The Seattle Mariners are winning. Councilman Steve Adams has seen the light of day -- for now -- and Coeur d'Alene is spared economic disaster. Cantankerous Public Defender John Adams is liberated to continue doing good work in the courtroom on behalf of the community's…
Baseball fans, from left, Becky Stockett, Randy Stockett and Abbey Stockett, from Morgantown, W.Va., huddle under blankets against the cold before the start of a baseball game between the San Diego Padres and the New York Mets today in New York. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan) Question:…
Sara Meyer: The emergence of Balance North Idaho must have made an impact on the Reagan Republicans this week. We had one of their members try to hijack our FB page, nasty comments from that member on the Press, the mention of "balance" in Jeff…
5:48 p.m. Deputy looking for man wanted on warrant, $25K bond, who may be in Hayden Creek area. 5:25 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for April 2-3 here. 4:52 p.m. Officer talking to male named Austin who was involved in City Park fight.…
In her Creatures & Crocuses post, Marianne Love/Slight Detour offers this photo of emerging crocuses. Which are my favorite flower of spring. Price of stupid/Fort Boise Where Art Thou/Tumblewords Frat house on fire/Slight Detour Coeur's shuck and jive/Carlson Chronicles Zero tolerance for old age/Dogwalk Musings…
Boise State athletic director Mark Coyle said Wednesday that the Broncos likely will not be facing the Idaho Vandals anytime soon. On the subject of football scheduling, Coyle said Boise State is close to filling in its openings in 2015 and 2018. When asked if…
Montana’s chief federal judge will retire following an investigation into an email he forwarded that included a racist joke involving President Barack Obama. U.S. District Judge Richard Cebull had previously announced he would step down as chief circuit judge and take a reduced caseload, but…
Update: Huckleberries has learned that the Parking Commission has denied Councilman Steve Adams' appeal of a parking ticket at the Coeur d'Alene Library. Here is the reply from the Parking Commission: "His notice with denial was mailed out on the 2nd of April so as…
Alas, I remember "Happy Together" by The Turtles because it was a hit in the spring of my senior year at Gridley (Calif.) Union High School. I was playing varsity baseball and not all that busy being Student Body president, a task for which I…
Studded snow tires must be removed from motor vehicles in Idaho before May 1, the Idaho Transportation Department reminds drivers. The use of studded tires is legal in Idaho from Oct. 1 through April 30 each year. A ticket would be a non-moving equipment violation…
Bill, Mary and the OpenCDA.com crowd never fail to amaze. After watching Golden Boy Steve Adams toss in the towel re: his threatened appeal of the sewer treatment plant expansion, I was curious how OpenCDA.com would spin the inglorious defeat. In four words: "Well done,…
Republican North Carolina state legislators have proposed allowing an official state religion in a measure that would declare the state exempt from the Constitution and court rulings. The bill, filed Monday by two GOP lawmakers from Rowan County and backed by nine other Republicans, says…
Vicki White, of Pittsfield, Mass., bottom front, holds a placard while joining with other demonstrators during a rally on the Boston Common, in Boston, Wednesday. The demonstration, organized by the Gun Owners Action League, was held to call attention to Second Amendment rights as gun…
City Council called for a special meeting Thursday to consider repealing the ordinance establishing a municipal revenue bond election for wastewater treatment improvements. A judge has granted judicial confirmation allowing the City to take on $33.5 million in long-term debt to fund the wastewater treatment…
The El Rancho mobile home park in Post Falls met a quick fate last summer. Notices posted on trailer doors in January told residents they had six months to get out. By winter, the lot was being bulldozed. As we reported then, many of the…
From Kestrel West Morning Memo: Music students at Highland High School are receiving national attention this morning thanks to American Idol host Ryan Seacrest, who is giving the students lots of love for their amazing mash-up lip-sync video to some of the most popular pop…
Fifty years ago this summer, a group of very conservative Idaho Republicans put into motion a series of events destined to turn the direction of the Idaho Republican far to the right. It began at the 1963 state Republican convention with the election Gwen Barnett…
Douglas Baker speaks after being introduced as the new president of Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, Ill., Tuesday. The school's board of trustees named Baker as NIU's 12th president replacing John Peters, who announced in October that he planned to retire in June after 13…
Predictably, Jeff Ward of the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans/Strategery is whipping up his easily whipped up troops again, warning that his good guys face the toughest election yet. Begins Jeff in his latest Kootenai Weekly Conservative newsletter: "And so the season of disingenuousness begins. The…
Tuesday Poll: Hucks Nation is all over the place re: how many games the Seattle Mariners will win this season, with a purality (by one vote) saying the M's will win between 85 and 90 ballgames. 20 of 80 respondents (25%) took that position. But…
11:12 a.m. PFPD officer finds stolen glove, sunglasses, CDs/case abandoned by 4 suspects. 10:53 a.m. Type 1 diabetic suffering seizure in 4200 block of Abby/Cda. 10:48 a.m. Loose dog creating safety hazard @ 10295 Maple Street/Hayden. 10:37 a.m. Marine deputy checking on boaters at the…
In this Coeur d'Alene TV Channel 19 video, Coeur d'Alene School Board candidate Bjorn Handeen (who's running against Tom Hearn) voiced support for Councilman Steve Adams before Adams withdrew his threat of appealing a judicial confirmation decision re: sewer plant expansion. During public comments, Handeen…
The controversial McEuen Park renovation in Coeur d’Alene is officially underway. The multi-million dollar project involves closing part of busy Front Avenue by Lake Coeur d’Alene. It means some parking spots will disappear because several roads are closed for construction. Wiggetts Marketplace sits in the…
Brady Ulen is a sprinter. First and foremost, actually, Ulen is a soccer player -- a defensive center back for Post Falls High School whose skills earned him a full-ride soccer scholarship to Oregon Institute of Technology in Klamath Falls, Ore., beginning this fall. But…
Seattle Mariners' Michael Morse connects for a three-run home run off Oakland Athletics' Jarrod Parker in the third inning of a baseball game Tuesday in Oakland, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR' Thief takes valuable tools from St. Vinny's/KREM McEuen Field construction impacts…
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.
