I wonder why people think they simply can pet someone else's dog without asking? Last night, Mrs. O, Huckleberry & I were enjoying Celtic music at Sherman Square Park when a stranger decided to give Huckleberry a thorough petting. Usually, that wouldn't bother us, although...
Madeline Musselman of the U.S. reaches out to recover a loose ball during the water polo final between Canada and the United States at the Pan Am Games in Markham, Ontario, Tuesday. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
In a news release today, the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office estimates that the Cape Horn Fire is 70% contained. The fire has been held to 1,326 acres. Some 480 people are working to extinguish the fire.
The Coeur d'Alene Fire Department has banned all open wood burning activities in the city, including campfires. Also, propane and charcoal BBQ are allowed on private property and in designated grills inside city parks.
A reveler is pushed by a cow during a cow's show in the bull ring at the San Fermin Festival in Pamplona, Spain, Tuesday, July 14. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Alvaro Barrientos) Tuesday Winner -- ScooterMom, with 9 likes: I thought Republicans had to...
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday PM (17 items & counting + AM Scanner Traffic link with 19 more items) includes successful search for 88YO Alzheimers sufferer from Post Falls ...
Contractor Leone & Keeble Inc., of Spokane, is the apparent bid winner to build the $20 million, 110,960-square-foot North Idaho College Career Technical Education Facility in Rathdrum. The firm has constructed numerous projects in the region including the NIC Residence Hall, Coeur d’Alene Library and Post Falls High School.
At President Obama’s press conference today, he was pressed by a reporter, CBS News Chief White House Correspondent Major Garrett, about why the nuclear deal with Iran didn’t secure the release of four Americans in Iran, three being held in jail, including Idaho Pastor Saeed…
Today's HucksOnline blogosphere roundup begins with BikeCDA seeking input re: what to do with 22 Huffy bikes donated by Parker Toyota/Subaru Scion to the organization. Also: Runaway/Simple Mind, Mixed messages/Fort Boise, Family vacation to Maui/Idaho Dad, Trueman to wax poetic Thursday/7 Blog, & Of huckleberrying & horses/Slight Detour ...
If you want proof of slimy politics in the Otter administration, editorializes the Twin Falls Times-News, you need look no further than Gov. Butch Otter's silence on the broadband fiasco. Otter has some explaining to do, the edit sez. Why? He know the feds had stopped funding the failed IEN program but kept lawmakers in the dark for months.
In response to my requests for comment, Idaho Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch issued a five-paragraph statement today about the declaration of a “judicial emergency” in Idaho by the federal court system yesterday due to the lack of a replacement for U.S. District Judge...
The city of Coeur d'Alene has compiled some potential "easy wins" for the East Sherman Avenue corridor, after two recent workshops. Among the "easy wins" are more shade trees and landscaping as well as an open-air market. The community will have a chance to vote on the "easy wins" list from 5:30-8 p.m. Thursday at Riverstone Park.
Cindy was frustrated when she yelled at two of her urchins as they were headed out the door to swim at Grandma's house, to put on sun screen. I don't blame the kids. I have spent my whole life avoiding sun-tan lotion and skin cancer. So far, so good.
Last night, I picked the first ripe Early Girl tomato of summer from my garden. And Mrs. O packed it in my lunch to eat with a sandwich today. Um-um good. I forgot about the sandwich and focused on the taste of the tomato. A store-bought tomato can't compare to one pick fresh from the garden, even those still attached to a length of branch ...
On his Getting There blog, Nicholas Deshaies argues that bicyclists are as law-abiding as motorists, despite the public perception that they aren't. Deshaies, a Spokesman-Review reporter, recently biked across Washington. Question: Who do you think obeys the law more -- motorists or bicyclists?
Commenter TerryG provides some background into our ongoing conversation about the controversial tree cut on Coeur d'Alene's Dike Road. TerryG, of the Fort Grounds, sat on a committee organized by the City Council to give citizen input into the effort to save as many trees on the Dike Road as possible.
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday morning (19 items & counting) includes a crash involving at least 4 vehicles at Govt Way and Dalton Ave/CdA ...
On her Facebook wall Tuesday, Cindy posted this photo from a motorist licensing shop in Spokane, with the note: "Waiting with Sam to get his learner's permit. He may be 21 by the time we leave." Later: "The waiting in line was for naught. Things...
The state has paid close to $1.1 million to the Boise law firm hired to defend the voided Idaho Education Network contract. The state’s Administration Department has paid Hawley Troxell $798,793.74, chief financial officer D. Keith Reynolds said in an email Tuesday. The Administration Department…
GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump is winning over Republican voters, according to a new poll. More than half of GOP voters now view the outspoken billionaire in a good light, a Washington Post-ABC News survey released Wednesday found. Fifty seven percent of Republicans see Trump…
The skies at Bayview are blue, no smoke in the air -- in short it's a normal day, reports Bay Views. Buthe float home owners, boat owners and RV people are staying away in droves because they're spooked by the media that the Cape Horn fire still represents a danger to the town. It isn't. Bay Views sez misreporting is killing his town's tourism.
Northern Lakes fire boat hones skills, rescues reporter/Press Airway Heights mayor rejects call to resign over online remarks/SR Violent attacks uncover illegal relationship with teenager/HagadoneNN
Today's HucksOnline poll shows strong resistance to an idea discussed in a recent meeting between the City Council and the city's parks board, to cut trees and carve a 70-foot swatch of City Park to realign Mullan Avenue and install a parking lot at north end of park. Today's Poll: Do you support the historic nuclear deal with Iran?
In an editorial this morning, The Spokesman-Review takes Idaho U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch to task for dragging their feet on judicial nominees for a U.S. District Court judge vacancy. Crapo & Risch have been twiddling their thumbs since Judge Edward Lodge announced his retirement last September. Now the state has a judicial emergency.
Removal of trees along Dike Road and a possible proposal to cut two dozen more at the north end of City Park as part of the 4 Corners project hasn't gone unnoticed. The versatile Bard of Sherman Avenue shares his thoughts about tree removal.
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.
