All appears quiet on the North Idaho front this Hump Day. But we haven't heard from the Legislative District 2 delegation yet. You never know when legislators Vick, Vito & Eric will light up the social media with an over-the-top comment or action. That's why...
Seagulls take flight as a curious Charlye Malone, 1, walks up to them while visiting Evergeen Rotary Park in Bremerton Wash. with her grandmother on Tuesday. (AP Photo / Kitsap Sun, Meegan M. Reid)
Some Washington State University students are demanding the termination of a fraternity and the expulsion of a student at the Pullman campus after an alleged incident in which racial slurs were directed at black women on Greek Row. (Warning: Story below contains alleged raw language)
In her Simple Mind blog post today, Cis tells of reading about all the long marriages -- 60, 70 years worth -- that are described in Cindy's book, "War Bonds, Love Stories from the Greatest Generation." Once married & once widowed, she then gives advice re: what it takes to make a long marriage work.
In this 2013 AP file photo, President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu huddle during their joint news conference in Jerusalem, Israel. In wake of Netanyahu's controversial visit to the United States this week, I thought it would be interesting to offer this...
PM Scanner Traffic for Thursday (22 items + AM Scanner Traffic link) includes one-vehicle rollover with a significant injury that has shut down H95 north of Silverwood (MP 447). Also, male assaulted but didn't injury female inside downtown CdA store ...
Taylor Viydo/KREM 2 offers a strange story re: a Hayden man who was arrested for allegedly stuffing women's photos down his pants. Seems he tore photos of women off various packages in Hayden Walmart and stuffed them into his pockets -- and later down his pants.
And now a word from swell-selling author Cindy: "After selling out on Sunday, Auntie’s Bookstore recieved a new shipment of War Bonds, today! I’ll be in the store Thursday, March 5 from 4 PM – 5 PM to sign copies. Come in and say “hi”…
Idaho’s bill to do away with the “fall back” and “spring forward” of daylight saving time is dead; its sponsor, House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, says he’ll withdraw the bill and try again next year, after learning that what was proposed in this year’s…
The daily blog roundup today includes Slight Detour's outing to Schweitzer w/class of youngsters+Simple Mind talks marriage & divorce+more "War Bonds" books available at Aunties+Mead High singer lands on 'The Voice' ...
As the miserable flu season winds down, the government is trying to pick a better recipe for flu shots for next fall and winter. Question: How did you fare during flu season 2014-15? Moi? I suffered one head cold that hung on for about 10 days. But not the bad crud.
Twin Falls Times-News editorial: Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter’s administration, at present, is ground zero for Idaho’s rampant cronyism and malfeasance. And placing a new corruption investigator within his regime would amount to asking the wolf to guard the flock. Otter’s administration, just in the past…
Correspondent Timothy Grayson writes: "I like to call my wife, Iryna, the 'borscht whisperer.' Her Ukrainian borscht always turns out excellent – with a hearty mix of meat, beets and cabbage and that signature, deep reddish purple-hued broth that’s cherished by anyone who loves a good bowl of borscht.
The GOP-controlled Senate failed Wednesday to override President Obama’s veto of Keystone XL pipeline legislation but vowed to continue to fight to complete the project. The vote was 62-37, five votes short of the 67-vote super-majority needed to override a presidential veto. The bill turned...
House Speaker Scott Bedke and Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill both say the Legislature can still wrap up its session by March 27, as long as it addresses education funding. Both also want to see movement on transportation funding. But Bedke told the Idaho Press Club today, “I think it is possible that we’ll do education and go home" ...
In this Old School North Idaho post, Don Miller posts: "This picture was taken in the 1930's at Central Motors, downtown Coeur d'Alene, Idaho. My dad, Wheeler Miller is the 3rd man from the left, front row." Question: Do you have any more information about...
More than 3/4ths of Hucks Nation didn't support decision by state Sen. Steve Vick, R-Dalton Gardens, to boycott Hindu prayer that opened the Tuesday session of the Idaho Senate. Today's Poll: Should meetings of state and locally elected bodies in Idaho begin with prayer?
AM Scanner Traffic for Wednesday (18 items) including prescribed burn in Twin Lakes area that got out of control ...
In Spokane County, Prosecutor Larry Haskell is trying to deflect racially charged remarks made by his wife, Lesley, who writes a conservative Facebook page, "Chicks on the Right." In one post, she said: "I don't trust Muzlims (sic) no matter what." Thoughts?
Idaho citizens could soon be sharing the road with driverless cars. A Senate panel considered a bill Tuesday that would allow companies to test self-driving cars on Idaho highways. Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Sen. Bert Brackett says the plan's goal is to encourage businesses to…
AM Headlines @HucksOnline today includes daylight-saving time bill dead in Idaho Legislature+Hayden lots sold to Oregon company+Spokane County prosecutor explains wife's social media posts+ex-NIC employee could face more charges ...
Why is it that everyone is expected to sit through a christian prayer; yet when another faith wishes to offer a prayer Christians do not feel they should offer the one praying the same level of respect they constantly demand from everyone else? -- Khaliela…
Does The Bard of Sherman Avenue have a rhyme for the approaching March Madness? Of course he does.
Sandpoint is the best place to retire in Idaho, according to the financial question-and-answer website, SmartAsset, which ranked it number one with a rating of 92.73 out of 100. The site rated cities all over the U.S. based on three factors, including tax burden; availability…
If anybody ought to be leading the crusade for Rep. John Rusche's plan to install an independent inspector general to short-circuit waste, fraud and abuse in the state of Idaho, it ought to be the man at the top. After all, Gov. C.L. (Butch) Otter…
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.
