The front legs of Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner I'll Have Another, are shown during a news conference at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., earlier today. I'll Have Another's bid for a Triple Crown ended with the shocking news that the colt was out of…
Thursday Poll: 133 of 198 respondents (67.17%) said they will vote this fall against Tom Luna's education reform laws that were approved by the Idaho Legislature. Only 57 of 198 respondents (28.79%) said they would support the reform laws. 8 respondents (4.04%) were undecided. Weekend…
Sara Meyer: Jennifer Drake and I just got back from the copy/scanner inspection. Susan Weathers did a great job of explaining the scanning process of the petitions. Susan is doing everything she can to be as open and transparent as possible. The main concern seemed…
Brothers Tom, left, and Ray Magliozzi, hosts of National Public Radio's "Car Talk" show, are shown in this June 19, 2008, AP file photo in Cambridge, Mass. The Magliozzi brothers said today they will stop making new episodes of their comic auto advice show at…
In the latest Downtown Coeur d'Alene Bar Report we're introduced to a possible purse thieft accused of stealing a purse of a 30-year-old dancer while she was on stage at the Rendezvouz. It happened Monday, May 21. Here's the rest of the report: "While she…
CaseyinCDA brings up a good question in a private email to Hucks HQ: "I have never seen the actual petitions, but is it 4 separate petitions for each member of the council or is it one petition for all four? Can you pick and choose…
JEERS ... to U.S. Sens. Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, both R-Idaho. Along with their Republican colleagues Tuesday, they blocked a Democratic plan calling for equal pay for women. Republicans dismissed it as a campaign year stunt because Democrats gave them a take-it-or-leave-it vote. That's…
CHEERS ... to George Washington University law professor Jonathan Turley. You can now purchase the provocatively labeled Five Wives vodka on special order from Idaho's liquor division, and for that you can thank Turley. Last week, liquor division administrator Jeff Anderson was holding firm. No…
The basis for the recall effort started as personal vendettas against people who happened to be elected officials. By tying the recall to McEuen Park, a small group of people who have historically been against virtually every improvement in the past 10 years have been…
Guyana Star Dweej grabs the hat from exercise rider Luis Gracia after training at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y., on Friday. The Belmont Stakes horse race is Saturday. (AP Photo/Mike Groll) Breaking News: I'll Have Another scratched from the Belmont Question: Are you interested in…
Emails an American soldier reportedly sent to his parents before he was captured by the Taliban three years ago suggest he was disillusioned and considering deserting. Bowe Bergdahl told his parents he was “ashamed to even be American” and was disgusted with the U.S. mission…
RecallCdA is expected to hand its petitions to the Coeur d'Alene city clerk on Monday. But before it does, it wants to examine the copy machine at City Hall - the one the city will use to scan its own petition copies - in preparation…
Perry Swisher was a rebel with many causes. He wasn't born to tolerate the status quo. Swisher, who died Wednesday at 88, was one of the most colorful and effective politicians and journalists in Idaho history. During a lifetime in the thick of politics, he…
Coeur d'Alene Held Hostage, Day 62: One more weekend of Mary Souza & Co. reminding us of how badly the city is divided by standing on sidewalks with their Recall signs. Then, the action moves behind closed doors of Republican County Clerk Cliff Hayes' Election…
With his cape flying in the wind behind him, Declan Crawford, 3, works to catch up with his grandmother earlier today while on a morning walk through a Missoula, Mont., neighborhood. (AP Photo/Missoulian/Kurt Wilson) Question: Did you ever pretend to be a super hero as…
The menu reads like something from your favorite diner. Chicken Noodle Soup. Beef and Sweet Potatoes. Mutt-Loaf. Mutt-Loaf? This is no ordinary restaurant menu. It’s the bill of fare from Dog-Delicious, a doggie deli and bakery located downtown on East Sprague Avenue. Owners Lonny and…
5:30 p.m. Rathdrum police are investigating business alarm at town's City Hall. 5:25 p.m. R/P reports someone possibly suffering heart attack in 100 block of Leisure/CdA. 5:13 p.m. R/P @ Kootenai County Courthouse reports possible suicidal person on grounds. 5:06 p.m. Woman @ Coeur d'Alene…
The flag of Washington State University has replaced the stars & stripes today af the Coeur d'Alene Resort. I suspect that Hagadone Hospitality is hosting a convention that involves WSU. (HucksOnline photo: Don Sausser) Texting Idaho driver hits parked patrol car/AP Lake City bicyclist hit…
U.S. Poet Laureate Natasha Trethewey is kissed by her father Eric Trethewey with her husband Brett Gadsden looking on after her recognition during a city wide celebration in Decatur, Ga., on Thursday. The Library of Congress named Trethewey on Thursday to be its 19th U.S.…
That strange new growth behind her ear had Mary at a loss; she went to see the doctor, and he told her it was moss. The Bard of Sherman Avenue
Mary Souza has sent out this action alert moments ago via the, ahem, "neutral" un-Reagan-like Republicans organization: "We need some serious help in our final few days-- Saturday is the last day! Our signature totals are good, but our "insurance cushion" is not big enough…
David Townsend (via Facebook re: Dolling up Lake City's 'poop plant'): I think we can have public life in one of two ways. We can make every public facility look like a prison -- just so much concrete and quonset huts. We can reject style…
A fly fisher who accidentally spooked a cow and calf moose from their bed while moving through the brush along the Little North Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River had a tense encounter for 20 minutes the other day. He was able to get up…
Tweet from KXLY photojournalist Tim Martin: "Working in north Idaho today. Who wants me to pick them up some cheap liquor? (kidding! Really, just kidding.)" Question: Maybe privatizing liquor isn't all that great of an idea after all, hunh?
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.
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