Anything can happen in a closed Republican Party primary. And I suspect that's why Mary Souza is challenging long-time state Sen. John Goedde in Senate District 4 this spring. I was as surprised as anyone when I saw Mary's name in the final list of…
Larry Spencer lost his bid for county commissioner in the 2012 Republican primary elections, but this year he is guaranteed a spot in the November general election. The longtime Republican filed Friday as a Democratic candidate for Kootenai County Assessor. "If you look, you'll probably…
Gail Perry, left, adjusts pillows for Bearpaw Galindo to keep his right hand elevated. The Athol man is recovering from an accident involving his ham radio tower that cost him some fingers of his right hand. Story here. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo: Gabe Green) Idaho…
DanoftheCommunity: I noticed in another thread line and from an article today that likely 100 or so voters changed their affiliations recently. 100 doesn't sound like much but I was curious and went back in my old county on-line election archives and the Secretary of…
The Idaho Office of Attorney General is apparently going to have to write opinions regarding the futility of state efforts to nullify federal law until its lawyers run out of ink. Nullification – the assertion that state law can supersede federal – has been around…
Idaho legislators are proposing pay increases for top elected officials but are ignoring who really needs a raise: them. Oh, there might’ve been a time when $16,438 a year made sense for part-time work, but lawmakers have greatly expanded the scope of the job this…
The tale of how Idaho Gov. C.L. (Butch) Otter's administration screwed up the public school broadband contract is not written in bureaucratic gobbledygook. This story is so simple your eighth-grader could get it: Arrogant administrators changed the rules in the middle of the game.Chapter One…
The Gonzaga Bulldogs got roughly the seed they expected and an opponent they’re familiar with in perhaps the best location logistically of the eight NCAA tournament opening-round sites. All in all, not a bad draw. The eighth-seeded Zags (28-6) will face No. 9 Oklahoma State…
Roller Derby skater Amy Bartoo and her pet dog, Bently, join the downtown Coeur d'Alene parade to celebrate St. Patrick's Day Saturday. St. Patrick's Day, of course, is today. (Photo: Duane Rasmussen) Question: Are you wearing green today?
McGruber (RE: 115 sign up for GOPrecinct posts): In closer inspection of the filings for precinct committee seats there are some interesting names that popped up. Frank Henderson (who found a way to have his name on the ballot even though he's retiring from the…
Another day. Another bad headline for Idaho, as a result of actions by Gov. Butch Otter and/or his Republican enablers in the Idaho Legislature. No, Butch Otter isn’t appearing as a celluloid sheriff in another soft-porn movie. Rather he signed a bill passed easily by…
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.
