“This is tapping into middle America,” (former Idaho Congressman Larry) LaRocco told Politico. “I think this is more of a toxic atmosphere.” But this time, LaRocco doesn’t foresee a rout of Democrats and a big win for Republicans like in 1994. “The voter anger is…
School children get a close-up look at the Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton known as Sue on display at Chicago's Field Museum Wednesday in Chicago. The skeleton was being cleaned Wednesday in anticipation of her 10th anniversary at the museum. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)
Can it be that there are less than two weeks until the 2010 primaries? I've made up my mind on a number of races. But not on all of them. Until recently, I was hardly focused on the Idaho Supreme Court race, which will be…
Got deferred again thanks to a fast pulse, even tho I gave them the note from my doc saying that there is no problem. So now I wait for them to give the note from my doc to their doc and have him call me…
On this Mother's Day morning, Kerri Thoreson/More Main Street snapped this photo. Posts Kerri: "I'm humbled by the resilience and faith of Cyndie Johnson. On Saturday Cyndie and her daughter, Aubree Johnson Chesnut were among the participants in the 2nd Annual Jordan Johnson Memorial Run…
A pair of barn owls hang out in the rafters of a hay barn south of Dixon Calif. on Monday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Reporter, Rick Roach)Top Cutlines1. Rufus and Leroy never could quite get the hang of that old Abbott and Costello…
5:44 p.m. Spikes were found embedded in pavement east of Sunrise, off Hanley.5:31 p.m A vehicle hit a child @ Ferry Landing & Tubsgate/Post Falls.5:26 p.m. Driver of a maroon Toyota 4Runner w/Montana plates left Holiday station on Haycraft w/o paying for gas.4:56 p.m. Caller…
I think the older I get the more of a sap I am. Maybe it’s because there are many days that I am training, and have a twinge of guilt in me about time away from my family. I know that every Mom needs her…
At As The Lake Churns, Pecky documents that the hummingbirds have returned to Spirit Lake. She e-mails: "Staring at me thorugh window at Elkins Resort/ Priest Lake.. well - I least I think he was. Welcome back, humms.
... that the flap over the International Baccalaureate program is getting real nasty in the Hayden Meadows area. As reported on Scanner Traffic here, parents have called in to complain about anti-AB protesters handing out literature at the entrance to the school after children are…
The two Republican candidates for the Idaho 1st congressional district dropped the gloves in tonight's debate broadcast on public TV and more than anything else, I was left wondering are these really the best two candidates the party could come up with? I guess that…
From Get Out! North Idaho Facebook: "Seeweewana & Dancewana cruiseboats, Lake Cd'A, 1950s. The Seeweewana is now sunk and the Dancewana was sold to Hagadone in the 80's and renamed the "Coeur d'Alene" (wow Duane, that's creative) and is still in use."Question: Do you rmember…
Twenty-two years into the Mariners beat, things have gotten a little difficult for News Tribune reporter Larry LaRue. It was LaRue who reported on Monday that Mariner Ken Griffey Jr. was snoozing during Saturday's game against the Angels, spawning nationwide coverage and local disappointment in…
The fear among many hunters is that the few well documented declines in elk numbers reported here and there will become the norm everywhere unless wolves are actively controlled. There is good reason to believe this will not be the case. It’s important to point…
The wildfire popularity of texting and tweeting is shoving a whole generation of telecommunications lemmings off the cliff of basic knowledge, to perish below on the sharp rocks of sloth and ignorance. I read a lot, and I write a lot. I’ve come to understand…
A Fisherman tests his luck while attempting to catch spring Chinook salmon from the mossy bank of the North Umpqua River near Glide, Ore., on Tuesday. (Credit Image: © Robin Loznak/robinloznak.com)Cops: Home-invasion robber held knife on baby/Meghann Cuniff, Sirens & GavelsSpokane's newest pool springs leak,…
On Facebook, JeanieS asks one of those questions that I've never stopped to ponder: "Just took a Ladybug outside where she belonged and it made me ponder, since I refer to Ladybugs as 'she,' is there a 'he' and if so, does he have an…
Moderator Thanh Tan with the 1st CD Debate Panel (L-R): Dan Popkey of the Idaho Statesman, John Miller of the Associated Press and Betsy Russell of the Spokesman-ReviewVideo Link: You can see the 1st Congressional District debate b/n Raul Labrador & Vaughn Ward yourself by…
Noon: Caller reports that 5 vehicles w/o permits are parked illegally @ Military & River/Fortgrounds.11:53 a.m. A teacher at the Cottage Child Care & Learning Center, 737 Thornton/Post Falls, is suffering an asthma attack.11:51 a.m. Lucille reports a rabbit problem.11:37 a.m. Post Falls 911 has…
A couple of regular -- and valued -- commenters have expressed concern that the Huckleberries Online brand has been diluted by the addition of Twitter and Facebook to my bag of tricks. They're concerned that the fare that made Huckleberries a success in its six-plus…
Item: WSJ/NBC Poll: Does the two-party system work?/Susan Davis, Wall Street Journal (retweeted by Sam)More here: Nearly one in three, 31%, said the two-party system is broken and that a third party would be good for the country. It’s the highest mark for that question,…
On Facebook, Coeur d'Alene Ped Bike points out that the local Bike-to-Work Week starts Monday, adding: "So dust off your bikes." Do you plan to participate in Bike-to-Work Week? Or do you already bike to work?
Tuesday Poll: By the slimmest of margins, a majority of you Berry Pickers are members of the chamber of commerce or some other civic organization. 56 of 111 respondents (50%) said you were members of a civic group, while 55 of 111 respondents (50%) said…
Seattle Mariners' Ken Griffey Jr. flies out to end the baseball game against the Tampa Bay Rays in the ninth inning Thursday in an 8-0 loss to the Rays in Seattle. Seattle P-I columnist Art Thiel discusses a recent incident in which Griffey was in…
Idaho Dad (who's a home-schooler): When I was a kid, we learned plenty about the founders, most of it false or candy-coated (never once heard about slavery until the Civil War units). What I was never taught in school was anything about the millions of…
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.
