I will be interviewing Police Chief Lee White online this morning at 10:15 a.m. re: Tubbs Hill and downtown patrols. Let me know if you have any questions for him. It'll be the straight 5 Q's format. Now, here's you Monday Wild Card ...
Kindergarten teacher Kathy Raucci, center, greets first grade student Joshua Matias before the first bell at Gulfside Elementary School during the first day of school, Monday, in Holiday, Fla. (Douglas R. Clifford/The Tampa Bay Times via AP)
Since 2001-02, Troy voters have approved more than $9.3 million in supplemental school levies. But after voters rejected proposals in March and May, the Latah County district has no supplemental levy in place for 2015-16. Troy has been forced to cut teaching positions, all-day kindergarten, athletics and other programs.
Scanner Traffic for Monday PM (17 items & counting + link for AM Scanner Traffic with 16 more items) includes transients trying to set up camp in St. Thomas Cemetery at east end of Sherman Avenue ...
Today's Cutline Contest features 4 fans of presidential candidate Donald Trump in Mobile, Ala. Weekend Cutline Contest Winner: Phaedrus.
The stock market closed a wild Monday with the Dow Jones industrial average down over 500 points, setting off fresh fears about the health of the global economy. The Wall Street drama quickly spread to the 2016 campaign trail and Washington, as flashbacks to the...
At the Ridenbaugh Press, Randy Stapilus says this isn't the biggest fire year in Idaho -- not even close. And he's not talking about the devastating fire of 1910. The fires this year in Idaho may not even reach the level of burn from 3 years ago.
Today's blog roundup from HucksOnline blogosphere kicks off with dedication of Winton School & includes: Dear George letter/Fort Boise, Your week beer pub planner/On Tap, Great mind gone, won't be forgotten/Simple Mind, James Earl Carter/Barrett Rainey, Football just around the corner/A Grip on Sports + more ...
The daily wildfire report says: "Fires across north Idaho have the potential to burn actively today, especially with higher winds on the ridges. There is a small chance of dry thunderstorms during late Monday night and into Tuesday morning." Complete report below provides specifics on the various fires throughout North Idaho
Are you ready for another Downtown Coeur d'Alene Bar Report? This one is from Aug. 5-18. Question: Can you think of a better name for this report? It isn/t exactly a downtown bar report because the police work in this report encompasses far more than just the bars.
Marc Johnson of the Johnson Post suggests 6 books worth reading in the Dog Days of summer, including 2 brothers who changed the world, a submarine commander who helped propel the United States into the Great War, a writer who delved deeply into the lives of the people next door by drawing upon his own complicated experiences + more ...
On her daily litter patrol, Walkabout snapped this photo of the new fire danger sign at the 3rd Street entrance to Tubbs Hill today.
Jeffery Sayer, director of the Idaho Commerce Department, argues that nuclear research can be done in a way to protect Idaho's environment. His position puts him at odds with Attorney General Lawrence Wasden.
It should come as no surprise that former Kootenai County clerk Dan English has filed as a candidate for a Coeur d'Alene City Council seat this fall. English will run for the seat currently held by Councilman Steve Adams, who is know for opposing any expenditure involving federal money.
At IdahoPanhandler.com, Chase Watson reports the St. Maries Paul Bunyan Days committee has cancelled the fireworks show due to the extreme fire danger. The decision to the cancel the show comes from the fear that the display may start more or add to the many fires that are currently burning near the city of St. Maries and the rest of the state.
Football coaches and ADs for Coeur d'Alene and Lake City are trying to reschedule their games at the Kibbie Dome in Moscow, as a result of the continued poor air quality in the Inland Northwest. Smoke from the region's many fires is wreaking havoc with high school athletics, according to prep sports writer Greg Lee/SR.
Children were on hand this morning, along with such dignitaries as Coeur d'Alene School Board Chairman Christa Hazel, to dedicate the upgraded Winton Elementary School. The new 52,000-square-foot building sits on the site of the former 89-year-old school at 920 W. Lacrosse, northwest of downtown…
Scanner Traffic for Monday AM (16 items & counting) includes boy shooting another boy with a BB gun at Hauser mobile home park ...
In the Weekend Poll, a bare majority of Hucks Nation opposes a Coeur d'Alene Police Department policy that allows officers to accept gratuities of up to $50 while on patrol. Today's Poll: Do you support Dan Gookin's candidacy for a 2nd term on the Coeur d'Alene City Council?
AM Headlines for Monday includes: Idaho Records, Smoke cancels EWU practice, Kellogg woman dies in crash, Spirit Lake police chief resigns, Air quality plummets as fire burns, God answers prayers for local rain, Woman arrested in auto burglary spree, Kootenai County unemployment rate up, Idaho to auction 38 Priest Lake cabin sites + more ...
Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Lee White is the subject of a 5 Questions interview with Huckleberries Online this AM. We started by discussing police patrols on Tubbs Hill and then expanded outward to discuss the controversy re: police gratuities and how the department is continuing to process the fatal shooting of police Sgt. Greg Moore ...
... Sign on a gray van, parked at Harrison Ave/5th St, CdA, Friday afternoon: "We not only hug trees, we talk dirty to them, too."
Kathy Hedberg, the long-time correspondent for the Lewiston Tribune from Grangeville, columnizes that county fair competition turns very nice people into competing machines. At the fair, she says, it's every zucchini for itself. Question: Have you ever entered any goods at the county fair? Did you win anything?
Bonner County commissioners declared a local disaster emergency Friday as firefighters grappled with the Tower and Clark Fork Complex wildfires. "We did it more as a precaution than anything, to kind of give a heads-up in case things turn to the worse," said Commission Chairman...
Presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul will visit Coeur d'Alene on Wednesday before three appearances in the Boise area the following day. He'll speak on his "Flat and Fair" income tax plan and possibly other topics during a 45-minute talk, from 6:30 to 7:15 p.m. Wednesday. Question: Do you plan to see Rand Paul when he visits?
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.
