Fresh from protesting against the D grade that Congressman Walt Minnick has with the National Rifle Association (only he has a B+ grade), Kootenai County Reagan Republicans will host a luncheon at noon Thursday at Templin's, with Jim Brannon as guest speaker. Challenging his 5-vote…
Meanwhile, the poll showed Idaho’s U.S. Rep. Walt Minnick with a 10-point lead over his GOP challenger, Raul Labrador, throughout the 1st Congressional District. But in North Idaho, the numbers change to a statistical dead heat: 43 percent for Minnick and 40 percent for Labrador.…
The Unabomber. The Montana Militia. The Freemen standoff. Hardin prison nut jobs. Hank Williams, Jr. It seems every couple of years my beloved state of Montana produces some embarrassing development that results in national headlines leading the rest of the country into thinking that we’re…
Cyndi Steele defended her husband Edgar Steele during a press conference at Silver Lake Motel in Coeur d'Alene on Monday. Investigators have accused Edgar Steele of orchestrating a planned pipe bomb attack against his wife. She said her husband had no motive to kill her…
New poll out today in the Statesman showing a much tighter race. Particularly the Governor's race. Otter and Minnick are both below 50%. And Otter's numbers are soft. Republican Gov. Butch Otter leads Democrat Keith Allred 45 percent to 29 percent in a statewide poll…
RE: Intended victim of pipe bomb critical of plea bargain/Meghann Cuniff, SRAlaskan83: I know this family personally and I can vouch that (1) Ed is a non-violent man, (2) the couple get along well, and (3) the federal government has targeted Steele because of his…
Mr. Bloggy: We know that Walmart is the Carnival of Horror of badly shaped and garbed people-things. Costco, on the other hand, serves a much higher grade of folks, but I am beginning to experience just the littlest little bit of resentment towards the Corporate…
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.
