Are you ready for candidate forums for your local City Council races? JimmyMAC & the Coeur Group have scheduled one for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Coeur d'Alene Inn, with 10 of 11 candidates participating. And the Kootenai Environmental Alliance has scheduled one for their…
President Barack Obama reads a book about his dog Bo during a tour of the Children’s Laboratory School at Eastfield College in Mesquite, Texas, Tuesday. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh) Question: Which children's book is your favorite?
You might say he’s an equal opportunity bigot. Bryan Fischer (pictured) of the American Family Association (AFA), who has made hate-mongering remarks about the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island, African Americans, Muslims, gays and grizzly bears revealed recently that he isn’t too fond of Mormons,…
5:36 p.m. Man reports his grown brother entered his room, battered him, and then left @ Cecil & Horsehaven/PF. Injured man didn't want medical attention. 5:15 p.m. Patrol officer is attempting to trespass a transient from Staples & Chase/PF. 5:12 p.m. Someone is wearing a…
At Clark Fork, photographer Corey Vogel snapped this close-up of a bovine yearning for greener pastures. Corey sez the animal isn't wild but it didn't want anywone to pet it either. Writes Corey on his Facebook wall: "My brother Dexter Vogel raises cattle & they're…
With the decision by New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie (pictured) to forgo a run for the Republican presidential nomination, two questions hold the key to the future of the GOP race: can Mitt Romney finally expand his support within the party, and can Rick Perry…
North Idaho College in downtown Coeur d’Alene has commissioned a Long Range Visioning and Planning Committee to evaluate the school’s mission and to develop a new plan based on its findings. Robinson Research, a Spokane-based polling and public relations strategy firm, is performing a bulk…
This photo taken Friday shows Brianna Amat, who, along with being crowned homecoming queen at halftime, also kicked the winning field goal from 31 yards out as Pinckney's football team beat Grand Blanc 9-7 on Sept 30. (Livingston County Daily Press & Argus, Alan Ward)…
Idaho Senators Mike Crapo (pictured) and Jim Risch are two of just four U.S. Senators to score top ratings from a national taxpayer watchdog group that tracks voting records in Congress. The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste (CCAGW) awarded Crapo and Risch its “Taxpayer…
The Legislature’s per diem is more than sufficient to serve its purpose: to cover citizen lawmakers’ expenses during a session. It isn’t designed to help lawmakers supplement their part-time $16,116-a-year state salary. The pay is modest, but lawmakers knew that going in — when they…
HucksOnline didn't realize that Kris R. LaMarr, a candidate for Hayden City Council Seat No. 1, is Mayor Ron McIntire's son-in-law until a little birdie confirmed that for me this afternoon. LaMarr, is a commercial truck driver with no previous political experience who moved here…
Kootenai County Clerk Cliff Hayes said the first absentee ballots for the November 8 election will be mailed out this Friday, October 7. He reminds voters that absentee ballot request forms are available on the County’s website or at the County Elections office, and that…
This cover from the Sept. 28, 1957, game between University of Idaho and Arizona State is part of the Idaho Vandals Football Historical Gameday Program Covers Collection (1908-1967). The covers were produced for football contests that took place anywhere from Missoula, Montana to Tuscon, Arizona,…
Hank Williams Jr. apologized Tuesday for comparing President Obama to Adolf Hitler, a remark that prompted controversy and resulted in "Monday Night Football" pulling his popular musical introduction from this week's game. "I have always been very passionate about politics and sports and this time…
A century-old federal program that compensates counties straddling huge tracts of nontaxable national forests has expired, and House Republicans are using its reauthorization to push for opening the land to more logging and mining. The GOP wants to shift the forest-payment program closer to its…
Chris Costa, Coeur d'Alene Booster Club president, has created a hubbub from Bonners Ferry to Moscow by emailing around this Top 10 list (a la David Letterman) re: reasons Moscow decided to play Coeur d'Alene Friday: 9. Got tired of TV news reporters showing up…
NBC's Playboy bunnies are being replaced by Brian Williams. The network said Tuesday that its 1960s period piece drama "The Playboy Club" is being canceled, acting less than 24 hours after the new series drew only 3.5 million people for its third episode. It's the…
Michael Vaughn and his 17-year-old daughter Alexis talk with Sue Panter in a corn field where Panter on was attacked Friday by a mule deer near Franklin, Idaho. Panter was able to escape the attack after the Vaughns fought off the buck, grabbing the antlers…
Noonish: Unathorized man is trying to pick up daughter @ Betty Kiefer Elementary/Rathdrum. 12:05 p.m. Woman driver hurt when rear-ended by dump truck @ e/b offramp @ I-90 & NW Blvd. 11:31 a.m. Woman reports trap set for dog @ 269 S. Dunbar/PF has sprung…
In my latest pathetic attempt to strike it rich, I took the fascinating old oil painting that had been gathering dust in my basement to the fairgrounds for appraisal by art experts. First, however, I had to make sure my art was completely bundled in…
Monday Poll: A plurality of Hucks Nation is OK with the level of staffing and pay for city of Coeur d'Alene staffers. 63 of 156 respondents (40.38%) voted that city staff & pay levels are fine, disagreeing with council candidate Steve Adams, who believes that…
The Great Mysteries: Who built the pyramids? Did Shakespeare really write his own plays? Where is Jimmy Hoffa? And what will the McEuen Field project really cost? -- Dan Gookin, Coeur d'Alene City Council candidate. DanG goes on to elaborate here. Question: Hasn't the city…
Lynne (tongue firmly cheeked): Everyone knows that smokers are EVIL and belong on the unemployment dole! They should also apply for Social Security Disability for their addiction. (sarcasm off) Question: What one word would you use to describe smokers?
In this image provided by the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles shows the design of a proposed Sons of Confederate Veterans license plate. Eleven years ago, when the NAACP stepped up a campaign to remove the Confederate battle flag from statehouses and other government buildings…
Marc Johnson/The Johnson Post compares the cases of Amanda Knox and Troy Davis, the Georgia Death Row inmate who died by lethal injection in September: "The story of the white, middle class Knox, constantly surrounded by supportive friends and family - people sophisticated enough to…
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.
