Cindy plans to pause long enough, in writing her new book, to take the controls of Huckleberries Online for a few days, from Friday through next Tuesday. I need a break before we get serious about the municipal elections. So I'm going to kick back for a few days. So, I'll repost this Wild Card and step aside for the Lady with the Cats ...
Supporters of Republican presidential candidate Sen. Rand Paul listen to him speak during a rally Thursday at the Nampa Civic Center in Nampa.
Here's SReporter Scott Maben's report from the second day of the preliminary hearing for Jonathan Daniel Renfro, 27, of Rathdrum, who is facing first-degree murder charges in the slaying of Coeur d'Alene police Sgt. Greg Moore this spring.
Scanner Traffic for Thursday PM (21 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 17 more items) ...
The Cutline Contest today features visitors reacting to take-off of Marine One carrying President Barack Obama from White House South Lawn. Wednesday Winner: gitrdun.
The US Forest Service, Idaho Department of Lands, Coeur d'Alene Tribe & US Interior Department has released the latest daily update on wildfires burning throughout North Idaho ...
When Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) landed in (Spokane) eastern Washington yesterday, a light brown haze and a smell of smoke permeated the air. His plane landed with the warning that the raging forest fires of the Pacific Northwest had limited visibility. Signs along the roads...
At the Kootenai County Jail courtroom, SReporter Scott Maben is tweeting re: Jonathan Daniel Renfro's actions on the night of the slaying of Coeur d'Alene police Sgt. Greg Moore, stating that he was collecting money "on behalf of white supremacists from Native Americans" that night.
Daily roundup of HucksOnline Blog Roll links includes: Margin of error/Fort Boise, Festbier from here/On Tap, 2 different responses/Carlson Chronicles, Throwback Thursday & stuff/Slight Detour, Macklemore, Lewis video goes viral/7 Blog, Idaho F&G euthanizes 25YO grizzly/Outdoors, The roll of toilet paper is going faster/Simple Mind + more ...
Caught on smoke-filled Windy Bay on Lake Coeur d'Alene, with allergies in high gear, Elizabeth Smythe Brinton sought escape in the pages of "Vendetta: Bobby Kennedy Versus Jimmy Hoffa" by James Neff. "While fiction fills most of my days," writes Brinton, "I switch to non-fiction often." Question: Do you prefer fiction or nonfiction books? Why?
Multiple University of Idaho football players took nearly $400 worth of clothing from the UI VandalStore on Aug. 16, but bookstore officials declined to press charges after UI football coach Paul Petrino returned the items the same day, according to a report from the Moscow Police Department.
Fairgoers watch trainer Xania Alexandra and a seal lion performing at the North Idaho Fair Wednesday, the first day of the fair. The three seal lions, kept in two large pools by the stage, performed for the standing-room-only crowd. (SR photo: Jesse Tinsley)
Betsy Russell/Eye on Boise caught up to Rand Paul at Boise State University today, along with a crowd of 300. Said Paul: Paul said, “Sometimes I think we could sum up our political philosophy by saying we want a government that minds its own business.”
It has happened. Cindy is beginning her second book -- a memoir-ish collection of her Front Porch columns and other pieces she's written over the years. Now she needs a title for her book. And she's turning to her fans to help her. Seems David Townsend of the Coeur d'Alene Library came up with her "War Bonds" title. Got any good ideas?
CdA Police Sgt. Greg Moore was given a series of neurological tests in the Kootenai Health emergency room after he was shot in the mouth May 5. Almost all of the exams showed him unresponsive, according to this morning’s testimony of Dr. William Ganz, a neurological surgeon called to the hospital that morning to examine Moore in the trauma room.
"Schools won’t open for more than a week," writes Becky Kramer/SR, "but there are plenty of science lessons to be had at the North Idaho Fair in Coeur d’Alene, which runs through Sunday. Kids and their parents, and sometimes grandparents, took advantage of the hands-on exhibits Wednesday morning."
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (17 items & counting) includes loose donkeys that were caught at Hayden school and broken water main at Post Falls ...
Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) suggested Wednesday night that the Black Lives Matter movement should change its name. “I think they should change their name maybe ... if they were ‘All Lives Matter’ or ‘Innocent Lives Matter,'" the GOP presidential candidate said during an appearance on Fox News's "Hannity."
Out of Stater Tater (RE: Rand Paul visits North Idaho): If memory serves me, Schuler Auditorium seats about 1100, which means Mr./Dr./Sen. Paul played to a half-empty house. Which means his campaign staff failed Campaign 101, which tells you to book a venue that's the…
AM Headlines for Thursday: Rand Paul gives prez pitch to Spokane/SR, Cape Horn fire spares memorial/CdA Press, Elson Floyd's passion at WSU remembered/SR, BSU crowd gathers for Ron Paul visit/Eye on Boise, Sizzling summer for Post Falls school projects/Press, Post Falls police seek former Spokane bar owner/Press + more ...
I just gave my last two fair tickets to a woman who said that they meant her grandkids could go to the fair today. Without the tickets, they couldn't afford to do so. That's a nice way to end the distribution of about 100 tickets.
A Facebook Friend wonders if the media -- in this case Huckleberries Online -- helps or hinders the cause when they spotlight people waving the Confederate flag. I have my own opinion but I'll let you have your say first.
Tina Kunishige, who plans to run for Kootenai County sheriff next year, is staging a drawing for a Ruger 10-22 take-down rifle and bug-out bag at her book at the North Idaho Fair. All you have to do to enter is spin a wheel and answer a question about the Constitution.
In his editorial this morning, Marty Trillhaase/Lewiston Tribune writes that new Idaho Democratic Chairman Bert Marley sounds too much like his predecessors when he says: "I really think we're trending in the right direction."
In his SR Outdoors blog, Rich Landers posts: "Are the region’s wildfires cooking wildlife? Generally no, wildlife biologists say. Rather than perish in the flames, critters are more likely to starve later if a harsh winter compounds the impacts of charred winter ranges."
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.
