Eight North Idaho drivers were involved in that 13-vehicle accident at about 2:30 p.m. Tuesday when a Penske truck driven by Pamela L. Genis, 56, of Reno, Nev., crashed into vehicles stopped at the traffic lights of northbound Highway 95 at Kathleen Avenue. They were:…
Sounds like the main qualification that wannabes Paul Matthews and Todd Banducci are offering for the job of North Idaho College trustee is the "R" after their name in a nonpartisan election. At least, Matthews showed up for a candidates' forum last night after missing…
On her Facebook wall, Kerri Thoreson reports that she took this photo of The Coeur d'Alene resort boardwalk about 9 o'clock this morning.
A post about mail-only voting in Oregon on Ridenbaugh Press caught my attention today. Barrett Rainey (pictured) was writing about the ease of voting in Oregon. He said: "At our house, we voted this morning. As I write this, nearly all of you in other…
6:53 p.m. Deer hit by motorist on H95/MP 401 (Worley city limits) may be still alive. 6:16 p.m. CPR being performed on Dalton Gardens man who is unconscious after falling. 5:58 p.m. Female on Sunnyside/CdA reports hearing pickup leave after bullet tears through wall and…
Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna was pushing his Luna Laws at a noon luncheon of Bonner County Republican women in Sandpoint today. The event took place at the 41 South restaurant at The Lodge. (Duane Rasmussen photo special for Huckleberries Online) Sea-Tac airport in top…
At As the Lake Churns, blogger Pecky Cox posts this up close & personal photo of bear claws in tree trunk too close for comfort at Casa Cox. Technical difficulties cancel David Brin virtual program/Coeur d'Alene Today You can bet Trump already has Obama documents/Dennis…
The state of Idaho today filed for a temporary restraining order against a secretive group that underwrote more than $200,000 in campaign ads in support of three school-reform ballot reform measures and has refused to disclose its funding source, and a judge set a hearing…
Idaho Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna, center, along with Gov. Butch Otter, right, and executives from Hewlett-Packard Co., announced on Tuesday in Boise that HP was awarded a multi-year contract to provided laptops and technology support to Idaho students as part of Luna's "Students…
Facebook Friend Adam Graves snapped this photo of progress on McEuen Field earlier this week. Keith Erickson, spokesman for Lake City Development Corp, provides this update on the McEuen Field upgrade: "A portion of the new East Lot at City Hall is expected to be…
Inland Northwest Business Watch has now confirmed that Silver Lake Mall in Coeur d' Alene will also soon be home to a new Sports Authority sporting goods store. The new store is the 2nd major store announcement from the mall on Government Way on the…
This film image released by Warner Bros. Pictures shows Jim Broadbent, left, and Ben Whislaw in a scene from "Cloud Atlas," an epic spanning centuries and genres. Dan Webster/Dually Noted reviews the movie in the links at bottom. (AP file photo) In his A Grip…
County Clerk Cliff Hayes announced that both in-person absentee voting and absentee ballots cast by mail have been steady in the last couple of weeks. “We’ve received 8,900 ballots so far; that’s about 12% of the County’s registered voters”, Hayes said. That total includes ballots…
At the 59:25 mark of this YouTube video, Mark Browning of North Idaho College explains that candidates for North Idaho College trustee were given questions prior to the forum. Browning then poses a question to each candidate re: partisanship. Apparently, those who complained to Mary…
What does Idaho need more, a second year of the University of Idaho's law school in Boise or additional doctors? The State Board of Education would like to see both happen but feels it is unlikely the Legislature will provide the money to do both.…
The University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill has removed the word “freshman” from official university documents, citing as their reason an attempt to adopt more “gender inclusive language.” We are “committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our community,”…
Donald Trump said on Wednesday that if President Obama releases his college records and his passport application, the mega-millionaire developer will give a $5 million check to charities of Obama’s choosing. Trump tweeted a video of himself in which he offers Obama a “deal that…
On his Facebook wall, Robin Loznak of Kellogg, Ore., posts this comment: "A carnivorous yellow jacket wasp cuts a chunk of flesh from the discarded remains of a black tailed deer after it was shot by a hunter in a rural area near Roseburg, Ore.,…
11:41 a.m. Man in red pickup entered Coeur d'Alene business after hitting woman for calling police. 11:23 a.m. Caller reports vicious dog in 700 block of S11th/CdA. 11:15 a.m. Pregnant woman is having contractions in parking lot @ Ramsey & Prairie/Hayden. 11:05 a.m. Caller @…
As he prepares to hire a fourth football coach since becoming Idaho’s athletic director in 2003, Rob Spear is confident that he can find the right man to turn around the program. He’d better. There aren’t many athletic directors who get five chances to get…
In her latest newsletter, Mary Souza claims a fix was in at the North Idaho College trustees forum: " I've just heard from people who attended the NIC Trustee Candidate Forum last night. They tell me it was embarrassing because incumbents Judy Meyer and Mic…
A 14-year-old girl told police that a man attempted to kidnap her and punched her in the face Friday night. The alleged incident occurred around 5:50 p.m. in the area of 10th and Spokane streets while the girl was walking southbound. The girl said a…
At the Idaho Statesman, Dan Popkey writes about Secretary of State Ben Ysursa's attempt to protect Idaho's sunshine law by seeking disclosure of financial donors to Luna Law propositions: On top of ignoring popular will, EVI, led by Gov. Butch Otter’s two-time campaign manager, Debbie…
The large megaload staged at the Port of Wilma Monday is not a three-stage Saturn rocket, but water purification equipment. The load is being towed this week through North Central Idaho on U.S. Highway, enroute to Canada's oil sands region. (AP Photo/Lewiston Tribune, Barry Kough)…
A smashed vehicle sits in the median at the scene of a large multi-vehicle crash at Highway 95 and Kathleen in Coeur d'Alene. Several motorists suffered minor injuries when a northbound Penske truck plowed into vehicles at Highway 95 and Kathleen Avenue in Coeur d'Alene…
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.
