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• Huckleberries: Kootenai Republicans’ civil war not letting up

  May 20, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B2 The battle between the conservative Reagan Republicans and the uberconservative United Conservatives of North Idaho for control of the Kootenai County Republican Party won’t end soon. Huckleberries hears that the … 1

• Huckleberries: Gookin’s stand on art funding ‘undedicated’ to facts

  May 6, 2012 in Idaho on Page B2 Coeur d’Alene has wonderful pieces of public art, from David Govedare’s “Guardians of the Lake” (aka “The Feathers”) on Northwest Boulevard to kid favorites Mudgy & Millie in five downtown … 2

• Huckleberries: Ex-NFL’er finds football a stronger tie than politics

  April 29, 2012 in Idaho on Page B7 It isn’t every day that a Dem congressional candidate in blood-red Idaho asks for support from a man who spoke at the 2008 GOP national convention on behalf of presidential …

• Huckleberries: Adams touchy about public contradiction

  April 22, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B2 Steve Adams, a new Coeur d’Alene councilman who refuses to support any issue that involves federal dollars, doesn’t like correction. After being corrected twice by City Attorney Mike Gridley for …

• ‘Nonsense’ aptly sums up recall push

  April 15, 2012 in City on Page B2 Attorney Norm Gissel has two words to describe the attempted recall against Coeur d’Alene Mayor Sandi Bloem and three City Council members: “What nonsense.” Many of you know Norm as … 2

• Huckleberries: Recall effort fueled by new lie, old rivals

  April 8, 2012 in City on Page B2 The recall election launched last week against progressive Coeur d’Alene Mayor Sandi Bloem and three City Council members is based on a fib and old grudges. A recall backer circulated … 4

• Huckleberries: Is Hagadone having his hydroplane dream again?

  March 25, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B1 Huckleberries hears that the Hagadone Corp. and allies are working behind the scenes to bring a small hydroplane regatta to the north shore of Lake Coeur d’Alene late this summer. … 5

• Huckleberries: Caucuser’s disillusionment highlights party divisions

  March 18, 2012 in Idaho on Page B1 National Libertarian blogger Lew Rockwell tells of the plight of an unnamed supporter of Ron Paul who attended the maligned Kootenai County Republican presidential caucus – the one at the … 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: Party meetings good training for young Paul fan

  February 26, 2012 in City on Page B2 You know your 3-year-old daughter is as cute as you think she is when she’s photographed by two members of different media at the recent Ron Paul confab. Nicole Hensley …

• 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 …

• Huckeleberries: Those beer goggles are hiding an ugly truth

  February 12, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B7 On TV, the commercials portray alcohol in the best of lights. A horse exercises a la Rocky Balboa to join the Budweiser Clydesdales. A sophisticated adventurer surrounded by femmes tells … 1

• Huckleberries: Rough landing for Green project

  February 5, 2012 in City on Page B10 Developer Harry Green had big plans when he bought the old Louisiana Pacific mill site on the Spokane River back when. The 33-acre Post Falls Landing project was to become …

• 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: Journey from teacher to Dope Magazine

  January 22, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B2 Meghan Ridley had resigned as a special ed teacher in the Lakeland School District and was headed for doctoral studies at Gonzaga University when we visited with her almost a … 4

• Huckleberries: Artful move may be needed to save ‘Tolerance’

  January 15, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B10 It ain’t easy jettisoning public art devoted to tolerance. But the Bonner County commissioners are trying. Artist David Kraisler’s “Tolerance” – a 10-foot steel-and-wood piece – has “graced” the courthouse …

• Huckleberries: A cage match to decide schools’ direction?

  January 8, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B9 Huckleberries knows how to settle the fight over the radical online education plan forced on Idaho’s schoolchildren by Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna and legislative accomplices last year – and …

• Huckleberries: Yuletide adornment sneaks up on Ganesha

  January 1, 2012 in City, Idaho on Page B2 Ganesha, the controversial Hindu idol in downtown Coeur d’Alene, received an unscheduled makeover during the Christmas weekend. As you may recall, some Lake City residents were upset when the Ganesha …

• Huckleberries: The Big One got away from birthday tracker

  December 18, 2011 in City on Page B2 Kerri Thoreson was keeping track of everyone’s birthdays in Kootenai County before Facebook arrived and wanted to be friends. Kerri, a woman of many hats (Post Falls councilwoman, Coeur d’Alene …

• Huckleberries: Matching views to office sought can be tricky

  December 11, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B7 Let’s play a game. Huckleberries will tell you where candidate John Green stands on issues. And you guess which office he’s seeking. Ready? On his Facebook wall, Green lists his …

• Huckleberries: Officer’s mom recalls BB gun-toting 9-year-old

  December 4, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B3 Jonathan Franco, the Rathdrum police officer who was killed in a motorcycle crash near Cusick, Wash., in September, had a lifelong love of guns. In remembrance of Jonny, on what …

• Huckleberries: Claim Palin, and region has two of top five

  November 27, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B1 Who’s the fairest conservative woman of them all? That would be former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, as far as John Hawkins of RightWing News is concerned. But U.S. Rep. Cathy … 5

• Huckleberries: Suppose nobody showed up to an election

  November 20, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B2 Five of the 13 incorporated towns in Kootenai County fell below the electoral “Mendoza Line” on Election Day, Nov. 8 – with voter turnouts of less than 20 percent. The …

• 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: NIC spookiness might mean ghost roster whole

  October 30, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B10 Coeur d’Alene has been down one ghost since the one in the basement at Senor Froggy was exorcised when the restaurant at Seventh Street and Sherman Avenue was torn down. … 1

• Huckleberries: Day brings reflection on our father

  October 23, 2011 in City on Page B2 Oct. 19 is a date that lives in family infamy. Thirty-five years ago last Wednesday, my father, Franklin, was killed in a vehicle accident. Mom was 51 then. She’s 86 … 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: ‘President Otter’ has a nice ring to it

  October 9, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page B3 Count New York Times columnist Gail Collins among those who were disappointed when New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and ex-Alaska Gov. (and Sandpoint native) Sarah Palin decided not to run …

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