Coeur d'Alene TV Channel 19 is providing the best reality television in North Idaho. Coeur d'Alene City Council meetings. Coeur d'Alene School Board meetings. North Idaho College School Board meetings might be interesting once new board members Ron Nilson and Todd Banducci gain their footing.…
Caterpillar cut the ribbon on its 562,000 square foot parts warehouse in Spokane Thursday. This is an image of the dome-shaped mirror that hangs overhead to help forklift drivers see the traffic around corners. (SR photo: Jesse Tinsley)
The showdown between the Coeur d'Alene City Council and the Coeur d'Alene School Board re: Person Field will begin at 5 in the Coeur d'Alene City Library community room. The meeting will also be televised on Coeur d'Alene TV Channel 19. You can use this…
Mark Fisher discusses Obamacare and a proposed Idaho health exchange at the luncheon meeting of the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans at Fedora restaurant today. (Duane Rasmussen photo special to Huckleberries) Hecla: 'We're on the move'/Caleb Soptelean, SNP Mullan recall set March 12/Caleb Soptelean, SNP Idaho…
4:51 p.m. 5-car non-injury accident & 7 other accidents pending throughout area. 4:33 p.m. Street workers report Friar Road, above Avondale Loop, is extremely icy. 4:23 p.m. ISPer handling H95 crash sez he'll stay w/vehicle until tow arrives b/c snow, traffic heavy. 4:08 p.m. White…
From Moscow, JeanC's Cat House & Shooting Gallery reports: "Winco is finally carrying Franz gluten free bread. Picked up a loaf of the mountain white to give it a try. Not a wimpy sandwich, plenty of cheese and pepperoni to give it some UMPH! More…
Christina Marfice/Boise Weekly reports that all the legislators at that ethics seminar weren't paying as much attention as their constituents might have wanted them to. One, for instance, nodded off and snored: But Citydesk's observation of the nearly packed Capitol Auditorium revealed many lawmakers not…
Below, I have listed weather terminology that to say the least is somewhat generalized.If anyone can match these with actual meaningful, usable information I would be greatful. I am sending a link to Mike Prager, Spokesman-Review weather guesser in hopes that he can cast some…
Ken McGrath/KHQ and I discussed the Person Field controversy on his noon "News Break" online show today. KHQ Right Now - News and Weather for Spokane and North Idaho |
President Barack Obama is exploring executive orders to help prevent mass shootings in America, Vice President Joe Biden (pictured in AP fle photo) said Wednesday. "The president is going to act. Executive orders, executive action, can be taken," Biden told reporters before meetings with groups…
I love names. I give names to everything – my car, my cat, my kids, spiders, clothes, and oven mitts. Actually, it’s my Mom’s doing. She started it. When we were growing up, Mom acquired an oven mitt in the shape of an alligator (or…
On his Facebook wall, Paul Turner asks: "Do you recognize this toy?" Well, do you? (www.timewarptoys.com) Featured Blog: In the workplace we often find martyrs: “I feel so crappy, but – sneeze, sneeze, cough, cough – I have so much to do, I just came…
On his Facebook wall, Robin Loznak of Kellogg, Ore., posts: "A yearling fawn gets a little jumpy on a snowy morning along a county road near Roseburg (Ore.)" You can view more of Robin's outdoors photography here.
Spokesman Laura Rumpler of the Coeur d'Alene School District circulated the following message and attachment re: Person Field to school district staff 2 hours ago: "Much attention has been placed on the school district's and City of CdA's negotiations surrounding the sale of our portion…
Silver Valley columnist David Bond, formerly of the Wallace Street Journal, tells of a wild plane ride in which he learned about air pollution in the Arctic. He wrote a series of stories about it for the Anchorage Times. Today, he tells what he learned…
Let's not get too gaga over Gov. Butch Otter's plans to replace the personal property tax, collected by the state and circulated to local governments, in favor of a local-option tax. The move will cost local governments millions of dollars, according to an Idaho Tax…
Only in Hollywood could a tiny, low-budget tale of a little girl named Hushpuppy who lives in the bayou take on a historical epic by master filmmaker Steven Spielberg about the 16th president’s struggle to end slavery and the Civil War. But “Beasts of the…
In this television image made from video recorded in the summer of 2012 provided by NHK and Discovery Channel, a giant squid swims in the deep sea off Chichi island, Japan. The first ever video footage of a giant squid swimming in the ocean depths…
12:15 p.m. Possible fraud reported at business in 5500 block of Government Way/Hayden. 11:57 a.m. Firefighter battling rural Athol blaze asks chief if they should switch to salvage mode. 11:27 a.m. Heavy smoke & possible flames reported in 10:57 incident in rural Athol. 11:06 a.m.…
For over a year now I’ve been managing a rare and ultimately fatal form of cancer. Though slow-moving, in cases like mine where doctors cannot identify the primary source for certain, the patient is often at the Big Roundup in the Sky within six months.…
The Blaine County Republican Central Committee has passed a resolution supporting the legalization of marijuana in Idaho. The committee approved the resolution 6-2 earlier this week. Committee member Mike Connor told the Times-News the resolution is not an endorsement for doing drugs, but an acknowledgement…
Wednesday Poll: A slight majority of Hucks Nation has a negative view of the National Rifle Association. 111 of 211 respondents (52.61%) have a negative view of the NRA. 97 of 211 (45.97%) have a positive view of the organization. 3 (1.42%) were undecided. State…
Four people are competing for 3 spots on the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans board of directors, according to a Berry Picker. The election will be held today at the Reagan Republicans weekly meeting at Fedora's. Only members who paid their 2013 dues will be allowed…
A Boise City Police K-9 officer and his bomb sniffing partner do a exterior search of the Grangeville High School Wednesday afternoon in Grangeville. A note warning that a bomb had been placed at Grangeville High School prompted the closure of all the schools in…
When that big dog snarls and bristles you have extra cause for fright if the owner gaily tells you, "Oh don't worry, he won't bite." The Bard of Sherman Avenue
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.
