Observer: I hate to see you so down on the Legislature. While I agree with you that the Session was overall a bust, there were some great strides made, and a few legislators, especially from the North, worked very hard trying to build consenus and…
Transplanted Texan: This is the one thing I like about Mike Crapo - domestic violence and protecting our sisters is an issue he gets fired up about.Karen Roetter: Texan, You are right about Mike Crapo getting fired up about domestic violence. I've seen my normally…
Easter's here again, which means Jane Q. Citizen rolled out another cartoon of Huckleberries Online "Good Eggs" to be named. The eggs remain the same. But some of the Good Eggs have come and gone over the years. A moment of silence for Any Mouse,…
We want to run a logo/insignia/bug with the print Q&A version of my online chat with Mayor Sandi Bloem tomorrow. And we need a short name for it, that incorporates the cyberspace aspect. And we have about 16 hours to come up with a name.…
For the rest of Bayview Herb's post, click here.Tomorrow, April 5, marks the Eighty-eighth Birthday of Jim MacDonald. Long considered one of the Patriarchs of Bayview, Jim owns the family business across the bay. MacDonald's Hudson Bay Resort was established in 1948 by Elvin Collier…
For the latest from the UI Argonaut staff, click here."Delling was acquainted with Boss since high school, and had grown up together in the same neighborhood. According to a police report, Delling supposedly visited Boss at his parent’s Boise home during the 2006 Christmas break.…
Gary Ingram: DFO, when you first announced this interesting new approach to blogging, I thought you said it was going to be a Q & A session to help define some of the issues raised about LCDC at the Domocrat meeting last week. What happened?…
AP Photo/The Times-Picayune, Rusty CostanzaKristen Plaisance shows off her bonnet as 47 second graders from Gretna No. 2 kindergarten paraded Tuesday to a local restaurant for brunch wearing their hand-made spring bonnets, top hats and bow ties. Question: What are you going to wear for…
I have received many good suggestions re: questions for my online interview with Mayor Sandi Bloem Thursday morning -- so many that I might simply use those rather than keep checking back for new questions in real time. Regional Editor Scott Maben and I have…
In the last few weeks, I've gotten into a coupla tussles with HBO regulars, online and off. Many of you know, of course, that DanG, Mary Souza and I engaged in a three-way bout over the weekend into Monday. Some tough words were exchanged re:…
Huckleberries hears ... that North Idaho College journalism wannabe Al Williams has almost two weeks to turn in an assignment re: the men's and women's golf teams. As you may recall, the dynamic college athletic director ignored his last assignment -- what are students doing…
Ah, political speculation. It is always more interesting to read past predictions to see who was right and wrong than to speculate about what we don't know. The Hill called for comment on this yesterday. You can read the story here. Here is a prediction…
Item: Post Falls approves City Hall contract: Council hires CdA buildersfor facility, set to open next spring/Hope Brumbach, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: The long-awaited Post Falls City Hall project cleared its final hurdle Tuesday. The City Council approved a $7.1 million contract with Coeur d'Alene-based Ginno Construction…
Item: Suspect in Moscow death caught: Former UI student nabbed by Nevada cops may also be connected to another death in Boise/Joel Mills, Lewiston Tribune More Info: A 21-year-old former University of Idaho student was detained Tuesday afternoon by Sparks, Nev., police in connection with…
James Bond: It is being reported this morning that Larry LaRocco will run for the U.S. Senate Seat currently held by Larry Craig. I believe it almost certain that Larry Craig will retire. In fact, there are rumors that Statesman columnist Dan Popkey is working…
This photo supplied by NASA and the European Space Agency today is a Hubble Space Telescope view of the barred spiral galaxy NGC 1672, showing up clusters of hot young blue stars along its spiral arms, and clouds of hydrogen gas glowing in red. (AP…
Bloody Woman is at it again. Remember her? Early New Year's Day, she showed up on colleague Meghann Cuniff's Cd'A doorstep, bloody and looking for aid after she'd put a limb through a glass door in anger b/c she'd been tossed from one or two…
AP Photo/Valley News, Channing JohnsonSimon Pendleton, 17, stays in the frigid Canaan Street Lake for two minutes with Sarah Dugan, 17, back left, and Alex Jopek, 18, back right, to raise money for the Mascoma High School Outing Club, on Sunday in Canaan, N.H. This…
Left to right: Mireles, Peterson, AndersonCapt. Ben Wolfinger has released his latest weekly list of scofflaws wanted by the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department. The biggest runners this week appear to be Lisa Mireles, 29, of Coeur d'Alene, who is charged with meth possession and faces…
AP Photo/Al Hartmann, PoolErin Herrin's kidney is removed for transplanting into her daughter, Maliyah, today at Primary Children's Medical Center in Salt Lake City. The 5-year-old was separated from her conjoined twin last August. Below, Erin is comforted by her husband before surgery.Question: Who would…
Item: Protection order can't stop person hellbent on doing harm: Months of stalking end with 2 dead on UW campus/Christine Clarridge, Seattle Times staff reporterMore Info: There's no piece of paper strong enough to stop a person with a gun, an obsession and nothing left…
For the defense: (Gregory D.) Horne said if the e-mails were deemed to be public record, that would violate the separation of powers doctrine, separating the judicial from the legislative branch. He also said Kalani, as a government employee, had a constitutional right of privacy…
Baseball was back from coast-to-coast Monday. Which is your favorite major league baseball team? -- Idaho Statesman. *Mariners*Yankees*Giants*Cubs*Dodgers*Other DFO: Giants, followed by Mariners.
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.