Here it is late September ... and nothing seems to be happening at the local level, politics wise. The odds-on favorite Republican candidates are keeping their heads down, to avoid saying anything that might cause sleepy voters in our burg to pay attention to some…
From Facebook, Christina Oss LaBang poses with her paintings that now grace the utility boxes across from McDonalds restaurant at the entrance to Riverstone. Yes, the one on the right is an original painting by Christina, of her brother, whom we affectionately know as Stickman,…
The posts that attracted the most comments today were: Joker: Do great car dealers exist (15 comments), and: State motto? (13 comments).
Deer and wildlife are just one of the things that make Idaho great. If you want a garden, put up a fence...The old saying "Good fences make good neighbors" works for wildlife too -- EagleKeeper44 (RE: Deer to be checked for poisoning).
Time 2 Vote ... Facts: Tanya Lopez of Fruitland, Idaho, tries to get the attention of Derek Jeter of the New York Yankees at Yankee Stadium Monday. You write the cutline. (AP photo: Kathy Willens) Monday Winner -- Flatlander, with 6 likes: "New spy satellite…
4:50 p.m. Undisclosed type of theft reported @ 5700 block of W H53/Rathdrum. 4:30 p.m. From KCSO: Sheriff’s newest piece of safety equipment, a 2014 Lenco BearCat is ready for use. Sheriff will be hold an informational session for the media at 11 a.m. Wednesday…
Ammi Midstokke, right, is comforted by climbing partner Jason Luthy below Chimney Rock east of Priest Lake as she was being rescued from and all night ordeal after being pinned by a shifting 1.5-ton boulder as they hiked off the mountain. More here. (Photo: Jason…
A North Idaho woman arrested on several felony charges chewed through the seat of a sheriff's patrol vehicle while en route to the Bonner County Jail. According to court records, Staci Anne Spence was arrested Thursday morning at her home after she pepper sprayed a…
In his weekly Topic Tuesday message, Gov. Butch Otter discusses the difference between state and federal management of public lands, coming down on the side of state management. Of course. Agree/disagree?
Bryan Shaw is a chemist, not a software developer. He’s a parent, not a doctor. But he’s receiving national attention for his effort to create a free smartphone app to warn shutterbug parents of a glow in young children’s eyes – a white reflection from…
Here's a campaign flyer from LiberalAJ.com that landed in my mailbox recently. Question: Is this mailer effective?
Ruthie Johnson, state committeewoman for Kootenai County GOP, wrote a letter to Idaho Statesman re: U.S. Sen. Jim Risch that caught the eye of Fort Boise. Here's a key part of the letter: Risch worked his way through college and then went to law school.…
Jana Jones, left, and Sherri Ybarra both urge a cautious approach to a teacher licensing proposal that has drawn fire from the state’s teachers union. Jones, a Democrat, and Ybarra, a Republican, both labeled the issue “complex” and called for a slow, deliberate process to…
Linda Lantzy/Idaho Scenic Images captures this sunset over Priest Lake Sunday evening.
Imperfect creatures are we all since the time of Adam's fall, and so this truth we shan't conceal: Google's better at the wheel. The Bard of Sherman Avenue
... That there was grumbling going on during the lunch hour when only two of Idaho's 9 legislators showed up for the annual chamber legislative/education luncheon in the Coeur d'Alene Room of North Idaho College's SUB. And both of the legislators who appeared will give…
The quest for state control of Idaho’s otherwise federally controlled lands has received additional momentum, this time coming from one of the state’s top elected officials. Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden has begun speaking publicly about the issue across the state, and while supportive of…
The people of Scotland last week took only 15 hours to answer the same question over which Americans spent four years killing each other. Scotland will remain in the United Kingdom, a decision made by 55 percent of the nation’s voting public. And, after significant…
A man who claims he was pushing his shopping cart out of a Portland Costco Wholesale warehouse when he was detained because he wouldn’t stop and show his receipt is suing the store for $670,000. Timothy Walls emerged from the Jan. 28, 2013, encounter with…
Workers prepare to lift a piece of "Unconditional Surrender," an 8-meter (25-foot) cast-bronze sculpture in color of a sailor and a nurse in lip-locked embrace, outside the Caen Memorial in Normandy, France, today. The sculpture by Seward Johnson is based on a U.S. Navy photographer’s…
A North Idaho bicycle thief made a surprising move on Saturday. He returned the bicycle to a Coeur d’Alene restaurant and apologized. Earlier in the week, managers at The Cellar released security video of the theft. Police hoped the video would lead to the identification…
On his Slice blog today, SR colleague Paul Turner posts the cover of the Sept. 23, 1967, Saturday Evening Post. Did your family subscribe to the Post? Were you or any of them hippies? Can you canoe?/Idaho Dad Rags to Risches/Fort Boise The eyes have…
11:56 a.m. 2 vehicles involved in undisclosed traffic offense have pulled into Molstead Library lot @ NIC. 11:13 a.m. 2 vehicles are swerving at each other @ e/b I-90/state line. 10:30 a.m. Post Falls Police Department activities report for Sept. 22-23 here. 10:05 a.m. Loose…
Monday Poll: Others may be lackadaisical re: which party controls Congress, but Hucks Nation isn't. 143 of 161 (88.82%) respondents say it matters to them re: which party controls Congress. Only 17 of 161 (10.56%) respondents said it didn't matter. One respondent (0.62%) was undecided.…
Democratic gubernatorial candidate, A.J. Balukoff released his official debate schedule. “I look forward to these debates with Gov. Otter and the opportunity to lay out my vision for a better Idaho. While he may try to distract the debates away from his eight year record,…
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.
