Huckleberries hears ... that no fireworks occurred at the Kootenai County GOP CC meeting Tuesday night, three days after the 2012 Lincoln Day Dinner, featuring controversial Richard Mack. One eyewitness told Huckleberries that sometimes when there's extraordinary tension in the air nothing happens. That may…
Kadie Anderson, a veterinary intern at Pt. Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Wash., gets up close with Sumatran tiger Malosi's teeth during a cleaning as part of a physical examination earlier this month. The tiger, under general anesthesia during the procedure, had a breathing…
Aaron: I’m not afraid to claim my California roots :) Being born in Los Angeles County and raised in the less populated areas of Riverside County-I watched a sleepy outlaw town of 30,000 swell into a sprawling city. I like the small town feel, amazingly…
5:28 p.m. 2 males, 1 in orange beanie & red coat & other in all black, jumped off BNSF train @ refueling station, H53 & McGuire, Hauser. RR police from Spokane en route. 5:19 p.m. Coeur d'Alene resident reports neighbor's pitbull is loose & rummaging…
A trio of turkeys were hanging out on Stickman's breezeway earlier this week in the East Tubbs Hill Park area by Coeur d'Alene's Sanders Beach. Idaho House adjourns/Betsy Russell, EOB Flood advisories issued for Inland Northwest/SR Senate OKs $35.7M tax cut for 17% of Idaho…
Dinosaurman (re: right-wing blog political cartoon lampooning DFO): I admit I chuckled too, but didn’t want to say so for fear of getting shipped to Siberia. Perhaps message Chuckleberries, I’ll check my side to see if anyone knows a source. I’m drawing blanks, but do…
Republican Jeri DeLange (pictured) announced today that she is withdrawing her candidacy in the primary for State Representative, District 2, Seat B, due to the high number of candidates who filed for this position. DeLange believes that it’s more important to step aside to allow…
The Senate has adopted proposed new ethics rules in a straight party-line vote, 28-7. In his closing debate, Senate Majority Leader Bart Davis said, “There's a lot that was said in opposition to the bill that I agree with.” But he said a public ethics…
Gonzaga University, like many religious academic institutions, see-saws in perpetual tension between its Catholic tradition and its broad academic focus. Is it okay for the school to perform the Vagina Monologues? Have a pro-life club on campus? Have a non-Jesuit president? If you thought the…
On her Facebook wall, Kerri Thoreson posts: "It's become tradition that whenever family comes to Post Falls to visit I take their photo with Frederick Post in the City Hall rotunda. Dan aka Grizzly Adams was a good sport to pose with our town founder.…
“In this session, conducted in private, three senators can block the ability for an ethics complaint to proceed. On a party-line vote, one party, in darkness, can squash an ethics complaint. That is not a strengthening of our ethics rules. That is a weakening of…
A model gets a dress made of chocolate, at a fashion show on the occasion of the "Salon du Chocolat" in Zurich, Thursday. The "Salon du Chocolat", supposed to be the world's largest event dedicated to chocolate, takes place in Zurich Friday through Sunday. (AP…
On the new $200,000 legislative legal fund, controlled by the speaker and pro-tem (APhoto AG Lawrence Wasden, who is being dissed by legislation): Things that come up very late May not be a plus for the state The legal slush fund Is case No. 1…
The Senate Judiciary Committee this morning took up three changes to Senate rules, including a major revision of its ethics rules. Among the changes: More secrecy. Under the proposed changes, ethics complaints would be secret until the bipartisan Senate Ethics Committee votes that they are…
Protesters carry boxes containing petition signatures Wednesday in Jefferson City, Mo. The protesters delivered 35,000 petition signatures Wednesday to the House speaker's office opposing the inclusion of conservative talk show host Rush Limbaugh in the Hall of Famous Missourians in the latest in a series…
House Education Chairman Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d'Alene, has thrown in the towel on his $10 milion tax credit bill for private school scholarships; he just asked for unanimous consent to return the bill to the House Education Committee. “In light of HB 670 as amended…
In an op-ed article, Idaho Sen. Steve Vick, R-Dalton Gardens, defends his unsuccessful legislation that would require a two-thirds vote of the Legislature to raises taxes & fees: "When considering taxes and our liberty, I think of a quote from Daniel Webster, during the famous…
From Labrador spokeswoman Ellen Carmichael: Congressman Labrador just spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives during the budget debate. In his speech, Congressman Labrador detailed his upbringing in Carolina, Puerto Rico. Raised by a single mother who struggled to make ends meet,…
KCres: I have been asked many times why I moved to Idaho (from the UK). The most memorable occasion was while talking to someone when we were in Farragut, looking across the lake at the steep hills the other side on a beautiful August afternoon.…
A Mega Millions lottery contestant buys his ticket for Friday's $500-million game at a corner newsstand in New York Thursday. Forget setting up a charity or establishing a trust, the winner of the $500 million Mega Millions jackpot could save teachers' jobs or help pay…
11:47 a.m. Hayden female reports being harassed by male texting & driving by her home. 11:26 a.m. Female along Riverview, south of Spokane River, reports vehicle stolen overnight. 11:12 a.m. KCSDeputies en route to Hayden to search for runaway who may be endangered. 11:03 a.m.…
Mariners' Justin Smoak hits a solo homer in front of Oakland Athletics catcher Kurt Suzuki in the seventh inning of their American League MLB baseball game at Tokyo Dome in Tokyo onThursday. Story here. (AP Photo/Itsuo Inouye) Question: Predict the finish of the 4 teams…
Earlier this week, I posted information re: the dilemma that SR colleague Betsy Russell and we other Idaho journalists find ourselves in -- whether or not to vote in 2012 primary election in May. For the first time, as a result of the GOP-pushed closed…
Wednesday Poll: 79 of 131 respondents (60.31%) said that Idaho reporters don't report the news fairly & accurately. 43 of 131 respondents (32.82%) said they do. 9 were undecided. Who Do You Trust: 53 of 64 respondents (82.81%) said they'd trust Attorney General Lawrence Wasden…
Llamas Cinders, left, and Sunset keep watch outside as windy weather whipped their wooly winter wear, Wednesday in Benton City, Wash. Expect windy conditions again today with rain likely and highs in the low 60s, according to the National Weather Service. (AP Photo/The Tri-City Herald,…
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.
