Idaho citizens could soon be sharing the road with driverless cars. A Senate panel considered a bill Tuesday that would allow companies to test self-driving cars on Idaho highways. Senate Transportation Committee Chairman Sen. Bert Brackett says the plan's goal is to encourage businesses to…
AM Headlines @HucksOnline today includes daylight-saving time bill dead in Idaho Legislature+Hayden lots sold to Oregon company+Spokane County prosecutor explains wife's social media posts+ex-NIC employee could face more charges ...
Why is it that everyone is expected to sit through a christian prayer; yet when another faith wishes to offer a prayer Christians do not feel they should offer the one praying the same level of respect they constantly demand from everyone else? -- Khaliela…
Does The Bard of Sherman Avenue have a rhyme for the approaching March Madness? Of course he does.
Sandpoint is the best place to retire in Idaho, according to the financial question-and-answer website, SmartAsset, which ranked it number one with a rating of 92.73 out of 100. The site rated cities all over the U.S. based on three factors, including tax burden; availability…
If anybody ought to be leading the crusade for Rep. John Rusche's plan to install an independent inspector general to short-circuit waste, fraud and abuse in the state of Idaho, it ought to be the man at the top. After all, Gov. C.L. (Butch) Otter…
Local school districts are benefiting from a scandal that disconnected the statewide network for broadband. This happenstance should be a giant signal to the Idaho Legislature that state control was a bad idea from the beginning. Lawmakers were forced to approve $3.64 million in emergency…
She might be small, but she's a big name in Idaho economic development. Gynii Abracosa Gilliam was introduced Tuesday as the new president of Jobs Plus, Inc. Idaho's chief economic development officer in 2012 and 2013 and an economic development veteran in small and large communities for more than 20 years, Gilliam takes over for Steve Griffitts...
For years, Idaho's education vehicle has been in neutral. The Great Recession and Questionable Priorities put that vehicle on an icy hill. It has not slid forward. A new era of ambitious talk that could be a prelude to actual action resounded through the Capitol...
Jailed women in Kootenai County now have the chance to work while behind bars, an opportunity long afforded only to male inmates. Richard Eppink, legal director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Idaho, told The Press Monday that his organization received a complaint in…
It appears that Hindu chaplain Rajan Zed has split the North Idaho senators, with Sens. Vick and Nuxoll opting to boycott. And Sens. Keough and Souza deciding to pay their respects. Sen. Nonini missed the prayer because he was running late as the result of a business meeting ...
Rajan Zed, President of Universal Society of Hinduism, delivers a prayer from Sanskrit scriptures before the Idaho Senate today in Boise. The Idaho Senate convened Tuesday with a Hindu prayer for the first time since Idaho acquired statehood in 1890, drawing objections from seven lawmakers...
A judge in Kootenai County lowered the bond for former North Idaho College financial aid director Joseph M. Bekken today, even as a prosecutor said Bekken is suspected of having used federal financial aid funds to buy photographs. Bekken is accused of offering students scholarship...
A former economic development official for the state of Idaho will lead the effort to expand and diversify Kootenai County’s economy and employment base. Gynii Abracosa Gilliam of Boise is the new president of Jobs Plus, Inc., the Coeur d’Alene area economic development corporation. Gilliam...
President Barack Obama, right, smiles as outgoing Attorney General Eric Holder, left, bows to singer Aretha Franklin as she arrives in a surprise appearance to sing at an event celebrating Holder at the Department of Justice in Washington Friday. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn...
Utah's governor says he would veto a resurrected bill that would allow anyone over 21 to carry an unloaded, concealed gun without a permit. Republican Gov. Gary Herbert told reporters Tuesday afternoon that he thinks Utah's gun laws work well as they are. A Senate…
PM Scanner Traffic for Tuesday afternoon (20 items + AM Scanner Traffic link w/22 more items) includes follow to fire that destroyed home at 9th St/Garden Ave Monday night ...
Idaho says the NCAA has lifted the football team's postseason ban imposed for failing to meet academic standards for the 2009 through 2012 seasons. The school said in a statement Monday that efforts by coach Paul Petrino, who took over in December 2012, resulted in…
JohnA provides us with a brief history of one of the region's famous alcoholic drinks, "The Derailer," an Iron Horse restaurant/bar classic ...
A Coeur d'Alene man convicted of robbing banks in Oregon and Idaho was sentenced to more than eight years in federal prison this week. 35-year-old Ricky Allen Fisher pleaded guilty in December to robbing banks in Ontario, Oregon and Cottonwood, Idaho. U.S. District Court Judge…
The local blog roundup today includes Slight Detour's photos of a crispy Tuesday in Bonner County+Democrat Chris Carlson attends Benewah County Lincoln Day+7 Blog looks at Friday's openings including "Chappie"+Outdoors reports on Montana, Idaho wolf hunt ...
The City of Coeur d’Alene Arts Commission is seeking artists for its Utility Box Beautification Project. The utility boxes, which keep lights flashing and communications running, are undiscovered canvases for artists, graphic designers, photographers, illustrators, and other individuals with the imagination to cover them with their artwork.
Contractors have received $29.7 million under the voided Idaho Education Network contract. Should the state try to get this money back? It’s one of the many legal issues surrounding the defunct statewide broadband system. And it’s one many state officials don’t want to talk about.
City leaders in Coeur d'Alene said the signature piece of art at McEuen Park is not as signature as they had hoped. The $100,000 arch into the park was supposed to light up the entrance way and change colors. It is called 'Under the Rainbow.'...
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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