I keep wondering when Councilman Dan Gookin is going to have a "come-to-Jesus" meeting with his Sancho Panza (Councilman Steve Adams). Adams is well on his way to becoming the Poster Child for all that's wrong with radical conservatism in the Inland Northwest. An individual…
Afghan National Army soldiers roll up the red carpet after the hand over ceremony of the Parwan Detention Facility from U.S. military control to Afghan authorities in Bagram, outside Kabul, Afghanistan, on Monday. The handover of Parwan Detention Facility ends a bitter chapter in American…
One would think Tom and Patricia Power are busy enough. They own The Cellar in downtown Coeur d'Alene. They own Sunshine Minting Inc., which has operations in the Lake City, along with Nevada and China. Then, there's Power Audio Video, which specializes in home theater…
5:57 p.m. WSP reports 2 young females in car w/Montana deer plates headed for Idaho after brandishing gun. 5:53 p.m. Female from Ross Point Apartments called 911, asked for help & then hung up. 5:52 p.m. Driver of black Chevy Camero possibly DUI @ H41/H53,…
A worker listens to tunes while he spreads manure -- er, fertilizer -- on a field in the Rathdrum Prairie. Duane Rasmussen provided Huckleberries Online with the photo. DFO: I never spread manure, as this young fella is doing. But I spent my Saturdays scraping…
The Idaho Judicial Council has sent Gov. Butch Otter three candidates to consider for appointment to replace retiring 1st District Judge John P. Luster. They are 1st District Magistrate Judge Scott Wayman, Kootenai County Deputy Prosecutor John Cafferty, and St. Maries lawyer Richard Christensen. They…
From the files of Huckleberries (nee Kootenai Grapevine) 25 years ago: The new barroom brawl policy of Curley's Tavern has caused ripples elsewhere around Hauser Lake. Recently, it was the subject of intense debate at the Rainbow Inn nearby. Patrons didn't think Curley's should bounce…
From my files 25 years ago, I wrote this story re: Frank Henderson seeking a 3rd term as a Kootenai County commissioner. It was published March 28, 1988: Commissioner Frank Henderson has decided "it's just too soon to retire" in announcing his re-election bid for…
The Kootenai County Board of Commissioners have issued a press release, announcing plans for a comprehensive study of the "public defender delivery system." The odd part? The release says that fired Public Defender John Adams is eligible for reappointment. Here's the nut graph: The Board…
Cows on the Rathdrum Prairie enjoy salt, emails Duane Rasmussen, who provides this photo for Huckleberries Online. Janus/Tumblewords Droopy nose/Slight Detour More bang for the buck/Fort Boise Nest ... goals/From A Simple Mind Running of the elk/Stebbijo's Place The writer's house/Writing North Idaho How iPads…
The Senate Judiciary Committee has approved HB 292, legislation from Rep. Luke Malek, R-Coeur d’Alene, to make assaults and batteries on health care workers a felony with up to a five-year prison term. Malek proposed the bill at the prompting of Kootenai Medical Center and…
Councilman Steve Adams says he's been inspired by libertarian Ron Paul. "They call him Doctor No," Adams says. (Inlander photo: Mike McCall) “McEuen field isn’t the main issue. Not anymore,” Goodlander says. “It’s a philosophical difference.” Goodlander says she’s been a lifelong Republican, but Adams…
The Idaho Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers has sent a three-page “open letter” to Kootenai County commissioners, decrying the firing of longtime Kootenai County Public Defender John Adams. “Individuals familiar with both Mr. Adams and his office have noted that the decision to end his…
Kootenai County Commissioners last week voted to terminate the Public Defender contract with John Adams, the county’s longstanding public defender who has served as the public defender for the last 17 years. The news reached the ACLU of Idaho over the weekend. In a letter…
Danielle Owens walks through a display of wedding dress Friday at Storybook Bridal in Coeur d'Alene as she begins her wedding planning consultation with Cameo Events. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo: Jerome A. Pollos) Glamorous, reality-TV-caliber weddings aren't packing the books like they used to at…
SB 1160, the budget for the state’s Liquor Division, has passed the House on a 36-29 vote. Rep. George Eskridge, R-Dover, noted that the budget includes no state general tax funds and reflects a 1.2 percent increase over this year’s level; it includes funds to…
Tom Hearn (Coeur d'Alene School Board candidate): I hope in this school board race that Mr. Handeen and I can focus on a good discussion about what is best for the Coeur d'Alene schools and stay away from the partisan political nonsense that has too…
It was at a detox center where Dan Lynch's life began to change. As a former police officer in San Francisco, the Post Falls resident turned to alcohol to deal with the trials of his job. "My captain sent me to detox and, while I…
Daffodils are covered with wet spring snow in Lancaster, Pa., Monday morning as a storm stretching from the Midwest to the East Coast is burying thoughts of springtime weather under a blanket of heavy wet snow and slush. (AP Photo, Intelligencer Journal / Lancaster New…
Here's a post that I made Oct. 6, 1911, after attending a Coeur d'Alene City Council candidates forum, involving Councilman Steve Adams. It's not like he didn't warn us that he had radical views: One more thing before I leave Coeur d'Alene City Council candidate…
11:53 a.m. Red Ford Explorer/cream Lincoln crash @ Mullan/NW Blvd by Human Rights Center. 11:23 a.m. 13YO boy recently diagnosed w/seizure syndrome seizing for 3 minutes @ Canfield MS. 11:14 a.m. Children are in street chasing dogs @ 35235 N22nd, CdA. 10:47 a.m. 50ish male…
First the firing of the best public defender in Kootenai County History over personal attacks and council bullying, now a country treasurer not daring to retire for fear far right politics will skew what has been twelve years of smooth operation. Perhaps it is time…
In the Zone 5 Coeur d'Alene School Board race, Tom Hearn will face Ron Paul activist Bjorn Handeen. Here's a Coeur d'Alene Press photo from Oct. 28, 2012, discussing Handeen's activism: Ron Paul's North Idaho supporters in the 2008 presidential election have regrouped for 2012.…
Originally posted at 9:49 a.m. Saturday, March 23 (Treasurer Tom) Malzahn (pictured) chose to remain, he said, out of concern that the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee would not choose an adequate replacement for him. "It's not about me. It's about the citizens of Kootenai…
Idaho players watch the final seconds of a first-round game in the women's NCAA college basketball tournament against Connecticut in Storrs, Conn., Saturday. Connecticut won 105-37. Story: Idaho finds value in humbling loss here. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Freedom Tree felled at…
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.
