If there ever was a recall petition circulated in Coeur d'Alene before, I am unaware of it. Recalls are always reserved for publically elected officials who commit felony crimes while in public office such as theft or who abuse their office by holding out female…
I was going through the SR photo files when I saw this wonderful 2003 photo from former colleague Brian Plonka (husband of mega-talented SR photog Kathy Plonka). It's out of season. But it's still wonderful. And I thought you'd get a kick out of it:…
JEERS ... to state Sen. Sheryl Nuxoll (pictured), R-Cottonwood. She's unhappy that Gov. C.L. (Butch) Otter is leading a trade delegation to China. Nuxoll doesn't want Otter attracting Chinese investment to the Gem State. "People are still concerned about the China issue," she said. "They…
I'm posting this because it's a bit unusual, a candidate describing himself as "quiet." A Berry Picker writes: "Tondee has been walking the neighborhoods after work this week with this campaign card. There are a couple of odd turns of phrase for a candidate. On…
CHEERS ... to Congressman Raul Labrador (pictured), R-Idaho. Appearing on "Meet the Press" Sunday, Labrador took the path not typically traveled by an American politician of either party: He complained about religious persecution against Muslims. What triggered the discussion was the old canard that President…
Here's the Reagan Republican endorsements for the 2012 GOP primary. Do you agree/disagree with choices?
There’s a magic formula for economic prosperity, and the American Legislative Exchange Council is all too happy to share it. All you have to do is elect a boatload of Republican legislators who’ll play ball with a Republican governor. OK, ALEC didn’t exactly put it…
Idaho Democrats will caucus on Saturday morning to select their presidential delegates, and they're inviting folks to join them at the gatherings in each Idaho county. At locations from Mugsy's Tavern in Bonners Ferry to the Morrison Center in Boise, Dems will gather at 10…
Miracle Rose: I was at that meeting (re: McEuen Field at Woodland Middle School last year). The mayor and council did in fact at that meeting turn their heads down and not even look at anyone who said something they did not want to hear.…
Dustin Hurst left IdahoReporter.com with unfinished business. On March 5 he had boasted on Twitter that Rep. Brian Cronin, D-Boise, “will be hired as a lobbyist in a few weeks.” But Hurst didn’t get the story. He left Idaho last week to start a new…
Mike Thornton, who says he is homeless, plays one of some 30 pianos that have been placed in public areas around Los Angeles County, this one at the Plaza of Los Angeles at Olvera Street, decorated by local artists and community organizations, is part of…
Coeur d’Alene police arrested a Post Falls man in connection with a stabbing early this morning at a downtown Coeur d’Alene bar. Jeremy Lyght, 30, was arrested a short distance from Rendezvous, 216 E. Coeur d’Alene Ave. He was booked into the Kootenai County Jail…
Mitt Romney will make a high-profile pitch to wary gun owners today when he speaks to the National Rifle Association. The likely GOP presidential nominee has said he will protect the Second Amendment but is viewed with some skepticism among gun owners, in part because…
Norm Gissel, a long-time leader of the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations and one of the attorneys who brought down the Aryan Nations, calls the recall effort against Mayor Sandi Bloem and three Coeur d'Alene council members "nonsense." After listing the many accomplishments…
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.
