Coeur d'Alene Held Hostage, Day 29: The recall/lawsuit/primary election have been good for business here at HucksOnline. HBO has posted a record 12 work days in a row with page-views topping 10,000 daily and almost to 12,000 on one day. Readership stands at 10,400. Sometimes,…
Sam, an approximately 925-pound grizzly, tosses a bear-resistant trash container designed and built by Gardiner High School students as he attempts to break into it at the Grizzly and Wolf Discovery Center in West Yellowstone, Mont., Friday. The bear was unable to get into the…
On his Facebook wall, FB Friend Tom Torgerson writes: "Yikes! My oldest just got chicken pox and i have never had it!! This might not be good." I'm pretty sure I had chicken pox as a kid. But I hear that it can come back…
5:16 p.m. Vivian in 7000 block of Hayden Lake Road reports someone went through her household items while she was away for two hours today. 5:03 p.m. R/P reports someone has hanged himself in basement of home in the 2000 block of 7th Street/CdA, b/n…
"I lost a few friends in that disaster," said Jim Campbell, center, of Kellogg after turning out the headlamps that signified each of the 91 miners killed in the Sunshine Mine Disaster in 1972. Campbell has been a miner at Sunshine Mine since 1975. A…
Kris Sabo of Sagle was surprised when an official state-funded letter arrived in the mail from Idaho Sen. Sheryl Nuxoll, R-Cottonwood, pictured, talking about Nuxoll's record and thanking supporters as she seeks re-election. “My gosh, she's from Cottonwood – where the heck is that?” Sabo…
A Kootenai County judge on Wednesday ruled against legal challenges by area Boy Scouts and their supporters to halt the proposed sale of Camp Easton to a North Idaho development company. District Court Judge John Patrick Luster on Wednesday denied efforts by a group calling…
Update 2: “The Press knows the identity of the individual who recorded the conversation, and we know the first name of the petitioner. Recall CdA organizer Frank Orzell did not deny or confirm that they have a petitioner by that name when Tom Hasslinger asked…
Kootenai County Clerk Cliff Hayes has withdrawn his lawsuit against the city of Coeur d'Alene, seeking to clarify the deadline date for the attempted recall of Coeur d'Alene Mayor Sandi Bloem and three council members, Deanna Goodlander, Woody McEvers and Mike Kennedy. Acting on behalf…
Julia Bluhm, 14, of Waterville, Maine, holds up a copy of "Seventeen" magazine as she leads a protest outside Hearst Corp. headquarters Wednesday in New York. Bluhm delivered a petition of about 25,000 names and met with officials from the magazine urging them to publish…
Here’s Marc Johnson's take (in President Obama's embrace of the Osama bin Laden killing): Obama has so far been successful in taking away from Republicans one of the historically sharpest arrows in their quiver. Try as they might, Republicans and their presidential candidate can’t pull…
Secretary of State Ben Ysursa is spending $200,000 to buy billboards and ads and take other measures to inform voters about Idaho's first-ever closed Republican primary May 15. Ada County Clerk Chris Rich has hired 100 extra pollworkers to answer questions on Election Day. Candidates,…
Respected downtown businessman Jim Elder was reappointed to the Lake City Development Corp. on a 5-1 vote Tuesday evening, with Councilman Dan Gookin the lone dissenter. Gookin said he opposes the reappointment because Elder has sat on the board for 10 years. Gookin said he'd…
In this Dec. 23, 2007, file photo, New England Patriots linebacker Junior Seau (55) reacts after a defensive play during a football game against the Miami Dolphins in Foxborough, Mass. Reports say that Seau committed suicide in his home in Oceanside, Calif., this morning. (AP…
Noonish: Business @ 1323 E. Sherman Ave/CdA reports unwanted male on property. 12:12 p.m. Gregory reports vehicle & trailer hit airplane hangar on N. Barnes Lane/CdA. 11:31 a.m. Caller from Poleline & McKenzie reports male in tan hoodie with cloth bag may be person who…
"Taking federal funds is like accepting funds from a loan shark and using the money to pay your gambling debt" -- Coeur d'Alene Councilman Steve Adams in voicing his philosophical opposition to the city accepting any federal funds. Later, Adams cast the only no vote…
Things must not being going well at Camp Recall because Bill McCrory of OpenCDA.com is sounding unusually shrill today. Exhibit A: Bill's lead-in to today's post, "Does Ysursa's Opinion Really Matter": "According to this morning’s article in the More-or-Less Press, the CdA Ministry of Disinformation…
From Erica Curless' story on Kootenai County commissioner Seat 3 race: "This is the first time Spencer has run for elected office and instead is known for his behind-the-scenes efforts against anything he sees as a misuse of taxpayer dollars or an assault on private…
Now that the Idaho Republican Party is requiring candidates to pledge their support to the state party's platform or outline where they disagree, the candidate surveys are taking on new significance as primary elections approach, reports AP reporter John Miller, and they've divided the state's…
Nic Casey of Rants, Raves & Random Thoughts tweeted that this semi-submerged fire hydrant near the Zipa Spa building in Riverstone wouldn't be of much help should local firefighters need to use it. And the rain keeps coming down. Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR Zags land…
Tuesday Poll: Nearly 2/3s of Hucks Nation view the decision by the Souza-Orzell-Sims Recallers to hire signature gatherers for their attempt to overthrow Mayor Sandi Bloem's administration as a move of desperation. 132 of 203 respondents (65.02%) see the action as a clear sign that…
"Kate," a statue by David Clemons, is one of the pieces of public art that adorn Lake City. It depicts a turn of the century lady cyclist accompanied by two dogs. You can see it at Riverstone Park. You can also view the many pieces…
A group of Coeur d'Alene residents let their thoughts be known as they ate on a Sherman Avenue sidewalk (in front of Pita Pit, which also opposes attempted recall of Mayor Sandi Bloem and the better half of the City Council: Deanna Goodlander, Woody McEvers…
Romenesko.com reports that a Redlands, Calif., editor is perturbed that lengthy public comments at the City Council meetings are preventing his reporter from hitting an evening deadline: "Toni Momberger, editor of the MediaNews Group-owned Redlands (CA) Daily Facts, describes herself as “a rule follower from…
Garlic may be the best weapon against a type of bacteria responsible for millions of cases of food poisoning in the United States every year, according to a new study. Researchers from Washington State University discovered that a compound found in garlic was 100 times…
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