Let's use this post for general discussion tonight re: the elections results. Locally, the big races we'll be following are the two commissioner ones, the GOP coroner's primary, state Senate races in Hayden and Post Falls, as well as the state House race in Hayden.…
Supreme Court Justice NONJohn Bradbury17,68137.8%To succeed Roger Burdick NONRoger Burdick29,14362.2%To succeed Roger Burdick
REPWalt Bayes1,0372.9% REPC.L. "Butch" Otter20,43856.6% REPRon "Pete" Peterson2,0295.6% REPRex Rammell8,31423.0% REPSharon Margaret Ullman3,2008.9% REPTamara Wells1,0893.0%
Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa has made his victory speech - he was unopposed in the GOP primary. “I’ve been on pins and needles all night,” Ysursa joked, joined by his wife Penny. Asked about the turnout in today’s primary election, Ysursa said, “We…
An FBI SWAT Team executed several early morning raids across Coeur d’Alene Tuesday morning as part of a federal drug bust of a ring that was trafficking marijuana and cocanie. A home at 9th and Homestead was one of the properties raided by federal agents…
Dan of the County: Still looking quite light…even by late afternoon some Post Falls precincts were still in single digits…hoping the after work and dinner crowd will bump up the numbers plus when the absentees get added in…still, I fear it will be closer to…
Chatterbox: Several of you Berry Pickers received a robo-call from Sarah Palin on behalf of Vaughn Ward today in his 1st Congressional District race against state Rep. Raul Labrador, including Chatterbox, who posts: "We received the Sarah Palin robocall at work this afternoon. Some of…
If you haven't figured it out, I thoroughly (heart) public art. The Feathers on Northwest Boulevard are two of my favorite pieces of public art. That's why I'm running yet another photo by Marc Stewart, PRmeister for the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, of that veterans memorial…
I need to get out of here in a few minutes to vote at the Assembly of God church on 7th, then grab a bite and water the garden, before returning here around 8 o'clock to continue the election coverage. I predict that the two…
As the NCAA gets ready to lift a moratorium on schools moving up to the Football Bowl Subdivision, Griz football fans are debating the pluses and minuses. Montana native and ABC and ESPN sports broadcaster Brent Musburger says such a move would be "economic suicide."…
Paris Humfrey, from High River, Alberta, comes off her mount as she competes in the 3-5 year-old Mutton Bustin' event at the Little Britches rodeo in High River, Altberta, Monday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Jeff McIntosh)Top Cutlines:1. Interviewed later, the sheep…
5:39 p.m. A female in a black vehicle whose seems very drunk has pulled into liquor store @ Seltice & Spokane/Post Falls.5:13 p.m. CPD Blue officer checking out hitchhikers who are e/b @ I-90 & H95.5:01 p.m. Damaged vehicle is parked along H95 & Garwood…
Yet Another Update: Vaughn Ward makes finish line (barely)/Chris Cillizza, The Fix, Washington PostAnother Update: A blog from UK Guardian calls Ward: Dumb and paste Republican candidate/Richard Adams's BlogUpdate: Salon names Ward most incompetent candidate in America/Salon War RoomMeet Vaughn Ward. He's running in today's…
Zelika Erickson from Southside Elementary gingerly trades parasols with her partner during the tight-rope walk as teacher Christie Landwehr watches as Powell kindergartners perform for family and friends in the annual kindergarten circus at Northwest College’s Cabre Gym in Powell, Wyo., recently. (AP Photo/Powell Tribune,…
You can find this info on the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce Facebook: "Members of the Chamber's Tourism Committee met in the new building and checked out the new visitor center." Megan Ownbey of the Post Falls chamber provides the IDs: (L –R): Vicki Kunz…
President Barack Obama will send 1,200 National Guard troops to boost security along the U.S.-Mexico border, officials said Tuesday, pre-empting Republican plans to try to force votes on such a deployment. Obama will also request $500 million for border protection and law enforcement activities, according…
At As The Lake Churns, Pecky Cox pulled this photo from video of that boat that was discovered at the bottom of Priest Lake w/a skeleton that may be several decades old nearby. You can read a dozen stories or so re: the discovery here.
Nordstrom Rack is moving east, to be closer to the highway and closer to North Idaho. Those are the reasons given by the Seattle-based clothing retailer for leaving the NorthTown Mall and taking up a 30,000-square-foot space in the Spokane Valley Plaza. It expects the…
Jeff Ward, president of the Reagan Republicans, has a fun brackets-type poll going on for his group and anyone else who wishes to participate. Jeff sent me this note: "Just thought my fellow political junkies on Huckleberries might want to join the fun on KCRR’s…
Let's use this post to report on what's happening at voting places around the area. You can use this link to find out where you're suppose to vote here.2:47 p.m. Allison Stam: I VOTED! I was #189 at Ramsey Elementary.2:37 p.m. BPoole: 51 people at…
Huckleberries has heard from a Berry Picker that a man holding a sign for a write-in candidate created a flap at Precinct 53 polling place (7th Day Adventist Church, 111 Locust). Someone called the Elections Department to see if a supporter of write-in candidate Tim…
Our man-on-the-street question made Jay Leno's show recently. When asked by SR staffer Rainey Coffin what she learned from her mother (for Mother's Day question), Britnee Heuett of Spokane Valley (far right) responded: "She taught me how to hold my liquor." Leno showed the man-on-the-street…
Via Twitter: Idaho democratic candidate for governor Keith Allred, his wife Christine, with their 2-year-old daughter, Cate, walk out of their precinct after casting casting votes in the Idaho primary election earlier today in Eagle. (AP Photo/Charlie Litchfield)
11:57 a.m. Thomas wants extra patrol b/c logging trucks are speeding by his place.11:34 a.m. A male described as 6-foot & 250 pounds is refusing to leave a residence in 9800 block of Riverview/Post Falls.11:10 a.m. Jerry on Claim Court/Athol reports his stepson didn't attend…
Veterans in Kellogg say they are still no closer to ending a fight over a Veterans’ memorial there, even after a city council meeting on Monday night. Those veterans are upset after the city stopped flying the American flag over the memorial and then moved…
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