The city of Coeur d'Alene is preparing to remove 29 properties from the River District URA, which would add roughly $1.3 million to area taxing districts. On Tuesday night, the Coeur d'Alene council voted unanimously to work with ignite cda on a deannexation proposal.
It's over. The most intense nominating fight in generations, featuring the strongest and largest GOP field in history ended at 8:58 p.m. Tuesday as RNC Chairman Reince Priebus declared Donald Trump the party’s presumptive nominee. After another rout in Indiana, Trump forced Ted Cruz from the race and with him.
The community will have multiple opportunities Thursday to honor the memory of Coeur d'Alene Police Sgt. Greg Moore. Moore, a 16-year veteran of the Coeur d'Alene Police force, was killed in the line of duty on May 5, 2015.
Betsy Russell provides an in-depth look at the race between incumbent Donald Cheatham and challenger Peter Riggs in the only contested House District 3 race. Cheatham retired to North Idaho after a career in law enforcement in southern California. Riggs is native born and the son of former Idaho Lt Gov Jack Riggs.
The 2016 National Teacher of the Year Jahana Hayes, left, reacts to being acknowledged by President Barack Obama Tuesday, during a ceremony in the East Room of the White House in Washington. Hayes is a Social Studies teacher at John F. Kennedy High School in Waterbury, Conn.
I'm still recovering from prolonged exposure to two grand-cats in Portland. But I'm back at my post at Huckleberries Central. I'm surviving on a mixture of cough medicine, Dayquil & coffee. The prognosis looks good. OTOH, you were in the capable hands of super-subs Taryn & Cindy last week.
Taylor Viydo/KREM 2 reports: "Neighbors in Post Falls fondly remember the young boy who died after being struck by a car on Monday. Phillip Geisinger, 8, was struck and killed while riding his bike in his neighborhood. Authorities identified the driver of the vehicle as 22-year-old Chadd W. Webster of Post Falls."
The Cutline Contest today features Kentucky Derby hopeful Brody's Cause in a playful mood as he gets a bath after a workout at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky. The 142nd running to the Kentucky Derby is scheduled for Saturday.
Scanner Traffic for Tuesday PM (22 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 9 more items) ...
The Idaho attorney general has charged a state House candidate and another Republican involved in a highly scrutinized political action committee with hiding the source of campaign contributions. M.C. "Chick" Heileson and Bonneville County GOP Chairman Doyle Beck were charged with one misdemeanor each Friday.
Here's the flier that was dropped in the mail today in support of Paul Amador's GOP primary challenge to state Rep. Kathy Sims, R-Coeur d'Alene. Coeur d'Alene has the opportunity to replace a legislator (Sims), who regularly votes against education, with a candidate who will support education.
State Rep. Shannon McMillan, R-Silverton, says it’s President Obama’s fault that she hasn’t been able to pass legislation in Idaho overturning EPA regulations. She told the Lewiston Tribune: “My people in Shoshone County want me to deal with the EPA. But as long as we have this president, I'm not going to get anywhere with my bills.”
Coeur d'Alene school trustees approved Monday night a halt on new out-of-district transfers, while other groups were grandfathered in and will remain at schools in the district. The move took place at the board's regular meeting, which featured a series of decisions related to addressing overcrowding at schools in the Coeur d'Alene School District.
Fresh off Tuesday’s Indiana primary, Texas Sen. Ted Cruz will head to Spokane. Cruz’s campaign announced Tuesday that Cruz will hold a rally at the Spokane Convention Center at 3 p.m. Wednesday. That’s almost three weeks from Washington’s primary. Donald Trump’s campaign has said Trump…
After all the political garbage that has filled my mailbox in recent weeks, it was nice to receive a mailer from a local politician who talked about children, education, families and the future of this great state. In fact, it was swell to hear a Republican legislator from North Idaho speak well of public education.
In her weekly legislative Scorecard for the Coeur d'Alene Press, Sandy Patano of North Idaho PAC spotlights the North Idaho legislators who voted against the common-sense Clagstone Meadows Forest Legacy project and the Idaho Fish & Game budget.
Unsurprisingly, former Idaho Gov. Cecil Andrus has issued a statement, endorsing the candidacy of Democrat James Piotrowski in the race for the seat now held by Republican Idaho Congressman Raul Labrador.
The state has received another round of bad budget news stemming from the defunct Idaho Education Network project. But it’s not immediately clear how big the problem is this time, and what it could mean for schools across the state.
The talented SR photo crew now has a blog of its own. Photojournalist Kathy Plonka shot the photo above while covering the Susan G Komen Race for the Cure this year. Two days later, she learned how significant her photo was. Also, below, you will find a link to the new Behind the Lense photo blog.
JeanieSpokane reports to Huckleberries Online that Dave Laird, who helped produced the Community Comment blog for the Spokesman-Review for quite awhile, has died. Community Comment was known for its biting wit. Dave was also part of this blog's comment section and attended several Blogfests.
The Bard of Sherman Avenue has shuffled off this mortal coil. But his poetry will linger on here at Huckleberries Online. Here's one of his earliest -- from July 11, 2002. In it, he takes a gentle swipe at "Spokane Airport Security," in wake, I suppose, of a crackdown prompted by the ongoing terrorism scare unleashed by 9/11.
Alan Littlejohn, 53, a former California fireman, wants to significantly restrict the funding of Idaho state colleges. Also, he wants to require a two-thirds vote to pass school levies. Cut, cut, cut government appears to be his motto. Meanwhile, he gets by on a $68,000-per-year pension from the state of California. Amazing but true.
I learned of the passing of my friend Tom Wobker, the Bard of Sherman Avenue, on the first day of my recent vacation, Saturday, April 23. Fittingly, he died on the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare. He didn't want a service, according to his wife. He felt the "Bard Reveal" at Blogfest 2016 was tribute enough for his fine work.
Scanner Traffic for Tuesday AM (9 items & counting) includes 64YO Alzheimers victim who left for cigarettes from Post Falls home and hasn't returned.
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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