A plurality of Hucks Nation (41.94%) said it planned to vote in the Idaho GOPresidential primary March 8. However, a larger combined group planned to sit out the GOPrez primary or participate in the Democratic presidential caucus. Today's Poll: Is political correctness as big problem in this country?
The Bard of Sherman Avenue provides insight into the impact of legalized marijuana in Spokane.
In her Front Porch column, Cindy Hval wonders if The Spokesman-Review hates cats. She: "Imagine my surprise when I found it on the front page of last Thursday’s features section. I blinked and rubbed my eyes, but there it was in living color – proof that this good paper had gone to the dogs."
Idaho lawmakers are responsible for the deaths of close to 1,000 Idahoans in the past three years because they’ve refused to expand Medicaid, the doctor who treated 36-year-old Jenny Steinke of Idaho Falls, who died of complications from asthma, told a panel of senators Tuesday.
Condor theorize that many Americans support Donald Trump because he's not politically correct: "There is one thing that Trump does that enamors him to many and alienates himself to just as many. He capitalizes on the fact that among the many rights Americans have, "The Right To Not Be Offended" is not one of them ..."
After a year of behaving himself, comments Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune, Secretary of State Lawerence Denney is back to his old tricks of intense partisanship. Trillhaase spotlight legislation Denney has introduced to "fix" a little-known section of the state's Sunshine laws that will protect his political cronies.
In a letter to the Coeur d'Alene Press editor, John Tappero of Spirit Lake criticizes columnist Chris Carlson for commenting on the American Redoubt movement -- and how it impacts North Idaho. The Redoubt movement encourages conservatives to move to states like Idaho, Montana and Wyoming, where they'll find compatible political philosophies.
For the first time since the passage of Washington's safe-haven law in 2002, someone has left a baby at Spokane Fire Department Station 8. The safe haven law allows a parent to leave a newborn who's less than 3 days old with staff at a hospital or fire station, no questions asked.
Fritz Wiedenhoff has announced he will challenge incumbent Rep. Vito Barbieri, R- Dalton Gardens, for the Republican nomination for Legislative District 2, seat A. “I am a conservative Republican coupled with a strong passion for public service as well as serving the community,” he said in a press release.
The jailed leader of an armed group that took over an Oregon wildlife preserve struck a defiant tone Tuesday while again urging four holdouts to leave, saying local residents should control the federally owned property and U.S. officials do not belong there.
I like Groundhog's Day. Big time. My father was born on Groundhog's Day in 1921. And Big Earl, one of my BFFs, is a Groundhog's Day baby. Beyond that, as I've said off and on for the last month, I consider Groundhog's Day to be the beginning of the end for winter. It might huff and puff some after Feb. 2. But it's on the way out.
Bee Cave Bob the armadillo emerges from his burrow in Bee Cave, Texas, to declare an early Spring at the 7th annual Armadillo Day on Tuesday. Every February 2, on Groundhog Day, the Benevolent Knights of the Raccoon host their own version, Armadillo Day, with live country music, chili and tamales to watch the armadillo forecast the weather.
Writing for the University of Idaho Argonaut, Erin Bamer argues that Donald Trump deserves credit for shaking things up and prompting Americans to tune into the 2016 presidential campaign earlier than usual -- not that Erin would ever vote for Trump.
Scanner Traffic for Tuesday PM (18 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 16 more items) ...
The Cutline Contest today features an eagle that has been trained to snag drones flying in restricted areas in The Netherlands, such as large outdoor events. Monday Winner: gitrdun.
Congressman Raul Labrador is confident that Republicans can repeal Obamacare if the country elects a Republican president in November: "We can repeal Obamacare and replace this failed experiment with a patient-centered system that meets America’s health care needs and reduces our deficit.”
It was by no means a stinging rebuke or a public shaming. But the timing of Gov. Butch Otter’s latest guest opinion is notable. On Tuesday, the governor used his bully pulpit to press the case for his education budgets — and subtly place a little pressure on fellow Republicans in the Legislature.
The dividing line over a monthlong armed standoff in this rural Oregon community deepened Monday. Hundreds of people converged on the county courthouse lawn to send a singular message to the remaining occupiers at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge and their supporters: Go home. However, the occupation backers aren't heeding message.
The House on Tuesday failed to override President Obama's veto of a bill that would have repealed key provisions of Obamacare and stripped federal funding from Planned Parenthood. The 241-186 vote to override the veto fell short of the two-thirds needed, ensuring that the Affordable Care Act will remain in place at least through Obama's tenure.
You could call Dawna McCallum a little superstitious, and it’s paying off for the Cheney woman. McCallum won $52,000 in the Idaho Lottery in 2012, and last week she won $100,000 in an Idaho Lottery scratch game called Big Timber. The woodsy name resonated with her. McCallum was on her way to a social event, "Working Women's Wednesday."
Eye on Boise roundup begins with Medicaid expansion hearing: Dr. Kenneth Krell, director of critical care at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center in Idaho Falls, offered chilling testimony to senators today about Idaho’s failure to expand Medicaid to cover 78,000 Idahoans who now fall into a coverage gap. More posts from Betsy below.
The daily roundup of posts from Huckleberries Online blog roll includes unusual sighting of deer at City Park. Also: First Take: Iowa/Randy Stapilus, The rightward march/Barrett Rainey, Idaho economy big on guns/Outdoors, Will we have peace today?/Simple Mind, The blind man & the elephant/Fort Boise, We were getting used to this/Grip ...
Employees at the Post Falls Library caught a patron viewing pornography on a library computer -- a no-no. When asked to leave, he refused and argued with employees. More below.
Singer Adele is asking presidential candidates to stop using her music at their campaign events. "Adele has not given permission for her music to be used for any political campaigning,” a spokesman for Adele said today. Trump has played the British singer’s "Rolling in the Deep" in Oklahoma and the "Skyfall" theme at an event in Ohio.
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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