Idaho Republican Party platforms are frequently a petri dish for cultivating outlandish conservative ideals, and the 2010 edition is particularly fertile. The platform advocates that the state withhold taxes from Uncle Sam (I call this the “don’t try this at home” plank). The platform contains…
Wendy Martin, girlfriend of Sonny Kless, the pilot of the plane that crashed killing him and three others near the National Bison Range Sunday, is consoled by a another friend of Kless's after a rescue helicopter returned to the command post with no survivors Wednesday…
Item: Group Health to stop covering small businesses: Employers with 50 people or less will no longer receive insurance/Maureen Dolan, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: A Seattle-based health insurance provider's decision to stop covering small employer groups in Idaho will leave 450 people in the Coeur…
Elian Gonzalez attends an official event with Cuba's President Raul Castro, unseen, in Havana, Wednesday. Castro and a now 16-year-old Gonzalez attended an official event marking the 10-year anniversary of the time when the former cast away child whose mother died at sea became the…
Nic: How many of you posters actually volunteer your time -- for anything? I do. How many of you… actually run for public office? Not worth the effort, I'm unelectable as my views don't fit into either of the pre-formed Dem/GOP ideals -- or vote?…
The newly appointed House Ethics Committee investigating the conduct of Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, has scheduled a conference call meeting for 9 a.m. on Tuesday, July 6th. For those participating in person, the meeting will take place in the House State Affairs committee room, East…
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.