I received my first piece of toxic campaign material in the home snail mailbox tonight, in the form of a flyer attack by Reagan Republicratan endorsee Sharon Hebert on Councilman Woody McEvers -- or as Hebert refers to him, "Git Along Go Along" Woody. Wonder…
Pigeons roost under gray skies on the statue of Benjamin Rush Milam in Milam Park, Tuesday in downtown San Antonio. Thunderstorms and rain showers likely for South Texas Wednesday. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
We've turned the corner to November. That means the municipal election is nearby. It'll be interesting to see what last-minute campaign tactics are employed by the various candidates and their backers. Might be dangerous to go to the mailbox this weekend. No matter what may…
MikeK: I am eagerly anticipating a mailing this weekend from the Souza campaign with Mary adorned as Saint Joan of Arc, being burned at the stake by her Godless adversaries. The only other person I have ever heard of using martyrdom so completely in a…
Time 2 Vote ... Huntsville's Anna Hahnemann is hit in the nose while making a return during the Alabama High School Athletic Association Class 6A Elite Eight State volleyball tournament championship match against Bob Jones at the Crossplex in Birmingham, Ala., Thursday. You write the…
4:56 p.m. Single-vehicle, injury accident reported @ Honeysuckle/Ramsey, CdA; single vehicle hit, sheared Avista pole. Traffic has been shut down around the accident scene. 4:49 p.m. Two males are shooting in a field toward houses in unknown Kootenai County location. 4:45 p.m. 3-vehicle accident @…
On her Facebook wall, Jamie Lynn Morgan posts: "Slow DOWN people. Hayden Ave. is a 25 mile per hour zone for most of it. Especially in front of my house. Another accident just happened. Scared the crap out of me! Heard the crash and then…
A federal judge on Friday cleared the way for horse slaughterhouses to resume operating in the U.S. as early as next week. U.S. District Judge Christina Armijo in Albuquerque threw out a lawsuit by The Humane Society of the United States and other animal protection…
At The Slice blog, Paul Turner provides this tale from Maggie Bennett of Coeur d'Alene re: Halloween night: “For the last 25 years, we have decorated our porch on Halloween with a Scary Guy made from an ugly mask and various clothing stuffed with newspaper.…
In The Slice blog, Paul Turner posts this photo of the record made by Gordon Lightfoot ("The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald") to pose the question to launch a discussion re: songs that have lyrics mentioning November. (Photo courtesy: http://70spop.wordpress.com) Strong suggestion/Fort Boise A little…
Pat Raffee, Kootenai County deputy clerk, reports that 796 voters have cast ballots early and 2,542 voters have returned absentee ballots (of 2,619 mailed out). With about 22,000 eligible voters with in the Coeur d'Alene city limits, the turnout in early voting and absentees would…
Kim Knerl: Any of you heat your home during the winter and purchase firewood from those private individuals who sell their product through newspaper ads or such? I primarily heat my place with wood several months out of the year, and I’ve taken the route…
Washington State fans enjoy uncrowded seating during the second half of a college football game against Arizona State on Thursday at Martin Stadium in Pullman, Wash. Arizona State drubbed WSU 55-21. Story here. (SR photo: Tyler Tjomsland) Question: Time to turn the page on the…
Conflicts between the Idaho Republican Party executive committee and Latah County Republican Party Chairman Walter Steed could lead to the 2014 state convention being moved out of Moscow. The state convention, held every two years, is to take place in June at the Kibbie Dome…
Three radio commercial that are now airing to support her campaign are now available on the Mary Souza for CdA Mayor Web site. The first commercial is generic. The third one features the short ditty with a ukele that was posted on HucksOnline earlier this…
On the Coeur d'Alene Press Online Web site, Coeur d'Alene School Board Trustee Tom Hamilton takes Editor Mike Patrick and the Coeur d'Alene Press to task for alleged bias in its reporting of the Mary Souza campaign: I would agree with Dan that it would…
I just spotted this full-page Balance North Idaho ad on the back page of the front section of the Coeur d'Alene Press. You get a better view of the ad here. Question: Do you think this ad is effective?
While Washington and most of the media are obsessed with the botched roll out of Obamacare, a story with much more long-lasting and more profound implications unfolds around us with hardly a passing notice from Congress or many voters. Here’s a prediction. When the history…
Tom Taggart (RE: Latest Souza mailer): This is a case of someone repeating something long enough that others begin to believe it. In the first place, having a vibrant downtown is essential to the overall health of any city. In the mid 80's I owned…
On her Facebook wall, Nancy White posts this photo of daughter, Emily, from the Jan. 25, 2005, issue of the Coeur d'Alene Press. Nancy writes: "So proud that my daughter and I were involved in the effort to build a fabulous new library in our…
11:30 a.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Oct. 31-Nov. 1 here. 11:12 a.m. A green garbage can is on fire near Quality Kids Day Care, 709 E8th, Post Falls. 10:53 a.m. BOSS hit on possible stolen plates on semi traveling w/b on I-90…
Jayson Cornwell, a candidate for Post Falls City Council Seat No. 4, just sent this email to Huckleberries, critical of the Balance North Idaho interview process: I find it interesting how Balance North Idaho is portraying Jim Hail. I interviewed with BNI early on in…
To many people, turning back the clocks means a glorious extra hour of sleep. But for others, the end of Daylight Saving Time means a bout of excruciating pain. The time change can spell disaster for unlucky sufferers of cluster headaches, the sudden, severe headaches…
A gunman walked into Terminal 3 at Los Angeles International Airport Friday morning and opened fire at a security checkpoint, killing a Transportation Security Administration officer and wounding at least three other people, law enforcement sources tell CBS News. The information was preliminary and could…
Here's Mary Souza's latest campaign flyer. Question: Do you believe too much attention has been paid to downtown Coeur d'Alene under the Bloem administration?
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.
