St. Patrick's Day is here -- and I'm wearing all blue. The only green on me is in my wallet -- and there isn't much of that. Then, I've never felt guilty re: not wearing green on St. Patrick's Day (even though I admire the...
A red-tailed hawk flies over agricultural land north of Belgrade, Mont. Eagles and hawks that wintered in Montana are on the move north and tundra birds are returning to and through Montana during their spring migration. (AP Photo/Bozeman Daily Chronicle, Ben Pierce)
Melissa Davlin/Idaho Reports was going through official records on the reappointment of Gov Butch Otter's cabinet members for his third term, and found two missing: Theresa Luna at Administration and ISP Director Col. Ralph Powell. Sisyphus thinks Otter's throwing people under the bus. We'll have to see if Sis is correct ...
PM Scanner Traffic for Tuesday (20 items + AM Scanner Traffic link with 18 items) including CPD catching thief who stole hockey gear from family staying here for a tournament ...
A pea hen running loose in photograper Duane Rasmussen's neighborhood is the subject of today's Cutline Contest. Monday Winner -- Charlie ...
Marc Johnson of The Johnson Post talks about the two types of political scandal that ensnares elected officials: Sex scandals & money scandals. The first kind gets more attention. Think Bill Clinton and the blue dress. But the second is more important. Think Hillary Clinton and emailgate ...
Gov. C.L. "Butch" Otter announced Tuesday that Teresa Luna will resign as the director of the Department of Administration at the end of the legislative session. Luna couldn't be reached for comment. Otter said he will appoint an interim director for the department after the...
Cameras recently mounted on three 70-foot poles at McEuen Park will provide live views of nesting osprey. Historically, the ospreys arrive in early April. However, viewers right now can catch a glimpse of geese, which have temporarily made the north nest home. To view the...
On her Facebook wall, Cindy explains a situation that happened on Selection Sunday for the "NCAA." Writes she: "Just asked my husband if he wanted to watch the NAACP selection with me. So. That happened."
St. Patrick's Day is officially here. So this question is in order: How Irish are you?
A group of local Sanders residents are doing a beach cleanup at 9 a.m. Sunday. The group is asking for volunteers to donate one hour of time. Drinks and snacks will be provided. All trash collected will be hauled off to the dump that morning…
... 4 of 5 North Idaho senators voted for that goofy bill that bans local governments including school districts from regulating knives. State Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, was the only North Idaho senator with enough sense to oppose this dangerous legislation.
You knew that GOP solons wouldn't remove the perk that allows Idaho elected officials to carry guns w/o a concealed-weapons permit, didn't you? That ha-huge revamp of Idaho concealed-gun laws by GOP legislators continues the perk for every elected officia down to precinct committeemen. Why should they have to obtain a permit like us hoi polloi?
I can't see how Vitale expects Gonzaga to do because his head's in the way in the photo above. But I see in another photo that he expects the Zags to get at least to an Elite Eight matchup with Villanova. BTW, do you expect any team other than Kentucky to win it all?
We'll know Friday if the two holdovers from the Coeur d'Alene School Board -- Tom Hamilton and Terri Seymour -- will file for re-election. My bet? They will. Kootenai County Clerk Jim Brannon reports that filing deadline for schools, highway districts, water districts, hospital districts and more is 5 p.m. Friday ...
Bikini baristas will remain in Spokane. The Spokane County Elections Office ruled as invalid nearly half of the signatures collected to place an initiative on the November ballot asking voters to create a misdemeanor public exposure law. Of the 3,320 signatures turned in to the…
Convicted multiple murderer Joseph Duncan made it very clear he didn’t want to appeal his triple death sentence, U.S. Attorney for Idaho Wendy Olson told the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals today. “I think the record is very clear that in November of 2008, this…
At Old School Coeur d'Alene, Kimi Coles posts this photo of Sherman Avenue way back when. I suspect it's from the World War II era. But I'm not all that knowledgeable re: makes and models of automobiles. Anyone figure out when this was taken, based…
Kootenai County Sheriff’s Detectives working in cooperation with the King County Medical Examiner’s Office have positively identified the skeletal remains found in Bayview Feb. 4. The deceased individual has been identified as Billy Vaughn Davis, 44, of Coeur d’Alene. Billy Davis was last seen by his family in July 2014 ...
AM Scanner Traffic for Tuesday (18 items) includes report of male staying at Coeur d'Alene Casino who awoke this morning to find a friend & $600 missing ...
My Boise partner, Betsy Russell, broke from her busy day to get us a breakdown on the House vote for a bill that includes funding for a mental health crisis center for North Idaho. The vote: 58-9. Unbelievably, Sims, Barbieri, McMillan & Mendive voted against the legislation.
"The Tater State is aimin' to raise a generation of tough kids! They'll have a gun on one hip, a Bowie knife on the other, and no immunity to measles, mumps, rubella, polio or TB. If they make it past single digit age, watch out!"…
Rep. Paul Shepherd, R-Riggins, won support on a 12-4 party-line vote in the House State Affairs Committee this morning for his non-binding memorial, HJM 4, calling for Congress to support impeachment of federal judges who rule in favor of same-sex marriage. “All the people in…
AM Headlines for St. Patrick's Day includes swell photo of flowers blooming on Tubbs Hill+fire chiefs lifting burn ban+Gonzaga women getting No. 11 seed in Spokane region+John Blanchette writing about Gonzaga men maybe setting bar too high+Doug Clark column+Boise pastor writing prison letter to son ...
Monday: Hucks Nation is concerned that Republican leaders in the legislator have taken it upon themselves to write a bill revamped Idaho's concealed-carry law. Today's Poll: Do you support the Idaho Senate approved bill that bans local governments, including school districts, from regulating knives?
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.
