From Kestrel West Morning Memo: It's not political news, it's not policy news and it's not going to change the direction of the legislative session. Regardless, this is the best story out of the Idaho Capitol yesterday. A young man from Blackfoot collaborated with Gov.…
First District Congressman Raul Labrador is a smart, charming, articulate, up-by-the boot-strap, 45-year-old attorney known for his fearlessness in taking on the establishment within his Republican Party in Idaho as well as Washington, D.C. A darling of the Tea Party types (those to the right…
The head of the state’s prison system is skeptical of a bill that would make Idaho high schools off-limits to convicted criminals. But the sponsor, Twin Falls Republican Sen. Lee Heider, has 27 grandchildren in Magic Valley schools — he says he wants these schools…
A general view of Findus Beef Lasagne in a freezer of a local shop in Jarrow, England earlier today. U.K. authorities say beef lasagna products recalled from British supermarkets by frozen-food company Findus have tested positive for more than 60 percent horsemeat. (AP Photo/Scott Heppell)…
In his weekly Cheers & Jeers column, Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune cheers ... U.S. Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho. For the second time in less than a year, he's parting company with most of his fellow Republicans - including Idaho's Jim Risch - in…
In his weekly Cheers & Jeers column, opinionator Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune offers jeers to state Sen. John Goedde, R-Coeur d'Alene -- for introducing legislation to make Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged" required reading in Idaho schools. Not to be outdone, Trillhaase offered some…
Of yesterday’s 8-1 vote in favor of his state health insurance exchange bill, Gov. Butch Otter said this morning, “I was grateful yesterday to see the vote come out of the Senate committee.” He noted that every Republican on the panel voted in favor of…
Coeur d'Alene teacher David Groth recalls a time, less than a decade ago, when kids showed up for fifth grade able to read and write cursive, with many of them using longhand regularly. "Learning it was a real rite of passage," said Groth, a 34-year…
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.
