HBO Central has been busy again today, with the visit of Demo Larry and Chris LaRocco -- and the usual Tuesday deadline pressure for the first of two Huckleberries print columns. I'm off to the weekly Tuesday entertainment at Sherman Square. Mebbe I'll see you…
Last year I suffered not a single mosquito bite. This year, I'm somewhere near two dozen bites. Is it just me, or this a bad year for mosquitoes?/Family Phil.Question: Well?
Jesse Tinsley/SRPriority number for state highway spending, says Idaho Governor Butch Otter, "is where are we killing people?" Otter was making an impassioned plea for funding highway repairs while speaking to the Concerned Businesses of North Idaho group at the Coeur d'Alene Resort Tuesday. Otter…
You can read how Lt. Pat Knight of the Post Falls Police Department solved an auto burglary at the Highlands Golf Course and arrested two Yakima Valley suspects with lengthy police records here.
I am Cyndi's older sister (in Connecticut) and I am hoping that next time you have an opportunity to submit a post about this terrible tragedy that you will consider including the fact that their 9 month old son, Richard Eugene Bewick-Howard is now an…
And Larry LaRocco paid dearly for his sin, his lies and his failure. He lost his congressional seat. Years later, when Helen's own adulterous relationship was unveiled, I spoke out strongly against her actions. I still belive that had she run in 2000 she would…
Kerri Thoreson/OnLocation North IdahoIt's August in North Idaho with temperatures heading towards the 100 degree mark. Time to find a lake or a river and take the plunge like this woman seen splashing on the Spokane River. HBO Numbers (for Monday, Aug. 11): 9530 page-views/5163…
Bjorn: Not that I sympathize with the perps, but what is a "person of interest"? Is that just a made up term? Do "persons of interest" have the same rights as an actual suspect? Is there an actual legal definition for "person of interest", or…
Jennifer DeMonte/Daily Inter Lake, ApJenna Callan, 7, smiles in front of the rabbit and poultry barn on Monday at the Northwest Montana Fair in Kalispell, Mont.*Individual jury questions is done in Duncan case/Eye On Boise*Olympic cyclist Armstrong gets help from Boise knife maker/Idaho Statesman*NW Montanan…
Item: Study shows Idaho lags behind the U.S. in Internet connection speed/Idaho Statesman More Info: Idaho is one of the slowest states in the nation for Internet connection speed and the U.S. as a whole lags behind other advanced nations, according to a nationwide study.Question:…
Democrat Larry LaRocco will visit HBO Central this morning at 10:30. I co-opted part of an interview when I heard he was in town for another of his "Working for the Senate" day jobs -- at St. Vincent de Paul's, from 1 to 5 p.m.,…
Last Friday, Idaho Rethuglican Party chairmoron Norm Semanko and his guano-gargling lickspittle Sid Smith used former presidential candidate John Edwards' admission of an affair in 2006 to attack U.S. Senate candidate Larry LaRocco. It's almost certain that Jim "Angry Gnome" Risch is behind the ham-handed…
Here’s how high the stakes are in the jury selection that’s now under way in the Joseph Duncan case: If just one juror objects in any of three different votes, Duncan would be spared the death penalty. That’s what happened in the case of Zacarias…
Item: Polls show more reject both McCain, Obama: Third-party candidates pulling close to 20% of total vote/WorldNetDaily Question: Have you ever voted for a third-party candidate?
Item: PF urban renewal director resigns: Luke Malek to pursue law degree at Gonzaga/Brian Walker, Coeur d'Alene PressMore Info: Luke Malek has resigned as the Post Falls Urban Renewal Agency executive director to pursue a law degree at Gonzaga. Malek, who has had the URA…
Chris LaRocco is with her husband at the interview.1. Why did you run for the U.S. Senate, knowing that Idaho Republicans were likely to dredge up the old issue of the office affair if they viewed you as a threat? Is it worth the personal…
11. Are you impressed that Jim Risch plans to join Bill Sali as a blogger sometime around Labor Day?LL: (laughter) I'm tempted to say better late than never. But every voter under 35 understands he doesn't do e-mail. It's another indication that he's trying to…
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.
