Full post hereMy previous diatribe on his total lack of judgement aside, I wonder that Craig has no shame. He has humiliated his wife, his children and himself. He has made a mockery of his political party and his state. Yet he does not have…
Don Sausser/Special for Huckleberries Online A colorful float plane just pulled up on the sand of City Beach (at 10:15 a.m. today). The owner of the Super Cub flew from Thompson Falls this morning to pick up a package & visit his dad from Rathdrum.…
The more I think about this, the more I realize how fun it would be for the National Republican Party and the Idaho Republican Party to go through the process of having his plea withdrawn and have a trial on the merits of the case.…
Jason Hunt/Coeur d'Alene Press, AP PhotoArmy 1st Sgt. Scott Dale receives a hug from his daughter, Jenna, 10, during a welcoming ceremony for the Company B, 321st Engineer Battalion (Combat) at the Army Reserve Center in Hayden Wednesday. See Item No. 2.1. Austin Askens, a…
Full story from this morning's USA Today hereWith all due respect to Phoenix, Las Vegas and Orlando, the heart of American's biggest economic boom is right here in Idaho. In Idaho, the state with the nation's fastest-growing economy, homebuilding hasn't crashed as it has across…
Attached is a picture of the Idaho Patriot Guard riders escorting the soldiers home yesterday. We had a great time bringing the soldiers (of the 321st Engineer Battalion) home. Heroes one and all. I thought your readers on the blog might like it/Army Vet GregZ.DFO:…
Columnist Doug Clark's complete 10-question quiz hereQ -- Having the ACLU on Larry Craig's side is like:A. The Hells Angels booking the Village People for a clubhouse weenie roast.B. Donald Trump dating Rosie.C. Iran hosting a gay pride parade.Q -- Should Congress turn the now-infamous…
Mary Otto/Washington Post, AP File PhotoAnn L. Hudak, assistant curator at the University of Maryland library, standing amid the new exhibit " Nancy Drew and Friends, which she organized in fall 2005.However, the one I've remained most stubborn about my entire life is The Three…
Only a miniscule proportion of bloggers make anything remotely approaching a livable wage from it ... The Dooces and Perez Hiltons of the blogosphere can make their mortgages but the other 99.99% of bloggers aren't even going to pay a weekly Starbucks bill. But don't…
With city elections looming, Huckleberries Online had a rip-roarin' debate this week over labeling groups, specifically those dubbed "CAVE" in Coeur d'Alene. Or Citizens Against Virtually Everything. A woman pseudonymed Wondering launched two threads that attracted a combined 200 comments with the statement: "I find…
DFO: We have a beautiful new library and community center and the Riverstone project is a model project. Where would these things be without the LCDC?DR: They wouldn't be. Had LCDC not purchased land for library and helped out with funding we would not have…
Jesse Tinsley/Spokesman-ReviewTwo-year-old James Deahn laughs as he is nuzzled by his dad, Cpl. Nathan Deahn, an Army Reservist who returned from Iraq to a homecoming Wednesday at the Army Reserve Center in Hayden.
'Technically not breaking his word'Greg Smith, an Idaho pollster and political consultant who once served as Craig’s regional director, said, “He technically is not breaking his word, but it is kind of strange that Sept. 30 will have come and gone and he’s going to…
I forgot to highlight OrangeTV's latest Get Out! review -- Lincoln's $10,000 Silver Dollar Bar, on the Montana side of the Continental Divide here.*In Soul Doubt, Kendramama tells of playing in her grandparents' old neighborhood as a child 20 years ago and how it has…
Jesse Tinsley/Spokesman-Review1st Sgt. Scott Dale gets a hug from a member of his family as he walks from the bus to the Army Reserve Center where hundreds waited to greet a busload of soldiers from the 321st Bravo Co. of the Army Reserve as they…
Steven Hausler/Hays Daily News, AP PhotoWaldo McBurney, a 104-year-old beekeeper who was recently declared America's oldest worker, smiles in front of his store in Quinter, Kan. About 6.4 percent of Americans 75 or older, or slightly more than 1 million, were working last year. That's…
Idaho Senator Larry Craig issued the following statement regarding today's legal proceedings in Minnesota: "Today was a major step in the legal effort to clear my name. The court has not issued a ruling on my motion to withdraw my guilty plea. For now, I…
Full Inlander story hereFile PhotoBruce Reed, center, and his wife, Bonnie LePard, left, talk with President Bill Clinton at the White House, along with newborn daughter Julia. The baby was born in the first 100 days of the Clinton administration, making this photo circa 1993.In…
Jim Mone/AP PhotoSpotlight: Post Falls Mayor Clay Larkin (Reporter Dave Turner returns to the North Idaho w/a story for the Inlander: "Mayor on a Mission" here.)Reporters get checked off as they wait to go through security at a hearing earlier today in Edina, Minn., where…
Full post hereIdaho Sen. Larry Craig’s lead criminal attorney, Billy Martin, just told reporters in Minnesota, “Sen. Larry Craig denies that he went into that restroom for anything other than to go to the restroom.” Martin said he’s “hopeful” that a Minnesota judge will go…
James Bond: DFO: I am disappointed that you or Betsy is not at the hearing. I understand the judge has put the clamps down on live reporting, but still ... Is any media in Idaho there?AP reporter Joshua Freed in Minneapolis reports that media presence…
Item: LCDC receives parks award: Group honored for contributions to recreation/Lucy Dukes, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: Coeur d'Alene Parks Director Doug Eastwood nominated LCDC for the award. He cited the development corporation's partnerships in creating both Johnson Mill River Park and Riverstone Park. Wrote Eastwood:…
Item: Profane editorial spells trouble at Colorado State/UPIThe Rocky Mountain Collegian newspaper is in trouble this week after printing an editorial that began "Taser this...F--- Bush," however their version didn't include the censorship. Editor-in-chief, J. David McSwane, plans to defend their decision in front of…
I was glad to read the Supreme Court will be hearing a case about requirements for Voter ID’s. As the county elections guy I am glad it will apparently be settled before the 2008 elections even though Idaho does not require voter ID’s at this…
Wondering: DFO, I am pleased to see that you are considering not using the "C" in reference to people who oppose the working of city government. I think the library and the Kroc Center are great additions to the community (there would likely have been…
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.
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