On Friday evening, Hucks Online reported that a Lake City High administrator in a "pink silk cap" had waylaid Idaho 1st Lady Lori Otter, Superintendent of Schools Tom Luna, & Senate Education Committee Chairman John Goedde after the GOP bus tour pulled onto high school…
It’s the write-in candidate by a whisker. Voters at cdapress.com have chosen Republican Howard Griffiths to upset state Rep. Phil Hart by a 469-437 margin. A whopping 251 voters said they’ll vote for neither. The online polls are non-scientific. Particularly with online political polls, readers…
On the other hand, while I am losing hair on the top of my head, tiny hairs are popping out at other unfortunate places on my face, which are embarrassing to mention. It seems unfair to have to pluck once a week the very substance…
For just this week I’m changing the name of this column from “Get Out” to “Stay In” and covering something I rarely get a chance to talk about: pizza delivery. It’s the perfect solution to lunch or dinner during times of inclement weather or just…
Tracy Price takes part in the annual Zombie Walk on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, Ontario, on Saturday. Hundreds of people dressed as zombies took part in the annual Ottawa Zombie Walk to Parliament Hill. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Pawel Dwulit)Question: Have you decided which disguise…
OK! We’re quickly getting to the point of no return with this State Rep. Phil Hart story. First, the guy didn’t pay his income taxes, contending the laws governing taxation are improper, illegal or something. Anyway, seems Hart owes some $700,000 in unpaid taxes. Ever…
I'd wager that not many people around the country followed the NBA's preseason. If you have, however, you would have known that one of the most impressive players in the entire league was former Zag, Austin Daye. Daye has been sensational in his second year…
A Moses Lake man is trying to send a message to the federal government, one potato at a time.Chris Voigt, Executive Director of The Washington Potato Commission, is on an all potato diet for 60 days. He says the stunt diet is an attempt to…
Kootenai County Republicans will probably vote to oust Matt Roetter as state committeeman when they meet at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Judging from the minutes of the Sept. 28 meeting, Roetter doesn't appear to have many friends among the Elephants: "Chairman Tina Jacobson read a letter…
On his Get Out! North Idaho Facebook site, OrangeTV offers this bit of Food Porn from Baskin-Robbins, decorated by Katrina. The ice cream store posts: "We can make the creepiest Halloween cakes around! They are sure to please all of your ghouls & goblins."Question: What's…
As you may recall, Christa Hazel demanded a witness fee and mileage when she was subpoenaed by attorney Arthur B. Macomber to testify in the contempt of court case filed against Macomber's client, Bill McCrory (as a side show in the long-running Jim Brannon lawsuit…
Huckleberries hears ... that GOPrimary winner Jai Nelson (shown Friday at Spirit Lake City Park for GOP bus tour) has turned down an invitation from the Coeur d'Alene Indian Tribe to appear at a candidates' forum at the Wellness Center in Plummer at 7 p.m.…
12:04 p.m. A green vehicle reportedly is speeding @ around 100 mph w/b on Seltice Way from Grand Mill/CdA.11:40 a.m. KCSD is calling Coeur d'Alene police to jail to charge inmate with escape try.11:30 a.m. Resident is in KCSD lobby to report neighbor's use of…
A Lake City High Principal Deanne Clifford tells Republican congressional candidate Raul Labrador and others on the GOP bus tour, including 1st Lady Lori Otter and Senate Education Committee Chairman John Goedde that they can't campaign on school grounds Friday evening before the football game…
Betsy Russell/Eye On Boise profiles the race for governor between incumbent Republican Butch Otter, Democrat Keith Allred, and three others. You can read about it here. And you can read Betsy's profile of the 1st Congressional District race here.Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SRMountains to see first…
Sarah Palin received an unlikely gift from a famous admirer over the weekend: A pair of pink women's underwear. The underwear was from Maricopa County, Ariz. Sheriff Joe Arpaio, who met the former Alaska governor at a Tea Party rally in Phoenix on Friday. Arpaio…
Republican Cliff Hayes, pictured, is challenging 15-year incumbent Democrat Dan English for the position of clerk, which oversees the elections office, county assistance, District Court, auditor and recorder. Hayes said the lawsuit shook voter confidence and he’d like to restore trust. After 22 years as…
Originally posted at 6:13 p.m. Friday, Oct. 22Seems the GOP Bus Tour had an unhappy ending as it swung into the Lake City High parking lot a few minutes ago for the final step of an all-day tour in North Idaho, prior to the football…
Keith Erickson and I swapped tales online about Mike Anderson following the ex-Kootenai County commissioner’s unexpected death this month. Keith remembers how Mike walked out with him after Keith questioned the appropriateness of an executive session called by the two Republican commissioners in the early…
This isn't the highest quality of photo. But the material in it makes it worth publishing. Here, Democratic Congressman Walt Minnick gabs with Republican Gov. Butch Otter in a pre-game event in Moscow this weekend prior to the Homecoming Game between the University of Idaho…
Re: Fire destroys Coeur d'Alene bar Willies (formerly Eduardo's, Peabody's, etc.)OrangeTV: Anyway, I never really hung out at Willie's, but it's always sad to see a building with a lot of local history go up in flames.I spent many lunchtimes there in earlier times for…
Re: Amidee "Ace" Walder, 103, community leader, R.I.P. (includes Hucks Online Q-&-A with Ace 3 years ago, after birthday No. 100.Ace Walden: Ace Walden was Coeur d'Alene. A fine man and a fine example of a good community benefactor - in all ways. I cherish…
Re: Idaho Tax Commission revenuers bust pumpkin standEndlessLosses: I'd PRAISE the tax inspector for doing her job — give her a raise! Pay your damn taxes. I'm so sick and tired of seeing my neighbors thinking that under-the-table cash transactions for firewood, snowplowing, truck gardening,…
Re: Escapee: Pitbull next door is achangin'Mr. Bloggy: It is increasingly sad to Mr_Bloggy how HBO's favorite son, and whisker's breadth winner of a hotly contested city council race, MK, has continuously refused to wear, like a conquering Christian soldier, the mantle of leadership and…
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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