You need to mark your calendars for the 2012 HucksOnline Blogfest, which is scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 18, at Steve Widmyer's Fort Ground Grill. The time hasn't been set yet. Probably 2 to 4 in the afternoon. But Steve's busy preparing the food fare &…
National Park superintendent Randy King walks past a photo of Ranger Margaret Anderson and traditional ranger equipment before speaking at Anderson's memorial service Tuesday in Tacoma. Anderson, a 34-year-old mother of two young girls, was shot and killed New Year's Day, after setting up a…
Mitt Romney has won the New Hampshire primary, Fox News projects, notching back-to-back victories in the first two contests of the presidential nominating season. Fox News also projects that Ron Paul will finish second and Jon Huntsman will finish third. Rick Perry is projected to…
5:54 p.m. 15YO girl attempts suicide by pill overdose on Bailey Court/Hayden Lake. 5:39 p.m. Father wrestles 16YO son to ground in domestic dispute @ Medoc & Bordeaux/CdA. 5:35 p.m. Possible illegal burn reported @ Avondale & Brighton/Hayden. 5:31 p.m. Man wants friend of ex's…
Doug Taylor, 51, of Austin Texas, describes the terrifying scene on Sunday morning, Jan. 8, when the Rimrock Stages bus he was riding on apparently slid on an icy stretch of Interstate 90 just east of Missoula, Mont., tipped over and bounced on its left…
DanOTC: Looks like another significant bureaucratic hurtle between the poor voter and their ballot. But at least the Republicans will get updated mailing lists at taxpayer expense so they probably believe their new closed primary law has some redeeming social qualities…but be very afraid to…
Herb Huseland/Bay Views reports that residents in the Bayview area are outraged re: a clear-cut that took place at Farragut State Park. You can read all about it and see more photos here. Bedtime Conversation/A Butterfly Moment New media hates Obama/Arch Druid William Shatner wants…
Aiming to leverage their limited numbers to win hearings on Democratic priorities, House Minority Leader John Rusche suggested Tuesday that his most-liberal members could vote with the most-conservative Republicans against creating a state-run health insurance exchange. Gov. C.L. “Butch” Otter wants to use $20.3 million…
Gov. Butch Otter made note of his showing up at the Capitol on Monday for the opening of the Legislature after my Sunday report on his lighter schedule. "Just in a teasing fashion, he said 'It's Monday and I guess I'm not supposed to be…
A bartender serves two mugs of beer at a tavern in Montpelier, Vt. College-age drinkers average nine drinks when they get drunk, government health officials said Tuesday. That surprising statistic is part of a new report highlighting the dangers of binge drinking, which usually means…
Kootenai County Clerk Cliff Hayes announced today that a revised Absentee Ballot Application form is now on the County’s website. “The Secretary of State just put out this new Absentee Ballot Application form, although it is dated 2011; and is requiring all Counties to use…
The complete fifth series of "Doctor Who" went where? With whom? The police want to know. More than 200 DVDs - including the British science fiction program and many other movies and series - valued at a total of more than $4,600 were stolen from…
In a preview of the classic "Arsenic and Old Lace" play, reporter Blair Koch of the Twin Falls News-Tribune writes: "Anybody who has brought home a date knows: Adding a person into the folds of your family can be gut-wrenching. In Joseph Kesselring’s classic 'Arsenic…
As you know, large portions of the United States are pancake flat. In those parts of America, you can stand in a field and see a storm coming from three counties over. In other vast swaths of U.S. countryside, the highest elevations are found atop…
Via Twitter from Melissa Luck/KXLY: "Dear people of the world: Our fax machine was jammed for 6 days and no one noticed. Please stop using fax to communicate." Question: Do you still rely on a fax machine to communicate?
Earlier today, Shirlee Smith holds a copy of a Louisville Courier-Journal newspaper photo of her at Central High School's 1960 graduation showing student council president Jerry Link, 17, left, the then cheerleader Shirlee Lewis, 17, and Cassius M. Clay, 18, a light-heavyweight member of the…
Noonish: Bunco Road/Athol resident w/history of domestic abuse is at it again. 11:59 a.m. Rathdrum Super 1 worker reports 2 males spinning brodies & shooting a pellet gun out the window in store parking lot. 11:35 a.m. Caller reports female pedestrian took something from neighbor's…
Dan Gookin writes on his Facebook page Monday night: "Voted NO today (on Public Works Committee). City wants to purchase a $126,000 dump truck, which is $26K over the budget. I felt that the purchase could be postponed until the economy gets better." DFO: Council…
Legislative Democrats gave their response to GOP Gov. Butch Otter's State of the State and budget message this morning, and they weren't happy. “The governor has talked about budget, education, taxes, employment and reserves. All of these issues are important, but it is really hard…
The Rathdrum City Council tonight will hold public hearings on a street name change request to honor a fallen city police officer and a proposed law banning minors from having e-cigarettes. Mayor Vic Holmes and council members Fred Meckel and Debbie Holmes - all re-elected…
Col. Jerry Russell, commander of the Idaho State Police, left, and Brig. Gen. Richard Turner, chief of staff joint headquarters of the Idaho Air National Guard, applaud with Gov. Butch Otter during the State of the State address Monday at the Statehouse in Boise. The…
Republican presidential candidate former Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman follows his wife, Mary Kaye, as they enter a campaign rally in Exeter, N.H., Monday. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola) DFO: I appreciate photographers who take an ordinary event like the one above and provide their extraordinary perspective of…
Monday Poll: 134 of 235 respondents (57.02%) said it was inappropriate for the Northern Idaho Wolf Alliance to refer to wolves killed by hunters in Idaho and Montana as "fallen" -- a term used for soldiers, firefighters, and police officer killed in the line of…
On his blog, Dennis Mansfield points to the who's who of Idaho politics who support GOP presidential candidate Mitt Romney -- and then declares something unusual happened Friday -- an anti-establishment candidate won the GOP straw poll. Ron Paul. Quoth Dennis: "Some might argue that…
Mitt Romney awoke Tuesday to fresh evidence that he is still a heavy favorite to win New Hampshire’s primary even as a late surge in the polls by Jon M. Huntsman Jr. raised questions about how large Mr. Romney’s margin of victory in the state…
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.
