For some reason, I feel the state is a little safer now that the self-congratulatory 2012 Legislature has adjourned & can do no more mischief. That's the good news. The bad news is that we're soon to be inundated by the ones from North Idaho…
One cormorant sits high as it opens it's beak wide while it and four others hitch a ride on a large piece of driftwood in the muddy, swollen Clackamas River in Oregon City, Ore., Friday. Another spring storm is swelling rivers in the Willamette Valley…
Cindy tweets: "I don't need no stinkin' lottery ticket. My mama says I am a WINNER." #SoThere." Question: Will your Mama still think you're a winner even if you don't win $640M Mega Millions?
4:50 p.m. John reports to KCSD that someone is using his Social Security card. 4:42 p.m. 16YO girl fled on horse back into Cataldo area woods when father tried to pick her up. 4:24 p.m. Glenda wants to know where she can get help &…
Idaho Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis (R-Bonneville) had to keep a lot of bills moving through the Senate so that it could adjourn on Thursday evening in Boise. (AP Photo/Katherine Jones, Idaho Statesman) WSU aims to find why we snooze/John Stucke, SR Lewiston man gets…
My rain hat is a Detroit Tigers cap. I've been wearing one now and then for years. But this morning, walking over to my accountant's office a few blocks away on Riverside, a question occurred to me for the first time. Is someone going to…
At Stebbijo's Place, Stebbijo writes: "Yes, you read that right and you are probably shocked and disgusted, but I don't care. I don't cook like this all the time, but when I saw how this outfit back east on a foodie show did up their…
Approximately 4,500 Kootenai Electric Cooperative customers in the Coeur d’Alene and Post Falls areas lost power this morning. The outage was reported just after 10 a.m. Power was restored by 12:15 p.m. According to the cooperateive, a malfunctioning transformer in the substation that serves the…
A New York district judge today threw out a $105 million lawsuit filed by former, unpaid Huffington Post bloggers who insisted they are entitled to a chunk of the blog's $315 million sale price to AOL. The bloggers - Jonathan Tasini, Molly Secours, Tara Dublin,…
Washington Redskins quarterback Mark Rypien (11) lies under the pile, center, during an NFC divisional playoff game the San Francisco 49ers, in San Francisco. Rypien is a Super Bowl MVP and champion, a former player for the Redskins and other teams who reached football's pinnacle…
The debate on gay marriage is headed to the Spokane City Council. City Councilman Jon Snyder is sponsoring a nonbinding resolution in support of “marriage equality,” and despite a Republican-leaning majority on the City Council, it appears the resolution is on track for approval. “People…
Although Cesar Chavez Day falls tomorrow, on Saturday March 31, government offices, courts, and the state legislature are closed on Friday in honor of the famed labor leader. The Sacramento Bee reports that the State Legislature is not in session on Friday and has begun…
One of the more curious legacies of the 2012 legislative session will likely be Senate Bill 1274, the bill to ban texting while driving. The bill passed the Senate 29-6 and the House 53-17. The bill is awaiting Gov. Butch Otter’s signature. Legislators passed this…
On her Facebook wall, Cindy writes: A friend just asked me "17 years after his death, what do you miss most about your dad?" Wow. Everything. His voice. His smile. His thoughtfulness. The way he made me laugh. But most of all I miss his…
A customer at a convenience store holds her money as she waits to purchase Mega Millions lottery tickets Friday in Portland, Ore. Lottery ticket lines across the U.S. swelled Friday as players drawn by a record $640 million Mega Millions jackpot took a chance at…
Noonish: Rodney @ 3558 Nettleton Gulch/CdA reports blocked culvert has flooded driveway, creating 50-foot puddle including standing water on road. 12:01 a.m. Firefighters responding to possible structure fire in Kidd Island Bay area. 1:43 a.m. Two customers are arguing at Coeur d'Alene Hastings on Appleway.…
I know I’m not going to get any sympathy from some of you. Some might find it poetic justice to see journalists agonizing because of something public records might reveal about them. (And yes, I can see where there could be journalistic value in using…
Campaign signs hang in a bathroom at the Bismarck Civic Center in Bismarck, N.D., today, before the start of the North Dakota Republican state convention. Convention delegates are choosing favored candidates for eight offices during convention floor sessions on Saturday and Sunday. (AP Photo/Dale Wetzel)…
Rational Universe: Didn’t we use to be a kinder people? Am I just being nostalgic? Or was there a stronger sense of community in the old North Idaho? An idea that we were all in this together? Now it is all- “Don’t tread on me”.…
Larry Spencer: "Why do men make fun of my hair, and women seem to like it?" Also: For your reading pleasure, you can find the lyrics of "Hair" here Anyone?
With the Mega Millions jackpot reaching a record high of $540 million dollars, thousands of people across the Inland Northwest are shelling out big bucks for a chance to strike it rich. Jen Gass, a clerk at Ady's Convenience and Car Wash in Post Falls…
Golf balls lie in the soggy Indian Canyon golf course driving range as geese swim in some of the deeper puddles Thursday in Spokane. Rainy cold days have delayed the opening of the course which hopes to welcome golfers this weekend or the beginning of…
Thursday Poll: Hucks Nation is playing the Mega Millions lottery. 76 of 135 respondents (56.3%) said they'd bought tickets for a chance at the $640M jackpot. 59 of 135 (43.7%) said they weren't. Idaho Journalists: A whopping 94% of the respondents (68 of 72) said…
Idaho Sens. Patti Anne Lodge, left, and Shawn Keough listen to Sen. Denton Darrington bid farewell to the Senate Thursday in Boise. Thursday was the final day of the 2012 legislative session. Betsy Russell's sine die story here. (AP Photo/The Idaho Statesman, Joe Jaszewski) Question:…
Tongue firmly cheeked, columnist Argus Hamilton of the Ardmoreite.com Web site writes about a North Idaho neo-Nazi's problem with running for office: "Idaho Ku Klux Klan leader Shaun Winkler announced he will run for Bonner County sheriff in May. His timing was bad. Right now…
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.
