I'm grumpy today because my neighbor let her barking dog out into the back yard at 4:15 this morning. She's done this on two days, at 5 and 6 a.m., in the past week. Mild weather has brought on problem with that ever-barking mutt earlier…
Are you wondering why Idaho Dad/A Family Runs Through It called this viewtiful photo of the Coeur d'Alene Resort Boardwalk "Spring Tease"?
Ironman Coeur d'Alene race director Mac Cavasar has confirmed for Huckleberries that the bike leg of the triathlon will be changed this year to run along Highway 95 20 miles south of Coeur d'Alene to Missile Base Road in the Worley area. The Idaho Department…
5:14 p.m. Couple involved in physical domestic fight @ Reeva & Gateway Ranch/CdA. 5:03 p.m. Follow to Thursday Scanner Traffic item: Jeffrey Messinger, manager of Hutton’s General Store, reported Wednesday the $2,200 theft of an antique gas pump from the business at 17497Ö S. state…
An Oregon woman is seeking help looking for her 14-year-old son last seen in Post Falls. Heather Carter, of Oregon City, says her boy, Dietrich Warner, has been missing since 3 p.m. Tuesday, the last time his father, Brian Warner, saw him. Dietrich lives in…
Game long over, a Gonzaga operative pushed a wheelchair through a ground-level corridor at the McCarthey Athletic Center and toward the court, where he encountered Randy Bennett – more resigned than cranky – walking off. “I hope that isn’t for me,” the Saint Mary’s coach…
On her Facebook wall, KXLY meterologist Kris Crocker posts this photo from a viewing friend, with the note: "Frequent 'Pic of the Night' contributor Cindy Murphy has done it again! I LOVE this shot of two moose playing on her property in Spirit Lake. She…
Madonna, center, performs with Nicki Minaj, left, and M.I.A. during halftime of the NFL Super Bowl XLVI football game between the New England Patriots and the New York Giants in Indianapolis. Madonna says she's not happy that M.I.A. made an obscene gesture during the Super…
Merav Yaakov of Manchester, N.H., hold signs in support of Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Ron Paul, R-Texas, outside a scheduled event for Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, at the Pinkerton Academy in Derry, N.H. Romney and Ron Paul rarely acknowledge each other…
Gonzaga University Kennel Clumb members turn their backs on St. Mary's during introductions Thursday night. (SR photo: Dan Pelle) Question: Bad sportsmanship from a Catholic university student body? Good fan tactic to get in heads of visiting St. Mary's players?
On his Twitter account, Dustin Hurst/Idaho Reporter tweets: "went to wal-mart, bought a bunch of stuff we need, but i can't remember if i got what i came for." Then, he adds the hash mark #newparentbrain. Question: Has that ever happened to you -- going…
I haven't gotten any feedback from Gov. Butch Otter's office on my previous blog post (and Saturday column preview), taking the governor to task for refusing to reverse $35 million in cuts to Medicaid programs. But Wayne Hoffman of the Idaho Freedom Foundation was quick…
Santorum, fresh from three victories this week, will be in Coeur d'Alene and the Boise area, said Jonathan Parker, executive director of the Idaho Republican Party. Santorum has booked the Hagadone Events Center in Coeur d'Alene from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, and will then…
The Senate is beginning its annual Lincoln Day commemorative program, but before it started, Sen. Nicole LeFavour, D-Boise, rose to introduce guests in the gallery, as is the custom, including her partner, Carol Grohoski, and a large group of folks “who have worked with the…
On the Huffington Post, Abby Tolchinsky writes: "As a divorce mediator and lawyer, sometimes I feel like I've heard it all. I am terribly hard to shock. And yet, yesterday something shocked me: a divorce announcement via email. What's more, it was both thoughtful and…
A duck tries to grab a piece of bread from a group of swans in a small area of open water on a frozen lake at the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds site in Fairburn Ings near Castleford, northern England earlier today. Most…
11:59 a.m. 20YO female partially ejected from vehicle that rolled over at e/b I-90 @ M/P 2 (Pleasantview). May be same female who is bleeding uncontrollably from facial injuries. Driver of 2nd vehicle is having a diabetic reaction 1/4 mile west of accident scene. ISP…
Thursday Poll: Not surprisingly, Facebook is the most popular social media used by Hucks Nation. 100 of 248 respondents (40.32%) said they use Facebook. 49 of 248 respondents (19.76%) said they were involved with blogs. 35 apiece said they use Twitter and YouTube (14.11%). 29…
Two Kootenai County residents won the prizes that were offered in Jim Camden's weekly News Quiz. Kim Lewis of Post Falls won the $50 gift certificate to the Davenport Inn by being drawn from the perfect scores awarded in the weekly quiz. Meanwhile, Tim Qualls…
Predictably, Mary Souza is trumpeting the decision by a 2nd District judge that booted appointee Wanda Quinn from the Coeur d'Alene School Board. Mary, of course, views that as good triumphing over, ahem, evil: "And so the fight for honest, legal, responsible government goes on.…
Two trucks, both with torque, but only one is local. The city of Coeur d'Alene wants to purchase a pair of 2012 Dodge trucks for its water department, but instead of grabbing up to two with the lowest price tags, one council member wonders if…
President Barack Obama declared today he’s found a solution to a birth-control uproar that will protect religious liberty but also ensure that women have access to free contraception, as he rushed to defuse an election-year issue that threatened to overtake his administration. Capping weeks of…
Two local forests could receive more than $90 million over the next decade for projects that would create jobs in the woods, reduce the risk of catastrophic forest fires and improve wildlife habitat and water quality. The Colville and Idaho Panhandle national forests were among…
Bruce Mitchell, star of the History channel's "Swamp People," hold a 2-year old swamp alligator as second graders from Manhattan's P.S. 150 clamor for a touch, during a ceremony launching the replica scene of a Louisiana swamp at Chelsea Market on Feb. 2 in New…
An Idaho Senate committee today, on a straight party-line vote, rejected legislation to ban housing and employment discrimination against gay people, as a shocked crowd of more than 250 supporters of the human rights bill looked on. Judy Halverson, a United Methodist Women member from…
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.
