I'm trying to figure out which lobbyist has proposed worse legislation -- the Farm Bureau one who wants to strangle the citizens initiative process of former legislator Jim Clark, who wants to turn the telemarketers loose on Idahoans again. Both are awful ideas. So they'll…
Kaitlin Ballantyne, 20, does her homework in a tent outside the McCarthey Athletic Center at Gonzaga University, in Spokane on Wednesday. Sixty-plus tents are filled with students intent on getting front row seats to Thursday's GU-BYU men's basketball game. The students, who must remain with…
With Idaho state lawmakers fired up to protect gun rights, more attention is being focused on an Idaho law that’s been on the books since 1990 permitting any elected official in the state, including legislators, to carry a hidden firearm without a concealed weapons permit.…
5:37 p.m. Dodge Caravan passed ITD vehicle into oncoming traffic @ H95/Kidd Island Road. 5:20 p.m. Someone is having trouble breathing @ Hayden Country Guest Home, Reed & Lacey. 5:22 p.m. F150 pickup on side after sliding @ n/b H95/MP 425 (Presley Road), driver not…
$1M raffle ticket was a Christmas ornament/KTVB Thieves target Coeur d'Alene storage unit/Jacob Palmer, KXLY Numbers speak highly of Verby's tenure/Keith Kinnaird, Bonner Co Bee Law school dean: Idahoans pay 'hidden tax' on lawyers/Betsy Russell, SR Idaho lawmakers don't need concealed-weapons permits/Betsy Russell, SR Former…
In his new blog, TheEDge, Kevin Richert offers a sample of Rep. Linden Bateman's handwriting (above). Bateman, R-Idaho Falls, is the guy who's pushing to protect cursive writing. More here. Hypocrisy/Carlson Chronicles Garage art/From A Simple Mind Love on the lake, et cetera/Slight Detour Morgan…
"I'm not sure it's an issue here yet, but New Yorkers for some time have been debating the practice of foodies photographing the dishes they are served in restaurants," posts Dan Webster, Dually Notes. "Some chefs actually have banned the practice." Find out why here.…
Betsy Russell, Eye on Boise, posts: StateImpact Idaho is doing some analysis of state Tax Commission data on the personal property tax on business equipment, the $141 million a year tax that the state's largest businesses are pushing hard to repeal. Among the points: Among…
"It was not by design," posts Paul Turner/The Slice. "But the S-R newsroom seating chart has a few pockets of gender clustering. I happen to sit along a fault line between a male-centric area and an all-female grouping. Now people who work for newspapers tend…
A deer stands in a field of heavy frost southeast of Walla Walla, Wash. at the foothills of the Blue Mountains where afternoon temperatures for Tuesday had dropped into the mid-teens. (AP/Walla Walla Union-Bulletin photo: Jeff Horner)
Idaho law officers won't help federal agents seize assault rifles or illegal ammunition – nor are they even being asked to do so, despite rumors to the contrary. Mike Kane, a former deputy attorney general turned lobbyist for the Idaho Sheriffs' Association, said the 23…
Idaho Sen. James Risch used his time with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to confirm statements she made soon after the American consulate in Libya was attacked and four U.S. officials were killed in September. Clinton testified to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Wednesday…
Team USA/Canada member Bob Fulks, of Clawson, Mich. chips away at his team's sculpture on the first day of Zehnders Snowfest World Class Snow Sculpting Competition today in Frankenmuth, Mich. Teams from all over the world are competing in the competition which runs through the…
Who wants to go to the movies? Everyone who enters this week's news quiz can win not only two tickets to area cinemas, but four EWU men's basketball tickets and a $50 gift card to the Davenport Hotel are also up for grabs. Good luck!…
Senior defense officials say Pentagon chief Leon Panetta is removing the military’s ban on women serving in combat, opening hundreds of thousands of front-line positions and potentially elite commando jobs after more than a decade at war. The groundbreaking move recommended by the Joint Chiefs…
Idaho First District Congressman Raúl Labrador today issued the following statement on the House vote to temporarily raise the country’s debt limit: “I supported today's vote to temporarily raise the debt limit so Congress can focus on a package of meaningful spending cuts. We will…
RE: Hayden man still finds objects linked to Fort Sherman/Bill Buley, Coeur d'Alene Press The cultural resources staff of the Coeur d’Alene Tribe has called my attention to the story that ran in your newspapers yesterday and today concerning Dennis Rachunok’s prospecting for historic and…
Sisyphus: I’m quite skeptical of this new media source (IdahoEdNews in Idaho Blogs & Friends blogroll to right). It’s funded by Luna reform backers, the Albertsons Foundation and housed at BSU. Kevin Richert: Thanks, Dave, for adding me to the blogroll. I’d also like to…
On Monday, Kerri Thoreson posted this photo on her Facebook page, with the comment: "The Spokane Street bridge over the Spokane River, photo taken from the Post Falls dam overlook platform in Falls Park. Another foggy day in our frosty paradise."
11:46 a.m. Someone is unconscious @ Lakeland/Vera Street, Rathdrum. 11:40 a.m. Coeur d'Alene Police Department activities report for Jan. 22-23 here. 11:39 a.m. Driver of red Toyota Prius possibly DUI @ e/b I-90/MP 1 (Jacklin Seed Co.) 11:31 a.m. Firefighters checking alarm sounding in KMC…
University of Idaho administrators found themselves in a tough position Wednesday. They were lobbying for an additional chunk of state dollars – to graduate more lawyers. The U of I is seeking $400,000 to expand its Boise law school. The money would expand the satellite…
The Coeur d’Alene Education Partnership (CEP) is pleased to present their inaugural State of the District community forum featuring a presentation from the School District 271 administration. The event will take place next Wednesday, Jan. 30, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. in the Community Room…
Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton pounds her fist as she testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing on the deadly September attack on the U.S. diplomatic mission in Benghazi, Libya, that killed Ambassador Chris Stevens and three…
Tuesday Poll: Hucks Nation overwhelmingly opposes a proposal by state Sen. Curt McKenzie that would further limit the ability of Idaho citizens to pass an initiative. 128 of 145 respondents (88.28%) oppose McKenzie's bill. Only 13 of 145 respondents (8.97%) Today's Question: Should new Sheriff…
Idaho has only one psychiatrist per 20,000 people in the state, Jeralyn Jones of the University of Washington Psychiatric Residency, a four-year program, told legislative budget writers this morning. At the same time, in 2012, more U.S. veterans died from suicide than died in combat,…
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.
