Irishman: I think the Idaho election laws are a mess. I think Mike Kennedy got stuck in the middle of a bad situation that was not of his doing and certainly not his fault. I think the opencda crowd, which i'm not convinced are all…
On Priest Lake, the autumn inhabitants were treated to this display of color as the end of the rainbow touched down of Papoose Island. (As The Lake Churns photo: Pecky Cox)
The Fashion Reporter from the Brannon Trial Election front tells Huckleberries that s/he agrees with OpenCDA.com that his/her reports were a waste time, albeit a fun one. And that was the point. S/he said that the trial itself was a bigger waste of time (and…
5:36 p.m. A wood pile is on fire at a business @ 50288 Old Highway 95.5:33 p.m. Caller reports she confronted a shoplifter @ Post Falls Walmart and then trailed him out the door, where he ran toward Radio Shack.5:28 p.m. A deer needs to…
Kaden Breinholt shows a dog-tag containing a photo of his step-dad, Capt. Marshall Davis. Friends and family said goodbye to members of the Idaho Army National Guard's 116th Cavalry Brigade Combat Team before a they depart Gowen Field today. The soldiers are headed to Mississippi…
The wife of a North Idaho man charged with hiring a hit man to kill her says she continues to believe her husband is innocent. Monday afternoon, Cyndi Steele announced in her first public statement that she believes the only reason her husband of 25…
Paris Hilton, left, waits for her hearing to start in county court with her attorney David Chesnoff to plead guilty to reduced charges in her August cocaine arrest this morning in Las Vegas. Under the terms of a plea deal worked out with prosecutors, the…
At More Main Street, Kerri Thoreson writes, "It might be the last day of summer but it feels like fall and looks like spring." Soccer protocol/Accidental Rabbit Trails5 things I saw in England/A Family Runs Through ItConservative dishonesty/Arch DruidI can finally prove who I am/Atmospheric…
The race for House seat 4B, now held by Democrat George Sayler, maybe ought to have been mentioned here as the House seat most likely to be taken over by the opposing party – by a Republican, Kathy Sims. It was left off because the…
I have had several disagreements with Raul Labrador over the past four years with respect to legislation in the Idaho Legislature. Many of my comments towards him have reflected the passion of which I hold for fighting the terrible scourge of illegal immigration in our…
Having been the guy in Idaho to seal the tomb on the Religious Right a while back, saying that it is dead in Idaho, I found the following thing interesting: The Idaho Values Alliance has a new leader: Mr. Gary Brown (pictured). Here's the link…
Seems there's some controversy on the Facebook side re: this description of what Mary Souza wore to the Brannon Election Trial Saturday: "Best dressed OpenCDA lady today with brown Calvin Klein corduroy 5 pocket jeans worn mom style. She layered her white lace trimmed tank…
Nebraska's Jared Crick (94) sacks Idaho quarterback Nathan Enderle for an 18 yard loss, in the second half of their NCAA college football game in Lincoln, Neb., Saturday, Sept. 11. Nebraska beat Idaho 38-17 in Lincoln, Neb. On Saturday, the Idaho Vandals nearly shut out…
Maybe Bob Kustra (pictured) missed a good copyrighting opportunity. Perhaps you recall the Boise State University president's July 27 comments about the University of Idaho's "nasty" and "inebriated" culture. Anyway, don't worry: folks at the U of I campus won't let him forget it. T-shirts…
Listed high among the jobs I'd least like to do would be the one of jailer checking a prisoner's hind quarters for contraband. As reported in the Seattle Weekly blog recently, Spokane police had to obtain a search warrant to check a prisoner's posterior after…
At a time when gays have been gaining victories across the country, the Republican Party in Montana still wants to make homosexuality illegal. The party adopted an official platform in June that keeps a long-held position in support of making homosexual acts illegal, a policy…
The Rev. Kevin Vaillancourt (above) has complained that Spokane Valley Police have failed to aggressively investigate the theft of money, records and other items from a convent associated with his parish. Missionary Sisters of the Holy Ghost claim that two members of their convent left,…
These booking photos provided by the Santa Barbara County Sheriff's Office shows actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evi Quaid. Police arrested the Quaids Saturday on charges of felony residential burglary and entering a non-commercial building without consent, a misdemeanor. Police also charged Evi Quaid…
Marc Stewart: After reading about the trial with great interest, I carved an hour on Saturday to watch the proceedings. It was like watching paint dry. My wife teased me for being such a nerd and pointed out that anybody with a life would never…
Simply stated, we think it's the most responsible - and civic-minded - way to address the community center's financial needs. Fee increases range up to $7 per month. If this were a property tax increase for, say, the city of Coeur d'Alene, there probably wouldn't…
11:41 a.m. Caller reports that a 3YO girl on a blue-and-yellow bike is riding in the middle of the road near a Post Falls apartment complex. Location was not given.11:40 a.m. A suspicious male is reported hanging out @ H95 & Prairie/Hayden.10:56 a.m. Caller reports…
In the Sunday bout, Venomous Vixen Holly Shyt (second from right), who was interviewed along with Pippi Headstomping last Thursday, prepares to block a Rolling Hills Derby Girls jammer (at left, in white) who is trying to score points during the bout at Skate Plaza…
Weekend Poll: 126 of 204 (52.5%) respondents believe that City Attorney Mike Gridley told Team Brannon attorney Starr Kelso to take his papers and shove them (where the sun doesn't shine) at one point during the Brannon Election Trial. 58 of 204 (28.4%) respondents believe…
Two years after the NRA endorsed GOP Rep. Bill Sali and gave his challenger, Democrat Walt Minnick, a "D+," the powerful gun-rights group says now-Rep. Minnick has cleaned up his act and jumped two full grades. "Very simply, he has been a solid vote on…
OpenCDA.com dynamic duo Mary & DanG are harping on the fact that incumbent Mike Kennedy sat in the back of the courtroom texting while the trial was going on. You can read their snarky remarks here. They fail to mention that Kennedy was an innocent…
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.
