Idaho Gov. candidate Harley Brown poses for a photo while awaiting vote counts during the IdahoGOP Primary election night event at the Riverside Hotel in Boise on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Otto Kitsinger) With more than half of Idaho voters telling pollsters that the Gem State is…
I doubt that I can outlast the incredibly slow vote counting being conducted tonight by County Clerk Jim Brannon's election department. I'll hang in here another hour. But I'm not going to stay up all night waiting for the excruciatingly slow tabulation to conclude. I…
In the 1st District, long-time state Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, has extended her lead over Tea Party candidate Danielle Ahrens 2413 votes to 2039 votes, with 89% of the precincts reporting. In the two House races, conservative hardliners Heather Scott leads Steve Snedden 63% to…
Wow! State Sen. Russ Fulcher leading Gov. Butch Otter with absentees and 16% of the vote in? Mary Souza leading state Sen. John Goedde. Newcomer Toby Schindelbeck narrowly trailing state Rep. Luke Malek. Marc Eberlein crushing Commissioner Todd Tondee in their race. And the three…
15.71% of vote STATE REP LEG DIST 2 POS A Vito Barbieri . . . . . . . . . 1,147 67.19 Fritz Wiedenhoff . . . . . . . . 560 32.81 Total . . . . . . . . .…
I'm back at Hucks Central & rarin' to go until the last vote is counted. Let's use this thread for generic comments. The county clerk's office issued a news release earlier this week, saying that it expected the absentee ballots to be counted by 9…
... For Kootenai County here and here.
COUNTY ASSESSOR Larry Spencer . . . . . . . . . 227 44.16 Shirley McFadden (WRITE-IN) . . . . 287 55.84 Total . . . . . . . . . 514
Here's the voting in Kootenai County for governor, where challenger Russ Fulcher is doing way better than the state as a whole: GOVERNOR Walt Bayes . . . . . . . . . . 58 1.16 Harley D. Brown . . . . .…
COUNTY COMMISSIONER FIRST DIST Marc Eberlein . . . . . . . . . 2,580 53.74 Todd Tondee. . . . . . . . . . 1,586 33.03 Tim Herzog . . . . . . . . . . 635 13.23 Total…
In House District 7A, Rep. Shannon McMillan, R-Silverton, has been declared the winner with 97% of the vote counted. Mcmillan defeated Hillman 2705-1542 or 64% to 36%.
This just in: Horse throws shoe on wagon carrying Kootenai County ballots. New horse en route from livery -- Scott Maben/SR tweet.
9:24 p.m. Richert/The EDge: State Rep. Lawerence Denney has pulled ahead, by about 600 votes, in the four-way GOP race for secretary of state. That’s with about 13 percent of precincts reporting, so numbers are still early. At this stage, though, Denney is the only…
Duane Rasmussen and his trusty camera are out & about snapping pictures of candidates and supporters on street corners this morning. I'll post when Duane can take a break and email them to me. Meanwhile, I need to leave for lunch early today -- about…
A dog called Denise jumps through the water as it chases a ball in a lake in Duisburg, Germany, earlier today. Temperatures in Germany reached 29 Celcius (84F), the hottest day of the year so far. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
A three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals has stayed the federal court decision legalizing same-sex marriage in Idaho while the decision is appealed to higher courts. You can read the 9th Circuit's four-page order here. While granting Idaho Gov. Butch Otter…
In his column this morning, Doug Clark of The Spokesman-Review writes: "I’m excited to announce that our neighbors to the east are planning to hold the first Coeur d’Alene Street Music Week during the noon hours of June 9-13. It’s all due to the tireless…
Time 2 Vote ... A Montagu's Harrier has caught a lizard in a meadow near the river Oder in Mallnow, Germany, today. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/dpa, Patrick Pleul) Monday Winner -- Fort Boise, with 5 likes: I can't believe I ate the whole…
5:18 p.m. Someone at Umpqua Bank, Cornerstone & Prairie/Hayden, accidentally tripped hold-up alarm. 5:15 p.m. Drunk male who was lying in alley in 500 block of Lakeside Avenue/CdA staggered off once awakened. 4:41 p.m. A confused man named "Ken" is in a Post Falls store.…
"They call me geranium girl," said Rachel Johns as she planted geraniums on the grounds of The Coeur d'Alene Resort in Coeur d'Alene on Tuesday. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Copper theft increasing in Kootenai County/KHQ Ferris grad Wayne Tinkle hired by Oregon State/AP Hayden Days…
Here's a robo-call from state Rep. Kathy Sims, R-Coeur d'Alene, and Republican state Senate candidate Mary Souza ... Thoughts?
3:25 p.m. Christa Hazel reports she was voter No. 139 @ Precinct 47 -- and that there were several Unaffiliated affiliating with the Republican Party to vote in the primary election. 2:30 p.m. Herb Huseland: "Turnout 25 better than the last election in 2012. 85…
Simon and Frankie Drake are shown outside polling place where parents Jennifer and Ben Drake vote today. (Facebook photo: Jennifer Drake) Brace yourself/Simple Mind Tuesday Twitterdeevote/Slight Detour Day 137: Boise at night/Eye on Shanghai Is it time to retire the High Five?/The Slice Getting together…
Kootenai County sheriff’s detectives continue to work with Spokane Police Major Crimes Unit regarding the human remains found in the Fernan area last week. An initial autopsy has been performed and the individual has been identified. However, additional autopsy results are pending. The individual’s family…
Olivia Ward flashes a bright smile for passing motorists as she waves a yard sign belonging to her father, Jeff, who's involved in a three-way GOPrimary race for the House District 3 seat now held by state Rep. Frank Henderson, R-Post Falls. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen)
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.
