As could be expected, Republicans haven’t been all that receptive to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid’s assertion that those who oppose the Democratic health care legislation are like those who supported slavery. Reid made the controversial comparison on the Senate floor yesterday. “Instead of joining…
Spokane County sheriffs deputies enter the Tacoma Dome during the memorial service for four Lakewood, Wash. police officers that were killed last week Tuesday. (AP Photo/Cliff DesPeaux, The Seattle Times)
Item: Sandpoint considers hands-free rule: Proposal would ban text messaging altogether while driving/Keith Kinnaird, Bonner County BeeMore Info: “Every time I drive downtown or I’m walking downtown I see people using cell phones who are driving who aren’t paying attention to what they’re doing. Given…
Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns loves winter because it provides frozen scenics from Priest Lake and the surrounding area. She calls this one: "I was here."Aryan Nations fliers litter Sandpoint/Keith Kinnaird, Bonner County BeeSandpoint considers hands-free rule for cell phones/Keith Kinnaird, Bonner County BeeSagle's Solar…
Attendees gather to attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the largest gathering of Santa's Elves, in New York, Monday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Charles Sykes)Top Cutlines1. A confused young blonde women is turned away by promoters after asking for a stout beer…
5:25 p.m. A citizen dispute is taking place at the garden center @ Fred Meyer/CdA.5:20 p.m. CPR is being performed on a 56YO male who collapsed at Lakeside High in Plummer. The air ambulance is on the way.4:16 p.m. A 39YO woman who has been…
"Sarah Palin’s book signing is in full swing," reports Rob Rogers and Tom Lutey of the Billings Gazette on Palin's stop in their eastern Montana town today. "The author and former candidate, wearing a dark suit and a red, white and blue stone-encrusted American flag…
An unknown amount of swine were slaughtered in order to produce the footballs used during the Oregon Ducks versus Oregon State Beavers football game Thursday night. And while the Ducks emerged victorious, an unknown perpetrator in Albany came out as the biggest swine of them…
In this Thursday, Nov. 20, 1981, picture, Zsa Zsa Gabor goes through her lines with Anthony Herrera in New York as they prepared to shoot a segment for the soap opera "As the World Turns." The network announced the show's cancellation today - the day…
Boise fire officials were able to help a boy whose tongue was stuck to a metal fence pole outside the Fairmont pool near the corner of Milwaukee and Northview streets Tuesday morning. Firefighters didn't ask him his age but said he was probably 10. The…
After spending $310,000 in private donations to remodel and furnish the governor’s mansion, a five-member panel is now investigating whether to unload the vacant hilltop home. The Governor’s Housing Committee decided late Monday to spend two months gathering information about the advantages of keeping the…
Officers move into position to stand watch at the caskets of four slain Lakewood police officers before a memorial service Tuesday at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Wash. The memorial is being held a week after the officers were gunned down in a coffee shop…
LastDemoInIdaho: am I the only person wondering about the need and expense of police driving and flying there from all over the country?. I know their excuse is that this is “to honor” the fallen. Who is paying for all this travel? Are these police…
MamaJD points out for Huckleberries Online that today marks the 25th anniversary of the fiery standoff on Whidbey Island between federal agents and Robert Jay Matthews, founder of white supremist group The Order. Matthews, from the Inland Northwest, died in the shootout. His death signaled…
It's my call that Bill Sali will throw his hat in the ring in due season and easily crush both of these fine gentlemen. Bill and I are long-time friends...AND we have not...I repeat HAVE NOT talked about a 2010 candidacy run for the Sali…
I've been spending some time thinking about my time as a columnist and the stances I have taken in this space. I've probably been a harsher critic of some things than I maybe needed to be and have written some opinions that were maybe unpopular.…
A procession of police vehicles passes the Lakewood, Wash. police headquarters heading to the Tacoma Dome for a memorial service oday for four Lakewood police officers who were killed in late November while they worked on computers in a coffee shop. Hundreds of emergency vehicles…
Item: Flu pandemic could be mild: H1N1 toll likely to be lower, but vaccinations are still encouraged/Washington PostMore Info: With the second wave of H1N1 infections having crested in the United States, leading epidemiologists are predicting that the pandemic could end up ranking as the…
Jorgenson attempting to deputize himself as the Purity police in this race is kind of curious. I keep tabs on legislator's voting record and overall, Jorgenson's got a 71% Conservative Voting record, not horrendous, and certainly not as bad as North Idaho Senators Shawn Keough…
CindyH: Here's a conversation stopper or starter for you. When my 15-year-old son slumped home from school yesterday, I asked him how his day had been. He said, “It sucked. I had to stare at a picture of a penis for like, an hour in…
Representatives of about 190 nations, including 105 presidents and prime ministers, began to gather in the Danish capital yesterday to set a framework for a treaty to curb emissions blamed for global warming. Talks have been slowed by differences between industrialized nations and developing countries…
11:49 a.m. A woman in 1000 block of Mullan Avenue/CdA reports that a 40ish drunken man cut his ear badly in a fall. Later, another drunken man called to cancel ambulance.11:06 a.m. A local woman is holding her deadbolt lock to prevent her ex-boyfriend from…
Former Romanian gymnastics star Nadia Comaneci walks behind young athletes during the launch of a doll named after her in Bucharest, Romania, Sunday. A part of the money from the sales of the toy will be donated to Romanian gymnastics clubs to support talented children.(AP…
Obama's new Gallup Poll job approval number is 47%. Last month it was 53%. Regular Ticket readers will recall how in this space in late November we pointed out that Obama's closely watched job approval slide was coinciding with Palin's little-noticed rise in favorability. And…
Meet the most non-discriminatory person in North Idaho: Hayden Stern. A first-year general studies student from Santa Cruz, Calif., Stern is the vice president of the Gay Straight Alliance. Stern's story can be summed up in one sentence - and notice we don't use a…
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.
