Former President George H.W. Bush, left, and Sgt. 1st Class Mike Elliott land after making a tandem parachute jump Thursday. Former President George H.W. Bush celebrated his 90th birthday on Thursday by making a tandem parachute jump near his summer home in coastal Maine, fulfilling…
Don't know about you, but I'm awfully glad it's Friday! DFO's been gone 2 weeks and 2 days (not that I'm counting), so he'll have no excuse but to return Monday morning fully energized. I, on the other hand, will need to take next week…
File photo. Ron Bitner, a grape and wine producer in southwest Idaho for more than 30 years, enjoys a glass of shiraz-cabernet sauvignon at his vineyard near Marsing, Idaho. CALDWELL -- June is Idaho Wine Month and experts say the Idaho wine industry is growing.…
Special effects makeup artists with Synapse FX spent hours transforming Phil Humphrey of Spokane into a “Z Nation” zombie extra. Colin Mulvany photo. When George A. Romero was making his game-changing horror masterpiece “Night of the Living Dead” in 1967, he reportedly paid each of…
Widely varying turnout around the state meant that of the six legislative incumbents defeated in the May 20 primary, two were turned out of office by just tiny slices of the electorates in their districts. The lowest-turnout races that dumped incumbents were the defeat of…
MOSCOW, Idaho (AP) - A dispute over the number of delegates counties will be awarded is one of the biggest controversies facing Idaho's Republican convention. Delegate numbers are critical as established candidates face off against tea party members over control of the party's agenda. Each…
NEW YORK – American teens are smoking less, drinking less and fighting less. But they’re texting behind the wheel and spending a lot of time on video games and computers, according to the government’s latest study of worrisome behavior. Generally speaking, the news is good.…
WASHINGTON – The Obama administration has been quietly advising local police not to disclose details about surveillance technology they are using to sweep up basic cellphone data from entire neighborhoods, the Associated Press has learned. Citing security reasons, the U.S. has intervened in routine state…
Father’s Day is Sunday. Here are a few non-tie gift ideas. 1. Stainless Steel Growler – The Hydro Flask Insulated Water Bottle & Beer Growler can tote H2O or a microbrew. It has 64 ounces of capacity and a leak-proof cap. The double-wall vessel keeps…
WASHINGTON – A surge of unaccompanied children crossing the United States border in southwest Texas are not eligible for amnesty or a path to citizenship, and are being transferred to the custody of the federal Health and Human Services Department, U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security…
My intern, Thor, has expressed an interest in writing since he was a kitten. I think I'll let him take over my column, soon. Is your pet helpful in any way?
NEW YORK – When CNN first signed on, it was greeted by skepticism. Not just doubt about Ted Turner’s vow that his all-news network would be there long enough to cover the end of the world. A bigger question resonated: Was there really enough news…
Idaho’s Raul Labrador, a tea party favorite, announced his intentions to replace outgoing GOP Majority Leader Eric Cantor in a statement this morning. “I am running for Majority Leader because I want to help create a vision of growth and opportunity for everyone and start…
BAYVIEW - Visitors and residents can pick up that jug of milk soon. The Bayview Mercantile, the community's only store, is scheduled to reopen at the end of this month. It has been a long winter without one of the community's core businesses, residents and…
Scott Esk, a Republican Tea Party candidate in Oklahoma, got into a debate on Facebook last summer in which he advocated killing homosexuals. “I think we would be totally in the right to do it,” Esk wrote in comments uncovered by Oklahoma journalist Rob Morris.…
HAYDEN - Someone is turning a field of dreams into a nightmare. Croffoot Park, where Hayden Little Leaguers play and practice, has been burglarized or vandalized on four separate occasions since May 20, Kootenai County Sheriff's Lt. Stu Miller said. On three of those incidents,…
A berrypicker sent HucksOnline the following mystery. "A co-worker pointed out something strange that is going on in the current Frontier phonebook for Coeur d'Alene. On pretty much every page of the residential white pages there will be a half a dozen or so phone…
A letter published Wednesday in the Coeur d'Alene Press could at best be described as badly failed satire. It explains the efforts made to "obstruct ebony Americans" from their right to vote and says the country has issued "Stand Your Ground hunting permits" for black…
Here are a few more tidbits from the state GOP convention in Moscow, courtesy of Melissa Davlin of Idaho Reports. * Idaho GOP Chairman Barry Peterson announced that he’s asked 1st District Congressman Raul Labrador to serve as chairman of the convention, and Labrador’s agreed.…
OLYMPIA – A recent report on how the state will spend more money on education is so inadequate the state Supreme Court threatened Thursday to hold the Legislature in contempt. The state’s highest court said the Legislature’s latest update on how the state can meet…
SAN ANTONIO — Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl returned to the United States early Friday after his release from five years in captivity in Afghanistan in a controversial prisoner swap with the Taliban. Bergdahl, who has been recovering at an Army medical facility in Germany since…
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.
