“When you run a campaign that is honest and straightforward with no lies you end up a winner,” said Edinger. “And that’s what happened tonight with Al, John and myself. We were out there and met the people and didn’t spread any stories or tell…
9:42 p.m.: Final results are in. Countywide, 8349 votes were cast, with a turnout of 21.53%.9:38 p.m.: Erica just talked to Al Hassell on the phone (he declined to comment on the numbers yet) and now is talking to Ron Edinger.9:35 p.m.: We'll have Athol…
Post Falls Seat No. 1Kristy Reed Johnson -- 604 (30.32 %) Jack Evans -- 378 (18.98 %) Kerri Thoreson -- 1,010 (50.70 %) Seat No. 5 Angela Alexander -- 764 (37.77 %) Skip Hissong -- 1,259 (62.23 %) Seat No. 6 Linda Wilhelm -- 904…
Let's play a little best-of while we wait for the results to begin rolling in. Who:1. Was the best new candidate?2. Ran the best campaign?3. Had the best yard sign?4. Will pull the upset of the night?5. Tossed the most mud?6. Best candidate (incumbent or…
7:14 p.m.: At 6:35 p.m., I was voter 784 at the PF armory location. Had to stand in line for about 15 minutes. The line was about 35-40 people deep the whole time I was there -- Bent.5:45 p.m.: We're having an exciting election at…
John Froschauer/AP PhotoFrederick Russell, center, stands with attorneys Diana Lundin, left, and Diego Vargas, as the guilty verdict is read in the trial of at the Cowitz County Courthouse in Kelso, Wash., this afternoon. He was charged with three counts of vehicular homicide and three…
Item: Duncan's lawyers want indictment thrown out/Betsy Russell, Spokesman-Review/Eye On BoiseMore Info: Attorneys for convicted murderer Joseph Duncan have filed papers in court seeking to have his federal indictment for kidnapping, killing and child molesting thrown out because they contend Idaho’s grand juror selection rules…
Carla Metzler/AP Photo/Guinness World Records This photo released by the Guinness World Records shows Jackie Bibby in a see-through bathtub with 87 rattlesnakes, in Dublin, Texas, Monday. Bibby spent about 45 minutes in the tub shattering his own record by 12 snakes.Top Cutlines1. Jack Bibby…
... time for me to step out from the office a bit to vote myself. Any suggestions re: who I should support in the Coeur d'Alene City Council elections. ;-)I was No. 110 in Precinct 52 (7th Day Adventist) at 3:50 p.m.
A Berry Picker just called to say there's a for-sale sign outside the popular ice cream parlor on Sherman Avenue.
AP Photo courtesy of Osmond familyThis undated photo released courtesy of the Osmond family shows the Osmond family, from top row left: Wayne, Tom, Virl, Merrill, center row from left: Jay, George, Marie, Olive, Alan and foreground Jimmy and Donny. George Osmond, patriarch of Osmond…
Sparky: Cruisin in Sandpoint started and ended at the beach. Spring skinny dipping and the full fall plunge were what we did win the buzz was upon us. The type of car was never the big deal at least for me. My husband's Camaro was…
Robin Loznak/Great Falls Tribune, AP PhotoA male belted kingfisher perches on a barbed wire fence while hunting for fish in the Missouri River near Great Falls, Mont., Monday.1. A man was attacked, killed and eaten by a pack of wolves in Saskatchewan, Canada. A jury…
Use this thread to let HBOers know what's happening at the various polls:10:52 a.m.: Thom George called from his precinct (46-47) polling place to say that a St. Pius X poll worker said there'd been a steady stream of voters. But the turnout in those…
Carla Metzler/AP Photo/Guinness World Records This photo released by the Guinness World Records shows Jackie Bibby in a see-through bathtub with 87 rattlesnakes, in Dublin, Texas, Monday. Bibby spent about 45 minutes in the tub shattering his own record by 12 snakes.
Recent events at the paper seem to have brought out one or two particular trolls who delight in messing things up. One whose identity is known to us, has now hacked into our blog administrative systems. That is a crime, a felony. We'll be pursuing…
Robin Loznak/Great Falls Tribune, APA black widow spider walks on a mirror in a garage at a home in Great Falls, Mont., on Monday.
JimmyMAC: I gotta give it to DanG. He is really putting an effort into his candidacy. Same for Brannon. I know they have help out there but they are really pulling out all the stops. I was suprised there weren't people with signs for Edinger,…
Item: Campus deals with death of student: Eighteen-year-old woman commits suicide in bathroom of third-floor dorm room with .38 gun/Andrew Ford, North Idaho College SentinelMore Info: According to Abbott, the police asked her again if everyone was all right and asked if a bullet had…
RadRevDwh: Some of the $18M was authorized by voters as a bond and an adjustment of the cerified 2006 budget may have been warranted. Authorizing $3,000,000 to fill a hole with poor quality waste dirt from a manmade lake that was estimated to cost only…
Idawa: Seattle can barely support 2 newspapers and the only the way that it is achieved is with a complicated joint operating agreement (the Times actually prints the PI and does their ads and circulation). I am not surprised, in this day and age, that…
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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.
