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• Huckleberries: Councilman’s free parking stratagem shot down

  April 7, 2013 in City, Idaho on Page B1 You may know that Coeur d’Alene Councilman Steve Adams decided not to appeal a judge’s decision to allow sewer expansion without a public vote. But did you know that Adams … 5

• Huckleberries: Stewart says task force satisfied with Regan apology

  February 17, 2013 in City, Idaho on Page B7 Trustee Brent Regan of the Coeur d’Alene School District has performed proper contrition for his insensitive anti-Obama joke at a recent legislative forum. Tony Stewart told Huckleberries that his Kootenai …

• Huckleberries: Breakthrough for common good – imagine that

  January 13, 2013 in City, Idaho on Page B3 ’Tis nice that warring elected officials in the Coeur d’Alene area could come together, as in times past, to do the right thing for the common good. The tentative deal …

• Huckleberries: Former Bronco goes back to Rocky Mountain ways

  December 2, 2012 in Idaho on Page B2 Jake Plummer is back in Colorado, rekindling his love for football. Last Sunday, New York Times reporter Hunter Atkins described the former quarterback’s retreat from the Denver Broncos and professional …

• Huckleberries: Wallace poetry book harks back to times past

  November 18, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B3 A book of poetry about “Wallace, Idaho,” that recalls the bygone houses of prostitution begs reading: “Every 12-year-old charged/with selling something to benefit anything/knew like the Lord’s Prayer/the first steps … 1

• Huckleberries: In storm’s aftermath, it’s the little things

  November 4, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B3 Thom George, a former Kootenai County Democratic Party chairman, moved from Seattle to New York in time for Hurricane Sandy. Luckily, the New York native and social media addict knows …

• Huckleberries: Stranded motorist gives shout-out to helpful chief

  October 28, 2012 in Idaho on Page B3 A funny thing happened to Coeur d’Alene physical therapist Gary Bartoo and son, Trey, on the way home from the new Frontier Ice Arena on Thursday night. The fuel pump …

• Huckleberries: International program debate takes ugly turn

  October 7, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B2 Coeur d’Alene is still buzzing about that 5-0 vote by the new Coeur d’Alene School Board against the Primary Years Programme at Hayden Meadows School last Monday. Of interest were …

• Huckleberries: Reagan Republicans, PR group joined at hip

  September 30, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B2 A public relations company tied closely to a Kootenai County Republican organization was paid $86,000 by eight candidates involved in the local 2012 GOP primary – five of whom won. … 3

• Huckleberries: Hart’s patriot act doesn’t pass muster

  July 8, 2012 in Idaho on Page B2 State Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, who was KO’d in the GOP primary during his ongoing battle with the IRS and Idaho Tax Commission over $600,000 in unpaid income taxes, remains …

• Huckleberries: Councilman changes tone after sending testy email

  June 24, 2012 in City on Page B2 Coeur d’Alene City Councilman Dan Gookin recovered well from a recent political faux pas. Gookin, an outspoken critic of proposed changes to McEuen Field, offered verbal balm to the town … 1

• Huckleberries: Signature-gathering can be an arresting task

  March 11, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B2 Kootenai County’s deputies regularly respond to the Hayden Wal-Mart and nearby Prairie Shopping Center businesses to roust transients and panhandlers. But not so much to the Hayden Library, farther north … 2

• Huckleberries: Kootenai County’s GOP barely sidestepped embarrassment

  March 4, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B2 Jeff Ward saved the Kootenai County Republicans from themselves when he successfully opposed their plan for Richard Mack to speak at their Lincoln Day Dinner on March 24. Ward is … 1

• Huckleberries: Claims about Santorum’s game may fall short

  February 19, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B2 Jimmy McAndrew, who caddied at the Coeur d’Alene Resort golf course before becoming a Coeur d’Alene banker, is skeptical about Rick Santorum’s golf prowess. According to eyewitnesses Tuesday, the Republican …

• Huckleberries: Human relations task force more than description

  January 29, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B7 Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations members weren’t happy with Huckleberries’ description of the venerable group last Sunday – as one that “prefers to accentuate the positive and focus …

• Huckleberries: Voters had three questions for candidate

  November 13, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B2 As you may know, seven of seven candidates endorsed by Kootenai County Reagan Republicans in four towns in Kootenai County won last Tuesday, including two of two in Coeur d’Alene. …

• Huckleberries: Trio of authors share ink-stained newsroom past

  November 6, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B2 What do Jess Walter, Richard Miller and Dan Kolbet have in common? Hint: They are ex-Spokesman-Review staffers. And? They’ve all written books. Walter, of course, parlayed his reporting of the … 1

• Huckleberries: In Spokane, charity can be expensive

  October 16, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B3 Bogus. That’s the word Jeff Selle, of Post Falls, uses for that $175 citation issued by a Spokane County health inspector to Riverside High mom Mary Beth Conklin for a …

• Huckleberries: Some bad-news sharing needs audience

  September 11, 2011 in City on Page B2 A funny thing happened to Christa Hazel, of Coeur d’Alene, while she was taking her kids to school Wednesday. The new Bryan School PTA veep got popped by CPD Blue …

• Huckleberries: These public fountains fall short of city code

  August 7, 2011 in City on Page B2 A whole lotta peein’s goin’ on in downtown Coeur d’Alene after hours. And, judging from the latest Downtown Bar Report, not all of that urine is finding its way into …

• Huckleberries: Economic times hardly comical

  July 17, 2011 in City on Page B3 Somewhere between “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” in 1986 and Priest Lake in 2011, actor Ben Stein (boring economics teacher in “Bueller”) got sexy. At least, that’s the opinion of a …

• Huckleberries: Hagadone’s partner has plenty of space to hide

  July 10, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B1 If you look from the sky, as Google Earth does, at Jerry Jaeger’s 10,000-square-foot mansion, you might think it’s shaped like a gray handgun. The house belonging to Duane Hagadone’s … 1

• Huckleberries: Solidarity is in the mind of statue beholder

  June 26, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B2 In response to criticism about the small protest against the public art statue of Hindu god Ganesha in downtown Coeur d’Alene June 10, Kootenai County Constitution Party Chairman Daniel Brennan … 3

• Huckleberries: Changes to McEuen Field will make it shine

  May 29, 2011 in City on Page B10 Huckleberries isn’t surprised that proposed changes to Coeur d’Alene’s McEuen Field attracted a crowd of boo-birds. A quarter to a third of Coeur d’Alene opposes any public project. We call …

• Huckleberries: He didn’t exactly Steele my heart

  May 8, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B1 As a reporter assigned to cover the human-rights movement in Kootenai County back in the day, I dealt with racists, too. One gave me a swastika tiepin. Another crashed his … 4

• Huckleberries: Strangers reward woman’s effort to turn life around

  April 10, 2011 in City on Page B3 Kendra Martinez has kept herself out of trouble since the days of yore when she was the object of a tug-of-war between the Kootenai County prosecutor and the public defender. …

• Huckleberries: If mermaid’s hair looks familiar, ask Cheryl

  March 20, 2011 in City on Page B2 You wouldn’t think Disney’s “The Little Mermaid” would have ties to a burg on freshwater Lake Coeur d’Alene. But the inspiration for Ariel’s hair may come from the strawberry-blond locks … 1

• Try to keep that inside the beltway

  May 16, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 I’m not one to discuss butt-crack sightings usually. Nor is Marianne Love. But when you spot the Mother of All Butt Cracks (or is that the Father of All Butt …

• An insider’s view of jail crowding

  November 22, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 Kendra Goodrick- Martinez, the ex-meth dealer who continues to go straight, was an interested observer when Kootenai County voters rejected that jail expansion proposal. She knows first-hand that a bigger …

• For waiter, free dessert has its price

  May 24, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 A funny thing happened to Nic Casey on the eve of his 30th birthday. Seems he and his wife, Bekah, decided to test-drive a relatively new eatery in town – …

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