President Barack Obama revealed Thursday that he will propose free community college "for everybody who's willing to work for it." In what his advisers are calling a "State of the Union spoiler," Obama announced the plan in a video recorded on Air Force One as...
Wayne Hoffman of Idaho Freedom Foundation has a long list of do's and don'ts for the 2015 Legislature, including cut taxes, reconsider Common Core, and don't raise gas taxes.
Even before Vito Barbieri was first elected to the Idaho Legislature in 2010, he had questions about the role of government in regulating business and hindering competition. Just days after filing for office, he told the Coeur d'Alene Press "too many regulations have been implemented...
AM Headline roundup includes links to stories re: Pinehurst restaurant reopening after damage from sewage and the work by Police Chief Scot Haug of Post Falls and a national group to reduce line-of-duty police slayings in this country.
Three terrorists who seized hostages at separate locations and ignited fear across Paris were killed Friday along with three of their hostages as the gunmen clashed with thousands of French security forces. City officials scrambled to protect residents and tourists from further attacks, shutting down...
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Thursday Poll: Nearly two-thirds of the respondents said that Islam isn't a peaceful religion. 58 of 88 respondents (65.91.%) took that position. Only 25 of 88 (28.41%) said Islam is a peaceful religion. 5 (5.68%) were undecided. Today's Poll: Do you support President Obama's call…
In his weekly Cheers & Jeers column, opinion writer Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune cheers Congressman Raul Labrador: "Beginning his fifth year in office, the Tea Party darling put his constituents first and voted to re-elect House Speaker John Boehner. That's in stark contrast…
A white tail buck that was shot in the hind quarter with an arrow has been staying in the yard of John Lawyer’s Coeur d’Alene home for the past few days. The 88-year-old Coeur d'Alene resident was alarmed to see a carbon fiber arrow protruding several inches from the backside of the frightened, four-point whitetail buck
No backbone then no change, Mr. Labrador! Well so much for democracy and representation in Idaho, and so much not making any New Year resolutions! This week, with his first vote of the 114th Congress, our newly re-elected Congressman, Mr. Raul Labrador, sold us out...
Coeur d’Alene police are looking for a man suspected in a child luring incident that occurred shortly before 8 p.m. Thursday at a McDonald’s restaurant. A 4-year-old girl apparently approached a transient who was going through the trash in the children’s play area of the…
S-R photojournalist Colin Mulvany covered the GU's home game against San Francisco. Check out this big picture gallery of game photos.
In looking for a venue for our 40th anniversary celebration later this year, Mrs. O & I were surprised by a venue manager's reaction to the length of our marriage. She genuinely seemed surprised that people could love and live with one another for 40...
A scientist points out a seismogram display on a monitor just set up at CenturyLink Field in Seattle today. Scientists with the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network installed the instruments to record expected vibrations from jumping and stomping fans at Saturday's Seattle Seahawks playoff game against…
Mark Vogt got more than he bargained for when he took a day trip Thursday to the Wolf Lodge area to experience a little nature. “I came to watch the eagles and I got to watch the whole mountain come down,” Vogt said, after a…
You asked, and Techmeister Dan has provided. All users, including ones with mobile devices, can click on recent comments at the top of Huckleberries Online now. For mobile users, you have to click on the down arrow on the orange "Huckleberries Online" banner line to...
In a news release this afternoon, ISP says one lane of traffic has been opened on H97, near Beauty Bay, after a mudslide completely blocked the road this morning.
Crews worked to clear debris from Idaho state Highway 97 following a rock and mudslide this morning near Beauty Bay on Lake Coeur d'Alene. Traffic is now taking turns past the slide. Story here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) ...
... Idaho gets 34.9% of its total state general revenues from the federal government (the 16th largest share in the country). The information was provided by the Tax Foundation, via Idaho Reporter. Idaho, of course, is peopled with Teapublicans, who constantly bash the federal government....
House Speaker John Boehner of Ohio, kisses House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of Calif. after being re-elected to a third term during the opening session of the 114th Congress, as Republicans assume full control for the first time in eight years Tuesday. You write the...
Snowmobiler Barry Sadler, of Mullan, thought he was going to die after going missing Sunday. But 5 friends followed his snowmobile track and found him early Tuesday morning, hypothermic and dehydrated in the Brimstone Creek area.
Paul Turner of the SR's Slice column decided to renew his 98YO mother's newspaper subscription after struggling with the issue. She's kitten weak & doesn't read the paper often. But she has always had a subscription and, Paul, posts poignantly, she always will ...
One lane of Idaho state Highway 97 has been cleared of debris following a rock and mudslide this morning near Beauty Bay on Lake Coeur d’Alene. Traffic is taking turns past the slide. The Idaho Department of Transportation estimates the other lane will be cleared…
In today's North Idaho blogosphere roundup, Chris Carlson of Carlson Chronicles discusses fatal shooting of young mother at Hayden Walmart and Dan Gayle says "belfies" (butt selfies) are the new selfies ...
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