I'm back from a two-day, mini-vacay in which I helped my two Kootenai County sibs host my brother and sister-in-law who were visiting from central California. The respite paved the way for Super Sub Taryn to test-drive the controls of Huckleberries Online. Taryn did a superb job.
Republican presidential candidate, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tx., wears cowboy boots during a rally at Liberty Plaza in Atlanta on Saturday.
U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, battling for delgate victories in Super Tuesday voting, plans to visit North Idaho on Saturday, according to his campaign’s state director. Norm Semanko said he received “official word from the Cruz Campaign” that the Republican presidential hopeful will appear that afternoon at the North Idaho Fairgrounds.
Donald Trump has been projected as the winner of the GOP presidential primaries in Alabama, Massachusetts and Tennessee, a major boost for the billionaire on a night when Trump hopes to seize control of the GOP race. ... In the Democratic race, former secretary of state Hillary Clinton seemed poised to dominate in many of the Super Tuesday states.
The Cutline Contest today features cleaning operations for Michelangelo's famous statue of David in Florence, Italy. We haven't had a Cutline Contest for several days. So I'll give you the winner of the Cutline Contest from Thursday: JohnA.
Scanner Traffic for Tuesday AM (11 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 10 more items) includes successful search for 10YO girl who left Canfield Middle School grounds ...
A roundup of Eye on Boise posts today begins with the 56-13 House vote in favor of a bill that requires women seeking abortions to be provided with a state-compiled list of providers who give them free ultrasounds.
Leap Day didn't catch The Bard of Sherman Avenue off guard. He offers up his ode to Leap Year in 5 short words. Enjoy
My visiting brother, Ed, and I checked out the new Starbucks in Ironwood Square, across from Shopko. I liked it. I'll go back. First, it's roomier than the now vacant spot next to Super Cuts in the Albertson's strip mall to the south. Starbucks has moved into the old brick Schlotzky's sandwich shop on the north side of the Ironwood Square lot.
Fort Boise points us to an op-ed in the New York Times by Peter Wehner that asks, "What Wouldn't Jesus Do?" Among other things, Wehner sez, Jesus wouldn't vote for Donald Trump (if He voted). And he can't understand why Evangelicals are smitten by him (excluding the host Evangelical of this blog who can't understand Passion for the Trump either).
The daily roundup of posts from the Huckleberries Online blogosphere includes: 2 sides/Faithful Geek, Smart car/Simple Mind, Dumbfounding/Fort Boise, Leapin' & hopin'/Slight Detour, From a podcast/Randy Stapilus, Your weekly (pub) planner/On Tap, Boys behaving badly/Dogwalk Musings, March came in like which animal?/Slice ...
In a news release today, Paul Amador of Coeur d'Alene announced plans to run for state Rep. Kathy Sims' House District 4B seat: Paul Amador (R) will formally announce his candidacy for House Seat 4B (currently held by state Rep. Kathy Sims, R-Coeur d'Alene), at...
A collection of letters, photographs and autographs from World War II aviators, from the famous as well as unsung flyboys, sets apart a Spokane woman's hobby from most others. Jill Chandler has been compiling her collection since she graduated from Newport High in 1982. SR columnist Doug Clark writes about the collection today.
Candidates have filed to oppose incumbents Shannon McMillan in House District 7A and Don Cheatham in House District 3B, according to an Eye on Boise blog post. Also, you'll see in the link to Betsy's post that state Sen. Mary Souza and state Rep. Kathy Sims, both R-Coeur d'Alene, have filed with the Secretary of State to run again from District 4.
Like a collection of pre-Instagram photos with no filters to blur the hard edges, “Learn to Swim” (University of Hell Press, 2015) offers an unsentimental yet moving snapshot of a 10-year friendship. Author Joseph Haeger, 29, was inspired to write the novella-length memoir by the death of his best friend since sixth grade on Thanksgiving Day 2007.
In his column for Idaho Politics Weekly, Chuck Malloy spotlights a bill that he calls the "Common Sense Act of 2016." SB 1330 requires school districts to establish policies on diabetes self-management in the classrooms. Comments Malloy: "To be blunt, there should not be the need for a new law to implement common sense."
The University of Idaho is analyzing its options for football affiliation following the Sun Belt Conference’s decision to move forward with a 10-team league after the 2017 football season. “We are disappointed by the Sun Belt’s decision,” said Chuck Staben, UI president. (Q: Time to go back to the Big Sky Conference in football, too?)
Linda Lantzy of Idaho Scenic Images provides this viewtiful scenic of the sun rise over Mica Bay Sunday morning.
Scanner Traffic for Tuesday AM (10 items & counting) includes a vehicle fire shortly before noon that's threatening trees in Nettleton Gulch area ...
In the weekend poll, a plurality of Hucks Nation said it would vote for GOPresidential frontrunner Donald Trump in next Tuesday's $2M closed Idaho Republican primary. Today's Poll: Will the Idaho Republican Primary mean anything next week, after we know the results of Super Tuesday this week?
Here it is Super Tuesday, and the Idaho Republican Primary is ... next week. Perhaps some insiders can explain how our state got pushed to likely irrelevance? Did we imagine we'd get some attention if things weren't decided by ST? (Q: Will the $2M Idaho Republican Primary mean anything next week, after we know the results of Super Tuesday today?
The daily roundup of AM Headlines today includes news that Gov. Butch Otter's 101YO mother, Regina Otter, has died. Also: Nonini pursues vets home funding/Press, Legislators call for boost in school funding/SR, Zag McClellan named top WCC defender/SR, Cop rescues suicidal male from bridge/KXLY, Fugitive wanted in 2 states caught in Worley/Press.
In a Lewiston Tribune editorial Monday, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase notes that the Who's Who of conservative Republicans voted in the House recently to raise your property taxes, including: Vito Barbieri, Ron Mendive, Don Cheatham & Heather Scott. All voted to eliminate the indexing mechanism from the homeowners exemption.
Idaho 1st District Congressman Raul Labrador filed for re-election today, seeking a fourth two-year term in the U.S. House.
State Rep. Luke Malek, the favorite target by Tea Party leaders who don't like his balanced approach to legislating, has announced he will run for a third team from Coeur d'Alene's House District 4. Malek defeated GOPrimary challenger Toby Schindelbeck in a race 2 years ago that was closer than it should have been, thanks to the closed primary.
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.
