Jim Brannon sent this news release to Huckleberries Online moments ago: "Since I announced my candidacy for mayor of the great city of Coeur d’Alene, I have been humbled by the generous support and encouragement of my fellow citizens. While I believe my leadership would…
Tuesday Poll: The organizers of the Diamond Cup races have won over the majority of skeptical Hucks Nation by staging a successful, well-run event over the Labor Day weekend. 84 of 156 respondents (53.85%) said they'd like to see races return in 2014. Only 55…
Katie Reis, center, talks with a caller about the soon-to-open health insurance exchange at a call center in Spokane Valley where customer support representatives began giving information to potential insurance buyers Tuesday. John Webster SR story here. (SR photo: Jesse Tinsley) Idaho Records/Sherry Adkins, SR…
"You can tell summer has come to an end. I went downtown Coeur d'Alene and 1/2 of the stores were closed at 5 o'clock" -- Facebook Friend Rose Backs. Question: What is the main reason that you go downtown during the shoulder seasons?
Believe it or not, the 2013 Coeur d'Alene Diamond Cup event appears to have taken a bite out of crime. "I was just looking at the bookings, and there weren't as many bookings this weekend as we would ordinarily have on a weekend," Kootenai County…
On his Facebook page, Councilman Mike Kennedy posts (re: Chobani pulls yogurt after customers complain of funny taste, bloated containers, illness): "Gotta admit -- I've thrown away a few of these yogurts the last week because I thought my office refrigerator was too cold and…
Just how popular are the Broncos in the Gem State and elsewhere? The folks at social media giant Facebook have an answer — sort of. Late last week, Facebook released its first NCAA college football fan map, similar to maps it has done in recent…
Digger (Re: Bakery that refused to serve gays shuts): This is where I disagree with the mainstream gay community. I'm all about the free market and the conversation isn't going to go like this: "Bake us a cake for our gay wedding." "No, I don't…
Miss America contestants appauld as they wait to be introduced after arriving in Atlantic City, N.J. on Tuesday. The Miss America pageant is back in the city where it began, six years after spurning the city for Las Vegas. The pageant held a welcoming ceremony…
When you look at the number of Idaho women pursuing law as a profession, the numbers dwindle as the positions rise. More than 40 percent of Idaho law students are women, but their predecessors now practicing law make up just 25 percent of the more…
Idaho lawmakers in Washington, D.C., were deeply skeptical of President Obama's plan for a strike against Syria's chemical weapons infrastructure. In responses this week, Republican U.S. Sens. Jim Risch and Mike Crapo and Reps. Mike Simpson and Raul Labrador all expressed wariness such a strike…
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.
