On his Facebook page, Jay Baldwin, former Northern Idaho Center for Higher Education spokesman, writes: "I'm in a restaraunt. I saw a waitress sneeze, twice, into her right hand. She then proceded directly to the drink station and loaded her tray, using her still moist…
Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska celebrates early election returns in Anchorage, Alaska, Tuesday. With Murkowski are from left, sons Matt and Nick Murkowski and longtime friend Hope Neslon. Murkowski appears to have become only the second write-in candidate to win a U.S. Senate seat. Story here.…
If I act rummy -- rummier than usual -- today, I have an excuse. I was up until 2 in the morning chasing down results and writing my print column for Sunday ... and got back up at 7. I'm 2 cups of coffee in,…
I hope the Tea Party people and those who voted for their more personally extreme candidates have learned a lesson. Look at the whole person, not just what comes out of their mouth. Rand Paul probably would not have won had his father not been…
Vern Ziegler gets ahug from Shirley Logan on Tuesday at Ziggy's on Market Street. Logan, her husband, Kermit, right, and Harlan Douglass were among the customers and friendswho shared memories and stories before the building is torn down. Jody Lawrence-Turner's SR story here. (SR Photo:…
A young boar that was named Freddy looks for food as it stands beside leading bull Mario in Ebergoetzen near Goettingen, central Germany, Tuesday. According to cattle owner Bodo Bertsch the young boar showed up among the herd of Galloway cattle about six weeks earlier…
5:39 p.m. Patient at Harmony House is fighting w/nurse over medications.4:53 p.m. Caller @ Clarkview Place & Clarkview Court/Hayden is worried that boys are taking cats into a nearby field to shoot them. It's an ongoing problem.4:41 p.m. An unconscious person is reported in 3200…
Democratic Rep. Walt Minnick's campaign has no regrets for running negative advertisements against Raul Labrador, Minnick's campaign manager said Wednesday. Labrador responded to Minnick's negative ads with negatives ads of his own. Minnick campaign manager John Foster said U.S. Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid ran…
President Barack Obama answers questions during a news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington Wednesday. A chastened President Barack Obama signaled a new willingness to yield to Republican demands on tax cuts and jettisoned a key energy priority on Wednesday,…
The outcome wasn’t surprising in the Coeur d’Alene/Lake City football game last week. What was eye opening was the fact that the Timberwolves had the lead late in the fourth quarter and almost pulled off the upset. A week later the teams meet in a…
DFO: Why do you think you lost the 2010 clerk's election?Dan English: I'm sure every race had its particular issues. I'm sure there were pro and con issues on mine. I have to look at the big picture. This was going to be a Republican…
Former San Francisco Giants great Willie Mays waves from the back of a car as he rides in the Giants World Series ticker-tape parade through downtown San Francisco earlier today. The Giants defeated the Texas Rangers in five games for their first championship since the…
I'm still trying to read the tea leaves re: one oddity from Election Night. As we all know by now, write-in candidate Howard Griffiths received 24.75 percent of the vote in his long-shot race against embattled Republican Phil Hart in their House District 3 race.…
Ron Howard’s decision to leave Vince Vaughn’s gay joke in “The Dilemma” is inexcusable. The joke first started gaining notice when it was referenced in trailers promoting the movie. The full line from the movie is, “Electric cars are gay. I mean, not homosexual gay,…
Tuesday's Poll: 54 of 93 respondents (58%) correctly said that congressional control would split between the parties after Election Day, with Democrats continuing to control the Senate, while Republicans would take back the House. 28 of 93 (30.1%) said the R's would take both houses.…
Item: Coeur d'Alene School District to go back on pledge to reduce dependence on property taxes/Maureen Dolan, Coeur d'Alene PressChrista Hazel: The interesting thing about this levy is that it is a Maintenance and Operations Levy instead of a levy for improvements or new buildings/programs.…
Re: Walt reads handwritin' on the wall/DFO, Huckleberries OnlineRaven Lady: Okay, why did you drop the “G” from the word handwriting? This dropping of the final g from words is driving me nuts. Just because Sara Palin does it, does not mean it is cute.…
Idaho Republican Congressman-elect Raul Labrador, left, holds up his "Fire Pelosi" pin as he other Idaho republicans celebrate during a rally Wednesday at the steps of the Idaho Statehouse in Boise, Idaho. Shown at right is Idaho Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter. Labrador unseated freshman Democrat…
11:39 a.m. Caller alleges that Life Care Center van failed to yield right of way upon entering I-90 from H41/PF.11:22 a.m. Caller reports 2 males & a female are taking things from his property in 10200 block of Remington/Athol.11:19 a.m. Vicky, from Harmony House on…
The Republican takeover of the U.S. House makes Rep. Mike Simpson (pictured in AP file photo, left) chairman of Appropriations Subcommittee on Interior and Related Agencies and the second-ranking Republican on the Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development. The two committees are in charge of…
Idaho Education Superintendent Tom Luna, left, and his wife Cindy, right, celebrate his victory at the Republican Party Election Headquarters held at a hotel in Boise Tuesday. (AP Photo/Matt Cilley)Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SRTuesday Scanner Traffic/DFO, Huckleberries OnlineSunny, mild weather continues today/Mike Prager, SRTimberlake Fire recall…
Idaho first-congressional district incumbent congressman Walt Minnick (D) monitors election results at his election-night party with son Dixon, 17, (to Minnick's immediate right) and campaign staffer Dean Ferguson (background) on Tuesday night. (AP Photo/Joe Jaszewski - Idaho Statesman)Labrador, Minnick comment on results/Betsy Russell, Eye On…
For the record, I voted for 12 Republicans & 6 Democrats in the 2010 elections. I made sure to count them up, after I'd filled in the circles -- and written in one name. I surprised myself with one vote for an Republican. Dunno what…
The party that controls the House holds crucial power, taking the lead in writing bills and deciding which to bring up for a vote and when. A Republican House could pass legislation, such as promised tax relief, on simple majority votes without any Democratic support.…
Longtime County Clerk Dan English fell — heavily — to his Republican opponent, former Post Falls Police Chief Cliff Hayes. Democrat Jody DeLuca Hissong, who has served as deputy coroner for 27 years, was blitzed by Republican Deb Wilkey. Another race that was assured a…
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.
