Seems this is the first evening in the rest of my journalism career, now that I've been moved to full-time Huckleberries columnist. I'm walking on Cloud 9 -- so much so that time got away from me and I no longer have time to post…
On MSNBC a few minutes ago, reporter Dan Abrams quoted Larry Craig spokesman Dan Whiting as saying that the most likely scenario for the embattled senator is resignation. "As of October 1," Abrams intoned, "there will be a new senator from -- (wait for it)…
I just wrote this for tomorrow's Huckleberries print edition. I'll expand on it in the comments section. Basically, I've finally reached my long-time goal of becoming a full-time online and print columnist. That means I'll finally have time to try even more things here.When I…
Summer days blur into each other, but now that school has started up again I'm reminded that some days are better than others. Like most people, I used to enjoy Friday the most. For all the obvious reasons. But now I think my favorite day…
Jill McLane Baker/AP Photo/Kalamazoo GazetteA street near Northwood Elementary in Kalamazoo, Mich., has the word school misspelled on the pavement on Wednesday. Crews were expected to correct the mistake Thursday. You write the cutline.Top Cutlines1. In nearby Milwaukee, the same crew's shoddy work was blamed…
Just talked with Hayden City Clerk Vicki Rutherford re: council races there. So far, no surprises -- other than the fact that Councilman Chris Beck (who occasionally posts comments at Huckleberries Online) won't seek re-electio to Seat No. 3. Chris, a geotech engineer who was…
A Marine corporal who fought at Fallujah and elsewhere in Iraq says we need a draft to get the job done. Not a Vietnam-style draft, with all of those available deferments, but a WWII draft.It's what he expected as he escaped The World Trade Center…
John Bruning (pictured), the long-time chairman of the city's P&Z commission, told Huckleberries moments ago that he has filed for the open Coeur d'Alene City Council seat now held by Dixie Reid. Former mayor candidate Joe Kunka and former P&Zer Suzie Snedaker have also announced…
Huckleberries Online has just heard that Jim Brannon of Habitat for Humanity will run against incumbent Al Hassell for a Coeur d'Alene City Council seat. Dunno if Brannon is part of the ticket with Dan Gookin and possibly Suzie Snedaker. Joe Kunka, who ran against…
Seems like whoever is building the new Thai Bamboo on 4th in Cd'A has two speeds: slow and stop. Every time I drive by it looks like there's only 1-2 guys actually building the place. Meahwhile, the new drive-thru beverage barn two doors up the…
The likelihood that U.S. Sen. Larry Craig would resign grew today, as fellow Republicans all but abandoned their Idaho colleague, and the prospect of a timely legal defense dimmed. Craig, who announced Saturday that he intended to resign from the U.S. Senate effective Sept. 30,…
HBO's Kerri Thoreson/OnLine North Idaho, Kristy Johnson and Jack Evans have filed for the open Post Falls City Council Seat No. 1 currently held by ex-schools superintendent Dick Harris. City Clerk Chris Pappas told Huckleberries Online a few minutes ago that the following also have…
... coming this afternoon. Stay tuned.
"Craig has a right to pursue a legal remedy. He and his attorneys can take the appropriate steps to attempt to restore his reputation. But it's unfair for Craig to continue to perform the role of Idaho senator while dealing with these distractions. It's not…
*Under the Idaho Politics blog, you'll now find a link to Bill Sali Fan, who describes himself on his blog as "just an Idaho Patriot who knows that Bill Sali is gonna stop Nancy Pelosi's plans for a liberal takeover." Don't know much else about…
Item: Single moms face deadbeat deficit: New law deducts $25 from cases getting $500 or more in child support/Tom Greene, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: Schwalls and about 108,000 other single parents with custody of children in Idaho were notified that, because of a new federal…
AP File PhotoThe Three Tenors, from left, Jose Carreras, Luciano Pavarotti and Placido Domingo, smile at a press conference at a Tokyo hotel in this June 25, 2002 file photo. Domingo's eyes welled with tears during a concert in Berlin at the 2006 World Cup…
Just as liberals were reaching a fever-pitch of pretend shock and dismay at Larry Craig, it was announced that Craig was resigning. And there went MSNBC's fall program schedule. Indignant that Craig had short-circuited their gleeful gay-baiting, liberals quickly switched to a new set of…
I'm checking out reports from Huckleberries Online blog commenters that David Letterman said that U.S. Sen. Larry "Wide Stance" Craig was from Iowa instead of Idaho. Idahoans should hope this is true. After all, much of the country already mistakes Idaho for Iowa. Why not…
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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.
