... That Lakes Highway Commissioner Marv Lekstrum (pictured, from Lakes HD Web site) and state Sen. Steve Vick, R-Hayden Lake, are either thinking about resigning or have pulled the plug on the Reagan Republicans board, possibly over an attempted endorsement of a Legislative District 2…
According to an anonymous survey of Moscow employees, 48 percent find their work load heavy or impossible. With that kind of job dissatisfaction, you would expect to see a lot more employment ads in area newspapers, but that's not the case. So, we can conclude…
Nevertheless, despite the absence of criminal or other extremes, a group of citizens is attempting to recall not one, but four elected Coeur d'Alene officials, at least nominally over park improvements. To be fair that's just icing on a cake of dissatisfaction (with lawful, if…
Nobody in Boise thinks to ask whether tax cuts pay off in economic growth. Lawmakers and governors just plow ahead. The latest example sliced $36 million from the tax burden carried by higher-income families and corporations - at the expense of schools, higher education and…
Dick Clark might have been one of Hollywood's shrewdest businessmen, but for many Americans, his lesser-known role as a stroke survivor determined to live a normal life likely will be a more lasting legacy. Clark died Wednesday at age 82, suffering a massive heart attack…
Dwina Gibb, wife of Bee Gee musician Robin Gibb, leaves a Central London hospital after visiting her husband Thursday. Robin Gibb has fallen into a coma after contracting pneumonia recently. Story here. (AP Photo / Max Nash) Question: Are you a fan of disco?
There has been a lot of finger wagging about the Spokane City Council devoting its Monday night meeting to a public outpouring over the state’s new gay marriage law. Some of my co-conspirators in the media argue that council members should stick to topics that…
Wisconsin state Sen. Jon Erpenbach, among 14 Democrats who drove to Illinois last year to deny a quorum on controversial budget legislation, will be the keynote speaker at the Kootenai County Democrats 10th annual Democracy Dinner on April 28. "He's a dynamic speaker and a…
Petitioners gathering signatures to springboard a recall election on four Coeur d'Alene incumbents will have less than 75 days to collect enough autographs to make that happen. That's the verdict after the Secretary of State's office reversed its initial interpretation of statutes that govern the…
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.
