On his Idaho Statesman blog, opinionator Kevin Richert checks out the results in Idaho during the 1994 Republican uprising nationwide. Kevin writes: "Some national pundits are predicting that Tuesday's election will parallel the 1994 Republican rout. Secretary of State Ben Ysursa, a Republican, expects to…
Goalie Liz Boyden stops a shot against Fresno State Sunday. The University of Idaho women's soccer team had a chance to clinch a regular-season Western Athletic Conference title, but the Vandals fell in overtime by a 1-0 score. Story here. (Mark Planck/Idaho Athletics Media)Cartoon: Root…
... on the 4 corners of the H95 & Appleway intersection at noon today ... individuals already out to promote various candidates. A Berry Picker called from the Coeur d'Alene Inn to report that all 4 corners were manned & womaned -- and that she…
Pecky Cox/As the Lake Churns snapped this shot on Priest Lake around 8:30 Saturday morning. That's Papoose Island in the background. Pecky titles this photo: "Traffic at Priest Lake." That guy at the paddle has to be thinking: "Doe is get any better than this?"
ReggieH: Do you all have landlines or something? I never get robocalls. Or political calls of any sort, actually. Which is fine by me. My mind is usually made up pretty early on, anyway, and I always vote, so I don't need to be reminded.Moscow…
The Twin Falls Times-News published a story today, titled: "Six things to know before you head for the polls." Among the items listed in the story are: you still can register on Election Day, bring voter ID, and you can still vote if you forget…
AARP Idaho wants all of its members 50 years and older to vote in the Nov. 2 election, and is concerned about public service announcements on the new law asking voters to bring photo identification to the polls. Officials with the group say the ads…
All the information you need to know about the meatloaf bake-off at Curley's is provided in the poster (please note that the meatloaf can be shaped any way you want, except not as a body part).Question: Do you make a decent meatloaf? If so, what…
Item: More tax relief not paid: County failed to distribute $400,000 due over 4 years/Alecia Warren, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: The Kootenai County Auditor's Office revealed this week another failure with distributing tax revenue to county taxing districts, this time holding back nearly half…
11:59 a.m. Driver from 11:49 a.m. incident reports horse has gotten up in the trailer, and a vet is on the way to check it out.11:58 a.m. A CdA 14YO named Darrell ran away around 4:30 a.m. today.11:57 a.m. Rathdrum cop is checking suspicious vehicle…
The national poll found that Americans plan to vote for Republicans over Democratic candidates by 50 percent to 44 percent. This is an edge that will likely give Republicans dozens of seats in the House and significant gains in the Senate. The poll numbers suggest…
San Francisco 49ers' Mike Iupati, center, San Francisco 49ers' Adam Snyder, right, and other players run onto the field before the NFL Football match between the Denver Broncos and San Francisco 49ers at Wembley Stadium in London Sunday. San Francisco, which has stumbled through a…
On Page A7 this morning in the Coeur d'Alene Press, Dean Opsal pays for an age that takes up a third of the page, headlined: "Write-in Howard Griffiths or don't vote." The ad is rimmed with Phil Hart's name in the middle of a circle…
Joan Harman: Just heard the latest political robocall this morning. It actually started out as a "debt collection" phone call. For anyone who has struggled to pay their bills in hard economic times, such a call is way over the top. Given the fact that…
It's not as striking as the Vaughn Ward-Barack Obama mashup video that went viral in the 24 hours before the primary election, but Ada County libertarian-leaning Republicans have a new election eve video they're hoping makes a difference Tuesday. In May, the beneficiary was GOP…
Item: One party, one voice? Republicans consider liaison to deal with press/Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee wants a more efficient communication line with the media. Unsatisfied with recent writeups, the committee is considering forming a subcommittee to represent…
n the last three months, I have had two gall bladder operations, a stopped heart and a heart artery reamed, almost all without any appreciable pain - except for a severe case of writer's cramp caused by filling out the same set of medical forms…
Gov. C. L. "Butch" Otter, with his wife, Lori, dressed as Snow White, make an appearance during a Halloween event at the Capitol, Saturday in Boise. (AP Photo/Paul Hosefros)Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SRRain arrives today from mild Pacific system/Mike Prager, SRRash of stolen Hondas leads to…
You may know that Christa Hazel demanded a witness fee and mileage when she was subpoenaed by attorney Arthur B. Macomber to testify in the contempt-of-court case against Bill McCrory. But did you know that Christa refused to give the $21.27 back after charges against…
Shannon: Cool costumes I've seen lately: Invisible Man, whole family of Wizard of Oz characters, mustard and ketchup, spaghetti dinner. Costumes that were just wrong: pimp and girls, cop with a bullet hole in his head, she-devil with all visible skin painted red, three little…
Re: Suit filed over Cougar Bay pilingsKelli Rooks: I like the pilings. They give the area a more rustic, peaceful feeling (could partially be because they deter the jet skis and power boats). They're also a visible link to Coeur d'Alene's history, and that makes…
Re: Rep. Phil Hart makes a 'donation' to school endowment fundSisyphus: I expect Hart is concerned that if he makes payment on a judgment which hasn't been renewed, he might provide legal grounds for the entire judgment to be revived. And he wants to pay…
Joe Butler: There's some swing voters who attend St. George in Post Falls who may now be voting D Tuesday — following one of the masses (Sunday), the cars in the parking lot had fliers on their windows from a pro-life group extolling the advantages…
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.