My extended family enjoyed the wiener dog races at Rathdrum Days Saturday, where two dogs belonging to friends failed to perform up to expectations. I won't name names. But the two mutts didn't venture more than a foot or two from the starting line, with…
In this June 1983 photo released by NASA, astronaut Sally Ride, a specialist on shuttle mission STS-7, monitors control panels from the pilot's chair on the shuttle Columbia flight deck. Ride, the first American woman in space, died Monday, after a 17-month battle with pancreatic…
Original: Mystery blogger takes off mask (H/T: Coeur d'Alene Press) North Idaho Republican political campaign worker Linda Cook says she is “almostinnocentbystander,” the anonymous online commenter on the Spokesman-Review website who allegedly defamed Kootenai County Republican leader Tina Jacobson. Cook worked in North Idaho on…
In the pigs fly department, Huckleberries has learned that the General Services Committee voted 3-0 earlier today to move the American Legion Field from McEuen Field to Ramsey Park. The GSC voted for the move despite member Ron Edinger's oft-raised comment that the new field…
Ryan Adams rides through a wedge of sunlight under the Interstate 90 overpass at 15th Street in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho as he travels home Tuesday. (AP Photo/Coeur d'Alene Press, Jerome A. Pollos) Cool weather to last one day/Mike Prager, SR UIdaho student drowns in Selway…
Spokane Valley legislator Matt Shea shakes hands at Ron Paul presidential event in Spokane earlier this year. (Phantom Photographer photo) A Spokane Valley legislator pulled a gun during a confrontation with another motorist last November in what police reports describe as a road rage incident.…
This photo combination shows a variety of facial expressions of James E. Holmes during his appearance at Arapahoe County District Court Monday in Centennial, Colo. Holmes is accused of killing 12 and wounding 58 in a shooting rampage in a movie theater on Friday in…
Earlier today, an ISPer stopped a man in a cowboy hat from hitchhiking along Interstate 90 at Spokane Street in Post Falls. Local/state law, I believe, prevents hitchhiking on the interstate and the interstate exchanges. Hitchhikers & panhandlers on the I-90 interchanges are rousted promptly.…
5:42 p.m. City vehicle involved in 2-vehicle crash @ H95 & Ironwood, near KMC. 5:40 p.m. Caller reports driver of Toyota Camri w/b on Locust Avenue won't give her keys back. 5:31 p.m. Woman on Ramsey Road reports juveniles skateboarding on her property. 5:14 p.m.…
Seattle Mariners' Ichiro Suzuki attempts to bunt during the fourth inning of a baseball game against the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium in Kansas City, Mo., Wednesday. The Seattle Mariners have traded longtime superstar and fan favorite Ichiro Suzuki to the New York Yankees…
Interior Secretary Ken Salazar is telling Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead that he shares the governor's desire to end federal protections for Yellowstone grizzly bears. Salazar wrote to Mead last week saying he expects the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other agencies will finish their…
American Airlines Boeing 767 taking off from Miami International Airport, in Miami. Airlines are raising ticket prices again after a long lull that coincided with falling fuel costs. Over the weekend several big airlines matched United Airlines' increase in base fares of up to $10…
The Spokesman-Review has decided not to appeal Judge John Luster's order that it turn over information re: the indentity of commenter Almost Innocent Bystander to attorneys for former Kootenai County GOP Central Committee Chairwoman Tina Jacobson. The paper will turn over those documents Tuesday. Meanwhile,…
It is refreshing for a community to embrace my profession, which I am repeatedly told is dying. It’s not dying, just changing, and it’s something I’m proud to be involved with. The first event I covered in the field proves these points. I’d only been…
Timberlake Fire posted the following on Herb Huseland's Bay Views blog this weekend, after the department and the U.S. Navy took part in the rescue of 8 individuals, including 3 elderly people, and three dogs who had ignored storm warnings on Lake Pend Oreille and…
It’s a warm summer evening. Children in pajamas run here and there. Adults sit in their car or in lawn chairs nearby. Most people chow down on favorite snacks, whether it’s red licorice or a big tub of buttered popcorn. It’s drive-in movie night in…
Carol Chambers, Arapahoe County District Attorney, arrives at the county courthouse, Monday in Centennial, Colo., the day of the first court appearance of James E. Holmes, who is being held on suspicion of first-degree murder, and who could also face additional counts of aggravated assault…
11:28 a.m. Gold 2005 Dodge pickup reportedly involved in road rage @ Hanley & Govt Way/CdA. 11:25 a.m. St. Maries male held gun to his head in front of girlfriend before leaving in vehicle. 11:17 a.m. Undisclosed found property @ Hayden Lake Road & Upper…
Nakia Williamson of Lapwai waits on his horse, Pisaqis, during the horse parade that precedes the entry of dancers into the arena Saturday at the Julyamsh Powwow at the Coeur d'Alene Greyhound Park. Williamson is a Nez Perce tribal member. The annual event attracted hundreds…
Oregon and Washington have jointly launched a “Squeal on Pigs” campaign to combat the latest invasive species - feral swine - that’s turned up in all three states. Originating in Europe and Asia and imported for domestic use, the wild pigs, also known as the…
Come this way, deer. Thanks to a wildlife underpass, animals in the Athol area can now see the light at the end of the tunnel when it comes to darting across busy U.S. 95. The underpass aimed at reducing the risk of vehicles vs. wildlife…
Despite the mass shooting at a Colorado movie theater during a midnight screening of "The Dark Knight Rises," the film took in about $162 million in North America over the weekend. Warner Bros. announced it would hold off reporting the film's opening grosses until Monday,…
SR colleague Becky Kramer passed this along: "Just got this updated figure from the Department of Ecology, so I'm passing it along: '...the Spokane Valley Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer provides drinking water to more than 620,000 residents in the Spokane/Coeur d'Alene area.'" Question: Do you fully…
In this image taken from video provided by KUSA.com, James Holmes, left, the suspected gunman in Friday's Colorado theater massacre, makes his first appearance in court with his attorney Tamara Brady in Centennial, Colo. on Monday. (AP Photo/KUSA.com) His hair dyed orange-red and a dazed…
The presidential campaign is on its way to Idaho, with both the Republican and Democratic candidates planning major fundraisers in Sun Valley - within a two-day span. Mitt Romney has a $1,000-a-head reception scheduled for the Sun Valley area on Aug. 3, possibly followed by…
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.
