It'll be interesting to see how many top Idaho Republicans attend the Kootenai County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner March 24. Huckleberries hears ... that some of the top elected officials will be no-shows as a result of the controversy surrounding Lincoln Day speaker Richard Mack.…
Yoda, the diminutive winner of the 2011 World's Ugliest Dog Contest, squares off against a boxer named Pabst in Petaluma, Calif. Yoda took home $1000 and a plethora of pet perks after winning the Sonoma-Marin Fair competition. The 1.8-pound female Chinese crested-Chihuahua mix owned by…
Bonner County is contracting with the Pacific Legal Foundation to petition the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service to remove the southern Selkirk Mountain woodland caribou from the federal endangered species list. County commissioners voted unanimously on Tuesday to contribute up to $10,000 toward the effort.…
5:57 p.m. Mother reports 2 sons fighting over a dirt bike @ McCartney & Post/PF. 5:54 p.m. Caller reports female outside Zips on Riverbend/PF screamed for him to call 911. 5:27 p.m. Business @ 601 W. Appleway/CdA reports a theft that occurred moments ago. 5:21…
Gonzaga's Robert Sacre, right, mugs with former NBA player Reggie Miller courtside after basketball practice in Pittsburgh today. Gonzaga plays against West Virginia an East Regional NCAA tournament second-round college basketball game on Thursday. Cosmo mag has ranked Sacre fourth sexiest in his NCAA tournament…
"Spring continues to tease us in between days of cold and rain. We took a long walk along the lake front, taking time to play in the very spot on the beach where we will be swimming come July," writes Idaho Dad/A Family Runs Through…
Dan Popkey/Idaho Statesman reports: Rep. Bob Schaefer, R-Nampa, said he meant no offense, but the American Lung Association is complaining he was impolite to proponents of a $1.25-per-pack tax increase. Schaefer responded to multiple emails Tuesday after he joined an 11-5 majority on the House…
Investigators in the officer-shooting death of Justin Todd, 33, of Coeur d'Alene this week have discovered a wig, clothing and false identifications in Todd's vehicle, according to a Kootenai County Sheriff's Department news release. They also found evidence that the vehicle was recently painted from…
Shaun Winkler, a white supremacist who picketed Mexican food carts in Coeur d'Alene in 2011 and protested the annual Martin Luther King Jr. event at North Idaho College Jan. 13, is running as a Republican for sheriff of Bonner County. Incumbent Republican Sheriff Daryl Wheeler…
On Friday, Kootenai County commissioners will begin accepting applications to fill the Coeur d'Alene School Board vacancy created earlier this year when a judge ruled that trustee Wanda Quinn had been appointed illegally to a board opening last year. The letters of interest will be…
On her morning KVNI/ESPN 1080 radio show today, Kerri Thoreson interviewed retired orthopedic surgeon Dr. John Giesen, who will serve as Grand Marshal of the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Saturday at 4 p.m. in downtown Coeur d'Alene. Writes Kerri, "He regaled our morning show…
Update: 2 HBO followers are among Top 25 in this week's contest -- SFredrickson & newby Lolo (deadlline is Thursday evening) A heads up to all of our hoops and outdoors enthusiasts: This week's news quiz is offering two great prizes - 1) Two tickets…
Rep. Raul Labrador will be at The Coeur d'Alene Resort March 24 for an hour-long town hall style campaign event. From 2-3 p.m.in The Resort's Shore Room, the Republican congressman will discuss "issues that matter to Idahoans, and how Congressman Raul Labrador has kept his…
Via Twitter, Idaho Statesman opinionator Kevin Richert sez: "Just sent out letters to 95 candidates in contested primaries, inviting them to meet with @IdahoStatesman editorial board. That's my April." Which brought back memories of all those spring and fall political seasons I spent interviewing candidates…
The U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG) doesn’t think much of Idaho’s online spending transparency offerings. In a report issued Wednesday morning, PIRG ranks Idaho at the bottom of all 50 states in online state transparency. The group ranked states on their online fiscal databases…
Talk about a wild ride. Marie Osmond had a bit of an accident during the Donny and Marie Cruise March 2, after a question from an audience member sent the singer and her famous brother into a fit of laughter. And while it's not clear…
Australian actor Chris Hemsworth poses with a fan as he arrives at 'The Hunger Games' UK film premiere at the O2 arena in London, earlier today. (AP Photo/Joel Ryan) Question: Will the "Hunger Games" match the "Twilight" franchise box office?
Noonish: DUI & possibly drugged female left Alano Club in Ford van w/b on Best/CdA. Noonish: Possibly DUI older male left Zips on Riverbend/PF in green Ford Taurus. Noonish: Rathdrum Super 1 security reports cooperative shoplifter being held in office. 11:21 a.m. Daniel is calling…
The House has voted 64-4 in favor of HB 650, Rep. Ken Andrus' animal cruelty bill; the measure now moves to a Senate committee. The only “no” votes came from Reps. Barrett, Barbieri, Hart and Harwood. In his closing debate, Andrus, R-Lava Hot Springs, said,…
A bald eagle takes flight from a tree overlooking the Kootenai River near Bonners Ferry. Federal court records show the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has agreed to give an American Indian tribe in Wyoming a permit to kill two bald eagles this year for…
Tuesday Poll: Hucks Nation believes that controversial Richard Mack will end up speaking at the Kootenai County GOP Lincoln Day Dinner March 24, despite being invited/disinvited/invited. 46 of 76 respondents (60.53%) said he will ultimately speak at the annual local Republican fundraiser. Only 12 of…
As Bonner County Property Rights Council member Tom Cleveland explained, the whole idea behind drinking water protection in Bonner County was “with the blessing of the EPA” which he called a “Gestapo agency” and “out of control.” He followed with an ominous non-sequitur, warning that…
Afghan Lieutenant Col. Hayatullah Afghanyar holds up his certification of appreciation during a graduation ceremony at a military training center in Kabul, Afghanistan, earlier today. U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and other U.S. officials say the shooting spree should not derail the U.S. and…
Chris Carlson of The Carlson Chronicles is glad that the slogan proposed for Idaho a few years back, "Idaho Is What America Was," never caught on. Acknowledging the natural beauty and recreation of our state, he writes: "Rather than looking back at a mythic place…
Item: County commissioners to appoint Cd'A trustee/Maureen Dolan, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: “Randy Adams has rendered his opinion that the vacancy was null and void at the time of the resignation in June of 2011. Therefore, the 120 days has gone past. It is…
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.
