Orginally posted 5:14 p.m. Tuesday Less than a month after taking her oath of office, Bonner County Commissioner Joyce Broadsword announced Tuesday she is resigning. The Republican District 1 commissioner is stepping down to take a job as regional director of the Idaho Department of…
Like many, I watched with great interest President Obama’s recent State of the Union Address, in which he outlined his priorities. Fiscal reform and economic growth should top the list of priorities for the President and Congress over the next four years. The debt crisis…
Sixteen House GOP freshmen gathered in a Statehouse press conference this morning to announce that if the trailer bill introduced this morning by freshman Rep. Luke Malek (pictured), R-Coeur d’Alene, passes, they will support the governor’s state health insurance exchange bill, SB 1042. “That’s why…
Grady Sullivan prays during an Ash Wednesday service at Sacred Heart Catholic Church today in Conroe, Texas. Ash Wednesday marks the beginning of Lent, a 40-day period of fasting, reflection and repentance observed by Catholics. (AP Photo/ The Courier, Jason Fochtman)
In one of the biggest turnouts in the state, more than 450 people packed the state Liquor Control Board’s public forum Tuesday night in Spokane to talk about Washington’s baby steps into the world of state-sanctioned sales of recreational marijuana. The clearly supportive crowd at…
A prominent capital defense attorney who represented convicted killer Joseph Duncan during his death penalty hearing five years ago says Duncan’s bizarre beliefs “infected” their case. Judy Clarke was part of a team of attorneys who represented Duncan in 2008, when he was sentenced to…
President Barack Obama outlined an ambitious agenda in his State of the Union address Tuesday that included raising the minimum wage, increasing spending on infrastructure, attacking climate change and passing gun-control legislation. Mr. Obama repeated his earlier calls for reducing the budget deficit through a…
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.
