I'll be stacking 2 cords of wood tonight as I'm listening to the Monday night football game b/n Pittsburgh & Houston. Wood. That means I'm beginning to give in to the notion that winter is on the way (although I have no complaints after the…
President Barack Obama delivers doughnuts and pastries to Democratic campaign volunteers on Monday in Chicago. Obama is in Chicago campaigning for Gov. Pat Quinn, D-Ill. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
Psalm 37 (RE: A road less traveled): I love the small town I live in. When I go out on walks with my son almost every car beeps a greeting or the people in the vehicles wave. If residents are outside when we walk by…
Keith Erickson, spokesman for city of Coeur d'Alene, provided the following statement re: the Hitching Post controversy to Huckleberries Online: "A federal lawsuit filed against the city of Coeur d'Alene late last week on behalf of the Hitching Post marriage chapel alleging the city would…
Facts: Members of the Indian army motorcycle display team perform in Bangalore, India, earlier today. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi) Weekend Winner (tie w/5 likes apiece) -- JohnA: "Mainstream Republicans jump off the GOP platform when they can no longer stomach the Tea…
Coeur d’Alene Police officers responded recently to two different reports of window peeping. On Thursday, at approximately 8:50 p.m., a resident in the 3700 block of Beehive reported seeing a male’s face pressed up against the living room window. A suspicious male was located by…
Tips Needed: PFPD detectives are asking for assistance to identify the male shoplifting suspect pictured below. The suspect entered the Walmart on W. Pointe Parkway in Post Falls and pepper sprayed an employee while fleeing with a 48-inch Vizio television. Suspect is believed to have…
Sherri Ybarra, Republican candidate for Idaho superintendent of schools, and her son, Matthew, are about to board the Idaho GOP bus in Athol Friday. Ybarra joined the North Idaho tour for stops in Hayden, Athol and Sandpoint, before flying in a plane with Congressman Raul…
From Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise: "The gloves have come off in Idaho’s governor’s race, with Democratic challenger A.J. Balukoff launching a hard-hitting new ad faulting GOP Gov. Butch Otter’s handling of a scandal involving the state’s largest prison. You can read my full AdWatch story…
A plaintiff's motion to dismiss a lawsuit that had the attention of many commenters on this blog more than two years ago was quietly granted last Thursday. The 1st District Court has dismissed a defamation suit brought by then Kootenai County GOP Central Committee Chairwoman…
Joker continues to break down the video debates provided by the Coeur d'Alene Press Online. Today, he features the debate between state Rep. Ron Mendive, R-Coeur d'Alene, and Democrat Michelle Lippert, for Mendive's House District 3 seat: "Ok this debate is a total letdown after…
Many famous people were born on Oct. 20, posts Paul Turner/The Slice blog, but his favorite is Bela Lugosi (in 1882): "The star of 'Dracula' had been acting in films for 14 years, mostly in what is now Romania, when he got his big break,…
During a Sunday drive, Kerri Thoreson took a road less traveled. She Facebooks: "On our Sunday drive we went off the beaten path in Spirit Lake and down a side street came across this most amazing and creative fence on a home between Vermont and…
In the Idaho Statesman, John Sowell reports: "Idaho Gov. Butch Otter said Monday morning that state health officials are staying on top of new developments with the Ebola outbreak and are taking every precaution to protect the public and health care workers. "I'm confident that…
A series of rain storms is going to bring a substantial change in weather this week across the Inland Northwest. The first of the storms is now heading into western Washington and Oregon. Light rain was reported as far east as Yakima at 10 a.m.…
In 24/7 Wall St., Thomas C. Frohlich, Alexander Kent & Alexander E.M. Hess report: Based on recently released Census Bureau data, women made up almost half of the workforce last year. Yet, even working full-time and year-round, they were paid only 79 cents for every…
In another of its series of candidate debates, the Coeur d'Alene Press Online interviews state Rep. Ron Mendive, R-Coeur d'Alene, and Demcratic challenger Michelle Lippert. Coeur d'Alene Press reporter Brian Walker serves as the moderator. Question: Who did best in the debate?
11:55 a.m. CPD news release: "Missing person Jonathan Tyler Isringhausen was located this morning in Spokane. 11:52 a.m. Resident @ 2nd/Garden, CdA, is defending himself w/knife against male trying to get into house thru window. 11:50 a.m. Firefighters at scene of Worley fire (11:11 item)…
Gov. Butch Otter, left, and Congressman Raul Labrador shared a laugh during the GOP bus tour of North Idaho Friday. But during the GOPrimary, Labrador backed Otter's opponent, Russ Fulcher. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen) In the Lewiston Tribune this weekend, editorialist Marty Trillhaase writes: "For Idaho's…
In the second in a series of profiles on the major gubernatorial/superintendent of schools candidates, Clark Corbin/IdahoED NEWS spotlights Democrat A.J. Balukoff: "As a longtime school board member and businessman, A.J. Balukoff decided to run for governor because he was not happy with how education…
Stickman and Walkabout send along photo of another mess that was discovered on Tubbs Hill. (Remember the previous one, featuring all the beercan discards?) A member of the Tubbs Hill Foundation found this trashy camp sitet on a recent cleanup day. Writes Stickman: "(Walkabout) kept…
In his Business Bits column for the Coeur d'Alene Press, Nils Rosdahl reports: A Cracker Barrel Restaurant in Coeur d'Alene has been a rumor for years for the property just north of Interstate 90 and west of Northwest Boulevard-Ramsey Road. A few weeks ago, while…
By the millions does God make them, but never comes around to rake them. The Bard of Sherman Avenue
Idaho Vandals quarterback Chad Chalich (11) looks for a receiver against New Mexico State during the second quarter of an NCAA college football game Saturday in Moscow. Chalich, a former Coeur d'Alene Viking, led Idaho to its first win of the year Saturday, 29-17. (Moscow-Pullman…
Is it time to cut the Seattle Seahawks defense on my Fantasy Football team? -- DFO Question No. 2: Are the Seahawks just average now?
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.
