Update: Patrick Jacobs, local food reviewer, long-time Huckleberries commenter and bar tender at Mik's, died this morning. Sad, sad day. I'll get word to you about our friend Patrick Jacobs as soon as I can Saturday. I have a family commitment Saturday AM and into…
A young woman cries as she waits at a church earlier today, where students were taken to be reunited with parents following a shooting at Marysville Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Wash. Jaylen Fryberg, a freshman at the school and a Homecoming Prince, was identified…
It has been a difficult afternoon at Huckleberries Central, after news of Patrick Jacobs' medical condition came to light. Patrick (aka OrangeTV) has graced us with his restaurant reviews, fashion opinions and offbeat thoughts since almost the beginning of Huckleberries. I'll keep you posted on…
A number of commenters on Patrick Jacobs' Facebook page are calling for thoughts and prayers for the long-time Huckleberries commenter, Miks bartender, and restaurant reviewer. Huckleberries has learned that Patrick collapsed this morning and was taken by ambulance to Kootenai Health -- and is very…
Spokesman Keith Erickson of the city of Coeur d'Alene sent Huckleberries this news release moments ago: "On October 23, 2014, the Coeur d’Alene Police Department received a call from a married individual in Massachusetts complaining that she wanted to have a “ceremony” at the Hitching…
Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Lee White speaks at the Kootenai County Democratic Club luncheon at the Iron Horse today. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen) 3:55 p.m. Post Falls Police Department activities report Oct. 23-24 here. 3:45 p.m. Kootenai County Sheriff's Office property crimes report here. 3:30 p.m.…
Time 2 Vote ... Facts: Visitors sit inside a sculpture titled "We're Frying Out Here" created by artist Andrew Hankin at Sculpture By The Sea, in Sydney, Australia, earlier today. You write the cutline. (AP photo) Thursday Winner -- Psalm 37, with 8 likes: "After…
The Idaho Republican Party has kicked $5,000 into Sherri Ybarra’s run for state superintendent. The Wednesday donation follows similar $5,000 donations to Gov. Butch Otter’s re-election bid and state Rep. Lawerence Denney’s run for secretary of state. In all three races, Republicans have lagged behind…
Bruce Wakeman, center, of Spokane Valley, states his views about same sex marriage during a small rally in front of City Hall in Coeur d'Alene on Friday. A small rally of about 10 people was in support of The Hitching Post refusing to marry same…
Otter's ad hitting back at Balukoff re: private prison scandal. Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has launched a new TV ad striking back at Democratic challenger A.J. Balukoff, and defending Otter’s handling of a prison scandal. It’s the first time that Otter’s campaign has directly mentioned…
Idaho’s legal bill for challenging a federal judge’s decision overturning the state’s ban on gay marriage has now topped $80,000, and that was before Gov. Butch Otter’s latest appeal to the 9th Circuit. In response to a public records request, Otter’s office has released an…
Randy Myers (RE: Homeless evicted from camp behind Target): Hobos ride the rails and work a bit then keep on moving. These people are NOT hobos. There are mentally ill and addicted folks there which is why they are avoiding Conroy and St. V's. This…
Red Cedar (RE: Homeless evicted from wooded camp behind Target): "To be quite honest, I don't care about the homeless there. They can find some other woods to camp in. If they wanted to stay in shelters or avail themselves of various government/charity programs, they'd…
SR photog Kathy Plonka reports 7 protesters, with signs, are at Coeur d'Alene City Hall this lunch hour, to support the stand taken by Hitching Post owners Donald & Lynn Knapp againt performing gay marriages and to oppose Lake City's anti-discrimination ordinance. (SR photo: Kathy…
Mrs. O called this morning to report that she was buying gasoline at $2.96/gallon at the Exxon station @ Appleway/Government Way. I was waiting to buy at under $3 per gallon, just to say that I did. I know that the price has been down…
On Twitter, Adam Cotterell of Boise State Public Radio tweets: "reached a milestone. 6,000 unread emails. here's how 'that looks interesting but not important, I'll read it later.' adds up over 7 years." I use that feature on my emal that allows me to see…
This image made from a video provided by KOMO shows emergency personnel responding after reports of a shooting at Marysville-Pilchuck High School in Marysville, Wash., (Seattle suburb) this morning. (AP Photo/KOMONews.com) From NBC News: "A student with a "blank stare" opened fire in the cafeteria…
11:51 a.m. Student at Coeur d'Alene High is having an allergic reaction. 11:47 a.m. Family of volatile Spirit Lake female won't come get her from mental health facility. 11:38 a.m. High school-aged male in VW Pissat got out of vehicle @ Govt Way & Kathleen,…
Thursday Poll: In a divided vote, a plurality of Hucks Nation said that Craig Jones should get $100,000 (plus attorney's fees) for the Coeur d'Alene police shooting of his black labrador, Arfee. 61 of 181 respondents (33.7%) took that position. However, 57 of 181 respondents…
During a stop in the GOP Bus Tour at Rathdrum Friday, Attorney General Lawrence Wasden chats with Kootenai County Clerk Jim Brannon. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen) Question: What is the AG saying to Jim?
In a letter to Coeur d'Alene Mayor Steve Widmyer and the City Council, the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations said that it considers the ministers at the Hitching Post exempt from city's anti-discrimination ordinance. Hitching Post owners have said they will not perform…
A raindrop strikes a puddle on East Fifth Avenue on Thursday. We can say goodbye to the early warm, sunny days of autumn. More here. (SR photo: Colin Mulvany) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Suspicious car leads to arrests/Brian Walker, Press ACLU: Hitching Post falls under…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter, who said in two recent debates against challenger A.J. Balukoff that he “recused” himself from settlement talks with the Corrections Corporation of America over understaffing and falsified staffing records at an Idaho state prison because he’d received campaign contributions from the…
In an op-ed column in the Coeur d'Alene Press, Trustee Dave Eubanks of the Coeur d'Alene School Board writes: "In Idaho today we are in the midst of a great crisis in our public school system, a crisis which, if left untended, will have dire…
"What's happening under Butch Otter should happen in every state" -- Mitt Romney. More here.
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.
