On his Facebook wall, Robin Loznak captures this couple of love-smitten bugs enjoying each other's company on a flower near his home in Kellogg, Ore. You can see more of Robin's outdoor photography on his Facebook page here.
A Huckleberries Online reader called moments ago to say she fielded a call by a hard-to-understand woman who urged her to vote for John "Gotti" and Luke "Ma-LEE" in the Legislative District 4 GOPrimary election. The call was from an actual person, not a robo-call.…
I was busy last night with family things. But I intend to watch the entire Idaho gubernatorial debate tonight. I might invite friends and family over to join me. Idaho Public Television should offer videos of the debate to video stores like Hastings to expand…
Time 2 Vote ... Alaska Airlines Capt. David Boshell, right, and first officer Melissa Van Dyke, left, walk the red carpet as they carry a 48 lb. Copper River King Salmon out of the plane they flew Friday from Cordova, Alaska to the Alaska Airlines…
5:49 p.m. CPD officer asks if owner of CdA business wants unconscious drunk in parking lot to be trespassed. 5:47 p.m. Post Falls boy has suffered possible fractured leg, unknown location. 5:32 p.m. A large piece of wood is lying in s/b lanes of H95/MP…
Walmart and Portland, Oregon don't mix. Portland Business Journal reports that on Thursday, Portland city officials announced it will not be making any more investments in the world's largest retailer and that the first of the city's Walmart holdings had expired. Oregon's KOIN reports that…
It was standing room only on Christianson Gym today as about 400 graduates walked in the North Idaho College Commencement Ceremony. Approximately 1,000 students were eligible for graduation. (NIC Press Room photo: Tom Greene) Host of wacky guv debate has no regrets/BSU Radio 200 goats…
A flier hitting the mailboxes today from the Idaho Prosperity Fund (Idaho Association of Commerce & Industry) criticizes House District 4A challenger Toby Schindelbeck for a comment about education that he made in a recent Idaho Freedom Foundation survey. Schindelbeck is trying to unseat incumbent…
An editorial in today's Coeur d'Alene Press concludes with this warning: "Beware any last-minute political incendiary devices that have been timed to go off too late for the other side to respond. Be particularly wary of any campaign literature that lands in your mailbox between…
If you missed the Idaho Republican gubernatorial debate last night, it is probably because you are a very wise person with things to do. They had to have one, though, and thanks to the intense desire of Gov. Butch Otter to do as little actual…
Two goats pause from clearing brush from Tubbs Hill to post for Walkabout, who cleans litter from the natural area on Coeur d'Alene's north shore. Moments ago, Walkabout emailed Huckleberries Online several photos of the goats doing their thing on the hill. Story here. Thank…
A flier from challenger Pat Whalen that should hit Senate District 3 mailboxes this weekend is seen above. It reminds voters of some of the spats and negative headlines that the incumbent has attracted over the years. The reverse side of the flier is posted…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter sought to spread the playing field on Wednesday, insisting that two bearded perennial candidates join a televised debate between the incumbent governor and his serious Republican primary challenger State Sen. Russ Fulcher. The result was the Idaho’s biggest national political hit…
Two men who caused serious bodily injuries to a black man in a Boise, Idaho, bar last fall were indicted today on federal hate crime charges. The case marks the first time federal hate crime charges have been filed in Idaho – a state that…
In a Sept. 20, 2012, column for the Chico (Calif.) News Review, Robert Speer wrote the following about City Council candidate Toby Schindelbeck, who's now running against state Rep. Luke Malek, R-Coeur d'Alene, for the House District 3A seat from Coeur d'Alene: To local journalists,…
Again, I’m running for Kootenai County Republican Central Committee Precinct 18 Committeeman. Sometimes I wonder why I do it by expending so much time, energy and money. The last four years the KCRCC meetings were less fun than a root canal and more fun than…
This image provided by Idaho Public Television shows Republican gubernatorial hopeful, Walt Bayes, at a debate Thursday in Boise. Bayes and fellow fringe candidate Harley Brown stole the show from Gov. Butch Otter and state Sen. Russ Fulcher, using their time to discuss Armageddon, discrimination…
12:42 p.m. Injured dirt-biker adamant that he doesn't want to be transported by Med-Star (1:48 item). Med-Star flight canceled shortly before arrival. Injured male understands risk of being taken down mountain by ambulance. 12:41 p.m. Dog locked in vehicle at Post Falls WalMart East. 12:27…
Norman Oss (aka Stickman) and his wife, Kim, are two of the most giving community-minded people I have ever met. We are so lucky that they live in Coeur d'Alene. All the best to them! -- Mayor Steve Widmyer.
Kevin Richert/IdahoED NEWS provides 5 takeaways from campaign finance reports filed this week, including: The only one of the Liberty Caucus candidates to enjoy a fundraising edge is state Rep. Lawerence Denney, one of four GOP candidates for secretary of state. Of course, this is…
Can you pick the "normal guy" from the Idaho gubernatorial debate lineup above? No? Actually, this is the "Village People" as they appeared in January 2005 during a goodbye tour that included a stop at the Spokane Arena. (AP file photo) This Idaho Public TV…
Organizer Emily Walton, right, serves cake at a gathering to support same-sex marriage on the Ada County Courthouse steps Friday morning; the party originally was planned as a wedding reception, until an appeals court late Thursday stayed a federal court order that would have legalized…
On her Facebook page, moderator Melissa Davlin of the Idaho gubernatorial debate posts: "I didn't expect this debate to get so much national attention, but here we are. The entire Idaho Debates team and I take this process seriously; So seriously that when it was…
Thursday Poll: Overwhelmingly, Hucks Nation sez Chief Deputy Laurie Thomas will win the Kootenai County treasurer's race. 109 of 131 respondents (83.21%) picked Thomas to win the GOPrimary race. Only 22 of 131 respondents picked Steve Matheson. Today's Poll: What do you make of Gov.…
Zach Hagadone of the Boise Weekly pens a superb article re: the impact of the Coldwater Creek closure on Sandpoint: "When I was last at the 219 (or Niner, as it's known), news had broken about five days earlier that Coldwater Creek, the national women's…
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.
