Another Duane Rasmussen photograph for Huckleberries Online of spectacular crash that tied up traffic for awhile at intersection of Highway 95 & Hayden Avenue. You can see Woody McEvers' Ruster's Roost in the background. One woman was taken to Kootenai Medical Center.
On her Facebook wall, Kerri Thoreson reports the passing of Marilyn Deutsch. Writes Kerri: "What an incredible woman, outspoken & no nonsense, not to mention funny and generous." My path crossed with Marilyn 27 years ago when we were both part of the first Leadership…
A Sandpoint woman was arraigned Friday for allegedly battering a city official while researching her legal claims for a wrongful arrest last year. Judge Barbara Buchanan entered a not guilty plea on Rita Nancy Hutchens’ behalf, clearing the way for a trial in Bonner County…
North Idaho College Biology Instructor Rhena Cooper teaches two Coeur d’Alene High School students during the “Women in Science” event held at the University of Idaho’s extension on NIC’s campus today. About 150 students from area high schools are attending the two-day event, which is…
Photographer Duane Rasmussen was on the scene of this spectacular crash this PM @ busy intersection of Highway 95 & Hayden Avenue, near Hayden Super 1 store. A spectator told Duane that a woman in the flipped vehicle was taken to Kootenai Medical Center. 5:38…
Coeur d’Alene Police Detectives arrested Brad W. Whisner, 20, of Hayden, on two counts of residential burglary. Detectives developed information that led them to Whisner and another male, William E. Fesmire, 22, of Rialto, Calif. Detectives obtained a warrant today for Fesmire for three counts…
Venerable Thubten Chodron, an American nun in the Tibetan Buddhist tradition, will speak on “Buddhist Advice for a Better World” from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Friday, Oct. 12 in Molstead Library Todd Hall at North Idaho College. Ven. Chodron has practical advice for creating a…
An anti-Obama beer in the red state of Oklahoma is in high demand. Thousands of bottles of Nobama Brew have been sold, according to Rick Huebert, the owner of Huebert Brewing Co., which brews the beer. Huebert told local Oklahoma TV station KFOR that the…
Debbie Field, Gov. Butch Otter's former drug czar and two-time campaign manager, has raised $200,350 from a single source and spent it on broadcast ads supporting Propositions 1, 2 and 3, also known as "Students Come First" and "The Luna Laws." Field heads a new…
The Coeur d’ Alene Fire Department has teamed up with Kootenai County Emergency Medical Service System for the month of October to bring awareness to Breast Cancer. Coeur d’ Alene Firefighters will be wearing pink medical gloves while responding to medical emergencies. The pink glove…
My bride,Susan, and I are doing a daily morning devotion; we're reading author Gary Thomas' Every Body Matters. And it's painful. Each morning we take a quarter hour or so and read a few paragraphs from a chapter in the book. We combine our time…
The Coeur d’Alene Police Department has seen a large increase in daytime residential burglaries in the past month. Both the City and County statistics combined show over seventy (70) have occurred in this short time frame. This number does not include night time burglaries or…
Washington State University freshman Joseph Olsen stops between classes to look at jack-o-lanterns outside Todd Hall in Pullman on Monday. (Moscow Pullman Daily News photo: Geoff Crimmins) Question: Do you carve jack-o-lanterns for Halloween? Favorite design?
Back in the day, we children of the '60s used the term "bitchin'" to describe something that was good -- and that we appreciated. A new pair of bell bottoms was "bitchin'." Good news was "bitchin'." An unexpectedly good grade on a biology test was…
I just returned from the Coeur d'Alene post office, where the clerk handed back my change from a $20 bill the old-fashioned way. She counted it back to me starting with the coins. The purchase was for $5.70. So 30 cents made $6, then 4…
The Spokane Valley Fire Department on Monday fired a captain who continued to send religious emails from his department email account despite numerous orders to stop. Capt. Jon Sprague (pictured in SR file photo by Tyler Tjomsland), who runs the Spokane County Christian Firefighter Fellowship,…
Construction equipment rumbles outside, and Amy Shook lies on her back, her head and knees slightly elevated and tiny needles poking out of her ears and forehead, the backs of her hands, the tops of her feet and the crown of her head. She could…
Just a head’s-up. If I’m found face down in a large, semi-coagulated pool of blood, don’t bother calling in a forensics team. Against all better judgment and warnings from my lovely wife, Sherry, I have been attempting to defoliate my mug …With a straight razor.…
Iowa Citizens for Community Improvement Action Fund members dressed in Sesame Street costumes protest outside a campaign stop for Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney at the Koch Family Farm, earlier today in Van Meter, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) In its attempt to…
11:57 a.m. Undisclosed traffic hazard reported @ 15th & Hanley/Dalton Gardens. 11:55 a.m. Goodwill Store, 317 E. Seltice Way/PF, reports male transient w/urine on pants and dirty, matted hair & beard harassing customers. 11:45 a.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Oct. 8-9 here.…
Monday Poll: A majority of Hucks Nation says the United States should quit observing Columbus Day. 69 of 130 respondents (53.08%) opposed the continued observance of Columbus Day. 51 of 130 (39.23%) supported it. 10 (7.69%) were undecided. Today's Poll: Do you support a proposed…
For the first time in its history, the United States does not have a Protestant majority, according to a new study. One reason: The number of Americans with no religious affiliation is on the rise. The percentage of Protestant adults in the U.S. has reached…
This election, Idahoans will be asked to vote on whether the right to hunt, fish and trap should be added to Idaho’s state constitution. Here are the details: What it’s about: Sen. Lee Heider, R-Twin Falls, who crafted the amendment, said it’s about protecting Idaho’s…
Third-grade teacher Donna Wommack, center, helps KyLee Tweedy, right, and a classmate look up the definition of a word on an iPad during a reading lesson at Genesee School on Sept. 20. The Genesee School District, south of Moscow, said it will go ahead with…
Update: Huckleberries has been told that Judge Hoff announced resignation shortly after DUI. Nominations to fill her $114,300 position are being accepted through Monday. Third District Judge Renae Hoff nearly fell as she stepped from her vehicle after an officer stopped her for reportedly weaving…
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.
