President Barack Obama meets with Billy Graham, 91, at his mountainside home in Montreat, N.C., Sunday. Obama concluded his North Carolina vacation with his first meeting of the ailing evangelist, who has counseled commanders in chief since Dwight Eisenhower. (AP Photo/The White House, Pete Souza)Wild…
Weekend Poll: GOP congressional candidate Vaughn Ward has a public relations problem. When asked, "Does it matter that GOP congressional candidate Vaughn Ward's wife works for Fannie Mae?" 174 of 399 respondents (44%) said "yes." 162 of 399 (41%) said "no." And another 55 of…
Construction work on Interstate 90 through Post Falls begins today and could cause traffic delays until work is completed in mid-June. Workers will be repairing freeway bridges over the Spokane River, Pleasant View Road and Spokane Street. Traffic will be reduced to one lane in…
Founded in 1973, Coeur d’Alene’s the Long Ear, 2505 N. Fourth St., is undeniably the top bunny with area music shoppers. Store owners Terry and Deon Borchard have managed to survive and thrive in an era when both mom-and-pop record shops and massive chains like…
Kootenai County Clerk Dan English in CdA Press guest opinion: We do not have "a bunch of illegal Canadians" voting in our elections. What we do have is a federal law that protects the voting rights of U.S. citizens living in other countries, whether they…
Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Wayne Longo talked CrimeReports.com at his office on Wednesday. Information on the web site includes crime maps that can be sorted by date, crime type and location. Jacob Livingston's SR Handle Extra story here. (Kathy Plonka/SR)Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SRSunshine warms Inland…
Originally posted 1:28 p.m. SundayI just saw (1:15 p.m.) a group of about 10 neo-Nazis, men and women, on a 4th Street sidewalk adjacent to the Coeur d'Alene High parking lot (south of Coeur d'Alene Bible Church), waving two large red-white-and-blue flags with swastikas. A…
Rocky Barker/Idaho Statesman: "Arguably, President Obama is even less popular than Clinton was then, at least in Idaho. But people are mad about health care, bailouts and deficits. They aren't organizing shovel brigades to protest endangered species road closures. They aren't forming a "freedom cavalry"…
SR Opinion: "But Benewah County Sheriff Bob Kirts (pictured) has canceled the agreement, gutting tribal officers’ authority in areas ranging from boating infractions to domestic violence on the reservation, where six out of seven residents are nonmembers. It shouldn’t take the Legislature to solve this.…
I did a soft launch on Facebook Friday. Just got my feet wet a little. I need to toy with the system until I'm comfortable enough to launch a Facebook Fan Club for HucksOnline. I've allowed some friends in who spotted the soft launch. But…
As Idaho running back Corey White dives for the end zone, he is denied six points by linebacker John McKinley who tackled White out-of-bounds during the Silver and Gold game in the Kibbie Dome in Moscow Friday. Josh Wright reports that the defense shined in…
Ward also has said, "A government job isn't a real job. True wealth creation comes from small business." (Dan Popkey article w/quote here.)This is a flat out Fox News talking point, oft repeated by wingers, so let's unpack it a bit. A government job is…
Update: 31-year-old Post Falls man dies in Highway 53 head-on (ISP report) Idaho State Police says at least one person has died in a crash at Highway 53 and McGuire Road. The crash happened at about 9:00 Friday night. Troopers say a man in his…
Jenna Landry, left, of Pleasant Hill, Calif., and Ricki Radanovich, right, of Danville, Calif., wear their new Snuggies while watching the San Francisco Giants take batting practice before their baseball game against the St. Louis Cardinals in San Francisco on Friday. Giants Snuggies were given…
Ender: Labrador is a true Idahoan with experience in the Legislature, but his campaign is lacking. No one has heard anything from his camp in weeks; his twitter and facebook have been close to silent. I don't call that gaining on Ward. Rather, I think…
Marmitetoasty: I have eaten a worm omellete and a 2 inch white, fat as ya thumb grub before, as a adult helper on a survival camp for kids, we found this grub whilst doing a bit of science work on a rotten tree, and I…
Old Curmudgeon (re: Lee: Kellogg shouldn't slash sports): Reality is that no one in the district wants to cut sports or any of the other dozen plus items that are on the list of things that are going to be dropped. But, the patrons of…
It's an Arizona law that one Idaho senator wants to copy. Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer signed into law the nation's toughest legislation against illegal immigration Friday, a measure that supporters said would take handcuffs off police but which opponents said could violate people's civil rights.…
Recipients of a $200,000 winning lottery ticket have no plans to quit their jobs at Bonner General Hospital. The 12 people who pitched in 10 bucks apiece as part of a co-op ticket heard Thusday morning that their Idaho Powerball ticket was a prizewinner. It…
Looks like Sandpoint-born Sarah Palin got a less-than-warm reception from demonstrators today. Protestors hold signs outside the hotel where Sarah Palin, former vice presidential candidate and Alaskan governor, is scheduled to speak to a gathering of Lane County Republicans in Eugene, Ore. on Friday. (AP…
It's hard to believe but YouTube turned 5 years old today. I've posted several videos on HucksOnline from YouTube. And, of course, watch them when I'm trying to catch up on something I didn't see. I've never posted a video on YouTube. Have you? You…
Idaho Chooses Life (ICL), a pro-life group, has thrown its support to state Rep. Raul Labrador in the Republican primary election for Idaho’s 1st Congressional District. Labrador is facing Vaughn Ward, a Marine reservist, for the right to face Democrat incumbent Walt Minnick in the…
San Francisco 49ers first-round draft picks Mike Iupati, left, a guard from Idaho, and Anthony Davis, right, tackle from Rutgers, pose in the locker room at 49ers headquarters in Santa Clara, Calif., Friday. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)Bonner General workers win $200,000 lottery/Ralph Bartholdt, BeeOlympic gold medal…
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.