Should we hold Blogfest 2015 on Valentine's Day? Feb. 14, after all, falls on the Saturday closest to the actual 11th anniversary of Huckleberries Online, Feb. 16. However, I can think of a number of sweethearts out there, including Mrs. O, who might object to sharing Valentine's Day with my blogfest crowd. Would you prefer Saturday, Feb. 7, or ...
Jack CDA-ecs (Skyline_Productions.com) posted this on his Facebook wall, in case you lost your walkie-talkie yesterday. You might still find it at Lakeside Avenue & Northwest Boulevard.
By the nature of my 40-plus years’ work as a journalist, most days I am rarely at a loss for words. Wednesday was an exception. Like the rest of the civilized world, I struggle to understand the murderous attack on the satirical French newspaper, Charlie…
Let's hope the ambitions Idaho's lawmakers have set for public school spending are more than what Senate President Pro Tem Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, is suggesting. Writing earlier this week in the Idaho Falls Post Register, Hill said he expected to return Idaho education spending to…
Kootenai County will conduct a swearing-in ceremony for newly elected county officials 10 a.m. Monday in Rooms 1A and 1B of the County Administration Building. The officials being sworn in are: Assessor Mike McDowell, Commissioners Marc Eberlein and David Stewart, Coroner Warren Keene, Clerk Jim…
The Bard of Sherman Avenue pays homage to victims of Islamic terrorist attack on Charlie Hebdo ...
Elvis Presley would have been 80 today, if he'd lived. How has the music of Elvis Presley affected you? Do you have an all-time favorite Elvis Presley song?
And now a word from Keith & Bent at North Idaho Cider: "We did a Fort Grounds Grill launch party just before Christmas and Cindy posted it for us. If you're looking for fodder today to fill in some cracks we're doing one today at...
Top Item of Morning: Highway 97 blocked at Beauty Bay after hill side collapses onto it, according to ISP. (Victor Correa/KHQ provides photo of mudslide)
Columnist Marty Peterson writes: "With the GOP so firmly in control of Congress, Idaho's most underreported news story has to be the emergence of the Idaho delegation as potentially one of the most influential and powerful state delegations in the country. It is a delegation…
In a press conference this morning, legislative leaders told reporters they are concerned with 'instant racing' terminals at Post Falls and other Idaho places. Idaho tribes are calling them illegal. Today's AM Headline roundup ...
Wednesday Poll: A plurality of Hucks Nation believes Congressman Raul Labrador "sold out" when he voted for a third term for House Speaker John Boehner. 30 of 73 respondents (41.1%) said Labrador sold out his beliefs by supporting Boehner, who is despised by Labrador's Tea…
The end of discrimination against gay, lesbian and transgendered citizens hasn’t been swift, but it is inevitable. A review of recent developments shows that Idaho’s dogged resistance may be subsiding. Two-thirds of Idahoans believe the state should prohibit discrimination in housing and the workplace, according…
Gov. Butch Otter is addressing reporters this morning at the Idaho AP Legislative Preview. “Financially speaking, the state is in great shape,” he said. “So my budget is going to reflect that.” He’ll still stick to his promise to try to grow state government at…
Kootenai County Finance Director Dave McDowell said his resignation this week was over differences in operating philosophies with County Clerk Jim Brannon. McDowell had been the county's finance director for 14 and a half years, and his last day was Monday. Before that, he was...
Former Athol City Clerk Sally Hansen has been charged with allegedly stealing more than $400,000 during her five years on the job. In paperwork filed with the U.S. District Court on Tuesday, Assistant U.S. Attorney Traci Whelan alleges Hansen embezzled $417,879. "During 2009 to 2014,…
Diane Richardson plays fetch with her 2-year-old dog Oliver at the Central Bark dog park in Coeur d’Alene on Wednesday afternoon. The City of Coeur d’Alene leased the land from Grace Bible Church for three years to keep the off leash dog park. (Coeur d'Alene…
If all the ultra-conservatives in Spokane and Spokane Valley moved to Idaho and all the liberal progressives in the Idaho Panhandle moved to Washington, how would the numbers break down? -- Paul Turner, The Slice. Today's full Slice column here. DFO: Methinks there'd be a…
The Kootenai County prosecutor intends to seek the death penalty for a man charged with murder in the deaths of his wife and her young daughter in Post Falls last summer. Prosecuting Attorney Barry McHugh has filed a notice of intent to seek the death…
Techmeister Dan continues to work away at the various tweaks that are needed to make the new blog system fully operational. On Tuesday, I learned a few tricks of the new blog, including how to post the daily poll. Overall, I'm still pleased by the...
A woman holds up her hands bearing the words "Not afraid" in French during a gathering in solidarity of the victims of a terror attack against French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo in Paris today. Masked gunmen stormed the Paris offices of a weekly newspaper that…
Just bought gas for $1.85/gallon! I guess the dream of the nineties is alive in Coeur d'Alene -- Facebook Friend. Question: Anyone purchase gas for less than $1.85/gallon recently?
Wednesday afternoon's Scanner Traffic (18 items + AM Scanner Traffic link, so far) ...
Today's Cutline Contest features Princess Charlene and Prince Albert of Monaco introducing their twin babies to the world.
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.
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