Am I the only one anxious for the 2016 Legislature to start? My anticipation has little to do with the competency of the collective legislative crew that gathers annually in Boise. I expect little from the gaggle of legislators that North Idaho sends to Boise,...
In separate vineyard rows, two deer crest hilltop at Tranche Cellars east of Walla Walla, Wash., recently.
The new year begins with the media taking a nonstory and blowing it up into front-page stuff in The New York Times and the lead story of CNN. The story concerns a band of armed know-nothings from Nevada who have taken over the visitors center at Oregon’s Malheur National Wildlife Refuge.
PM Scanner traffic for Wednesday (13 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 21 more items) ... includes holdup alarm at Coeur d'Alene Zip Trip, cause by manager accidentally hitting button ...
The Cutline Contest today features a sack race at a Paris shopping center. Tuesday Winner: ScooterMom.
Interim Superintendent Doug Howell said the Pocatello-Chubbuck School District plans to move forward and the window is now shut for fired school lunch lady Dalene Bowden to return to her job. Bowden was dismissed from her position at Irving Middle School last month after she gave a free lunch to a hungry student.
Ken Griffey Jr. was elected to baseball’s Hall of Fame Wednesday with the highest voting percentage ever, and Mike Piazza will join him in Cooperstown this summer. A slugger of the Steroids Era never tainted by accusations of drug use, Griffey was on 437 of 440 votes in his first appearance on the Baseball Writers’ Association of America ballot.
New Sandpoint Mayor Shelby Rognstad is urging residents to support a resolution that will be discussed by the City Council that backs relocation of Syrian refugees to the United States. Rognstad writes: "This resolution is in response to the recent opposition by Bonner County and Governor Otter on this issue."
"Macy's will close its store at the Palouse Mall in Moscow" -- Moscow-Pullman Daily News tweet.
The daily roundup of posts from the Huckleberries online blog roll includes: Riding the range/Fort Boise, First Take: Hammonds/Randy Stapilus, Your weekly (brew pub) planner/On Tap, Elder abuse of a sort/Dogwalk Musings, Good service makes a good meal/7 Blog, Someone's going to die/Barrett Rainey, WCC may be down, but skill persists/SportsLink ...
When we last checked in on Toby Schindelbeck, he was trying in vain to unseat Coeur d'Alene council incumbent Ron Edinger. Now, he's headed to Boise, as a county GOP committeman to push a resolution calling for the state central committee to support halting refugee resettlement until security and economic issues are examined.
Marianne Love/Slight Detour has little use for the month of January. It's long. It's cold. And she has a terrible cough this year. She'd like to get away to a warmer climate. But that might be difficult this year with airplanes sliding off the Spokane Airport runway and all. (Question: Which month of the year do you dislike/hate most?)
A man charged with killing his wife and stepdaughter in Post Falls in 2014 pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder Wednesday. Angel Albertico Morales-Larranaga, 27, accepted a plea agreement that calls for him to be sentenced to two consecutive life sentences in prison with no chance of parole.
The historic Macy’s store in downtown Spokane will close in March, part of a wave of company store closures across the country, the company announced Wednesday afternoon. The closure will leave downtown Spokane with just one department store, Nordstrom in River Park Square.
Idaho’s new standardized test — the SBAC — could face an important midterm this legislative session. Known as the Smarter Balanced Assessment Consortium exam, the test went through a rocky rollout in 2015. Test results were delayed — and some educators say the time-consuming online test fails to provide useful data anyway.
Ken Griffey Jr., the superb centerfielder for the Seattle Mariners for so many years, will be elected to the Hall of Fame today. The only question that remains is -- How close will Griffey get to becoming a unanimous first ballot Hall of Famer. (Question: What is the greatest play that you saw Griffey make?)
AM Scanner Traffic for Wednesday (21 items & counting) ...
A Coeur d'Alene Resort worker was unable to revive a 72YO female found unconscious on the east side of the resort this morning. Her vehicle was found partially submerged at the 3rd Street boat launch. The woman was later pronounced dead at Kootenai Health.
The daily roundup of headlines making the news this Wednesday AM includes link to Coeur d'Alene Press story re: the senseless killing of a family mule in the Rathdrum area. Also: Anti-Islam speakers set talk on refugees/SR, Scott, Nate seek permitless gun carry/EOBoise, Idaho GOP to mull range of resolutions/EOBoise ...
A majority of Hucks Nation agreed with executive action taken by President Barack Obama to tight gun law regs. 155 of 286 respondents (54.2%) agreed with the president's action. 117 of 286 respondents (40.91%) disagreed. Today's Poll: What term would you use to describe Bundys & Co who are occupying the wildlife refuge near Burns, Ore.?
Huckleberries has obtained a copy of that top-secret resolution kept under wraps by the non-transparent Kootenai County Republican Central Committee. "A Call for Party Unity" resolution passed unanimously last night when the elephants gathered for a special meeting. The resolution was definitely aimed at the new Otter PAC formed by Gov. Otter.
A Fox News contributor on Tuesday suggested President Obama used raw onions to fake tears while he was talking about school shootings. “I would check that podium for like a raw onion or some no-more-tears,” Andrea Tantaros said when discussing Obama’s address earlier Tuesday about gun control. “I mean, it’s not really believable.”
Idaho's minimum wage is equal to the federal minimum wage, which is the lowest amount an employer can legally pay most workers. Set at $7.25 per hour, this means a person working 40 hours a week for 52 weeks per year will take home just $15,080 per year, less than $1,000 above the $14,570 set for national poverty line for 2-person fam.
An ancient cedar tree is helping members of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe reclaim their identity as canoe-makers. From toddlers to elders, tribal members are taking turns shaping the dugout canoe with hand tools, each fragrant cedar shaving bringing them closer to the craft they plan to paddle more than 100 miles down the Spokane River next summer.
On Wednesday, House Republicans expect to pass a bill that guts Obamacare – their 62nd attempt to repeal or undermine the Affordable Care Act. The crucial difference is that this time it will get all the way to the president’s desk, instead of being blocked by Senate Democrats. But this bill will never become law. At least, not under Obama.
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.
