Update: The House State Affairs Committee has voted 11-8 in favor of HB 222, the guns-on-campus bill, sending it to the full House with a recommendation that it “do-pass.” The vote came after a motion to hold the bill in committee failed on an identical…
A group of North Idaho residents and Rep. Lenore Barrett, R-Challis, attempted to introduce a “sound money” bill this morning in the House State Affairs committee regarding gold and silver currency. Tom Dillon of Sandpoint, chairman of the Legislative District 1 Republican Central Committee and…
Item: Idaho GOP eyes primary election solution: The conservative wing’s court victory brings factions to the table to maintain the party’s dominance/Dan Popkey, Idaho Statesman More Info: The if-it-ain’t-broke-don’t-fix-it segment of the GOP got whipped in court. Chastened Republican leaders including Gov. Butch Otter, Secretary…
Dunno how Cindy got the cool Spokesman-Review mug with her name on it. But she has an interesting question to go with this photo: Question: "Do you believe your choice of coffee mug in the morning can influence the outcome of your day?"
Item: When one vote counts as two: Cd'A school officials, county dispute election percentages/Maureen Dolan, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: That's the word from Coeur d'Alene School District officials regarding the results of Tuesday's levy election in which voters were asked to consider two levies…
All-North Idaho Boys Basketball Team, front row from left: Coeur d'Alene coach Kent Leiss, Chris Wheelock (Lake City), Max Salesky (Priest River). Back: Mark Smyly (Lake City), Deon Watson (Coeur d'Alene), Eric Holbrook (Priest River). Not pictured: Connor Hill (Post Falls), Marcus Colbert (Post Falls),…
Dan Fincher's dog Ceili, an elderly lab-mix licks his face, in Portland, Ore., Wednesday. Ceili is up for a Humane Society of the United States dog valor award -- one of 10 finalists -- for pestering him hours before he had a heart attack and…
Kevin William Harpham bought 10 acres of land on a Stevens County hillside south of Colville and built a home a neighbor said he’d long planned. On Wednesday, dozens of federal agents converged on the property in one of the region’s largest law enforcement actions.…
Those of you subscribers to DirecTV might want to get ready for “KAYU Blackout, the Sequel.” It could happen. Back in late January, the parent company of Spokane Fox affiliate KAYU agreed to return the station to the DirecTV lineup. That was done to give…
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.
