Those election tile ads in the upper left corner on HucksOnline are beginning to stack up nicely. Jim, Balance North Idaho, Woody. I like that they're different motifs. This is the time of year where candidates tend to wrap themselves up in red, white &…
Vivien Speers, front left, assists instructor Sasha Hawley, back, instruct a yoga class at the Sydney Sea Life Aquarium in Sydney today. Hawley, who founded "Yoga by the Sea," instructs the class from inside a tank that includes Leopard Sharks, Black Tip Reef Sharks, Grey…
Kelcie Hedge is going places. The next stop: Jamaica. The vehicle is soccer, but the engine is fueled by Hedge’s relentless drive. “She doesn’t let adversity or anyone’s opinion stop her from chasing her goals and dreams,” said Kevin Moon, the director of the Spokane…
5:34 p.m. Black cow standing near s/b H95/MP 418 (Starvation Ranch Grade). 5:26 p.m. County caller reports injured mastiff in yard that may have been hit by car. 5:28 p.m. Subaru hits parked road equipment @ e/b I-90/MP 1 (Beck Road), blocking freeway. 5:12 p.m.…
On her Facebook wall, Linda Lantzy of Idaho Scenics labels this photo, "Vintage Farming, and posts: "Loved the sky in the Grangeville area yesterday morning. I rushed around trying to locate a barn to put under it, but nothing lined up right. Then I found…
Time 2 Vote ... A rooster gazes at a llama in its stall on a rainy day at the zoo in Krefeld, Germany on Thursday. Write your own cutline. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner) Thursday Winner -- Psalm37, with 6 likes: "Don't you hate it when you…
He thought he was helping his daughter set up for homecoming, but on Sept. 27, Col. Greg Adams was the surprise guest of honor at the Central Valley football game. Adams, director of the U.S. Army Emergency Preparedness Program, was honored for his 30 years…
I encountered a first today while picking up litter along my 3-miles walk on the waterfront -- a dead fish. It was lying near a trash can along the walk way toward the western end of the City Beach side walk. I didn't have gloves…
On Thursday, the State Board of Education recognized seven Idaho schools as tops in the state for meeting rigorous performance standards. During its meeting in Lewiston, the State Board announced its distinguished schools for 2012-13: Donnelly Elementary School, McCall-Donnelly School District. Kennedy Elementary School, Madison…
Daredevil slackline athlete Andy Lewis does an urban slackline walk outside the 63rd floor of the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on Tuesday. Lewis' walk was 480 feet high and 360 feet long. Fellow "slacker" Mickey Wilson is seen watching in the foreground.(AP Photo/Las Vegas…
So, Cindy & I were gabbing about McEuen Field the other day, and she sorta sniffed when I mentioned the future grandeur of the park. You know -- McEuen ... pfffttt. Then, she brought up Riverfront Park in Spokane, which is much more majestic and…
A first-term lawmaker is taking on a long-standing and emotional educational battle: pre-kindergarten programs. Rep. Hy Kloc wants the state to launch a three-year pre-K pilot program, with 55 percent of the funding coming from private sources. Critics have said the state cannot assume and…
State Board of Education member Bill Goesling ripped into Superintendent of Public Instruction Tom Luna’s budget proposal on Thursday, calling the 5.9 percent spending increase “unacceptable.” Goesling said an increase in public school funding would come at the expense of Idaho’s colleges and universities. “I…
Silverwood Theme Park's Scarywood Haunted Nights attraction is billed as "intense for young children" and "not recommended for children 12 and under." (SR file photo: Kathy Plonka) Question: What ARE the best haunted houses in Spokane and Coeur d'Alene suitable for younger children? Which are…
You don't have to be an expert on current events to win our weekly news quiz, but it can't hurt. All entrants this week are eligible to win two movie tickets, and our overall champ will earn a $50 gift card to the Davenport Hotel.…
The father of a Spokane man shot to death in March while trying to steal a car will appear in Superior Court today — for trying to steal a car. Brian J. Kaluza was arrested in April after he tried to steal a fully marked…
A former North Idaho man, who made headlines nationwide in a battle with the Environmental Protection Agency is now under arrest, charged with sex trafficking in North Dakota. 47-year old Michael T. Sackett was booked into the Burleigh County Detention Center in Bismarck. Though most…
This nation, and even the world, has witnessed the humiliating debacle of the United States Congress using a self inflicted wound to make fools of themselves and to damage the image and standing the United States Government; in a doomed effort to change a law…
In the race for Post Falls City Council Seat No. 2, three men are facing off: Jim Hail, Barry Rubin & Alan Wolfe. In listening to their City Council debates, all three appear to be conservative Republicans. Rubin got the Reagan Republican endorsement. I'd put…
Two Athol men -- Tyler R. Yonce, 44, and David D. Carter, 24 -- have been arrested and charged with allegedly being involved in a late-night drive-by shooting in Coeur d'Alene on Sunday, Sept. 22. The incident occurred in the 3000 block of N2nd Street.…
Coeur d'Alene high school head football coach Shawn Amos and his son #12 quarterback Gunnar Amos watch the defense in the second quarter of the game against Skyline at Coeur d'Alene high school Sept. 13. (Photo: Kathy Plonka) Coeur d’Alene football coach Shawn Amos has…
Spokane Symphony Resident Conductor Morihiko Nakahara, congratulates Mullen Road Elementary School fourth grader Peggy Sue Bristol, 9, after she guest-conducted the orchestra . All Spokane Public Schools fourth graders attended one of two Spokane Symphony Concerts held Wednesday at the Fox Theatre. With a grant…
11:38 a.m. Deputy reports he's taken a male to Kootenai County Jail, unknown reason. 11:18 p.m. CPD Blue en route to 8th/Randle, CdA, to help a resident, unknown reason. 11:01 p.m. Injured cat reported @ 319 Coeur d'Alene Lake Drive/CdA. 10:31 a.m. Driver of blue…
Wednesday Poll: 153 of 284 respondents (53.87%) from Hucks Nation said Mary Souza was the least qualified of the three individuals running for Coeur d'Alene mayor, followed by 80 of 284 (28.17%) who said Steve Widmyer was least qualified, and 51 of 284 (17.96%) who…
Greg Collett, a two-time GOP legislative candidate in Canyon County, is defending enrolling his 10 children in taxpayer-funded Medicaid while he declines to buy his own insurance under the Affordable Care Act. Collett got 25 percent of the vote in the 2010 GOP Senate primary…
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.
