The Pew Research Center is out with a new quiz probing just what we know about current issues and politics. Most folks who have taken the quiz - the questions range who the Senate Majority Leader is to which country holds most of the debt…
Large snowflakes fall on uptown Butte, Mont., on West Broadway Street Tuesday morning. The wet and heavy snow started falling early in the day and had covered most of Western Montana with 3-6 inches by night fall and was a record for this day. (AP…
Trish Gannon/River Journal: Hey HBOers… I'm writing my next column on unusual food combinations. This came about when I remarked to my son about how good potato chips on a ham sandwich taste, and we started talking. I told him about peanuts in Coke (he…
Retired teachers from Coeur d'Alene High School, from left Vikki Moormann, Susan Schreiber and Yvonne Deitz in Coeur d'Alene on Tuesday. They have just released their second murder mystery novel. Jody Lawrence-Turner's SR story here. (Kathy Plonka/SR)Central Valley bus crashes in Spokane Valley/KXLYU-High administrators destroy…
Chevy, the job site dog, is working hard Monday afternoon keeping the Exhibit Hall work area at the fairgrounds in Miles City, Mont., free of stray sticks and piling them up in a convenient location near tools. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Steve Allison/Miles City…
Top Post (2:21 p.m.) 2 men in a full-size, two-tone-green '80s Chevy Blazer almost hit a vehicle driven by an Idaho Transportation Department worker @ a highway construction site @ H95 & H53 (Garwood area) -- and flashed a black pistol at the ITD worker.…
UI-loving Idaho Dad will get a kick out of this YouTube featuring the Women's Golf Team, which is one of the favorites to win the WAC title.Question: How often do you golf?
Wal-Mart is not moving (from Moscow) to a place where they’ll pay higher taxes, but lower taxes. The National Tax Foundation has the run-down on the State of Washington. Washington ranks 9th in the Nation in Business Tax environment and has the nation’s 35th lowest…
In a tweet this morning, Josh Wright, who covers the University of Idaho sports for the SR, said that the S.F. 49ers has shown their interest in Vandal lineman Mike Iupati by paying three visits to him already. Iupati is shown in these recent handout…
For those keeping score at home, the "Coffee with the Mayor" segment on blogging featuring Coeur d'Alene Press editor Mike Patrick and me (as well as Her Sandiness, Woody McEvers, and City Administrator Wendy Gabriel) will be shown next at 5:30 this afternoon on Woody…
In this Feb. 11 SR file photo, promoter Steve Cody and the sales force from Lone Wolf Harley-Davidson of Coeur d'Alene was promising smoking hot deals at the 7th Annual Inland Northwest Motorcycle Show and Sale. Now, the Lewiston Tribune is reporting that Seven Oaks…
As harsh as the Great Recession has been for Idaho, it would have been worse except for the resilience of the state’s Latino economy. That’s the conclusion of a study by the Selig Center for Economic Growth at the University of Georgia for the Idaho…
Vaughn Ward is airing the first TV spot in anticipation of the May 25 Republican primary in Idaho's 1st Congressional District. Leaning on a pickup truck and talking to an unidentified man, Ward says, “Washington liberals are bankrupting our country. We need to send someone…
Item No 1: A Twin Falls woman convicted of forcing a 13-year-old boy to touch her breasts was sentenced Monday to life in prison/Ali Helgoth, Elko Daily Free PressItem No. 2: Teen who caused crash which killed Boise cycling enthusiast Kevin Pavlis must spend 10…
But this industry is the realm of the left in America. Although the Sarah Palin bobblehead is popular, the John McCain bobblehead sells for just $3.95 used on eBay, and the Mitt Romney bobblehead is out of production. Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell for just…
Former West Texas A&M University assistant football coach and former NFL quarterback Ryan Leaf, leaves the courtroom followed by his mom, Marcia Leaf, in downtown Amarillo, Texas, today. Leaf has been sentenced to 10 years of probation after pleading guilty to eight felony drug charges…
An activist (who's holding the poster in front of him) protests meat products outside the National Anthropology Museum in Mexico City, Wednesday. (AP Photo/Alexandre Meneghini)Question (with apologies to Stickman): How often do you eat meat in a given week? Which cut is your favorite?
'Tis the day before Tax Day, and I'm feeling fine because the amount of money I sent to the state to pay my taxes is $18 less than the amount of money I'm getting back from the feds. It could have been much worse, if…
Thomas Dixon is a red-blooded American, a military man and a citizen who absolutely despises his government. The Spokane Valley resident despises what he sees as a tyrannical president and a new health care law that will lead to Soviet-style control of his countrymen. He…
Noonish: C. on Bruner reports that a friend left her motor home on her property and later signed it over to an attorney. Who hasn't picked it up. Now, C. is trying to sell her property and wants motor home removed.11:57 a.m. A motorcyclist is…
Tuesday Poll: 138 of 182 respondents (76%) said Councilman Mike Kennedy should ignore Jim Brannon's challenge for a do-over election in their City Council race in conjunction with the spring primaries May 25. 39 of 182 (21%) marked that Kennedy should accept the challenge.Today's Poll…
In the Coeur d'Alene Press today, a letter from Bill & Lisa McCrory explains the reasons why they're asking to be involved in Jim Brannon's attempt to overturn his 5-vote election loss to Councilman Mike Kennedy. As pointed out here a few days ago, Bill…
Elaine Scholtz waves at cars in front of Liberty Tax Service in Laconia, N.H., this morning. The deadline for filing taxes is Thursday. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)TPS: Did you pay/receive money back/break even on your federal/state income taxes this year? You can discuss this question --…
Huckleberries has learned that Judge Benjamin Simpson has recused himself from Jim Brannon's suit to overturn his 5-vote loss to Mike Kennedy in the 2009 City Council election. County Clerk Dan English said this morning that he'd received notice of Simpson's decision Tuesday afternoon, confirming…
The Coeur d’Alene Tribe has become one of North Idaho’s largest employers, issuing paychecks to nearly 1,700 people last year. Only Kootenai Health, the parent company of Kootenai Medical Center, a cancer and heart center, and several clinics, had more workers. The tribe employed 1,699…
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.
