Idaho Reporter has been watching the views on that 10-minute YouTube video in which Timberline High student Jonny Sanders of Boise schools Superintendent Tom Luna on this education "reform" ideas. The video has received 8383 views and counting. You can see it here. Now, for…
Oh, let me count the ways I used to be a fan of "Desperate Housewives." That's right - past tense. After tonight's episode, I quit. I have watched every episode three or four times. I have bonded to Terry Hatcher, as Susan. I have related…
5:39 p.m. Traffic lights on Hayden Avenue @ H41 aren't recycling. 5:30 p.m. Rathdrum area woman named Barbara reports UPS truck almost ran her off road. 5:13 p.m. Caller reports an injured animal on road @ 4th & Neider/CdA. 4:53 p.m. German shepherd is chasing…
North Idaho wrestler Jeremy Bommarito lifts his opponent during practice in Coeur d'Alene recently. NIC will compete in the NCJAA national championships on Friday and Saturday at the Spokane Convention Center. Mike Vlahovich SR story here. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Public vote unlikely for McEuen…
A woman in a fur coat watches a sexy mannequin at a flee market in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, on an icecold Tuesday. Temperatures went down minus 5 degrees Celsius, the forecast predicts sunny but cold weather for the next days. You write the cutline. (AP Photo/Martin…
Patrick and Crystal Leming of Lecompton are pictured with their infant daughter Alyssa in their Lecompton, Kan., home on Monday. Alyssa was born in a Kansas hospital elevator Friday. (AP Photo/Journal-World, Nick Krug) Question: Were you or your children born somewhere other than a hospital?
Here's another of Raymond Pert's "faceless photography." In his Kellogg Bloggin' post today, he has several black-and-white portraits under the heading: "Prayer." More here. Happy birthday, George & Abe/A Butterfly Moment Can you say "Rickets"?/Accidental Rabbit Trails Note to Congress -- work for free/Arch Druid…
Heavy snow has been falling in portions of North Idaho today with up to 15 inches measured in the Bonners Ferry area through about 1 p.m. At the same time, winter storm warnings were issued for Wednesday and Thursday for Northeast Washington and North Idaho…
The Christchurch, New Zealand, suburb of Bexley is flooded following an earthquake, earlier today. A powerful earthquake collapsed buildings at the height of a busy workday Tuesday, killing and trapping dozens in one of the country's worst natural disasters. (AP/ New Zealand Herald photo: Mark…
Item: Poll shows ranchers are getting more popular, not less/Rocky Barker, Idaho Statesman More Info: The University of Idaho poll found that 89 percent of Idaho residents approve of livestock grazing as a legitimate practice on public lands, and 85 percent support it as an…
A ladybug leaves a trail as it makes its way across a rain speckled window in Woolwich, Maine. With spring just around the corner, ladybugs are awakening and coming indoors. (AP file photo/Pat Wellenbach) Question: I spotted a ladybug in my upstairs bathroom over the…
If you're wealthy, straight, don't belong to a union and have no disabilities, the Idaho Legislature likes you. But if you take part in any social services, are gay or lesbian, have disabilities, belong to a union or live in the wrong area, most state…
Though no one appears to know when the first shot will be fired, law enforcement officials around the state are concerned about a looming proposal to change Idaho’s gun law. The proposal, which is supported by the National Rifle Association but has no lawmaker’s name…
Mike Kennedy, chairman of the General Services Committee, told Huckleberries after today's meeting that the public vote issue for McEuen Field is dead. He said he discussed the matter with the city attorney's office. Unless Councilman Ron Edinger can prove that the matter wasn't properly…
Gov. Brian Schweitzer, pictured, told fellow Democrats Monday that bills advancing in the Republican-controlled Legislature to "nullify" federal laws in Montana are "anti-American" and do nothing to solve problems faced by the state. Schweitzer, speaking to a meeting of House Democrats, said if Montanans and…
The next megaload to travel east from the Port of Lewiston on U.S. Highway 12, weather permitting, will be a test load for ExxonMobil/Imperial Oil, to see if one of these bright-blue steel refinery structures built for the Kearl Oil Sands in Alberta, Canada, would…
A Berry Picker tells Huckleberries that approximately 60 people are attending a General Services Committee meeting re: a possible public vote on proposed McEuen Field changes that began at noon at the Coeur d'Alene Public Library. The three-member committee is chaired by Councilman Mike Kennedy.…
Bob Asbury of Liberty Lake, is a descendant of George Washington's brother Samuel Washington pictured in the portrait on the wall. Mike Prager's SR story here. (SR photo: Colin Mulvany) Question: Are you related to someone important?
11:55 a.m. Jacob in security office reports drug pipe found in WalMart/Hayden parking lot. 11:50 a.m. EMTs are checking out man w/medical problem parked near KMC resource office. 11:34 a.m. 70YO man is unconscious after suffering heart problem @ doctor's office on Mullan/PF 11:01 a.m.…
The House has voted 55-14 in favor of SB 1006, to ban project labor agreements in public works construction contracts, a measure strongly opposed by union workers; the Senate-passed bill now moves to the governor's desk. Backers, including House sponsor Rep. Frank Henderson, R-Post Falls,…
Thousands of Idahoans participated in a telephone town hall led by Gov. Butch Otter and other advocates of school reform. Monday night’s forum was paid for by the state’s largest business lobby, the Idaho Association of Commerce and Industry. Otter was joined by the author…
Monday Poll: Overwhelmingly, Hucks Nation thinks less of House Speaker Lawerence Denney for his role in (mis)handling ethics problems involving Rep. Phil Hart's tax and timber problems. 85 of 92 respondents (92.4%) said they think less of Denney now than before the various ethics complaints…
"She's supposed to go to kindergarten in the fall," said Olivia Rhodes' stepfather, Darren Thiesen, of Rathdrum, as Rhodes held her sign at the education rally in Coeur d'Alene on Monday. Hundreds gathered at Coeur d'Alene City Hall and marched to the Human Rights Education…
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.
