I'll have to rely on news releases from candidates to let you know when candidates for county offices have filed. Seems the Kootenai County clerk's office isn't posting those filings online this year, as it has in previous years. Dunno why. The clerk's office only…
Wintry prism: Morning light glows through icicles above Hauser Lake on Monday. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)
Yesterday, news of Davy Jones’ death lit up Facebook, Twitter and online news sites with frantic reports. Baby Boomers shared nostalgic remembrances of their childhood worship of the Monkees and circulated YouTube clips of Jones’ songs. Less talked about was how he died: a massive…
5:44 p.m. Jim has questions for KCSD deputy re: stolen items in pawn shops. 5:25 p.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Feb. 29-March 1 here. 5:09 p.m. Caller reports male in red Nissan pickup checking out houses in alley behind Miller/PF 4:55 p.m.…
High school band members take pictures of themselves before Republican presidential candidate, former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney spoke at a campaign rally at Skyline High School in Idaho Falls Thursday. Wall Street Journal story below reports Romney got a warm welcome. (AP photo: George Herbert)…
Dennis Mansfield writes of the planned visit Sunday in Nampa of former Arkansas governor, who will be introduced by former First Lady Pat Kempthorne: "I like Pat -- Kempthorne, that is ... I understand that she'll co-introduce him to those in attendance. I've posted the…
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio looks on as investigators announce the preliminary findings of his Cold Case investigation into the authenticity of President Barack Obama's birth certificate and other issues surrounding his eligibility to be President during a news conference on Thursday in Phoenix. Story…
All political observers know the election immediately following legislative redistricting leads to colossal turnover in the Capitol. This year, that turnover, combined with a newly closed primary election system and key retirements, could lead to an Idaho Senate that aligns more closely with the House…
A $36 million tax cut for Idaho’s top earners is roaring through the Idaho Legislature, backed by Gov. Butch Otter and co-sponsored by a majority of the members of the Idaho House. The move comes even as Idaho’s reeling from three years of deep budget…
For over 30 years, the National Journal has rated members of Congress on their conservative records, and Idaho Senator Mike Crapo has been ranked third in the U.S. Senate for his voting scorecard in 2011. The respected publication determines ratings based on select roll-call votes…
A baseball shoots out of a pitching machine as Baltimore Orioles first base coach Wayne Kirby, right, runs a bunting drill during a baseball spring training workout Thursday in Sarasota, Fla. (AP Photo/David Goldman) Question: Did you play baseball or softball for your high school?
Your hours will bring joy, your days will bring gladness; how welcome you are, you month of March Madness. The Bard of Sherman Avenue (AP file illustration)
Kootenai County Prosecutor Barry McHugh says sheriff hopeful Adam Johnson's probation status on a felony charge makes him ineligible to file a declaration of candidacy. McHugh sent the opinion Wednesday to Kootenai County Clerk Cliff Hayes. Here's a copy of the opinion/Coeur d'Alene Press Online.…
In his editorial today, Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune harkens back 18 years when the Idaho Republican Party was led by such stalwarts as Phil Batt (pictured), Tom Boyd, Mike Simpson, Bruce Newcomb, the late Jerry Twiggs, Mike Crapo, and Jim Risch. Trillhaase appreciated…
The numbers resemble the parameters for wild turkey hunts — but it’s the 2012 Idaho Panhandle wolf hunting and trapping proposals that have just been released by Jim Hayden, Idaho Fish and Game Department regional wildlife manager in Coeur d’Alene: Hunting Bag limit, five wolves…
Many of you have showed your support for the University of Idaho by signing the flagship petition at change.org. Yesterday the petition reached more than 5,000 signatures. Congratulations! Though the petition reached its halfway mark, we still have work ahead of us. Milford Terrell, the…
From left, Alli Ferrell, 10, and cousin Christian Murray, 12, sit on the front porch, as Lindsey Murray, 15, of Harrisburg, Ill., paints "for sale fixer upper" on the side of the home of their grandmother, Sharon Murray, 61, after a tornado destroyed the house…
11:52 a.m. Female @ Dakota & Sunview/Hayden reports her daughter-in-law's mom won't leave. 11:48 a.m. Ronald reports water bike stolen from Channel & Bridge Lake/Twin Lakes. 11:33 a.m. Michael has questions re: ordinances dealing with barking dogs. 11:18 a.m. Motorists reports a dead deer hanging…
Tuesday Poll: 84 of 139 respondents (60.43%) supported the 31-30 decision by the Kootenai County GOP CC to disinvite controversial former Arizona sheriff Richard Mack from speaking at the local Lincoln Day Dinner March 24. 35 of 139 respondents (25.18%) disagreed with the decision made…
Montana’s chief federal judge apologized Wednesday for forwarding an email that contained a joke involving bestiality and President Barack Obama’s mother, saying he did so because he dislikes the president and not because he’s racist. Judge Richard Cebull, of Billings, forwarded the email from his…
In yet another public relations embarrassment for the Mormon Church, a Utah researcher has discovered that slain Jewish journalist Daniel Pearl was posthumously baptized last year in a serious breach of church protocol. According to records, Pearl was baptized “by proxy” last summer in the…
Shoshone Conservative: BSU, on the other hand, was an entirely unnecessary additional State University built solely for the purpose to spare Treasure Valley denizens from having to dirty themselves by leaving the Great State of Ada for their higher education. Then, after turning their community…
Corilynne Smith waved to the bus driver as her son Ayden Smith, 5, trekked through the snow in Coeur d'Alene this morning. (SR photo: Kathy Plonka) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Montana wolf population up 15% in 2011/AP Santorum visits Spokane Valley this afternoon/SR Identity theft…
A Secret Service agent, left, stands by as Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum speaks at Belmont University on Wednesday in Nashville, Tenn. Santorum will be in Spokane Valley today. See below. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey) Former U.S. Sen. Rick Santorum, of Pennsylvania, will hold a rally…
The flap continues in California over the Fish and Game Commission president who came to Idaho for a legally guided cougar hunt. His home-state anti-hunting creeps are wailing for him to resign since cougars can't be hunted in California. Forty state legislators sent him 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.
