I was accosted by Larry Spencer signs while driving to church on 4th Street Sunday. I counted 4 or 5 between from the Nazarene Church to Finucane Park. Spencer slamming Dan Green for the parking garage proposal. Spencer's smiling face with the Elvis Presley forelock…
St. Louis Cardinals' Tyler Greene, left, and David Freese are reflected in teammate Erik Komatsu's sunglasses as they walk into the dugout after the top of the seventh inning of a spring training baseball game against the New York Mets in Jupiter, Fla., Monday. (AP…
Jeff Ward of the Reagan Republicans sent this e-mail this afternoon to friends who wondered what they should do at the Kootenai County GOP Central Committee meeting Tuesday night re: the Richard Mack Lincoln Day speech: "A number of people have contacted me concerning a…
5:03 p.m. Female frantic b/c 25YO & 19YO males fighting in home in 3900 block of Laurel/CdA. 5:01 p.m. Boy w/baseball bat & 2 friends confronting 6-7 others at Bluegrass Park in CdA Place. 4:53 p.m. Suspicious male in gray hoodie appears to be checking…
Barricades block the intersection of Fifth and Roosevelt Streets in Moscow on Monday. Flood water from Paradise Creek was flowing up through the storm drains on the street. (AP Photo/Moscow-Pullman Daily News, Geoff Crimmins) Local disaster emergency declared for Moscow/KXLY Spokane sees 60% rise in…
The Senate has adjourned for the day, and Senate Republicans have headed into a closed-door caucus. The Senate will convene at 9 a.m. tomorrow, as will the House. Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis, R-Idaho Falls, said the Senate will work through the morning and finish…
Rev. Jesse Jackson, right, speaks as Rev. Al Sharpton listens during a community forum on slain Florida teenager Trayvon Martin at the Macedonia Baptist Church in Eatonville, Fla., Monday. Jackson called the death of unarmed Martin a turning point. Story here. Students also held rallies…
Old Dick Cheney is sly and smart, and now at last he has a heart. The Bard of Sherman Avenue
In responding to an issue raised by DeePee re: Idaho going back to Mountain Standard/Daylight Time, Lew2nl asks whether we live in North Idaho or northern Idaho. We haven't discussed this issue for awhile, so I'll post it out here with this caveat: The Lewiston…
I don't know how Stebbijo's husband stays so lanky when she prepares mouth-watering Food Porn like this. More here. Singing Amy's blues/Atmospheric Ruminations Home town success story/Bay Views Did Trayvon Martin die because he was black?/Community Comment 3rd Party Problem: Babies seem to be too…
In this May 27, 2007, file photo, May Rupert Boneham, from the television show "Survivor," pumps up the crowd before a race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis. Libertarian Party members are set to nominate the former television reality series star as their candidate for…
Reporter Kelsey Saintz of Shoshone News-Press tweets about one of the offbeat places in the Silver Valley: "Funny place names: Terror Gulch, near Osburn. Remind me not to drive there on dark and stormy nights." Question: Can you think of other odd names for a…
A few weeks ago, Idaho House Speaker Lawerence Denney, R-Midvale, blocked a bill to end legislative pension-spiking by former lawmakers. The bill, brought by Rep. Dennis Lake, R-Blackfoot, would have essentially prevented legislators spiking their taxpayer-funded pensions by taking high-paying state jobs after lengthy careers…
Showmanship and swingin’ music flourish in Lake City Playhouse’s “Pete ’n’ Keely.” Cabaret singer and local theater veteran Abbey Crawford directs and performs in this entertaining production of James Hindman, Patrick S. Brady and Mark Waldrop’s well-received off-Broadway musical. Crawford reunites with musical director Carolyn…
After starring in The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo, Rooney Mara managed to land a Best Actress Oscar nomination for her performance in the violent film adaptation of a cult-smash novel. Can Jennifer Lawrence do the same with The Hunger Games? At this point we…
SpudBob: "I read that Former VP Dick Cheney, aged 71, got a heart transplant over the weekend. Politics and personalities aside, do you think there should be an upper age limit for heart transplants? If you do, where would YOU set the limit?" Story here.…
Pope Benedict XVI waves from the popemobile wearing a Mexican sombrero as he arrives to give a Mass in Bicentennial Park near Silao, Mexico, Sunday. (AP photo) Question: Is a sombrero a good luck for Pope Benedict XVI?
12:23 p.m. Idaho Liquor Store worker reports male who has been sitting outside for 2 hours & has officer safety alert for him has entered the store. He left his backpack on the curb. 12:16 p.m. Likely false holdup alarm sounding @ Medicine man, Cornerstone…
A tweet from Katie Utehs/Krem expresses my sentiments exactly re: grapple currently falling outside my office window on Northwest Boulevard: "Mother nature you're killing me! What is this slush falling from the sky?" Is it time to sacrifice a local weather forecaster in the nearest…
The House has voted 53-16 in favor of setting up a $200,000 legal defense fund for the Legislature, funded from the state's general tax funds and controlled by the Speaker of the House and the President Pro-Tem of the Senate. “It is for any time…
In an April 23, 2011, photo, children dash to collect as many eggs as possible at the Old Colorado City Easter Egg Hunt on in Colorado Springs, Colo. Organizers have canceled this year's event, complaining of parental behavior. They say that last year aggressive parents…
DeePee: Since the WC is wide open this a.m., might we open/reopen a discussion on northern Idaho’s time zone? Being on Mountain Time, as is southern Idaho, Montana, Utah, Arizona Colorado, etc., etc., would give us longer afternoons and evenings. Why, with our own Wal-Marts…
Weekend Poll: A plurality of Hucks Nation sez both Congress and the Idaho Legislature are terrible examples of governing bodies. 103 of 232 respondents (44.4%) said that Congress and the Idaho Legislature are equally bad in the performance of their duties. 72 of 232 respondents…
In this AP file photo, David "Cricket" Powell holds an Occupy Boise protest sign at a rally of about 50 demonstrators celebrating what they deemed a victory Feb. 27 after a federal judge ruled the State temporarily cannot remove their encampment in Boise. Today, the…
Jean-Claude Biver, CEO of Swiss watchmaker Hublot, presents the exclusive watch 'King Power UEFA Euro 2012' for the upcoming European Soccer Championships Euro 2012 during a press conference in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky) Question: Do you wear a wrist watch?
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.
