I'm sad to report that HucksOnline has lost one of the sometimes poster -- Bayview Bob (or Bob Bowen). Herb reports that Bob was optimistic recently following a bone marrow transplant in his fight with leukemia. But this took a turn for the worst at…
The United States' Missy Franklin swims during a practice session at the Aquatics Center at the Olympic Park ahead of the 2012 Summer Olympics, Thursday in London. Opening ceremonies for the 2012 London Olympics will be held Friday. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza) Question: How…
Today Mitt Romney got a nasty taste of what political life is like under a foreign media microscope. He must be wondering why he didn’t stay home. By the measure of world-wide Twitter trending (#Romneyshambles), not to mention the Brit papers, Romney’s visit to London…
5:58 p.m. Manager of Jo's Hole in Spirit Lake has questions re: Wednesday PM incident. 5:55 p.m. Suicidal male on Windermere Avenue/CdA drove off, leaving keys, ring, bank card. 5:53 p.m. Possible battery reported at Kootenai County Jail. 5:22 p.m. Hazmat team en route to…
A small slug slithers over a wild blackberry picked by a motorist along a country road near Kellogg, Ore., according to wildlife photographer Robin Loznak. Robin reports on his Facebook page that the slug was returned to the thicket. You can see more of Robin's…
Some people retire and take up fishing or golf. Mike Naumann, who retired from law enforcement in 2009, opened a brewery. A successful brewery, at that, with five beers on tap and a beefy menu that has us wondering if this is a brewery with…
he building’s facade is shaped like a crown in this one-horse-town. The crown jewel is a neon red and green sign that reads “Roxy.” The Roxy Theater was built in 1951 in Newport, Wash. It’s made of a rudimentary cobbling of stucco and rock, but…
Cindy spotted this Bag Lady in downtown Spokane this week as she went about her daily business of surviving. Question: Does the Coeur d'Alene area have any Bag Ladies?
The long arm of the news quiz reached into Idaho for both of last week's winners! Tom Von Alten of Boise won a $50 gift card to the Davenport Hotel as the overall champ, and Kelly Lee of Moscow won a random drawing for two…
Bob Curtis, who called 540 consecutive Vandal football games during a 50-year span, died Wednesday night at his home in Colfax, Wash. Curtis was the Idaho Sportscaster of the Year 33 times. In addition to football, Curtis also called hundreds of basketball games. He was…
Kristen Messer, Austin Pruitt, center, and Amberlynn Weber, shown July 19 at West Valley High School, have qualified for the Paralympics in London this summer. The three, all members of Team St. Luke’s, will compete in track events along with Susannah Scaroni. (SR photo: Jesse…
Two trails, the North Idaho Centennial Trail and the Prairie Trail, need to be seal coated. Both seal coating projects will be “rolling projects,” meaning that the seal coating takes about two hours to dry, so the trail will be usable soon after the contractor…
Tomorrow, the world. Including Spokane and the Inland Northwest. Athletes from 206 nations – one competing under the flag of five interlocking rings because South Sudan has no Olympic organization – are assembled for the Games of the 30th Olympiad, the opening ceremonies officially launching…
Chester the Callow Keyboard Commando (shown multi-taking in inset from Technorati Redneck gallery) continues to harangue Count DooFo: "Our only question, is how can this guy really be taken seriously? He claims to be a conservative blogger, but his political stripes are bluer than a…
Harold “Pete” Clarke started working at a small South Hill grocery store at age 12. By 16, his duties had expanded to grocery delivery. One day he dropped off groceries at a house and was instantly smitten by the beautiful girl who answered the door.…
Many hands join in to help as an anaconda snake at the Oklahoma City Zoo has dental floss taped to it's head and along it's body as it is measured at the zoo in Oklahoma City Thursday. The floss and tape are necessary because it…
12:18 p.m. 4 boys, including one with a red, green & yellow beanie cap, have stolen a shopping cart from Fred Meyer and are now heading south on Fruitland/CdA. 12:04 p.m. Benewah Medical Center/Plummer is seeking ambulance to transfer 45YO male w/symptoms of heat stroke…
Forty-nine percent of voters identify President Obama as a Christian, a new poll says, and the others say that they don't know or that he is a Muslim. "Nearly four years into his presidency the view that Barack Obama is Muslim persists," says the survey…
Well, you can eliminate one destination for the Idaho Vandals. As the Vandals seek a home for its football program with the WAC wilting, the Mountain West would make geographic sense, but on Wednesday, commissioner Craig Thompson squashed the idea. “In all fairness to New…
Bob Lutz, a volunteer with the NeighborWoods program, rakes mulch around the rose beds at the entrance to Comstock Park Wednesday in Spokane. Partnering with the City of Spokane's Park and Recreation department, volunteers throughout Spokane, including North Hill, Comstock, East Central care for and…
Item: Records request to Coeur d'Alene City Hall pinpoints embezzlement suspect/Tom Hasslinger, Press JohnA: $48,600 a nice salary to just throw away, well in excess of what the county pays for similar positions. When you throw in six weeks vacation and three weeks sick leave,…
That emotional, knee-jerk reaction you're hearing to the massacre of a dozen people and the wounding of five times as many in a Colorado movie house isn't coming from the gun-control crowd. Oh, you'll hear a few scattered voices arguing that had the Brady bill…
Phil Hart, the lame-duck representative from House District 2, is shown handing out flags at a Fourth of July Parade in Coeur d'Alene prior to this year. Opinionator Kevin Richert of the Idaho Statesman criticizes House Speaker Lawerence Denney for approving tax dollars to send…
Expect hot air To blow our way From now until Election Day The Bard of Sherman Avenue
Larry Spencer: I get a kick out of the fact that Jeff keeps playing the wizard of Oz by claiming that he is the “President” of a “group” that he made up, that has no members, board or meetings. The “Idaho Federation of Reagan Republicans”…
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.
