My extended family is on a run of birthdays this week. It started on Saturday with the birthday shared by Amy Dearest and her twin uncles. Then, Mrs. O and a niece Tuesday. Frito Ray tomorrow. Another brother-in-law the day after that. Six in seven...
A man on a bicycle, holding both an umbrella and his groceries, tries to pedal through the snow on Bob Morrison Blvd Wednesday afternoon in in Bristol Va.
At KREM 2, Taylor Viydo is in Sandpoint to cover tonight's controversial vote on a resolution in support of Syrian refugees. Taylor already has live-tweeted that people are lined up to get into council chambers. But no public comment will be allowed. There's also the rumor of a recall election.
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday PM 18 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 12 more items) ...
The Cutline Contest today features Donald Trump kissing John Wayne's daughter, Aissa, at a press conference at the John Wayne Museum in Iowa. Tuesday Winner: Phaedrus.
Sara Meyer weighs in with a thought that I share -- Coeur d'Alene isn't as conservative as the "select few like to believe." It's time for moderates and Independents to take back their city in partisan races, too.
More than 600 middle and high school students from schools in North Idaho and eastern Washington will participate in jazz clinics Feb. 1-3 at North Idaho College during the annual JazzNIC festival, culminating in a special concert at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 2, in Boswell Hall Schuler Performing Arts Center.
So here's what Idahoans will be paying $2 million to find out in the Idaho GOP "beauty contest" for president this winter: Can Donald Trump convert a January poll lead into a GOPresidential primary win? An Idaho Politics Weekly poll shows The Donald up by 11% over Ben Carson.
Ammon Bundy, one of the ring leaders of the armed occupation of the Malheur Wildlife Refuge, heard speaker after speaker in the Burns High School gym Tuesday night tell his brothers, his followers and him to go home.
In his Carlson Chronicles column, Chris Carlson admits that, as one of the few professed Democrats in Idaho, he is no fan of U.S. Sen. James Risch. However, Carlson does acknowledge Risch's political skills, intelligence and sheer energy. Now, Carlson says, Risch finally has quit coasting and is fulfilling the responsibilities of his office.
The daily roundup of posts from the Huckleberries Online blog roll includes the success of Darrell Dlouhy's Daft Badger in Coeur d'Alene. Also: Almost 2/3s/Slight Detour, Endless possibilities/Grip, 1st take: grazing/Randy Stapilus, President who?/Dogwalk Musings, Oscars: Rocky times coming/7 Blog, Appreciating Spokane's airport/Slice ...
Bert Caldwell will retire Feb. 19 after almost five years as editorial page editor of The Spokesman-Review. Associate Editor Gary Crooks will take over as opinion editor. Caldwell, 65, has worked for The Spokesman-Review nearly 32 years as a reporter, editor and business columnist.
Tina Samuel, mother of double murder suspect Eldon Gale Samuel III, is testifying in court today. She said Samuel's father was "high most of time, controlling abusive." Also, she said, that Samuel's father trained him to use knives & guns, how to kill zombies.
Coeur d'Alene Councilman Dan Gookin, local GOPower broker Angela Cross and Christmas-display-R-Us Jeremy Cross have weighed in on today's Coeur d'Alene Press editorial The editorial rightfully points out that the state GOP is working to continue to depress voter turnout. Cross's husband recently criticized Gookin in a letter to the editor.
Bonny and James Ritchie, owners of Simpsons Fish and Chips in Cheltenham, pose with their trophy after winning best British independent Fish and Chip shop of the year award, at a hotel in London today. (Question: Which North Idaho restaurant produces the best fish & chips?)
Scanner Traffic for Wednesday morning (12 items) includes aggressive driver in domestic abuse ramming taxi carrying his victim at 4th St/Birch Ave, CdA. Police are trying to find the suspect.
On her Facebook wall, state Sen. Shawn Keough, R-Sandpoint, posts: "I support the Crisis Centers-especially in Cd’A. Evidence shows they work! Helps people while saving taxpayer $."
In the daily election poll Tuesday, A plurality of Hucks Nation opposed the use of force to roust the armed occupiers of Malheur Wildlife Refuge near Burns, Ore. Today's Poll: Does the Idaho Republican Party actively work to depress voter turnout to ensure the most conservative candidates win primary nominations?
The daily roundup of AM Headlines making the news includes protesters gathering in Boise, Spokane and Moscow, among other places, to defy the Bundy message of federal land takeover. Also: Denney warns fraudulent lien filers/EOBoise, Otter's Medicaid gap plan headed to panel/EOB, Idaho has backlog of nursing home complaints/EOB ...
On her Facebook wall, Kerri Thoreson comments that people struggle to introduce her to someone else. They may mention that she's a columnist. Or city councilwoman. Or the "lady who wishes people happy birthday." Which raises a question: What thing(s) would you want included when someone introduces you?
Cindy Hval/SR Front Porch said she had to learn boy-speak to communicate with her four sons: "As my four sons grew I discovered what I really needed was a much more practical tool – a phrasebook to help me communicate clearly with the strange brotherhood of brotherhood." Question: Did you have an easier time raising sons? Or daughters?
Bernie Sanders is beating Hillary Clinton by 27 points in New Hampshire, according to a new CNN/WMUR poll. The Vermont senator is the favorite of 60 percent of the Granite State's likely Democratic primary voters, compared to 33 percent for Clinton.
A Priest River man is among the suspects in a battery at Love's Travel Stop Sunday morning that began with a thrown jalapeno. The suspect and two companions allegedly threw the jalapeno at a man in a nearby table and then beat him so badly that he needed dental work when the victim approached them.
In today's editorial, the Coeur d'Alene Press rips Idaho Republican activists who are working to further limit voter participation in the party's primary elections: "The state Republican Party is working feverishly to limit voter participation and forward only the most conservative Republican candidates." Huckleberries agrees with this analysis.
Looking south from 57th Avenue and Hatch Road, morning fog settles amongst the trees Tuesday. Light rain is in the weather forecast until Friday.
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.
