I finally rode my bike to work today, much too late to properly observe the annual Ride Your Bike To Work Week. But I still beat the snow flakes (if, indeed, the snow flakes are coming this year). It was exhilarating. You notice way more...
Canada's team performs during rhythmic gymnastics group clubs and hoops competition in the Pan Am Games in Toronto Monday, July 20, 2015. Canada won the bronze medal in the event. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Senate President Pro-Tem Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, is working on a compromise bill regarding discrimination protections for gay and lesbian Idahoans, NPR reports today. In doing so, Hill told NPR's Jessica Robinson that he wants to make sure photographers, bakers and other wedding industry business aren't forced to participate in gay weddings.
Scanner Traffic for Monday PM (25 items + AM Scanner Traffic link with 24 more items) ...
The Cutline Contest for today feature fans of the Tour de France waiting, on their own special way, for the pack to pass during the 13th stage. Weekend Winner -- JohnA.
Monique Cotton, of the Spokane Parks & Recreation Division took issue with a headline in Huckleberries Online today that said a breast-feeding mother was "ordered" to continue feeding her child in a nearby city pool restroom.
According to data sets released Friday by the Idaho Board of Education, just less than 49 percent of the members of the 2014 graduating class were enrolled in a two- or four-year college 12 months after graduation. The good news? All school districts in Kootenai County beat that percentage, with Charter Academy & CdA schools leading the way ...
Daily roundup of Huckleberries Online blogosphere includes: Rump of the litter/Fort Boise, Room for doubt/Faithful Geek, Preview to retirement/Simple Mind, Monumental egos/Dogwalk Musings, Summer delights & sights/Slight Detour, Enough of Jenner already/Barrett Rainey, RP, Sockeye trucked around troubling water/Outdoors + more ...
Garrison Keillor, creator and longtime host of "A Prairie Home Companion," says the next season of the popular radio show will be his last as host. The 72-year-old Keillor has announced his retirement before, then reconsidered. But he told The Associated Press on Monday that...
The New Plymouth School District has all the reasons for having low reading scores, with a high poverty rate and limited resources, reports Chuck Malloy, Idaho Politics Weekly. But the district adopted an aggressive reading program, set realistic goals & provided teacher incentives. Now, the district is one of the top ones in Idaho for reading.
A Spokane mother of four hopes to educate others about breastfeeding laws after an incident last week at a Spokane public pool. Lydia Davis said she was hanging out with several other mothers at the Liberty Park Aquatic Center when she was asked to relocate to the family restroom to breastfeed her 10 month old.
Commenter Eddie Torreal offers questions to Carousel supporters and city officials before they get too far along in planning to put the Carousel behind Memorial Field, including: Who will operate the Carousel? The city or a private concession? And: What will the hours of operation be? Will it operate year-round? More below ...
In an article for Vanity Fair, reporter Allison Samuels interviews infamous, former NAACP chapter leader Rachel Dolezal, who still is struggling with her identity as the money runs low: "“I’ve got to figure it out before August 1, because my last paycheck was like $1,800 in June,” Dolezal told Vanity Fair reporter Allison Samuels.
Scanner Traffic for Monday AM (24 items & counting) includes deputies confronting two sets of three individuals -- on east end of Fernan Lake and on Avista Island, near Post Falls Dam -- to extinguish campfires, due to extremely dry forest conditions.
Ashley Madison, a website that helps millions of married people cheat on their spouses, has lost a trove of personal and confidential information to hackers who are threatening to release the data of more than 37 million users. News of the data hack comes at a time when Ashley Madison's parent company has backed a related TV show.
The BigFoot KickBall League has stoked friendly fires of competition for young and old alike. Sunday marked the launch of the second season of the BigFoot KickBall League. The league consists of seven teams from local restaurants/bars, and the players ranged from the college-set to the gray-haired, young at heart group. Cindy reports on it.
John McCain said Donald Trump doesn't owe him an apology but should express sorrow to other prisoners of war and their families. "I think he may owe an apology to the families of those who have sacrificed in conflict and those who have undergone the…
AM Headlines for Monday includes: Idaho Reports/Press, Hayden reports sewage spill/Press, Timberlake Fire chief resigns/Press, Bonners Ferry crash sends 3 to hospital/Press, Kootenai County rental prices reasonable/Press, Athol-Spirit Lake blaze burns 12 acres/CdA Press, High temperatures at local lakes threaten aquatic life/SR + more ...
The Weekend Poll provided a result that surprised me. Most of Hucks Nation has contributed to a political campaign. That means, I guess, that Hucks Nation is politically active. Today's Poll? Does it bother you that Idaho is out of step with neighboring states that allow some form of pot use?
Mullan Avenue has moved to the top of the city's list in master planning efforts to improve Coeur d'Alene's 4 Corners area. And it appears location of the old Carousel behind Memorial Field is a driving force in that move. City Administrator Jim Hammond says the goal is to accommodate the Carousel without cutting into City Park.
In his weekly column for the Lewiston Tribune, Opinion Editor emeritus Bill Hall writes of bygone days when farmers argued over cars and cows. They would poke fun at each other over they car they drove -- Chevy or Ford. But they got dead serious when conversation turned to which milk cow was better.
A new study by a rural education group examined the 42 of Idaho’s 115 school districts that have gone to four-day school weeks as a money-saving move, and found that none have seen significant savings as a result. “Minimal savings could be achieved by reducing…
In the Lewiston Tribune, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase is arguing for an Idaho moratorium on the Death Penalty. He points out that prisoners assigned to Death Row endure slow mental and emotional torture that claim their lives before an execution can be carried out. That has happened to 4 Idaho Death Row prisoners. Thoughts?
A Hayden letter writer told Coeur d'Alene Press readers that he's offended every time he talks to a liberal. The focus of that comment was provided by a letter writer last week who said she was offended that a Confederate flag was displayed at the Independence Day parade. O'Daniel concludes: "HEY get over it."
A ceremony dedicating the North Idaho Medal of Honor Highway route will be held at noon Saturday at St. Maries High School. Idaho Highway 3 from Spalding on the south end to Interstate 90 on the north end was approved by the state as the...
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.
