Deirdre Eitel/AP Photo, Bozeman Daily ChronicleBen Coleman, right, looks on Wednesday as his wife, Ariane, comforts their newborn, Chloe Sage, in the passenger seat of their truck. Chloe was born on the same seat on Sept. 1, near mile marker 59 in Gallatin Canyon, near…
Seat 1 (now held by Dick Harris): Kerri Thoreson, Kristy Johnson and Jack EvansSeat 3: incumbent Scott GrantSeat 4 (new one, for four-year term): Skip Hissong and Angela AlexanderSeat 6 (new one, for two-year term): Anthony Skarisky, Keith Hutcheson and Linda Wilhelm
Gerry Broome/AP PhotoMike Nifong, the former Durham County District Attorney is led by his wife Cy Gurney as he reports to the Durham County Detention Center in Durham, N.C. this morning. Nifong was sentenced to one day in jail after being charged with contempt of…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter has added a name to his short list of candidates to replace Sen. Larry Craig – state Sen. John McGee, R-Caldwell, the state Senate’s youngest member. McGee, 34, is a second-term state senator and chairman of the Senate Transportation Committee. Otter…
... Jerry Weaver, a substitute teacher in Coeur d'Alene School District and subject of a Meghann M. Cuniff story last December about grandparents raising their kids' children.BTW, another surprise candidate will file if he can get one more signature on his petition by 5 p.m.
Glenn Lauper, who started his career with the Coeur d'Alene Fire Department as a volunteer in 1979 before moving to full-time in 1982, has been promoted to deputy fire chief, effective Oct. 2. From 1982 until 1990, he worked as a firefighter before being hired…
Two more wannabes have filed this afternoon for the open seat now held by Coeur d'Alene Councilwoman Dixie Reid -- ex-county clerk candidate Anita Banta and ex-city employee Wayne Frisbie Sr. Still 2 1/2/ hours until the filing deadline. Stay tuned.
Now Sen. Larry Craig is refusing to resign just because he pleaded guilty in a mens room gay-sex undercover sting. Who does this Idaho Republican think he is, a Massachusetts Democrat? Actually, there is a way for Sen. Wide Stance to salvage his squalid career.…
Courtesy: New West BoiseOne of the things we really do is encourage people to walk around the airport,” an MSP Airport spokeswoman told me after confirming the location of their now famous airport sex club/restroom. So Craig could potentially argue that he did nothing out…
Item: Effort to rename Squaw Bay, other Idaho/Montana places with less offensive names gains steam/John Craig, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: At least three of the requests will go before the U.S. Board on Geographic Names next Thursday in Washington, D.C. Others, including Neachen Bay (Squaw Bay), may…
... News goes from bad to worse for the embattled U.S. Sen. Larry Craig, R-Iowa. The Smoking Gun has a copy of Shae Howell's arrest warrant on a contempt of court charge (from an original offense of unlawful entry and malicious injury to property here.…
Talkmeister Dick Haugen just called to confirm that he and I will talk for a half hour today on his "On the Road with Dick Haugen" show (AM 1510), beginning at 11:05. We'll discuss the changes in my job, plus Larry Craig, and the Coeur…
Item: Craig may use campaign funds to cover legal battle: Lawmakers are allowed to use contributions to pay legal bills if they relate to their jobs/Erika Bolstad, Idaho StatesmanQuestion: Are you OK with this approach?
I have no desire to throw myself between Craig and the madding crowd. He was never my kind of senator. I don't want to send my grandson into a public restroom used for assignations. Nor do I enjoy watching another humiliated wife standing by her…
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At 6:10 p.m. Thursday, incumbent Ron Edinger was leading challenger Dan Gookin 58-20 in the unscientific HBO Poll of the Day -- hours before someone or several supporters of computer-abled challenger Gookin started stuffing the ballot box. But, hey, that's OK at HBO. The virtual…
Item: Wasden on Otter's short list: AG could replace Craig as Idaho senator/Betsy Russell, Spokesman-ReviewMore Info: When Idaho Gov. Butch Otter walked into Lawrence Wasden’s office and asked the state’s attorney general if he’d be interested in filling Larry Craig’s seat in the U.S. Senate,…
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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.
