I'd don't know whether you've noticed that I've been tweaking things a bit this week at HBO. Inside Huckleberries has become a regular feature. There's more of Betsy Russell's Eye On Boise. I've moved the "APhoto of the Day" cutline winners up at the end…
Full column here (courtesy of Jim Meehan/Idaho Vandals)The T-shirts, bearing a huge likeness of Dennis Erickson’s smiling face, cropped up all over town about a year ago. These days, some University of Idaho football players have found creative uses for the shirts. The most popular…
*Pecky Cox/As The Lake Churns sends along a poignant YouTube video, "Children See, Children Do," here....*Jerry Jaeger's secretary just called with details of the memorial service for shoeshiner Kenny Young. The memorial is Wednesday (Jan. 31) at 11 a.m. in Bays 1 and 2 of…
Full post hereTwo days ago there was a story in The Coeur d'Alene Press (read it right here) about the first black fire fighter in the city. It was a story that sort of semi ignited the issue of racism in North Idaho. Well, actually,…
Molly Ivins speaks at the University of Texas in Austin, Texas, Nov. 15, 2006. Ivins, a liberal Texas columnist, has been hospitalized in her ongoing battle with breast cancer, her assistant said earlier today. Ivins may be able to go home Monday, Betsy Moon said.…
Full UI Argonaut editorial hereIt’s hard not to be cynical this time of year. After all, this is when University of Idaho President Tim White and his peers stand in front of the Idaho Legislature’s joint finance committee and present their idealized budget requests, which…
Cis: Last night my daughter and I had a discussion about Bush speech ... one small part ... and I haven't see it mention anywhere. So did I dream it? That is the taxing of the employee's insurance. If I understood it right, what ever…
Issue: Ban on global-warming film sparks heated debate: School board opts for 'balance' of viewpoints/Blaine Harden, Associated PressMore Info: The e-mail also pressured the school board to impose a ban on screenings of the film for the district's 22,500 students. The ban, which the school…
Political Cartoon/Noah Kroese
Every year the McCall Winter Carnival has the Beard, Hairy and Sexy Leg Contest. Starting in November, contestants can’t shave their beards (men) or their legs (women). Would you participate? -- Idaho Statesman. *Yes*NoDFO: How about a best white mustache contest?
Remember the fun we had with the pronunciation of Kootenai (Koot-NEE) County? Well, Art Anderson/Mullan asks whaddabout us over here in Shoshone County? How can anyone mispronounce Shoshone? "I think we can all agree it's Sho-shone," Art e-mails, "but I have heard people who should…
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.
