Tough gig today at HucksOnline HQ. I received a new computer & a Windows 7 upgrade at the same time, knocking me sideways for much of the day. Windows 7 have some nice bells & whistles. But it took awhile to figure out where features…
A baseball that New York Yankees slugger Lou Gehrig hit for a World Series home run in 1928 is on display at a convention center in Kansas City, Mo., Thursday. Stamford, Conn., resident Elizabeth Gott, is selling the baseball at auction on behalf of her…
Bubblehead via Facebook: "cleaned out a shelf in his closet and did some laundry today. Retired a couple of shirts and threw out a lot of papers that, for some reason at some point in the last 8 years, I'd felt I might find important…
5:25 p.m. Vehicle on fire near Wells Fargo Bank in Ironwood Square; bushes catching fire nearby. 5:18 p.m. Vehicle in slough 90 feet off H3 @ M/P l09.7 (Lane); everyone is out of vehicle. 5:06 p.m. Females who'd taken their tops off at a local…
They weren't the Red Hot Mamas, but the Blazen Divaz provided their own flare to the annual Coeur d'Alene 4th of July Parade Wednesday. And Duane Rasmussen was there to record their first parade, special for Huckleberries Online. Fireworks injures Medical Lake 6YO/KREM Tacoma man…
Do you know something about the NBA draft, the CDA Ironman, Uggie, the economy or the moons of Saturn? Try this week's That's News to You newsquiz, where you could win, even if you don't. Upper-box seats for a Spokane Indians game could be yours…
Cyndie Hammond (shown in SR file photo), executive director of the Lewis-Clark State College Coeur d’Alene Center, has resigned her position. Hammond served as the executive director for eight years. “I know that I speak for the entire college in thanking Cyndie for her dedication…
Kerri Thoreson called out the various entries of the Coeur d'Alene 4th of July Parade as they passed the viewing stand Wednesday, even spotting Councilman Dan Gookin in a green shirt, riding in a dump truck (although he wasn't listed among the parade entries). Below,…
A Ron Pauler named Jude, according to HucksOnline commenter Jennifer Locke, followed the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee parade float, which had Reps. Bob Nonini & Vito Barbieri on board, as well as House District 3 GOP legislative nominee, Ron Mendive. (Duane Rasmussen photo special…
Coeur d'Alene Councilman Dan Gookin offers proof via email to Huckleberries Online that he was in the 4th of July Parade & smiling, too. Comments Gookin: "It was tough to balance in the back of that truck, but I wasn't the grumpy gus your spinmeisters…
I have only one complaint about the Perfection-Nots, the zany marching band comprised of musicians, young and old, from the community. They don't stay in one spot long enough to thoroughly enjoy their music and cuh-razy costumes. Kerri Thoreson offers this photo on her Facebook…
Spudbob: "@Linda: I struggle with the concept that waving a flag makes one a patriot and a good American." So … I have a sincere question for you. In specific terms what, to you, defines someone as being a patriotic American? P.S. No snark intended,…
In his Slice blog today, Paul Turner offers this question re: a man who was caught masturbating while watching pornography at the Spokane Library: "When they are in graduate school, are future librarians told that — if they wind up working in public libraries —…
In recasting the national health care law as a tax, Republican Mitt Romney risks straying from what had been his main focus: the limp economy under President Barack Obama. "Handling the economy" has been one subject on which the former businessman and Massachusetts governor has…
Nothing about politics here. Duane Rasmussen says he simply liked this snapshot of two colorfully dressed women in 4th of July Parade.
A dispute over a dinged car in a parking lot led to an assault arrest when a woman brandished a weapon after being told to “take a Midol,” Spokane police say. Shawna M. Sweet, 23, is accused of striking Derek Boyer’s hand with the butt…
He deserves credit for trying but there is little reason to expect success. Rep. Raul Labrador recently introduced legislation that would allow states to manage large tracts of federal forest. Under his proposal, any state could manage some federal forest land. Federal environmental regulations would…
Kerri Thoreson: I had the pleasure of announcing the parade again this year from the skybox between 2nd and 3rd Streets on Sherman. Mayor Bloem was waving and interacting with the crowd from the back of a Harley. Deanna was in the passenger seat of…
Kootenai County Prosecutor Barry McHugh and House District 4 candidate Luke Malek greet Marshall Mend of the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations at Coeur d'Alene's 4th of July Parade Wednesday. (Duane Rasmussen photo special for Huckleberries Online) Question: Do you think the Kootenai…
12:04 p.m. Possible child abuse reported @ 5th & Front/downtown Coeur d'Alene. 11:59 a.m. KREM: A boat collision on Priest Lake and the search for a missing rafter on Priest River. Story here. 11:47 a.m. Michael reports stolen vehicle in 500 block of West Hayden…
Duane Rasmussen, who provided this 4th of July Parade photo for Huckleberries Online, emails: "These are children of the Asante Children's Choir. They stopped at the reviewing stand and did a drumming routine. Two boys just danced. They sure were energetic." Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR…
Thousands of folks across the area ooohed and aahed over fantastic fireworks displays last night. But while I enjoy the bang, flash and dazzle of pyrotechnics, they really can’t compare to what Mother Nature has to offer. I am a thunderstorm junkie. And summer is…
4th of July Holiday Poll: Hucks Nation is still fund of Coeur d'Alene Mayor Sandi Bloem, who remains unbowed after silly Souza-Orzell-Sims recall attempt against her. A plurality of Hucks Nation, 111 of 232 respondents (47.84%) prefers the mayor to eight other candidates listed in…
Local Democrats were well-represented at the Coeur d'Alene 4th of July Parade Wednesday. (Duane Rasmussen photo special for Huckleberries Online) Danofthe2ndDistrict: If candidates count as politicians, then yes the Dems were fully represented. We had all nine, that’s 100%, of our legislative candidates walking in…
A soldier hands out an American flag during Coeur d'Alene's Fourth of July Parade. (Duane Rasmussen photo special to Huckleberries Online) A Berry Picker emails: "Most of the parade entries followed Coeur d’Alene’s very restrictive rules of not handing anything out. I saw the kids…
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.
