HucksOnline had a pleasant start to the day via Twitter when "123 Idaho" tweeted: "Washington Post's best political tweets in Idaho: @IdahoEdAssoc, @HucksOnline, @foster208 (D), @IdSBOE, @marvhagedorn (R), @BetsyZRussell. 'Tis nice to be noticed back East. This must mean that I'm now fluent in a…
Shaun Koos, administrator for the Wenatchee Valley Medical Center and father of Olympic cross country skiier Torin Koos, spends part of his lunch hour Monday, preparing a loop, and scaring up Canada geese, for the Wenatchee Nordic Club's Tuesday workout at Walla Walla Point Park…
On his Slice blog, Paul Turner asks: about that coughing you heard at work today. To what is it attributable? Seasonal colds. Pot-smoking asthmatics. Spokanthrax. Skiers setting the stage for calling in sick tomorrow. Other.
5:28 p.m. Injured deer hit by vehicle trying to get up on Hanley, west of 15th/Dalton Gardens. 5:08 p.m. Unwanted male named Ryan is e/b on 16th/PF headed toward Henry. 4:57 p.m. Heather has contained a brown Labrador in 1200 block of Greensferry/PF. 4:44 p.m.…
Angela Cross, the choice of Idaho GOP Chairman Norm Semanko to replace a "fired" redistricting commissioner, is shown above. Betsy Russell reports on the showdown involving two redistricters who refused to be fired by Semanko and House Speaker Lawerence Denney here. Idaho man pleads not…
Idaho has been losing $645,000 a year administering oversize-load permits including those for so-called megaloads, Lewiston Tribune reporter Bill Spence reported today; the news came out when an ITD official briefed a legislative committee on pending ITD rules, which include fee increases designed to try…
Dave Resser, is the resident deputy for a rural area of Shoshone County. (Photo Courtesy: Shoshone County Sheriff's Office/Facebook) Some call Dave Resser a modern Wyatt Earp. When it’s time to drive into town from his rural turf, he shows up to Shoshone County Sheriff’s…
Never one to miss an opportunity to train her fire on Councilman Mike Kennedy, Mayor Sandi Bloem, & City Hall, Mary Souza of OpenCDA.com breaks down the 4-3 vote against a motion to stage a McEuen Field advisory vote. In her latest newsletter, Mary blasts…
Digger posted this on my Facebook wall. Seems the feral, er, Federated Reagan Republicans might hit a roadblock if these Prohibitionists from this 1919 poster are still around. The question, of course, is whether you would want your lips to touch theirs. Question: How many…
There’s new hope for victims of domestic violence in Idaho. Attorney General Lawrence Wasden and the Idaho Sheriff’s Association have begun issuing wallet-size “Hope Cards” to people who have obtained long-term civil protection orders against spouses, former spouses, stalkers or anyone else. On the front…
Less than an inch of snow later this afternoon could change over to freezing rain during the evening commute, National Weather Service forecasters said. An incoming Pacific storm is carrying milder air with it, but cold air in place over the Inland Northwest could result…
The Kootenai Environmental Alliance received this photo of Congressman Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, flipping through the big stack of Dike Road Trees Petitions. Rep. Labrador’s office agreed to carry the petitions to Washington DC to Jo-Ellen Darcy, the U.S. Army Assistant Secretary for Civil Works. The…
North Idaho College has seen its funding burden shift more and more to its students, college President Priscilla Bell told Idaho lawmakers today. “As with most higher education institutions, NIC has experienced significant growth in enrollment over the past four years,” she said, even as…
Update: House Speaker Lawerence Denney has appointed Bob Forrey of Nampa and State Chairman Norm Semanko has appointed Angela Cross of Post Falls. The Republican Party is suing the secretary of state over redistricting in the Idaho Supreme Court, contending the party's chairman and the…
Following is the obituary of Rose Mary (Poelma) Peak, co-owner of historic Enaville Resort (Snake Pit), as it appears in Coeur d'Alene Press today: "Rose Mary was born on Jan. 13, 1947, in Cheyenne, Wyo., and died on Jan. 20, 2012, in the presence of…
It is not really a mental illness. It’s, well, more like a distraction. But there are those who can be home contentedly watching a TV show or movie one moment and then, with the appearance on the screen of a vaguely familiar actor or actress,…
Duroc: My family was facing harder times when George W. Bush was president. The housing bubble meant we couldn’t afford to buy a house because the prices had been driven so high. We were only able to afford our first home when the market collapsed…
Juergen Fritsch, of Pittsburgh, Pa., has fun with a frozen bikini displayed in New York's Times Square as part of the "Defrost Your Swimsuit" campaign by the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention & Visitors Bureau earlier today. Visit www.sunny.org/findyoursunny for a chance to win a trip…
11:52 a.m. Caller reports he was cutoff @ Govt Way & Foster/CdA by commercial pickup that then pulled into Kootenai County Courthouse lot. 11:46 a.m. 2 motorists are stranded in white Subaru on e/b I-90 @ M/P 1 (Pleasantview area). 11:20 a.m. Suspicious package reported…
Mrs. O & I are trying to figure out whether we're in a recession or not, based on the packed house at Azteca last Saturday night. On Saturday evening, the extended Coeur d'Alene Family Oliveria walked to Azteca after watching "Sherlock Holmes II" at the…
The latest SR News Quiz has hit the stands, offering a chance for a lucky winner of a $50 gift certificate to the Davenport Hotel in downtown Spokane. Kate Allison (unknown city of residence) was the winner last week. You'll again find questions with an…
A federal prosecutor is objecting to a request by convicted former Spokane Police officer Karl F. Thompson Jr. to reduce his potential prison sentence because he claims to have taken responsibility for using excessive force on Otto Zehm and lying to cover it up. Assistant…
"It is with a heavy hand and a sorrowed heart that I write this letter. This Sunday, January 29, 2012 Post Falls Theater will close. This property has been sold to a local church and the building will be converted for that purpose. Even though…
Here’s a billboard that is now up in two locations in Kansas in promotion of the upcoming National Junior College Athletic Association women’s basketball tournament in Salina, Kansas March 20-24. It’s on Interstate-135 near Lindsborg and on Interstate-70 outside of Salina. The North Idaho College…
Monday Poll: Despite a setback in South Carolina, Mitt Romney will win the GOP presidential nomination, according to Hucks Nation. 86 of 161 respondents (53.42%) predict that Romney will get the Republican nod, while 54 of 161 (33.54%) say Newt Gingich will be the GOP…
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.