I was thinking of the purity tests, the dysfunctionalism of the Kootenai County Republican Party and the new meaning of "conservative" as defined by United Conservatives of North Idaho and even Reagan Republicans. And came up with a Jeff Foxworthy -type list. You might be…
Item: GOP leader sues anonymous commenter/Coeur d'Alene Press; And: Original HucksOnline post here More Info: An anonymous commenter on a local blog is the target of a lawsuit filed Monday by Tina Jacobson, chair of the Kootenai County Republican Party. The suit claims a commenter…
Kootenai County wants a judge to rule how many days recall petitioners have to collect signatures in their drive to oust four Coeur d'Alene incumbents. A lawsuit filed Tuesday by Kootenai County Prosecutor Barry McHugh on behalf of Kootenai County Clerk Cliff Hayes asks that…
Here's hoping perfection repeats itself. New York Yankee pitching icon Don Larsen (shown in SR file photo), the Hayden resident best remembered for tossing a perfect game in the 1956 World Series, agreed to be the honorary chair for the fundraising drive for a new…
Erno Rubik, the inventor of the Rubik's Cube, poses for The Associated Press with cubes at Liberty Science Center on Wednesday in Jersey City, N.J. The center will have an exhibit on the toys and will include a cube made with diamonds that is worth…
Duroc (RE: Burger King pledges cage-free food): Sisyphus said on another thread that the family farm is dead. That was an overstatement - almost all of my relatives are still family farmers, and I have many friends involved in smaller-scale community-supported agriculture - but industrial…
Paul Mathews: There is another thread that asks “What makes you feel a teensy bit superior?” Posting under my own name here does it for me. I blurked here for years before I starting posting, fairly recently, in large part because I suspected that I…
MikeK: There was really an amazing turnout tonight at the Stop the Recall rally. I quit counting at about 250, and people were streaming in and out all evening. This community is stronger than the persistent negativity, and it’s the “next generation” who are taking…
Coeur d'Alene Held Hostage, Day 22: I forgot to mention that the Coeur d'Alene City Council was as divided at the 15th annual Human Rights Banquet as it is in reality. Mayor Sandi Bloem and council members Deanna Goodlander and Woody McEvers sat at one…
Luci Baines Johnson, daughter of Lady Bird Johnson and former President Lyndon Baines Johnson, poses for a photo at the wildflower center in Austin, Texas. Johnson will be giving $1 million to the University of Texas for a children's garden at the Lady Bird Johnson…
"I admit I feel the teensiest bit superior when I remember to bring my cloth shopping bags to the grocery store" -- Cindy. Question: What makes you feel "the teensiest bit superior"?
In a boost to animal welfare activists looking to get livestock out of cramped cages, Burger King will be the first major U.S. fast-food chain to give all of its chickens and pigs some room to roam. On Wednesday, the world's second-biggest burger chain pledged…
Sarafin Sanchez walks through an asparagus field during harvest near Pasco, Wash. Following a decades-long downturn, U.S. asparagus growers are replanting old fields and starting new fields. See story below. (AP Photo/Shannon Dininny) Owlets find temporary nurture at WSU/SR Last of the caribou herd/Joe O'Sullivan,…
5:42 p.m. Motorist whose vehicle was hit by a red paintball reports juveniles shooting paintball guns at I-90 vehicles from overpass on 9th Street/CdA. 5:21 p.m. Resident of 2200 block of Julia/CdA reports undisclosed theft. 5:15 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for April…
Kootenai County Clerk Cliff Hayes has filed suit against the city of Coeur d'Alene and individuals involved on both sides of the recall attempt in an effort to clarify the recall deadline, now set for June 19. Hayes, through his counsel, Prosecutor Barry McHugh, wants…
Top Post: At Bay Views, Herb isn't impressed by the unanimous decision by Kootenai County commissioners to cut CityLink funding: "It would appear that the sitting County Commission hasn't shown much leadership in the unanimous decision to cut funding. The simple choice of charging a…
If you wanted a recipe for a weird, volatile election, you’d cook up something like the upcoming May 15 primaries. I’ve been following Idaho politics for more than a quarter century, and this is as unpredictable an election as I’ve ever seen. Let’s take inventory…
At Hudson's Hamburgers grill, employees Tessa Weston and Kenny McAnally provide their thoughts about the attempted overthrow of Coeur d'Alene city government via recall by wearing "Decline to Sign" buttons. The Stop the Recall movement will stage a rally from 5 to 7 p.m. at…
Kootenai County GOP Central Committee Chairman Tina Jacobson has filed a lawsuit against a Huckleberries Online commenter who goes by the pseudonym "almostinnocentbystander." Jacobson's lawsuit names as defendant "John Doe" and/or "Jane Doe." The Spokesman-Review is not named as a defendant in the lawsuit. Jacobson…
If you know something about the Titanic, the Buffett rule, Dick Clark and space shuttles, you might do pretty well on this week's That's News to You Quiz -- and win a $50 gift certificate to the Davenport Hotel in downtown Spokane. Of course, if…
The Coeur d’Alene football team’s 2012 schedule already was going to be the toughest in school history. Now it’s been amped up another notch. It will be a clash of the Idaho and Washington big-school state champions when the Skyline Spartans of Sammamish take on…
Former President Jimmy Carter said he expects President Obama to win reelection, but Mitt Romney would be his top choice on the Republican side. "I think of all the Republican candidates who are prominent, I think Romney would be the one I would rather see…
Bass fishing at Lake Coeur d'Alene is getting national attention this week as the North Idaho lake was listed No. 9 in Bassmaster magazine's list of the top 100 bass fishing lakes in the United States. Only seven Northwest waters made the list determined by…
Jessica Vega signs papers as her attorney Jeremiah Flaherty, looks on, at Orange County Court in Goshen, N.Y. earlier today. An Orange County Grand jury has indicted Vega, 25, with grand larceny and scheme to defraud. According to the indictment, Vega accepted thousands of dollars…
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.
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