Brian Goffin pulls a new batch of salt and pepper shakers shaped like Idaho potatoes from a kiln in his basement, where he creates My Spud Stuff potato-themed ceramics with his wife Anna Baumhoff in Boise. Sales could increase for their business and other Idaho…
The guns-on-campus bill, HB 222, was scheduled to come up for debate and a vote in the full House this morning, but when its turn arrived, House Majority Leader Mike Moyle, R-Star, rose and said, “We're going to wait for a little bit more information…
Joker: I think you are dead wrong to characterize politicians like Phil Hart and Vito Barbieri as uberconservative. They’re not. Vito and Phil are constitutional terrorists. They use our constitution to diminish the rights of others and to advance their own jhad against our government.…
Coeur d’Alene resident Jonathon Mueller was enjoying a meal with his wife at a downtown Tokyo restaurant last week when he heard the rumble that was a massive 9.0 quake that devastated northeastern Japan.“It started out as a rumble, and then it got more intense,…
I was raised with a work ethic that, quite simply, consists of working hard and being rewarded with a paycheck. I don't require the constant validation and praise that the self-esteem movement of the 1990s brought to my generation of workers. The self-esteem movement, of…
Ah, the coming of spring. Could there possibly be a more glorious time of year? As Shakespeare once penned: “When daisies pied, and violets blue, and lady-smocks all silver-white …” TATTA-TATTA-TATTA- TATTA!!! Excuse me. As Shakespeare was saying: “And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue do paint…
Gonzaga woman's basketball players front row, left to right, Shannon Reader, Carter Schick, Courtney Vandersloot and Meghan Winter react to finding that they will play the University of Iowa in the first round of the NCAA Tournament in the McCarthey Athletic Center in Spokane. (SR…
Demonstrators show signs reading 'Switch off' and flags reading: 'Nuclear power, No Thanks' as a protest against the nuclear power policy of chancellor Angela Merkel's government near the German parliament in Berlin earlier today. Germany will take seven of its 17 nuclear reactors offline for…
Toward the bottom of an Idaho Press-Tribune profile article about Wayne Hoffman and the Idaho Freedom Foundation, which he heads, a quote of considerable note. Especially to Idaho state employees, local government workers, and retirees. The article’s main point was how influential the group has…
Item: KTEC may get early start/Maureen Dolan, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: Construction of the KTEC (Kootenai Technical Education Campus) high school is back on track for an early start. Idaho House members voted 62-7 Monday in favor of a bill that would allow construction…
Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, persuaded a divided House State Affairs Committee this morning to introduce his bill to create an “Office of Legislative Counsel” to provide opinions on the constitutionality of proposed legislation, rather than turning to the Idaho Attorney General's office. Barbieri, sponsor…
According to state Rep. Robert Schaefer’s world view, urban renewal offers nothing that can’t be achieved with a loaded gun. Urban renewal was devised to help cities fix blighted areas. This financing tool isn’t needed in small towns, Schaefer said during a recent legislative hearing,…
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.
