24 Days & Counting (to re-register as a Republican to vote in the closed GOPrimary in May): I'm expecting the announcement of a candidate with a business background for the House District 3B seat now held by Rep. Frank Henderson, R-Post Falls. It'll also be…
Seattle Mariners second baseman Robinson Cano, front, stretches with his teammates before baseball spring training on Tuesday in Peoria, Ariz. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
This may not be how you measure success, but I made my Valentine's chocolates last until President's Day -- Cindy. Question: In what small way do you measure success?
Rep. Lynn Luker, R-Boise, has just announced that he plans to pull his religious freedom expansion bill, HB 427, from the House and ask that it be returned to committee. “The intent of the bill was to provide a shield to protect the free exercise…
Time 2 Vote ... German Chancellor Angela Merkel, center, watches the performance of a carnival dancer during a reception for carnival clubs from all over Germany at the chancellery in Berlin earlier today. Every year during the carnival season the German Chancellor welcomes the carnival…
5:49 p.m. Officers staging @ 100 block of E. Miles Avenue/Hayden for situation that may involve explosives. 5:25 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Feb. 17-18 here. 5:02 p.m. Semi truck spins out blocking both lanes of e/b I-90 @ top of 4th…
Kelly Olynyk was in town for Gonzaga Senior Night last Saturday to watch the Zags beat Loyola at McCarthey Athletic Center. Story here. (SR photo: Tyler Tjomsland) Cost for veterans' tax break higher than expected/AP Hayden chamber to offer fraud protection workshop/News Release 12YO boy…
Paul Turner/The Slice blog publishes this Saturday Evening Post magazine cover from Feb. 18, 1961. (Source: www.saturdayeveningpost.com) Listen to me/End Note Just wondering/The Slice Goodbye, cool cat/Slight Detour Day 48: Clear sky/Eye on Shanghai Recall drive targets Gooding trustee/The EDge Spokane theaters offer good experience/7…
Elizabeth King has been humbled in the days following the theft of equipment from the Moscow Special Olympics by an outpouring of community support. Equipment and monetary donations have poured in over the past few days to compensate for $4,000 in equipment that was reported…
Used snail mail to make a payment to the Idaho Tax Commission about 10 days ago. Over the weekend, I received the original envelop and payment inside a U.S. Postal Service envelope. Seems the payment got caught in a post office machine and mangled. Strangely,…
Some preschoolers don’t come to kindergarten prepared to learn, state superintendent Tom Luna said, and Idaho “would be remiss to ignore that.” Still, Luna said he doesn’t support a pre-K pilot bill, unveiled more than a month ago by Boise Democratic Rep. Hy Kloc. “I…
State Sen. Dan Johnson, R-Lewiston, debates earlier today in the Capitol against a bill that would add Idaho to the short list of states that allow concealed weapons on college and university campuses in Boise, Idaho. The measure passed 25-10. Johnson was one of just…
Six Spokane County sheriff’s deputies fired the shots last week that killed Jed Zillmer, a 23-year-old Afghanistan war veteran who police have said threatened to kill civilians and himself after a high-speed chase. The Sheriff’s Office released the names of the deputies involved per agency…
Melba Superintendent Andy Grover announced Tuesday he will run for state superintendent of public instruction. “It’s all happened in the last week and it’s crazy,” said Grover, who was waiting for Gooding School District Superintendent Heather Williams to make her decision. She said on Thursday…
On her Facebook wall, Councilwoman KerriT posts this photo and reports that the robin above was dining on berries last week, five weeks before the official beginning of spring. Question: Are you seeing any other signs of spring out there?
The Senate has voted 25-10 in favor of SB 1254, the bill to allow guns on Idaho public college campuses. The measure now moves to the House side; to become law, it needs passage there and the governor’s signature. All seven Senate Democrats by just…
Monday’s premiere of the first New York-based “Tonight” show in 42 years brought in 11.3 million viewers, the second-largest audience for the show since the first farewell “Tonight” show for Jay Leno in 2009. (The biggest total since 2009 was Mr. Leno’s second, and apparently…
U.S. Sen. Jim Risch's comments to the Idaho Legislature today: Risch told the Senate, “The financial condition of the country is just awful. … The bad news is there’s really nothing on track to turn this around. I’ve been in public service all my life,…
Wayne Manis, who was in charge of the region's FBI (and is father to CSB Trustee Christa Hazel), has written a book about his experiences, "The Street Agent." Writes Wayne: "Within the FBI, the street agent is known as the heart of the Bureau. A…
On his Facebook wall, Robin Loznak of Kellogg, Ore., writes about this photo: "A million baby spiders (or possibly several hundred). I was checking out the high water on the river and noticed a cluster of spiderlings. It looked like they were seeking higher ground."…
11:37 a.m. 78YO female suffering undisclosed medical emergency @ 1200 block of McFarland/CdA. 10:16 a.m. Citizen request assistance for unknown reason @ Guest House, 330 W. Appleway/CdA. 10:10 a.m. 2 Lake City High students caught breaking into apartment window near high school/CdA. 9:23 a.m. ISP…
Monday Poll: By an almost 3-to-1 margin, Hucks Nation sez Judge Lynn Winmill represents Idaho values more than Gov. Butch Otter. Recently Otter claimed that Judge Winmill didn't represent Idaho values. However, 76 of 143 respondents (53.15%) said Winmill epitomized Idaho values better than Otter…
To: Huckleberries Online: If Vito can total appropriations and you can count down days until filing, how about a countdown (or running total) of premature deaths and unwarranted expenses due to lack of insurance in the Medicaid expansion population. Per the Harvard school of Medicine…
This file image provided by IntelCenter on Dec. 8, 2010, shows a frame grab from a video released by the Taliban containing footage of captured Idahoan Bowe Bergdahl. The USA has renewed efforts to free Bergdahl. See below. (AP file photo) More rain & snow…
JohnA: I just checked out the Ice Dancing Pairs competition won by an American couple. It's not my thing but I was astounded when I read they had practiced together for 29,000 hours over 17 years. That's over 33 hours a week, every week for…
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.
