Local Election Final Results 3
Complete final results here Challengers Hazel, Eubanks, Hearn win CdA trustee seats Dr. Nemec, incumbent Razzeto win hospital seats Reagan Republican endorsees Ward, Goodman win Post Falls seats
TUESDAY, MAY 21, 2013
RRepub Candidates Take Drubbing 9
Reagan Republican founder Jeff Ward and appointed Trustee Ann Seddon look at results in the Coeur d'Alene School Board elections, at Fedora restaurant Tuesday night. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen) Candidates backed by a group of Republican activists were defeated Tuesday night in unusually lively races for…
Hazel, Eubanks, Hearn Win 105
PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 80): 100.0 BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL . . . . . . 8,859 CDA TRUSTEE ZONE 1 Brent Regan. . . . . . . . . . 823 36.79 Christa Hazel . . . . . . . . . 1,414…
Nemec, Razzeto Win Hospital Seats 1
PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 80) --- 80 100.0 BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . 8,859 KOOT HOSP TRUSTEE Neil L. Nemec . . . . . . . . . 4,811 33.73 Jim Pierce . . . . . . . .…
Ward, Goodman Win In Post Falls 14
PRECINCTS COUNTED (OF 100). . . . . 80 100 BALLOTS CAST - TOTAL. . . . . . . 8,859 PF TRUSTEE ZONE 1 Dave Paul . . . . . . . . . . 112 36.60 Glorie Ward. . . . .…
HucksOnline To Cover Elex Results 9
I'm leaving early today -- to vote in Precinct 51 and to take a break prior to handling the election results tonight here at Huckleberries Online. Deputy county clerk Pat Raffee has told Huckleberries that the first results will be in by 9 p.m., with…
Parting Shot -- 5.20.13 1
Lake City High School students watch as senior Jacob Wilkinson is transported to an ambulance during a mock DUI accident near the school in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho this morning. Coeur d'Alene Fire and Police worked along with Kootenai County Sheriff's Department, Idaho State police and…
Election Day Wild Card -- 5.21.13 3
Huckleberries Online, of course, will be manning HBO Central tonight, to report on Election Day results throughout Kootenai County. Balance North Idaho will be hanging out at Fort Ground Grill on River Avenue in the Fortgrounds area. Reagan Republicans will be gathering at Fedora. Here's…
PM Scanner Traffic -- 5.21.13
5:13 p.m. CPD report: Spokane bomb squad declares suspicious items found @ 4th/Foster, CdA, to be safe but believe they were intended to be an explosive (1:54PM item). Offers recovered 2 bottles w/substance that were sent to State Lab for testing. 4:42 p.m. Woman chasing…
PM Headlines -- 5.21.13 1
Idaho singer-songwriter Carole King poses for photographers before an event to honor her with the Gershwin Prize for Popular Song, at the Library of Congress earlier today in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) Terror suspect to stay in custody/Betsy Russell, EOB Winds gusting with arrival of…
Cutline Contest -- 5.21.13 14
At Gainsville, Fla., University of Florida staffers provide some idea how long this dead Burmese python is -- 18 feet, 8 inches, weighing 128 pounds. It is the longest snake ever caught in Florida. You write the cutline. (AP photo) Monday Winner -- Photoguy/2 likes:…
H41 Crash Kills 19YO Oldtown Woman 2
A 19-year-old Oldtown woman was killed in a head-on crash north of Blanchard this morning that closed Highway 41 for five hours. According to ISP reports, Anna M. Hurst was northbound in a Ford Stratus attempting to pass another vehicle when she crashed head on…
Election Day Roundup -- 5.21.13 12
Let's use this Election Day Roundup post to stay up to speed re: today's School/Hospital board elections: 4:37 p.m. Casey Irgens reports: "So I was voter 79 out of over 600 in pct. 62." Poll workers said that trustee election seemed to be slower than…
Quotable Quote 8
Facebook Friend Erin Daniels Bangle, former SR colleague and Sandpoint High Cedar Post advisor, posts: "Student Quote of the Day: 'What was Woodstock?' I quit." Question: What do you think of when you here the word 'Woodstock'?
Thumbs Up For Hazel
Three guys who serve on the PTO board with Christa Hazel were out on street corners supporting her today: from left, Thomas Hall, Tony Norris and Ben Peressini. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen)
Looking Through Tassels 2
Heather Coye looks through the tassels on her sign at the northeast corner of Prairie and Highway 95 in Hayden. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen)
Clark: Fly Fishing Tests Patience 2
A river of emotions ran through me on Sunday. Foolishness. Humiliation. Shame. That about covers them. My return to fly fishing after a 30-year absence wasn’t what anyone would describe as triumphant. “It looks like bait,” exclaimed my lovely wife, Sherry, between gasps of laughter…
Andrus Calls Risch 'Obstructionist' 5
Former Democratic Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus called Republican Sen. Jim Risch an “obstructionist” for stopping Republican Rep. Mike Simpson’s Boulder-White Clouds wilderness bill. The two men fought regularly when Risch was Idaho Senate Pro Tem and Andrus was governor in the 1980s. So Andrus got…
Hazel Family Seeks Votes 2
Zone 1 challenger Christa Hazel and her two children, Emma and Cooper, were trolling for votes this morning on the opposite corner of Canfield Middle School, 15th & Dalton Avenue, this morning (Photo: Duane Rasmussen)
Greeting Voters 6
At 8 o'clock this morning, Coeur d'Alene School Board Trustee Brent Regan and his campaign manager, Becky Funk, were photographed by Duane Rasmussen at the corner of Lake Coeur d'Alene Drive and Sherman Avenue, across the street from the public art near Michael D's.
Absentee Turnout Light, But ... 9
Pat Raffee, deputy county clerk, tells Huckleberries that the countywide turnout for the school/hospital board elections is light, 3 percent of the total registered voters so far. But it was better than two years ago. According to Elections Manager Carrie Phillips, the elections office has…
Crapo: IRS Targeting Just Happened? 10
U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, asks: U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew: “Are you or is the IRS taking the position that somehow this coalition of audits that focused on people from these political perspectives just happened accidently?” The man who led the Internal Revenue Service…
Jennifer: Love The Smell Of Freedom 10
Jennifer Locke: "I had fun sign waving for Brent at different locations this morning with my friend, my little Tucker, and Isabella. It was fun to get a lot of honks on 95 and see how many truck drivers would pull their horns. I love…
Seatbelt Emphasis Under Way 5
Local law enforcement agencies kicked off the "Click It or Ticket" seat belt emphasis campaign on Monday and will continue the program through June 2. Local motorists should be prepared for the stepped up program activities that will take place around the clock. If law…
Huckleberries Hears ... 15
... That Mary Souza of OpenCDA.com was told by the Coeur d'Alene School District to remove the district logo from her recent newsletter castigating Balance North Idaho for -- and I quote Mary -- sending out an emailing "filled with twisted, manipulative information that amounts…
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.