Wild Card/Tuesday -- 3.14.15
I wasn't greeted by a bird in the wood stove this morning, as I was Monday. Nor did Huckleberry the Beagle bother to run up the stairs to jump on me per usual as I stumbled out of the bedroom toward the shower. Mrs. O...
TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2015
Parting Shot -- 3.24.15
In this AP photo, Cooper Graham, 2, from Fort Worth, Texas, is held by his mother, Brooke, as he watches a spring training game between Texas and the Los Angeles Angels. Question: How old were you when you saw your first Major League Baseball game. How old were your kids when you took them to their first MLB game ...
Bonner Co Commish Backs Scotchmans
Bonner County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution on Tuesday calling for the U.S. Congress to designate the Idaho portion of the Scotchman Peaks as a wilderness. This is another milestone in an effort to protect a worthy spread of mountain real estate northeast of Lake...
Saran Wrap Prank Worries Sheriff
Shoshone County deputies responded twice recently to reports of plastic wrap being stretched across Interstate 90 near Kingston. According to information released by the Shoshone County Sheriff's Department, deputies and state police were called to the I-90 Shiplett Overpass March 22 around 12:10 a.m. and…
Cutline Contest -- Time2Vote
At left in a Feb. 28 file photo, Gonzaga head coach Mark Few instructs his team during a game against BYU in Spokane. At right, in a Feb. 11 file photo, UCLA head coach Steve Alford directs his team against Oregon State in Los Angeles....
'Subtract The Words' Vote Tonight
Tonight is the night that Kootenai County GOP CC gathers to discuss, among other things, a resolution that calls for subtracting one word from Idaho Human Rights Act: "religion." I'm not exactly sure what the unknown author of the resolution is pushing toward. But it'll be interesting to hear about the discuss. You can read resolution below ...
PM Scanner Traffic -- 3.24.15
PM Scanner Traffic (15 items) includes Post Falls PD trying to find a woman who posted a suicide threat on her Facebook page ...
Dike Road Gets New Trails
Work on the Rosenberry Drive levee recertification project has included the construction of 16 trails to improve access to the waterfront. “With the clearing of some trees along the levee, it provided space to build the trails making it much easier to get down and…
Senate OKs Crisis Center
Even Sen. Bob Nonini climbed on board to support legislation for a mental health crisis center that's likely to end up in North Idaho. Fortunately, the no votes of North Idaho Reps. Kathy Sims, Vito Barbieri, Ron Mendive & Shannon McMillan couldn't derail this important piece of legislation this year ...
Research Spotlights Wallace Brothels
If you've lived in North Idaho or the region for any length of time, you know that there were brothels in Idaho for more than a century. Now, Heather Branstetter has posted an overview of prostitution in the old mining town, entitled: "Selling Sex in...
Toilet Paper Shortage Hits Venezuela
The Bard of Sherman Avenue has a rhyme for the toilet paper shortage in Venezuela. I bet you didn't know there was a toilet paper shortage in Venezuela. I certainly didn't. But I can feel their pain if they do. Take it away, Bard ...
HucksOnline Blogos -- 3.24.15
"I think it's time to transplant some lettuce," posts Marianne Love/Slight Detour. "It might even be time to do a little thinning and enjoy the first spring salad. I loved our trip to the Seattle area, but it's fun being back home, especially at this...
Ex-WHS Teacher Faces Sex Charges
A former Wallace High School teacher was arrested in Bullhead City, Arizona for engaging in illegal conduct with several students. Bullhead City Police arrested Joseph James Pagel, 33, on Friday, March 13th when a 17-year-old Mohave High School (MHS) student told school officials Pagel had…
House OKs Concealed-Gun Bill
The Idaho House has voted 57-11 in favor of HB 301, the concealed carry bill, which reorganizes and streamlines Idaho’s concealed-weapon laws while also removing any requirement for a concealed-carry permit outside city limits. Also, the bill continues the perk for legislators & other elected officials to carry a gun without a permit.
Yesteryear: Old City Hall
On the Old School North Idaho blog, Heather Heber Callahan posts this 1913 postcard that shows the side view from the east of the old Coeur d'Alene City Hall @ Sherman Avenue & 5th Street. Today, of course, it houses Cricket's restaurant and a number…
House OKs Mary's Disclosure bill
The House has voted 50-19 in favor of SB 1072a, which would require school board candidates in districts with 500 or more students to disclose their campaign finances. When some in the House questioned if the filings would be a burden for candidates for the…
Is It 'CdA' Or 'CDA' Or 'Cd'A'?
I've lived in Coeur d'Alene for more than 30 years -- and I'm still not sure which abbreviation best suits this wonderful community of mine -- "CdA" or "CDA" or "Cd'A." For awhile, I posted the shorthand on HucksOnline as "CDA" because it was easier...
I Hear A Train A Comin'
Linda Lantzy of Idaho Scenic Images, the 2015 Artist in Residence for the Idaho Parks system, offers this swell photo of a train roaring down the tracks. Dunno if it's a BNSF train moving through North Idaho or not. But it's a great photo from...
Alliance Data To Add 130 CdA Jobs
Alliance Data Retail Services, which provides branded credit card programs to many of the world’s most recognized brands, today announced the expansion of its customer care center in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, bringing 130 new jobs to the area in 2015. In the next two to…
AM Scanner Traffic -- 3.24.15
AM Scanner Traffic (10 items) today ...
Culture Trip: 10 Best CdA Eateries
The Culture Trip, a Web site devoted to the best art, food, culture & travel around the world, weighs in on the 10 best restaurants in Coeur d'Alene. The list includes: Capone's, Cedar's Floating Restaurant, Tony's on the Lake, Best Sandwich Shack & Wolf Lodge…
Chicago Trib Discovers 'CDA'
Chicago Tribune travel writer Josh Noel has high words of praise for Coeur d'Alene, which he alerts readers to call "CDA" (with a capital middle "D"). In talking to one visitor in downtown Coeur d'Alene, he notes that Coeur d'Alene is like Lake Tahoe, except Coeur d'Alene is looser. Which is good.
AM Headlines -- 3.24.15
AM Headlines today includes a Russian immigrant who advocates for immunizations in Spokane's Russian community+$60,000 theft of gold from a Montana vendor+Post Falls man gets 36 years for murdering fiancee+Shoshone County dealing with plastic wrap pranksters playing dangerous game+more ...
Panel OKs $2M For Prez Primary
The House State Affairs Committee has approved SB 1066 to establish a new, earlier presidential primary election on the second Tuesday of March, ahead of Idaho's May primary election, at a cost to taxpayers of $2M. Question: Should taxpayers have to foot the bill so the state GOP can have some say in the presidential election?
Poll: Pay Increase Is Good Start
Monday Poll: A solid majority of Hucks Nation believes the $125M career ladder gaining steam in the Idaho Legislature is a good start toward addressing inadequate pay for public school teachers. But not enough yet. 141 of 242 respondents (58.26%) say the proposed pay increases…
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.