I had coffee this morning with probably the most qualified person in the crowded Secretary of State's race -- Ada County Chief Deputy Clerk Phil McGrane. He's a lawyer, elections specialists and decent BBQ cook who has hands on experience with the type of thing…
A Russian fan wears her country's flags at the women's curling competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics on Monday in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)
Perhaps the football-as-life metaphor never fit more snugly than yesterday when a University of Missouri defensive lineman Michael Sam, a likely high National Football League draft pick, let the world know what his teammates had known all season long. Michael Sam, a strapping 6 foot…
5:54 p.m. Drunken male reported @ 17th Street/Lakeside Avenue, CdA. 5:28 p.m. Post Falls mother @ Peak Fitness reports 16YO son won't get in car; he's walking toward Trading Co. 5:28 p.m. 2-vehicle, non-injury accident reported @ Diagonal/Brunner, Rathdrum. 5:15 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department…
Time 2 Vote ... Gold medal winner Sage Kotsenburg, of the United States, holds up his medal during the medal ceremony for the Snowboard Men's Slopestyle competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics on Saturday in Sochi, Russia. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip…
Phil McGrane, chief deputy clerk for Ada County and a Republican candidate for Secretary of State, was in Coeur d'Alene to meet with supporters. Here, he meets with workers from Calypso's coffee shop, near 2nd & Lakeside, across from the Coeur d'Alene Press. I met…
While Idaho lawmakers mull a bill to loosen gun bans on college campuses, a student was arrested today at North Idaho College for carrying a concealed handgun in a classroom. Another student told authorities the man was upset and using drugs, had purchased 75 hollow…
New York actress Charita Armstrong gets acquainted with one of the horses in Colburn at Marianne Love's sister's place. She received a good dose of North Idaho hospitality during a trip to Bonner County for a showing of "Incidents in the Life of a Slave…
This bill won’t affect the new Idaho Core Standards — but it was clearly written with the new standards in mind. The Senate Education Committee voted to introduce a bill that would require the Legislature to endorse — by law — any future multistate agreements…
I WILL be at blogfest next year ... unless you retire first and then I will show up for your retirement blogfest -- The Bard of Sherman Avenue.
Athletes marching, flags unfurling, thrilling action -- also… curling. The Bard of Sherman Avenue
John Eynon of Grangeville met with supporters and some curious voters Sunday The Piazza Palace in Kellogg to discuss his candidacy for Idaho's State Superintendent for Public Instruction. Eynon has a degree in music education and has taught school for 15 years. As a retired…
So, you think you know where you stand, politically. Think again. The result from this short test may surprise you and give you some food for thought. You'll be asked just 10 questions, and then it instantly tells you where you stand politically. It shows…
Kelly Murphy, a philosophy and religion faculty member at Central Michigan University, stands in her office in Mount Pleasant, Mich. She is teaching a religion course this semester titled "From Revelation to 'The Walking Dead'" that explores biblical texts and apocalyptic themes in media. Story…
Second-term Rep. Shannon McMillan, R-Silverton, pictured, proposed legislation today to order a halt to all water quality enforcement in the state until the Legislature certifies that a sampling survey has been done of the headwaters of every waterway and tributary, starting with the north and…
Close to 40 people attended a Senate State Affairs Committee this morning to indicate their support for legislation to raise Idaho’s minimum wage; the committee agreed to introduce the bill, but there’s no promise that it’ll go any further. “I appreciate you being here,” committee…
Councilwoman KerriT: "50 years ago tonight I sat in front of our black and white tv to watch the Ed Sullivan Show and the Beatles first appearance in America. I was 11 years old and decided then and there that I would marry John Lennon.…
Silver medallist Jan Smeekens of the Netherlands pulls his hair after completing his second heat for the men's 500-meter speedskating race at the Adler Arena Skating Center at the 2014 Winter Olympics earlier today in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip) Question: Are you having…
12:08 p.m. Patrol officer stopping to help motorist @ Govt Way/Lancaster Road, Hayden. 12:07 p.m. Slideoff involving red SUV @ w/b I-90/MP 6 (Seltice Way). 12:06 p.m. Traffic lights @ east-west Neider Avenue not recycling as quickly as north-south ones on Govt Way/CdA. 11:51 a.m.…
At Bent's Summerfest 2011, during one of the thaws in their ebb-and-flow relationship, DFO & Councilman DanG hobnob while waiting for Bent to finish BBQing the chicken & beef. We staged a summerfest because Feb. 16 came and went without a celebration. We almost didn't…
Don Pischner last week filed documents to appoint a campaign treasurer and begin raising money for a run for Kootenai County clerk. "It's a position I've always been interested in," Pischner, of Harrison, said. "This would be a good time for me." Pischner lost a…
Sen. Curt McKenzie and Rep. Brent Crane, both Nampa Republicans, want a new law passed to specifically give the Legislature standing to sue to or intervene in lawsuits to challenge or uphold the constitutionality of state laws. McKenzie told the Senate State Affairs Committee this…
Weekend Poll: Overwhelmingly, Hucks Nation opposes any attempt to sell naming rights to the new and improved McEuen Field (not that anyone is seriously considering changing the name). 140 of 190 respondents (73.68%) oppose selling the naming rights to the lakeshore green space (although sponsorships…
A group of steelhead fishermen have the Clearwater River to themselves, as the make their way down river in Lewiston. Steelhead anglers fishing the Clearwater River have seen restrictive regulations, low bag limits and a disappointing return of B-run fish this fall and winter. Those…
A new version of former Rep. Mark Patterson’s bill to criminalize Idaho police officers if they enforce federal gun laws was introduced in the Senate State Affairs Committee this morning; last year’s bill passed the House, but died in the Senate. This year’s measure 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.
