Members of an international team of skydivers join hands, flying head-down to build their world record skydiving formation today, over Ottawa, Ill. It took the team 13 attempts to to build the formation, resembling a giant flower, to beat the 2012 mark set by 138…
In the last week, I've encountered three friends I haven't seen in at least a decade or longer. A former youth minister at a former church. And attorney Malcolm Dymkoski and his wife, Pauline. It's odd to run into old friends, esp. when they approach...
The second full moon of July will rise tonight in the east around sunset in what has commonly become known as a “blue moon.” The first full moon this month was on July 2. (Question: Question: Which song that contains the word "moon" in its title is your favorite?)
Scanner Traffic for Friday PM (20 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic and 15 more items) including a call for Timberlake Fire Department to handle possible spine injury at Silverwood Park ...
The city of Coeur d'Alene has just released a proposed plan to transform Mullan Avenue, between City Park and Memorial Field into more "pedestrian friendly." This new concept allows city officials to close Mullan Avenue when pedestrian friendly events like Taste of the Coeur d'Alenes are being staged. It also saves trees in City Park.
Commenter TarynAHecker had quite the observation after reading an entry in Coeur d'Alene PD's Downtown Bar Report that told of a couple having sex on a City Park picnic table.
People are spending more time on their phone or tablet than they do watching TV or sleeping, and some suffer from nomophobia -- "no mobile phone" phobia, according to a KING 5 report. The report includes a list of places people use Facebook most including (56%) on the toilet. (Question: Do you use Facebook on the pot?)
In a story Tuesday, the conservative Washington Times reported on the long simmering legal controversy between the Hitching Post and the city of Coeur d'Alene.
It took until almost the 11th — or should that be the 12th? — hour. But the Seahawks have reached an agreement on a contract extension with quarterback Russell Wilson this morning, shortly before the team is to begin training camp at the VMAC in...
In a letter to the Coeur d'Alene Press, Doug Davey of Worley notes that six of the seven current Coeur d'Alene City Council members, including Mayor Steve Widmyer, have ties of some sort, past or present, to the Hagadone Corp. Davey considers that worth noting after the 5-1 vote by the council to vacate a street for a Hagadone tower.
The suspect in last month’s mass shooting in Charleston, S.C., reportedly pleaded not guilty on Friday, a new report says. Dylann Storm Roof, 21, entered the plea while facing 33 federal criminal charges for allegedly attacking a church on June 17, according to The Charleston…
About 5 years ago, hunter KeithInCDA was about to harvest a cow elk when something happened that made him lower his rifle -- and never fire a shot again. He still enjoys going out to hunting camps with family and friends. But: "It's just not for me anymore." How about you? Why do/don't you hunt?
At the Idaho Statesman, Rocky Barker columnizes that outrage re: the infamous killing of an iconic Zimbabwe lion by Minnesota dentist Walter Palmer masks the importance of hunter trophies.
Scanner Traffic for Friday AM (15 items & counting) including one-car rollover in Rathdrum area in which male is trapped in small vehicle on its side ...
In Thursday's Poll, a plurality said it wasn't concerned by a proposed Coeur d'Alene city budget that called for jettisoning 4 staff positions from the criminal division of the city attorney's office. Weekend Poll: Do you agree with Statesman columnist Rocky Barker that trophy hunters are key allies of wildlife conservation in Africa (& USA)?
Using data from OnTheIssues, InsideGov broke down the political ideology of every governor. And guess what? Idaho Gov. Butch Otter is the most conservative governor in the nation, based on public statements, press releases, campaign platforms and voting records on important issues. (Question: Do you think Butch is the most conservative guv?)
I was reading through the latest Downtown Coeur d'Alene Bar Report for interesting nuggets for you. And I found one involving a drunk who picked the wrong place to rest on a special day. I don't think he had wished that the day would end in a trip to the local cross-bar hotel.
The Cutline Contest today features two trumpeter swans at the Sunriver Nature Center in Sunriver, Ore. Thursday Winner -- Stitch. (DFO: Hey, HucksOnline readers, you need to do your part in the Cutline Contest by voting for your favorite cutline entries. The winner today received only 3 votes. C'mon. We're doing our part.)
The Bard of Sherman Avenue has a rhyme for all of the mothers out there who had a child born in August. (Or you can swap out the month in the headline and apply it to another summer month in which a child was born.)
Less than a week before a bushel of 2016 Republican presidential hopefuls square off for the first time in two Fox News debates, billionaire businessman Donald Trump is holding firm to his primary lead -- while his lower-polling rivals battle for visibility in hopes of...
Avista wants more $$$ from Idaho cuss-tomers -- 10.3% for electricity and 8.3% for natural gas. Avista's request would increase monthly power bills for average electricity users by $5.92 in 2016, and another $6.10 a month in 2017. Average natural gas users would pay $3.90 more per month in 2016, and see another monthly increase of $1.79 in 2017.
Coeur d'Alene Fire Department's engineer Kelan McKeirnan, right explained the functionality of the equipment while fire fighter Kevin Latscha wore the protective gear at Coeur d'Alene Library in Coeur d'Alene on Wednesday. The demonstration was part of the libraries Every Hero Has A Story summer...
Art on the Green. Taste of Coeur d'Alene. Annual downtown Street Fair on Sherman Avenue. It's all apart of the weekend ahead as Coeur d'Alene continues to celebrate the swell summer that we've had. (Question: Question: Which feature of the Coeur d'Alene waterfront festivals do you enjoy best?)
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.
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