The University of Idaho Faculty Senate on Tuesday afternoon unanimously passed a resolution to call on the Idaho State Board of Education to reinstate the word "flagship" into the UI's mission statement. State board members removed the word during a Feb. 16 meeting in Boise,…
Jeff Ward, of the Reagan Republicans and the for-profit Strategery Political Consulting company is yet again trying to undermine the Republican Party. As a former member of the Board of Directors of the Reagan Republicans, I feel compelled to explain the direction the RR’s are…
During Josh Romney's visit to Meridian Tuesday he called out President Obama for urging Democrats to cross over and vote for anyone but Mitt Romney in Tuesday's Michigan primary. "They don't want to face my dad," Romney said to a crowd of about 100. "President…
As JFAC set the budget for the state Department of Labor this morning, Sen. Nicole LeFavour, D-Boise, raised concerns about the continuing inclusion in that budget of a “general fund phase-out” for the Idaho Human Rights Commission, cutting state general funds to that agency by…
Kansas City Royals left fielder Alex Gordon leaves a locker room during baseball spring training Wednesday in Surprise, Ariz. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Mitt Romney is trying to capitalize on twin victories in Arizona and Michigan as the GOP nomination race expands to the 10 states that vote on Super Tuesday. Rival Rick Santorum, who narrowly lost in Michigan, faces splitting the conservative vote with Newt Gingrich as…
Richard Mack will not be speaking at this year's Lincoln Day Dinner. After nearly two hours of often acrimonious debate, a nearly evenly divided Kootenai County Republican Central Committee voted Tuesday in favor of rescinding the party's invitation to Mack, a Tea Party activist and…
The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee opposed the guest speaker planned for local Republicans' annual Lincoln Day Dinner by a 31-30 vote tonight. Richard Mack, an Arizona sheriff in the 1990s, has been under fire locally since 14 GOP leaders signed a letter opposing his…
I had one of those Homer Simpson D'oh! moments this morning. I didn't realize how easy it is to know when a leap year occurs until I saw Joe Heller's cartoon today. Yeah, yeah, I knew Leap Years occur every fourth year. But I hadn't…
Nancy Greenhow, 50, of Farmington Hills, shows off her "My vote counted!" sticker after voting in the Republican presidential primary in Farmington Hills, Mich., today. (AP Photo/Detroit Free Press, Regina H. Boone) Question: Do you plan to partipate in the Republican Party caucus election?
Polls have begun closing in the Michigan Republican presidential primary, where former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney and former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum are locked in a close race, with Romney hoping to reestablish himself as the frontrunner and Santorum hoping to gain momentum and reinforce…
Problems with the handling of human remains at a Delaware military base date back at least to Sept. 11, 2001, when portions of bodies brought there after the terrorist attacks were cremated and deposited in a landfill, according to a Defense Department report Tuesday. Detailing…
Sue Hutter's daughter, Chloe, kept up her training for the Lake City High cross-country and track teams, even with snow on the ground this winter at City Park. Chloe, a LCHS sophomore, has been running since the first grade. As a freshman, she qualified for…
5:04 p.m. Worley residents tells KCSD that a contractor took $40,000 from him. 5:01 p.m. Caller reports possible burglary in progress in 500 block of W. Harrison/CdA. 4:37 p.m. Female w/small child is @ KCSD lobby b/c she was evicted & has no place to…
Several candidates have filed as Republicans for 2012 GOP legislative primary races in the northern counties, including state Rep. George Eskridge of Dover, House District 1B; Sen. Steve Vick of Dalton Garden & Fritz E. Wiedenhoff of Rathdrum, Senate District 2; Rep. Vito Barbieri of…
Sue Hutter, Coeur d'Alene resident and HucksOnline Twitter bud, snapped this photo from Higgens Point earlier this winter, displaying a unique view of our viewtiful waterfront. You can find a link to more of Sue's photos on her Wine Chocolate & Friends blog here.
Sen. Jim Hammond, in his closing comments on SB 1274, the bill to ban texting while driving, told the House Transportation Committee that he's in full support of a proposed amendment to the bill drafted by committee Vice Chair Julie Ellsworth, R-Boise, to remove a…
"Idaho is second to last in per student funding nationally, but somehow we are supposed to think our legislature gives a rip about education because teachers got a raise from piecemeal to barely adequate?" -- Dylan, UI Argonaut. More Off The Cuff here.
Mama Kautz, one of my Twitter buds, was 3rd on the scene of that fatal, 3-vehicle crash last night near the stateline. Here's what she posted on her blog: "I had stopped to get gas at the truck stop. Got back on the freeway. Was…
... That local Republicans who oppose speaker Richard Mack for the Kootenai County Republican Lincoln Day dinner are pushing to discuss the matter at their Central Committee meeting tonight. Thirteen precinct committeemen and Lora Gervais, chairwoman for the old Legislative District 3, have signed a…
Puppies representing the top five breeds according to the American Kennel Club are lined up in order at American Kennel Club headquarters in New York earlier today. From left are the Labrador retriever; German shepard; beagle; golden retriever and Yorkshire terrier. Story here. (AP Photo/American…
Benewah County Businessman Ken De Vries filed yesterday for election to Idaho House of Representatives District 5 Seat B, a district containing Benewah and Latah Counties. De Vries, in his first run for public office, will seek a two-year term to the seat currently held…
Kathryn M. DeLong, of the conservative Human Events mag, offers more insight into the ongoing battle between Richard Mack and the Southern Poverty Law Center. Mack, an Arizona sheriff in the 1990s and board member of the relatively new Oath Keepers group, is scheduled to…
The Dow Jones industrial average has closed above 13,000 for the first time since May 2008, four months before the financial crisis. Preliminary figures show the Dow closed up five points Tuesday to finish at 13,005. The average is up more than 6 percent this…
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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