Coeur d'Alene Honda, owned by state Sen. Kathy Sims, has contributed $908.48 apiece to the Coeur d'Alene City Council campaigns of Dan Gookin and Steve Adams. Sims, an outspoken critic of Mayor Sandi Bloem's administration, made the contributions Oct. 3. Of note, Sims filed the…
Monday Poll: 68% of Hucks Nation voted that world population should be controlled aggressively, now that 7 billion people are living on the third rock from the sun. 51 of 124 respondents (41.13%) supported aggressive population controls because resources are finite. 32 of 124 respondents…
The World Series winning manager was on David Letterman’s show last night – he’s earned a victory lap – talking about his unlikely last season in the dugout and his retirement as manager of the Cardinals. As I listened to the interview, I couldn’t help…
A two-headed albino Honduran milk snake is shown in Ridge Manor, Fla. Daniel Parker, a University of Central Florida biologist, says that most two-headed snakes have typical coloration. Albino snakes don't have dark pigmentation in their skin. Albino milk snakes appear in bright shades of…
Jimmy Farris, who grew up in Lewiston, is 33 years old. He cast his first and only ballot for President Barack Obama in 2008. Which means Farris, an ex-NFL wide receiver and college football standout, skipped at least six national elections. Some of them were…
Well, the feds went too far this time. In that jackboot-wearing, black-helicopter-flying manner of theirs. Yes, they went and made a martyr out of Rep. Phil Hart. This poor principled tax protester. In jeopardy of losing his Kootenai County home — all because he’s standing…
Congressman Raúl Labrador of Idaho’s First Congressional District announced today that Ellen Carmichael has joined his Capitol Hill staff as communications director. ... “I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude to Congressman Labrador and his staff for granting me the opportunity to join their…
First Lady Lori Otter and Gov. Butch Otter dressed up as a referee and a Boise State football player for their second annual trick-or-treat event on the Capitol steps today, at which they handed out candy and toothbrushes to costumed kids. (Eye On Boise photo:…
In this April 22, 2008, file photo, former President Bill Clinton and his daughter, Chelsea, flank Dorothy Rodham, mother of then-Democratic presidential hopeful Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., as she speaks at her Pennsylvania primary election night party in Philadelphia. According to the Clinton family:…
Honest George: With only 25% of Americans reading newspapers anymore makes newspaper political ads a big waste of campaign dollars -- which is too bad because thats about the only medium where real issues can be addressed with at least a little depth. Like Digger…
RE: Parent attendance affects teacher bonuses Arpie: This is not a big deal. The law allows districts to decide how to measure teachers for “merit Pay” money. Those that don’t decide on their own are automatically tied in to using test scores. I salute districts…
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.