Syracuse's Michael Carter-Williams (1) and Pittsburgh's Lamar Patterson fight for a loose ball during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game at the Big East Conference tournament Thursday in New York. Syracuse won 62-59. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) Question: Is there a college basketball…
There's been much ado in this sesquecentennial re: President Abraham Lincoln and his contribution to the early days of Idaho. Former Attorney General David Leroy visited North Idaho recently to tell Lincoln Day Dinner listeners about Lincoln's contributions. Writing for the Ridenbaugh Press, Martin Peterson…
Released this week, the latest thriller by New York Times best-selling author C.J. Box is inspired by the plight of Pacific Legal Foundation’s clients, Mike and Chantell Sackett of Priest Lake, Idaho, (pictured) who fought all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court for their…
Texas A&M forward Jarod Jahns (42) runs onto the scoring table during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against Missouri at the Southeastern Conference tournament Thursday in Nashville, Tenn. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/John Bazemore) TGIF Winner: Nic (w/3 likes): Texas…
5:59 p.m. Injury accident reported on e/b I-90/MP 10.5, just west of NW Blvd, CdA. 5:58 p.m. Baby falls from vehicle at 16th/Greensferry, Post Falls; ambulance en route. 5:57 p.m. Dispatcher trying to contact F&G re: troublesome moose in Post Falls area. 5:34 p.m. Female…
Dan Webster/Dually Noted talks about growing up in a household with a distant military father, who often took Dan and his two siblings to the movies or library to keep them busy. Now for Dan's post re: latest Oz movie: And among the books that…
In his Slice blog, Paul Turner wonders if you have ever claimed to be a Marine biologist. I'll go one further. Have you ever claimed to be someone you're not to impress someone? (Photo: www.freerepublic.com) Beware the Ides of March/The Slice Last great hydroplane race/Bay…
From Lake City Development Corporation Facebook page: "Here it comes! Crews will begin moving in equipment and construction fence lines on Monday as work gets under way for the 2013 McEuen Field project. This will be a whirlwind transformation with noticeable changes happening fast. For…
Some of you commenters were critical of the Coeur d'Alene Police Department for not moving on case against CoiNuts owner Kevin E. Mitchell. CPD spokeswoman Sgt. Christie Wood provided the Coeur d'Alene Press with an extensive time line that shows the police investigated several complaints…
Former Massachusetts Gov., and 2012 Republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, gestures as he speaks at the 40th annual Conservative Political Action Conference in National Harbor, Md., today. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta) Mitt Romney was greeted like a hero at the Conservative Political Action Conference Friday,…
The Idaho Vandals have advanced to the women's WAC Basketball Tournament championship by nipping second-seeded Utah State 84-82 this afternoon in Las Vegas. Josh Wright/SR tweets: "Idaho women started the season 4-10. Now one win away from NCAA tournament. Jon Newlee and crew providing best…
Wayne Hoffman of the Idaho Freedom Foundation argues reasonably against a memorial pushed by six Canyon County legislators, asking the FCC to crack down on extramarital sex on TV. Writes Wayne: Unlike Saudi Arabia’s bizarre and inexplicable pursuit of plaster dinosaurs, the target of Idaho…
Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada perform their free skate program in the pairs competition at the World Figure Skating Championships today in London, Ontario. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)
On March 7, 1988, the following three-dot item ran in my Huckleberries print column: During her tenure, fairgrounds wonderwoman Barb Renner has expanded bookings of the facility's main buildings from 11 days to 147 annually. Her occasional wistful glances might be for revenue lost as…
A rare consensus bill to revive a piece of the voter-rejected “Students Come First” laws – a measure backed by both the Idaho Education Association and the Idaho School Boards Association to reinstate a requirement that teacher negotiations be conducted in open meetings – has…
From my newspaper files, a story I wrote 25 years ago (Feb. 5, 1988) re: the projected St. Patrick's Day 1988 opening of the Lake City Senior Center: Lake City Senior Center officials will stage a grand opening for their new center on St. Patrick's…
Nearly ten years since the United States invaded Iraq, researchers at Brown University are assessing the cost of the war. The report, from Brown's Watson Institute for International Studies, is comprehensive, taking a look at the direct and indirect costs of war, but from the…
New York Yankees second baseman Corban Joseph loses the ball while trying to catch Toronto Blue Jays' Henry Blanco's pop fly for an error in the third inning of the Yankees' 17-5 loss in a spring training baseball game in Dunedin, Fla., Thursday. (AP Photo/Kathy…
11:53 a.m. Animal control officer following loose dog to home in 15000 block of Knutson/Rathdrum. 11:51 a.m. CPD officer is checking on welfare of person @ Big Y station, 2301 E. Sherman. 11:30 a.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for March 14-15 here. 10:54…
Appointed Trustee Ann Seddon appeared at the North Idaho Pachyderm Club this morning to hand out a flyer promoting her candidacy for the Coeur d'Alene School Board election in May. She launched her campaign by making the nonpartisan race a partisan one, a move promoted…
Gotta give a H/T to Councilman Dan Gookin and NIC Trustee Ron Nilson for their enthusiastic reaction to a possible events center being built at Riverstone. During a joint meeting of the City Council and NIC trustee board, Gookin and Nilson said -- on "Woody…
Thursday Poll: 80 of 178 respondents (41.57%) described "elderly" to mean anyone 80 years old or older. In a close second, 70 of 178 respondents (38.2%) said "elderly" was 70 years old or older. Other responses for "elderly" were: 85 or older -- 20 (11.24%),…
Rep. Wendy Horman, R-Idaho Falls, and six other lawmakers are seeking an inquiry into possible violations of the Idaho Telephone Solicitation Act by opponents Gov. Butch Otter’s health insurance exchange bill. Horman said she received about 120 computer generated calls on her unlisted cell phone…
Dan English reads a writing sample he prepared in a writing exercise Thursday during non-profit workshop at the Best Western Coeur d'Alene Inn. Several local agencies took a crash course Thursday on how to implement productive fundraising tricks to help them stand out in the…
Asia is growing hungrier for American wood products, and producers in the Northwest are delving deeper into exports even as domestic lumber demand rebounds from an epic building slump. Representatives from 15 Chinese and three South Korean companies are in Coeur d’Alene this week to…
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.
