In an op-ed article for the Idaho Statesman, Travis Long says there's appeal to the push by Tea Party legislators for state control of public lands. You have to dig deeper to find out what's really going on here, the Idaho Deer Alliance official writes. The crusade really is about ceding control of fed lands to the elite and not average Idahoans.
Anyone who has seen robins on worm patrol in the back yard should appreciate the latest offering of The Bard of Sherman Avenue.
I was expecting Lawerence Denney, the highly partisan former House Speaker, to begin his tenure as Secretary of State by ruling the former office of Pete Cenarrusa and Ben Ysursa with an iron, partisan hand. But Denney has been a surprise so far. As Bill Dentzer of the Idaho Statesman reports, he has gone about his business quietly, efficiently.
Do you know anyone who supports the GOPresidential bid of Donald Trump. Daniel Walters doesn't, despite his "vast variety of ideological diversity ... in both real life and on social media."
Lynn Borders, former fire chief of the Post Falls Fire Protection District, has thrown his hat in the ring for the seat of retiring Post Falls Councilman Skip Hissong. Borders is the second local person to declare his candidacy for a City Council position. Dan English has announced he will run for the Coeur d'Alene council.
Seventy acres of poplars on the Rathdrum Prairie rustled in a hot, summer breeze, flashing silvery-green leaves. Someday, cars and trucks could be running on fuel made from the trees. A $40 million research project, funded by the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is studying poplars’ potential to produce cellulose-based biofuels.
The first day of Patti MacDonald's trial in Kootenai County District Court centered around a phrase and a scarf. MacDonald, 60, is accused of attacking a hunter's falcon in January near the site of a Halloween corn maze attraction in Hauser. On Monday, a jury…
Saturday will be a day of patriotism as Fourth of July events in Coeur d'Alene start with the annual American Heroes Parade. The parade begins at 11 a.m. on Sherman Avenue and 15th Street, moving west toward Government Way. Question: How do you plan to spend the 4th of July?
We've turned the calendar to the second half of 2015 -- and the season for dreadful tattoos has begun. If you don't believe me, head to the waterfront and check out the baking flesh. More heat = less clothes = tattoos on parade. The more...
A character on a float gives a thumbs-up along the Canada Day parade route through Port Credit today in Mississauga, Ontario. The holiday celebrates the joining of provinces to create Canada in 1867. (Peter Powers/The Canadian Press via AP)
A New York Times writer has triggered a social media firestorm by suggesting that readers add peas to guacamole dishes to make the beloved avocado stretch further. What do you think of that idea?
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday PM (27 items & counting + AM Scanner Traffic link) includes transient with machete found sleeping in grass near Safeway gas station on Government Way ...
Today's Cutline Contest features a GOPresidential candidate Rand Paul at an Iowa meet-and-greet. Tuesday Winner -- JohnA.
Huckleberries Online doesn't know what to make of a YouTube posting featuring Dan Popkey, press secretary for Congressman Raul Labrador, rapping about PolyPro. If you think I'm kidding, see for yourself. Is this another sign that the end is near?
The HucksOnline blogosphere roundup today launches with a sobering look of predators and their diet in the wild, from Outdoors blog. Plus: Go fourth/On Tap, The egg & I/Simple Mind, We know some terrorists/Fort Boise, If you're looking for heart .../Dogwalk Musings, All in a day in June/Slight Detour + more ...
The new school board members Casey Morrisroe and Tambra Pickford were sworn in at the School District office by clerk Lynn Towne at noon today. The public swearing-in will be on Monday, July 13.
I'm wondering if ignite cda (the urban renewal agency formerly known as Lake City Development Corp) is catching guff for re-branding because, among other things, Coeur d'Alene residents are tired of the rebrandings? I don't like Kootenai Health all that much. The hospital will remain KMC, or Kootenai Medical Center, for me for awhile yet.
There's quite a bit of hubbub on my Facebook feed re: the decision by Warner Bros. to yank "The Dukes of Hazzard" reruns. The Confederate flag on the iconic "General Lee," the 1969 Dodge Charger featured in many Dukes' car chases, was the deal breaker. Some say that the decision to yank the program is PC run amok. What say you?
Mandolyn Hume does a bang-up business at the Night Market in Kendall Yards in Spokane. Hume makes and sells gourmet popsicles in flavors like raspberry-basil, cucumber-apple and cold brew coffee. Question: Which flavor of popsicle is your favorite? Red?
Given the venue for her latest reading for "War Bonds: Love Stories from the Greatest Generation," Cindy was surprised when her husband, Derek, offered the encouragement: "Knock 'em dead."
Eden Irgens, owner of RangeNW, has provided a fact sheet of the significant economic impact that urban renewal has had on the city of Coeur d'Alene.
Commenter Scuba Steve defends the move by North Idaho College to charge $5 for parking on its campus during the 4th of July. Scuba sez NIC is charging the fee to pay for extra security, custodial costs & restroom supplies. If you don't want to pay the fee, sez Steve, walk a little farther to get to Coeur d'Alene's water front.
In Oregon today, recreational marijuana is now legal. Oregon became the fourth state -- all in the West -- to legaliza marijuana, following Colorado, Washington and Alaska. Why do you suppose all that states that have legalized marijuana are in the western part of our country?
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday AM (10 items & counting) includes female in wheelchair who left Coeur d'Alene retirement center without telling anyone but was quickly located.
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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