The Coeur d'Alene Family Oliveria will celebrate the 88th birthday of its matriarch Sunday by taking her out to lunch and treating her special. Per usual. Mom still is relatively on her own via a nice assisted living place here in Coeur d'Alene. She uses…
Oregon State's Matt Boyd, left, and Nate Esposito sit in the dugout after losing 4-1 to Mississippi State in an NCAA College World Series baseball game in Omaha, Neb., Friday. Mississippi State advances to the championship series and Oregon State is eliminated. (AP Photo/Francis Gardler)…
A coalition of news organizations across Idaho is asking a federal judge to deny a proposed order that would give private prison company Corrections Corporations of America the power to seal whatever it wants in a lawsuit brought by inmates. The Associated Press, Idaho Statesman,…
A sealed criminal complaint has been filed against Edward Snowden (shown in AP/Guardian photo) in the National Security Agency surveillance case, a Justice Department official said Friday. The official declined to specify the criminal charges against the former NSA contractor who has admitted providing information…
Time 2 Vote ... Emily Cavacini, 11, of Allegheny Pa,. shoots during the finals of the 90th annual National Marbles Tournament held on the beach at Ringer Stadium in Wildwood, N.J. on Thursday. Cavacini won the girls’ championship. You right the cutline. (AP Photo/The Press…
5:53 p.m. Kalispell, Mont., officers are seeking 32YO male whose credit card was used in Coeur d'Alene today after he didn't show up for work this morning. 5:44 p.m. Blue vehicle has hit deer on w/b H54/MP 11 (Lewellen Creek Road/Athol). 5:41 p.m. Male walking…
State Rep. Frank Henderson, R-Post Falls, right, and state Sen. Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d'Alene, respond to audience during the North Idaho Pachyderm Club meeting at Templin's Resort today. Henderson is one of four legislators who face censure at the hands of the Kootenai County Republican…
A statewide poll of likely Idaho voters finds strong opposition to a bill before the U.S. Senate that would grant amnesty to 12 million illegal aliens and dramatically increase overall immigration to the United States. According to the poll, 54 percent of Idaho voters oppose…
William F. Jasper of The New American (a biweekly magazine of the John Birch Society) sums up discontent with Kootenai County's Unified Land Use Code, a link to which is posted on Jennifer Locke's Facebook page: Much of the concern and outrage expressed at the…
Workers at the ABCD Day Care at 1124 C Street, near Forest Cemetery, call 911 moments ago to report three gun shots nearby. The workers had ushered the children into the Day Care and locked the doors moments earlier. An officer investigating the call reported…
"After a family outing at Liberty Lake County Park," posts Nic (Rants, Raves & Random Thoughts), "I have counted the following mosquito bites." One on the back of my left hand at the base of my thumb. One on the back of my left calf.…
In this Duane Rasmussen photo, state Sen. Steve Vick (left), R-Dalton Gardens, waits to speak to the North Idaho Pachyderm Club today. Others in photo are: Jerry Teft, center, and Don Carll, right. Vick will be part of a four-man panel that will speak to…
Mrs. O & I dancing at the wedding reception for Amy Dearest & Okie Doke at the World Forestry Center in Portland, Ore. The photo offers proof, after 38 years, that I clean up OK.
The beautiful Mrs. O and I cutting the top of our wedding cake at our first anniversary 37 years ago in my parents-in-laws dining room. You can see why I married her. But I'm still trying to figure out why she married me -- and…
"Sometimes I think the extreme partisan people (on either side) forget that when you raise your right hand and take an oath of office you represent all the people, not just the ones who expect you to agree with them on EVERYTHING (or else)" --…
The Moscow-Pullman Daily News provides this chuckle from Scanner Traffic Thursday night: "Officers responded to a report of people doing drugs in a vehicle in front of Staples. Turned out to be a lollipop." Question: What flavor of lollipop do you prefer? Moi? Cherry red,…
I find Idaho columnist Chris Carlson to be a likable guy, and it’s easy to see why some of his more liberal allied-interests have been politically successful. But by golly, I have to disagree with him on some of the statements he wrote in his…
Any hunter who's spent time in wolf country can attest to the predators’ influence. We see wolf tracks, find old kills, and often times we spot fewer game animals. But exactly how wolves affect big-game populations is still greatly unknown. Yeah, wolves eat elk. But,…
Iron Men & Women are out in force today along the waterfront, biking Centennial Trail north of UI/LCSC building, swimming off the north shore, snapping photos of one another, and browsing Ironman ware in the Tent City at City Beach. I overheard one woman ask…
People practice yoga in New York's Times Square Friday. Yoga enthusiast marked the longest day of the year with five free "Mind Over Madness" yoga classes during the11th annual Solstice in Times Square. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Question: Do you practice yoga? How has it helped?
11:59 a.m. Hayden mom threatens suicide 4 days after she reported teen son made same threat. 11:30 a.m. WSP is lookng for truck w/b on I-90 toward Idaho that hit street pole & drove off. 11:18 a.m. Animal control en route to sick-cat report in…
In this column space 25 years ago, I wrote a Huckleberry that’s more pertinent than ever today in lieu of the passing of former two-term Mayor Ray Stone early Monday morning. On July 4, 1988, this column wrote: “Like every native in this town (Coeur…
Thursday Poll: Hucks Nation is solidly against a proposal presented by an Colorado company, to build a jail and then lease space back to Kootenai County. 73 of 123 respondents (59.35%) oppose the proposal. Only 38 of 123 respoondents (30.89%) supported it. 12 (9.76%) were…
Since graduating from Sandpoint High School in 1999, Jens Weiden has won two World Series rings, run some of the nicest golf courses in the Bay Area, and rubbed elbows with the likes of Willie Mays, Magic Johnson, Shaq and countless other celebrities. Now Weiden…
At its meeting Tuesday night (agenda here), the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee will consider a resolution to censure four Kootenai County legislators who voted for the controversial state health exchange, favored by Gov. Butch Otter in response to Obamacare. Here's the resolution that will…
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.
