With a friend like Mike Gwartney, Butch Otter doesn't need enemies. The governor's hand-picked choice to run the state's Department of Administration, Otter's longtime confidant has become one of his political liabilities. Some legislators consider him dismissive and imperialistic - which doesn't help the strained…
In Boise, city officials are trying to send a message to pet owners to pick up after their dogs when walking them in three different Foothills area. They actually counted and flagged dog pop at Foothills trailheads in February. They counted 251 piles of dog…
Robin Loznak, one of my favorite wildlife photographers in the Northwest, has left the Roseburg, Ore., newspaper and now is free-lancing. He sent this photo to Huckleberries Online to announce the news. It shows a group of baby nutria, including one albino, who gather for…
Opinion Editor Kevin Richert/Idaho Statesman just sent an e-mail to Huckleberries Online re: his newspaper's policy about links. I've kept him aware of the discussion going on here about that policy, after the dust-up between the Statesman and Idaho Conservative Blogger. Richert posts: "A quick…
In the first nine months of Washington's Death with Dignity Act, 63 terminally ill patients received lethal medication to end their lives. Thirty-six of them -- or more than half -- died from ingesting the medication. Complications in taking the medication were reported in three…
CindyH: So yesterday, after a long and grueling day, I arrived home. My son said, “Hey hot rod mama!” My husband said, “You're going to have to work a lot more to pay for all your tickets, you red light runner, you!” Me? I. Do.…
11:59 a.m. Apartment manager reports that an assault with two victims has taken place @ 4598 Fairway. The suspect has gone back into his apartment.11:24 a.m. A 13YO male has suffered a broken leg at River City Middle School.10:50 a.m. A report of a child…
Popkey has an article in the Statesman (Wednesday) on the "revolutionary" efforts of Ron Paul supporters (Ronulans) to take over the Idaho Republican Party and rid it of RINOs. They are led by this man, Challis McAffee, Republican Central Committee member, who "was charged with…
Several dozen great blue herons were perched on pilings in the Pend Oreille River at Usk, Washington Tuesday. Area birding enthusiasts said this is the time of year large groups of the giant birds can be seen migrating and resting in certain areas, such as…
Wednesday Poll: 103 of 142 respondents (73%) agree with Judge Benjamin Simpson's ruling that ordered Jim Brannon to post a $40,000 bond in order to continue his lawsuit against incumbent Mike Kennedy and the 2009 City Council elections. 31 of 142 (22%) disagreed with Simpson's…
Item: Counties oppose tribal policing bill: Commissioners to fight measure backed by mayors/Alison Boggs, SRMore Info: Last month, however, the North Idaho Mayors Coalition sent a letter to legislators urging support of the bill, saying, “simply put, this legislation would enable Tribal Police Officers to…
Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, says his legislation to create an official state silver medallion that Idahoans could use to pay their state taxes could jump-start the state’s economy. “There’s a lot of interest in the state of Idaho right now for this kind of thing,”…
It's like they have nothing better to do. Idaho legislators have got things under so much control they have time to throw a federal government-bashing festival in Boise to impress the states-righters throughout the Gem State. Those Idahoans who favor less government are howling like…
Iraqi police, some holding Iraqi flags, raise their inked fingers after casting their vote in Najaf, Iraq earlier today. Early voting for detainees, hospital patients and military and security personnel is taking place Thursday, ahead of the parliamentary elections on Sunday. (AP Photo/Alaa al-Marjani)You can…
The House State Affairs Committee has voted to pass HB 589, legislation from Rep. Dick Harwood, R-St. Maries, to declare guns or ammunition manufactured in Idaho exempt from all federal laws including registration. Harwood brought Deputy Attorney General Brian Kane to the committee to talk…
If I decipher Dan Gookin's latest post on OpenCHRG.com, he's now comparing his small band of anti-LCDC activists to Spartacus, the early Christians in Rome, the colonialists of this country, the anti-war movement of the '60s, and Woodward & Berstein. In an article titled "At…
Tonight veteran news mumbler Tom Brokaw will present “BOOMER$,” a two-hour TV documentary on my generation, the vast and venerable baby boomers. Fortunately for our time zone, the show will be broadcast on CNBC at 6 p.m. That’s good because the repeat airs at 9…
Lary Peltz, manager of Dworshak Fish Hatchery, gives a tour to Steve Rogers, manager of the Nez Perce Tribal Hatchery at Cherrylane. Peltz and Rogers discussed Dworshak’s problems with the fish disease IHN. (Lewiston Tribune photo)Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SRFog giving way to sunshine tomorrow/Mike Prager,…
Sue (re: Jim Brannon lawsuit in 2009 council race): There is absolutely no reason for anyone to be putting this much time, energy, money towards a CITY COUNCIL POSITION, in a podunk town like CDA. It was a close vote for some bizarre reason, but…
Herb (re: "Hand swabs to test for explosives at Spokane airport”): OK you firing range bandits. Stand against the wall with your 30:06 stained hands in the air. Seriously, do you realy think the terrorist that has had three or more helpers to get into…
JBelle: I kept every paper I wrote for Dr. Hazel. Still have all of them. His margin notes and his half page analysis were specific to me and were always written with the goal of adding value. Bud Hazel was not a guy who was…
Arpie: Anyone know what that is on Hammond's tie? I thought the press broke out the ugly ties in April as a sign for the legislature to wrap things up.CdaMomof4: Looks like a Coca-Cola bottle/logo. Interesting - and yes, ugly.NWA330: Unless I'm mistaken, it looks…
Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, who safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 in the Hudson River in January 2009, arrives at Charlotte/Douglas International Airport in Charlotte, N.C., this afternoon. Accompanied by co-pilot Jeff Skiles, who was also his Hudson River wingman, Sullenberger flew his last segment…
The defendants have been reduced to only one, Mike Kennedy, and the bond has been set at $40,000-plus, or about six times as much as Brannon raised all of last year. So I suspect that we're in the final seven days of Jim Brannon's lawsuit…
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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