 votes (26.1%) to edge Hayden Councilwoman Jeri DeLange (34 of 138, for 24.6%).…
From Post Falls Tourism, via Facebook: "Osprey are nesting in Post Falls now."Question (from Post Falls Tourism): Where are your favorite places to view osprey families?
Republican candidate for Idaho governor, Ron "Pete" Peterson, said he’s confident that Gov. Butch Otter will lose in the May 25 Republican primary, but unlike other aspirants for office, he doesn’t think he’ll be the one to take down the incumbent. He said he expects…
On Twitter, the Coeur d'Alene Chamber of Commerce just tweeted that its Spring Membership Blitz is under way through Friday. Quoth: "If you know of any biz who is not a current Member, give Marilee a call @ 415-0111." The Spokesman-Review, I believe, is a…
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.
