In the weekend poll for Huckleberries Online, 65% of Hucks Nation said it had little use for trophy hunters, disagreeing with Idaho Statesman columnist Rocky Barker that they're an important ally for conservation efforts. Today's Poll: How much of a makeover would you like to see for East Sherman Avenue?
In his Sunday editorial, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase writes: "Congressman Raul Labrador, R-Idaho, says his First Amendment Defense Act does not transform religion into a weapon to discriminate. That's going to be a tough case to make."
The Boy Scouts of America voted Monday to lift the ban on openly gay employees and troop leaders, no longer allowing discrimination against its paid workers or at BSA-owned facilities. The decision was made in light of potential lawsuits filed by gay adults who were shut out of their jobs, but in so doing, it has generated a backlash ...
Columnist Kathy Hedberg, my Lewiston Tribune bud from decades ago, contends that individuals who aren't blessed with a green thumb should forget about garden. She admits that she's envious of the lush gardens in the Grangeville area, where she lives, while she tries to coax puny carrots out of the ground.
Depending on who you ask, the east gateway to Coeur d’Alene is either a thriving business district or an urban blemish. An up-and-coming working neighborhood with grit, or drab and neglected – ripe for revitalization. Reality resides somewhere between these extremes. The eastern entrance to Coeur d'Alene now is targeted for an upgrade.
Famed innovator and aviator Dr. Forrest Morton Bird has at his home in Sagle, Idaho, the Bird Aviation Museum and Invention Center has announced. Bird, 94, died Sunday with his family by his side. He created the first low-cost, mass-produced medical respirators, including the “Babybird”...
Sunday Huckleberries this week launched with a note about the paranoia created in rural Elk River, Idaho, after four strangers with cameras visited recently. DFO sez the towns reaction to the "Arabs" and/or what it considered "undesireables" doesn't help Idaho's reputation for racial silliness.
Mrs. O & I hung with 6 members of our extended family at Art on the Green Friday evening, enjoying the female vocalist Ruth Pratt and Tuxedo Junction on the main stage. And the activity and people all around. As well as the blue moon…
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.