We're more than halfway through the week, HBOers. Remember that I'll be on KGA-AM's (1510) "On the Road with Dick Haugen" tomorrow at 11:30 p.m. Dick'll interview new NIC prez Priscilla Bell first and then turn his attention to this blogosphere. Somewhere below this post,…
Drawn toward the landof wind-polished stonearroyos breeding rabbit brushJoshua trees that curlwhere hawks knife endless skyand death is dry and clean.I place my palmon alabaster marble,Buddha belly ofthe newborn boy,watch the desertbrown and crackedcrawl across my hand.Sue Turner/Tumblewords
First, listen to Mike Wagoner's "Going to the Lake," and then read all about this talented North Idaho performer at Pecky Cox's As The Lake Churns here. *Put your hands together for Jen/A Butterfly Moment who is celebrating her 15th anniversary today with her best…
... He appears to be getting hands with one of the Brit troops here/TMZ.comHat Tip: MamaJD
A group of 71 Republicans is suing Idaho's Secretary of State Ben Ysursa to force him to close Idaho's GOP primary elections to Republicans only. The group, led by former state Sen. Rod Beck of Meridian, said Idaho's open primaries violate their constitutional rights of…
AP File PhotoThen-President Clinton, left, leans in to listen to former President Bush, right, over Lady Bird Johnson during a dinner in honor of the 200th anniversary of the White House in this November 2000 file photo, in Washington. Lady Bird Johnson, a pioneering spirit…
There is no excuse for leaving a child unattended inside a car, no matter the temperature. That was tragically illustrated recently in Orofino and Lewiston. A child is dead and a family is grieving as a result. On July 4, a 15-month-old Orofino-area boy was…
Have you ever been laid-off/fired from a job? -- Idaho Statesman. *Yes, more than once*Yes, once*NoDFO: Yes, three times -- twice under age 20.
Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North IdahoThis week the largest pleasure vessel to sail the waters of Lake Coeur d'Alene will make its maiden voyage. The 60 ft. long, 14 ft. wide custom-designed sail boat belongs to Duane Hagadone, of Coeur d'Alene Resort fame. Duane is a life-long…
The following is paraphrased from conversation going on at this moment between Dick Haugen and Councilman Mike Kennedy.Dick Haugen: What about the attack video? It uses video to show you in a bad light.Mike Kennedy: It is the silly season. The Press reported this morning…
One of the on-going challenges of administering local elections is planning for the number of ballots that will be needed for each election. It's a bit of a studied art of educated guesstimates about past patterns and trying to predict how "hot" an upcoming election…
I sincerely hope they replay the City Council meeting which took place, July 3. The people of Cd'A should see their council in action. I was there and I was shocked! Councilwoman Dixie Reid's behavior was appalling. She verbally abused and lashed out at a…
I honestly think it's far too late to do anything about the CDA lake situation. And, I could literally feel CDA's oppressive growth with every consecutive day. There are all these people in Kootenai County, and it's staggering to think about the very limited lake…
This fall's Coeur d'Alene City Council election officially began Tuesday at Huckleberries Online when I embedded a video hatchet job on council members Dixie Reid and Mike Kennedy. It started unofficially when an anonymous producer posted the 102-second video on Google. The video portrays Reid…
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.
