Leaderboard: Kim Knerl, with a perfect score, is one of three Berry Pickers on this week's leaderboard. Congrats to Brad Hawkins and Lisa Hunt, winners of last week's news quiz! Brad, of Spokane, was drawn from among the top scores and won a $50 gift…
Wednesday Poll: Overwhelmingly, Hucks Nation sez a nursing mother should stop breast-feeding her child by the time s/he is 2 years old. 113 of 138 respondents (81.88%) took that position. Another 10 (7.25%) said breast-feeding should end by age 3; 4 (2.9%) by age 4;…
With the three "Students Come First" public school overhaul laws on the November ballot, a group has formed to campaign to keep the laws on the books. "YES! For Idaho Education" filed its paperwork with Secretary of State Ben Ysursa Wednesday. Headed by State Board…
Amazing that Sara Meyer, left, and Jennifer Drake, co-organizers of the Stop the Recall movement, can still smile after more than 60 days of the bruising campaign w/the forces trying to overthrow the Bloem administration and seize control of the City Council. Especially before 7…
The effort by House Speaker Lawerence Denney, R-Midvale, and Idaho Republican Chairman Norm Semanko to remove their appointees to the redistricting commission for an alleged lack of partisan fealty backfired, says Republican Commissioner Sheila Olsen. “The adversity that we had bound us together even more…
With the GOP in firm control, the primary became Idaho's real election, so the decline in turnout is counter-intuitive. But last week, Idaho Secretary of State Ben Ysursa confirmed what most expected: By closing its primary election to everyone but registered Republicans, the Idaho GOP…
My cookbook exploded last week. Well. It’s not exactly a book. It’s a 3-inch white binder filled with recipes ripped from magazines, or scribbled on note cards and wedged between neatly typed computer printouts. The notebook is as overstuffed as Rosie O’Donnell. When I opened…
Idaho Icon Perry Swisher, who died Wednesday at 88,, was a self-described grouch. As often was the case, Swisher was right on the mark. He attributed his irascible style to a bout of polio as a child, where he was forced to stay in a…
Shar Pei dog Cleopatra feeds two baby tigers in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, southern Russia. Two baby tigers whose mother refused to feed them found an unusual wet nurse, a wrinkled, sand-colored Shar Pei dog named Cleopatra. The cubs were born in late…
A new jail could be built at no expense to Kootenai County, according to a preliminary discussion on Wednesday between county officials and a jail development company. Under a proposal rolled out by Rocky Mountain Corrections, a new jail located somewhere in the county would…
The storied North Idaho College wrestling program has hit a number of milestones in its 43-year history, including 13 national championships. But one achievement away from the mat has coach Pat Whitcomb almost as excited as if his team won another title: Wednesday morning his…
Last Saturday found me at the East Sprague Costco along with 99.97452 percent of the residents of Spokane County. I was one of the lucky ones, though. I found this really convenient parking spot near Liberty Lake. It was no mystery what brought such a…
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.
