Northwest Bank CEO and President Rob Perez says he drives by all of the bank branches on Boise thoroughfares and wonders what customers ever go into them. There are 20 branches on Fairview Avenue alone. "Why are there so many branches, given that most of…
"In my six-year engagement with this party, I have noticed there are two types of party activist. There are those, and I count myself one of them, who see that our country is in rapid decline, and so we are doing our best to organize…
Huckleberries has obtained the results of the recent survey of Kootenai County employees. Judging by summarized remarks, county employees aren't happy. Here's some of the responses when asked about "elected officials": The only elected officials who would have positive marks in this section is the…
Firefighters work to contain a fire at the unoccupied Grove apartments complex in Pullman on July 14. Firefighters responded to the blaze that took almost two hours to contain. The apartment complex was about two weeks from completion. Bryan Kitchen, 31, who is suspected of…
Tuesday Poll: A plurality of Hucks Nation supports Common Core standards for Idaho schools. 61 of 123 respondents (49.59%) support the standards, adopted by the Idaho Legislature and supported by Gov. Butch Otter and Superintendent Tom Luna. 29 of 123 respondents (23.58%) oppose Common Core.…
Steve Widmyer's candidacy for mayor, in what is now a four-way race, has hit the social media. Widmyer, owner of the Fort Ground Grill, has started a Facebook page. Which announced today that Widmyer is also on Twitter. You can check out the Facebook page…
Coeur d'Alene Press explains why it will discontinue Main Street column for awhile: Because Main Street columnist Kerri Thoreson is running for mayor of Post Falls, publishing her column during campaign season would provide an unfair advantage. Kerri's column will take a break until after…
Jeff Ward: Jennifer (Locke), that component of our horrendous state election laws (that Central Committees can decide whether a candidate in a GOP primary is truly a Republican) is a holdover from the days before party registration. In the current environment I oppose any attempt…
Idaho state schools chief Tom Luna is about to sign a 15-year, multimillion-dollar contract for a private company to set up Wi-Fi networks in every high school in the state, even though the Legislature never approved the move. Luna is scheduled to award the contract…
About the only thing more cyclical on the public scene than the James Bond film franchise is the Idaho land grab phenomenon. Every 17 years or so, a group of Idaho politicians jump up and down about the injustice of having so much of their…
Item: Republican committee: No vetting: Only two members stood in favor of resolution/Jeff Selle, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: Committeeman Bjorn Handeen (pictured) proposed the resolution to establish an endorsement event to endorse candidates for the 2014 election cycle - but only after it was…
A selection of British daily newspapers on Wednesday headlining the news of the birth of a son to Prince William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. It was announced on Monday that Prince William's wife Kate has given birth to a baby boy.…
Item: Cd'A salaries in the spotlight: City contracts with three collective bargaining groups/Tom Hasslinger, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: It's sure to be hot political fodder this fall. When Coeur d'Alene City Council and mayoral candidates hit the campaign trail leading up to the Nov.…
Item: War at the Core: Formation of Idahoans for Excellence in Education announced/Maureen Dolan, Coeur d'Alene Press More Info: The Idaho Core Standards are the Gem State's version of the Common Core standards, an effort to elevate and align education benchmarks across the states. Supporters…
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.
