In this Aug. 24, 2003, AP file photo, Paul Revere, whose group Paul Revere and the Raiders recorded a hit version of '"Louie Louie" in 1963, runs between groups of guitar players at Cheney Stadium in Tacoma, Wash., Sunday, Aug 24, 2003. An estimated 754…
The Supreme Court on Monday denied review in all five pending same-sex marriage cases, clearing the way for such marriages to proceed in Indiana, Oklahoma, Utah, Virginia and Wisconsin. The move was a major surprise and suggests that the justices are not going to intercede…
Each spring, the Idaho State Board of Education -- usually in response to an inadequate higher education appropriation - boosts the price college students must pay for their degrees. According to the Center for Budget and Policy Priorities, only six states have cut deeper into…
A proposed overhaul of Kootenai County’s land development rules whipped up a storm of criticism last year and drove the three county commissioners to dump a Texas consultant hired to do the update. The controversy over the ill-fated Unified Land Use Code also motivated two…
I recently heard a cable news anchorman refer to the terrorist dude who cut a man's head off as "the gentleman." It was one of those grisly episodes in the new war in Iraq and Syria where a hostage is brought forward and the person…
‘Ribbit!” Who knew that this is how the world would end. Not with a bang, as T.S. Eliot once observed. Or even a whimper. But with a … “Ribbit!” “Voracious Bullfrogs Invading Montana.” The headline stopped me cold Friday morning when it glared out at…
H e thought for sure Anthony Marra was going to win, for his “freaking amazing” book “A Constellation of Vital Phenomena.” “I was not sitting there thinking, ‘I wonder if I’ll win,’ ” said Shawn Vestal, author of “Godforsaken Idaho” and a columnist for The…
Coeur d'Alene Councilmen Dan Gookin and Woody McEvers handled the technical aspects of the governor's debate at the Coeur d'Alene Library Community Room Friday. You can watch the debate for yourself w/this video provide by the city of Coeur d'Alene & Coeur d'Alene TV Channel…
In his two terms in the House, Idaho congressman Raul Labrador says he’s been pushing big ideas like immigration and sentencing reform and has become the “go-to” person on immigration issues among House Republicans. Nothing Labrador has sponsored has become law, but a couple of…
Believe it or not, there are people out there who claim the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary (Newtown, Connecticut) massacre didn’t take place. The deniers say that we’ve been told a cover story for an elaborately staged government hoax. One of those who raised questions about…
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.
