The countdown has begun for Blogfest 2014. So far, I've gotten a few RSVPs that indicate some key people won't be able to come, including Sam & CDAJim. Oh Well, Digger, Herb & JohnA will be there to represent the individuals who have followed Huckleberries…
Chauncey, a komondor, rests in the benching area before the Westminster Kennel Club dog show on Tuesday in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
When the AARP membership application appeared in Keith Erickson’s Coeur d’Alene mailbox, he threw it in the trash. Another application arrived the next week, then another in the days before his 50th birthday. “I was blindsided and then insulted,” said Erickson, an avid runner who…
The candidate Rep. Frank Henderson, R-Post Falls, endorsed to succeed him in office next year has just discovered that his home is 180 feet outside of the legislative district in question – so he’s not running. “I’m disappointed, I’m embarrassed, I’m devastated by this,” said…
Peter Trevino points out something to Councilman Woody McEvers at the McEuen Field work site earlier today. Woody has been chronicling the makeover of McEuen Field for Woody TV (aka, Coeur d'Alene TV, Channel 19) Sons of Norway dinner scheduled Sunday/Press BLM seeks advisory counsel…
Time 2 Vote ... Two felines monitor the activities of a large flock of ducks and geese that took up residence in a parking lot in Spokane on Monday. After several minutes of hyper-vigilance, the cats wandered back to a warmer spot. You write the…
5:35 p.m. Black Mercedes has slidden into snow bank @ e/b I-90/MP 12 (4th Street/CdA). 5:23 p.m. 72YO female @ 500 block of Neider Avenue reports feeling "shaky." 5:17 p.m. Rathdrum female who's 7 weeks pregnant reports she's bleeding heavily. 5:14 p.m. Motorist who is…
Have you ever walked out the front door, struck with the sudden panic that you don't have your keys with you? You're late. It's time to go. Work, church, school, the grocery store, your mom's house. Destination is irrelevant because you won't get there if…
Walkabout snapped this photo of a male with a metal detector who regularly checks the subsurface beach along City Beach and North Idaho College beach. Bah, humbug/Bay Views Shirley Temple dies/End Notes I want to be 5 again/Simple Mind Can I borrow your phone?/Fort Boise…
The Huffington Post has printed a wonderful post by North Idaho College instructor Josh Misner, of Post Falls, who publishes the blog, Mindful Dad. Read it through to the end, and you'll learn a valuable lesson re: parents and children: In Chicago, we marveled at…
An eastern Idaho lawmaker has introduced a parents’ bill of rights that is intended to elevate families’ rights when it comes to their children’s education. Members of the House State Affairs Committee voted Tuesday to introduce House Bill 499, which was pushed by Rep. Janet…
Update: A warrant has been issued for Broadsword's arrest, with bond set at $100,000. At 10:19 p.m. Saturday, Coeur d‘Alene police responded to the report of an attempted armed robbery in the 1200 block of Sherman Avenue. A couple was walking east on Sherman Avenue…
Canadian comedian Nathan Fielder of the Comedy Central show "Nathan For You" comes forward as the brainchild of "Dumb Starbucks," a parody store that resembles a Starbucks with a green awning and mermaid logo, but with the word "Dumb" attached above the Starbucks sign. Starbucks…
Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter is distancing himself from Nampa GOP State Sen. Curt McKenzie's proposal to allow people with enhanced concealed-weapons permits to carry guns on Idaho campuses. At a "Capital for a Day" event Feb. 7 in the North-Central Idaho community of Craigmont, Otter…
With both eyes reddened by an infection, NBC's Bob Costas said Tuesday he will sit out the network's prime-time Olympics coverage for at least one night. "Today" show anchor Matt Lauer will take his place in Sochi. Costas has been wearing glasses since the start…
I have been meaning to share links to stories that my colleagues in the Ball State at the Games project have done this week. The twenty-two students and two translators are not eligible for official media credentials, so they have faced the daunting task of…
Washington will not execute anyone on death row while Jay Inslee is governor. Inslee, pictured, announced a moratorium today on capital punishment, saying he will issue a reprieve if any execution warrant comes to his desk. He’s not issuing a blanket commutation of sentences, and…
Stefania Berton and Ondrej Hotarek of Italy compete in the pairs short program figure skating competition at the Iceberg Skating Palace during the 2014 Winter Olympics, on Tuesday in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)
Sgt. Christie Wood (RE: Council 4-2 against guns-on-campus, bias bills): Yesterday I was called to speak to the Mayor and Council as an employee of the Police Department. I am the Law Enforcement liaison to the legislative committee that advises the Mayor and Council on…
Huckleberries Online conducted the following 5 Questions phone interview with Ron Lahr, who, along with Jeff Ward, owned the public relations company formerly known as Strategery: Huckleberries: I've heard you're planning changes with your political PR company, Strategery? Ron Lahr: That's correct. Jeff Ward and…
Coeur d'Alene resident Edward Lawlor braved the snowy weather while walking along Sherman Avenue in Coeur d'Alene on Monday. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Twin Falls doesn't want Snake River jumps/KTVB Caribbean calls scam cellphone users/Jim Camden, SR Chase involving DUI suspect…
DFO and Doug Clark at one of the blogfests at Capone's in midtown Coeur d'Alene. (Photo: Dogwalk Musings) Stickman (re: memorable Blogfests Past): There have been lots of them, and I have been to at least 80% of them. This will be my 8th I…
Monday Poll: A supermajority of Hucks Nation sez that the most radical legislative duo in Kootenai County is Sen. Steve Vick, R-Dalton Gardens, and Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens. 97 of 132 respondents (73.48%) said the two Legislative District 2 legislators are far more radical…
10:45 a.m. Disabled vehicle partly blocking H95/Appleway, CdA. 10:21 a.m. Disabled vehicle missing right front tire not blocking @ e/b I-90/MP 18.5 (near Sunnyside overpass). 9:15 a.m. Terry asks KCSD for extra patrol at undisclosed intersection because too many people are running lights. 8:57 a.m.…
On guns on campus: Otter said he supports the pending bill to allow guns on Idaho public college campuses under certain circumstances. “I am an advocate and always have been for the 2nd Amendment, and I don’t think people lose their rights under the 2nd…
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.
