I've just made an executive decision that I've considered for some time. The questionable phrase "teabagger" is no longer allowed on HucksOnline comment threads. Use it, and your post will be deleted. Are we all on the same page re: this? Now for your daily…
Nathan Baird drops to his knee to applause after playing the Star Wars theme song at the Holy Name Talent Show in Henderson, Ky., earlier today. (AP Photo/The Gleaner, Darrin Phegley) Question: Were you for Team Luke or Team Anakin way back when?
Not many, if any, locals can say of Sunday's Super Bowl game, "Been there, done that, got the ring" but former New York Giants linebacker Ryan Phillips of Hayden can. After a successful college football career and earning a degree in Resource Recreation and Tourism…
5:28 p.m. Caller from 3901 E. Chukar Loop reports strong, electric/plastic smell in house. 4:39 p.m. An elderly man pushing his wheelchairs is causing hazard @ Hayden & Reed. 4:36 p.m. Caller reports man outside Hayden WalMart is trying to hitchhike but too drunk. 4:14…
construction workers are framed by the Brothers in the Olympic Mountains as they appear for a brief time in Bremerton, Wash. They are working on the railings of the new Manette Bridge. (AP Photo/Kitsap Sun, Larry Steagall) Police-issued pistol found at PF Del Taco/Heath Cole,…
Sandpoint native Nate Holland, center right, leads a group of snowboarders over the final jump during the Winter X Games' snowboarder boardercross quarterfinal on Saturday at Buttermilk Mountain in Aspen. Holland eventually won the gold medal. Eric Plummer story in Bonner County Bee here. (AP…
On his Facebook wall, Bubblehead posts a link to a map that shows how people describe soft drinks in various parts of the United States. We residents of the Northwest and northern states generally refer to it as "pop." Southerners call it "Coke." And Californians/Arizonans/New…
At Stebbijo's Place, Stebbi has whipped up an "End of the World Cookie" in case the world ends when the Mayan calendar runs out later this year. You can learn more about the EOTWCs here. Top Post: Nothing bothers me while reading, to see grammatical…
River City Councilwoman Kerri Thoreson Facebooks: "On the way into the studio this morning I noticed on the I-90 billboard that tonight's Powerball jackpot is $170 million. So on the way home I stopped at a gas mart to buy a ticket. The clerk told…
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton speaks to United Kingdom Foreign Secretary William Hague before a Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria Tuesday at United Nations headquarters. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer) We had a great photo of Hillary Clinton in the newspaper today.…
Boise schools trustee Rory Jones told the Idaho Statesman late last year that the district would be “aggressive” in promoting a $14 million levy election slated for March 13. Mission accomplished. In the last few days, the Boise School District has sent out school levy…
OrangeTV/Get Out! North Idaho Facebooks: "Contacted the Silver Lake Mall on Twitter and asked about what remaining eateries they had and if any new places were planned. The response: 'Right now at @SilverLakeMall: Taco Time, Pretzel Maker, Flaming Wok, Huckleberry Thicket. Coming: an exciting new…
For those keeping score at home, the top employer in Kootenai County -- and 4 of the 5 North Idaho counties for that matter -- is a public entity rather than a private one, according to a StateImpact report. And here are the top 5…
Gov. Butch Otter has accelerated his campaign fundraising and used $50,000 of the cash to pay down $206,000 in loans he made to his 2010 re-election effort. Otter, who said at a December fundraiser that he will seek a third term in 2014, garnered about…
Today, atheists, agnostics, freethinkers and humanists in the Palouse joined forces to announce the launch of their coalition and its first event. The new Palouse Coalition of Reason (Palouse CoR), made up of three non-theistic organizations in Moscow and Pullman, will host leading atheists and…
Chad Chalich and Deon Watkins (shown above during 2011 season), the pass-catch team that led the Coeur d'Alene Vikings to their second straight Idaho high school football title last fall, have signed letters of intent, as expected, to play for the University of Idaho Vandals.…
11:42 a.m. Unattended death involving elderly man in 9900 block of Govt Way/Hayden. 11:40 a.m. Passenger is holding unrestrained baby in w/b Montana car @ I-90 & H41/PF. 11:31 a.m. James reports his neighbor's dog has been aggressive toward him. 11:24 a.m. Deputy has finished…
New Sen. Dan Johnson, R-Lewiston, (pictured) was assigned to carry his first bill in the Senate today; he's the appointee who replaced Sen. Joe Stegner, R-Lewiston, who took a job as the chief lobbyist for the University of Idaho. The non-controversial measure, HB 356, came…
Tuesday Poll: The actual game between the New York Giants and New England Patriots Sunday is the main attraction of Super Bowl XLVI for Hucks Nation. Barely. 62 of 240 respondents (25.83%) said they'll be watching TV Sunday afternoon to see the game. However, 51…
When Denise Brigham received her mail last Friday, she broke down in tears. Brigham and all the other residents in El Rancho Mobile Home Park received a six-month notice of the park's closure. "It's heartbreaking," said Brigham, who has lived in the 70-lot, 8.7-acre park…
Rep. Joe Walsh, R-Ill., left, leads members of the 112th Congress' freshman class, from second from left, Rep. Kevin Yoder, R-Kan., Rep. Steve Southerland, R-Fla., Rep. Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, Rep. Mick Mulvaney, R-S.C., and Rep. Jeff Landry, R-La., during a news conference on Capitol Hill…
Gov. Butch Otter’s recruitment of John Foster, a former Idaho Democratic Party executive director, suggests Otter is taking seriously his promise to defend “Students Come First” at the polls Nov. 6. The news, rumored the past two weeks, prompted anger and disappointment in Democratic circles,…
An unidentified woman, right, throws flour on French Socialist Party candidate for the 2012 presidential elections, Francois Hollande, in Paris, Wednesday. The woman ran to the side of the podium where Socialist Francois Hollande stood on Wednesday to sign a "social contract" in favor of…
Congressman Raúl Labrador (ID-01) participated in a press conference today with fellow conservative freshman members to request Speaker John Boehner direct their offices’ leftover funds of nearly $1.5 million to pay down the national debt. Congressman Labrador will return approximately $300,000 or 21 percent of…
Here's what you don't know about last week's Idaho Supreme Court rejection of the GOP insurgency against the citizen redistricting commission. The insurgents couldn't shoot straight. Which is rather funny when you consider how many times they've said that about Attorney General Lawrence Wasden.Their latest…
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.
