The two new Kootenai County commissioners say that the recent approach to comprehensive planning went too far in trying to force growth into cities. Now, they want to streamline planning. Question: Will their seemingly anti-planning views create rural sprawl?
The Idaho Freedom Foundation on Tuesday released an alternative to Gov. Butch Otter’s budget proposal. The IFF budget plan dramatically lowers income taxes, gets rid of the sales tax on groceries, provides $62.5 million for highways and increases funding for public schools. The budget contemplates…
When it meets tonight, the Kootenai County GOP Central Committee will discuss a resolution calling for Idaho to be declared a Christian state. Precinct 52 Committeeman Bjorn Handeen said he'll vote "not just nay, but hell nay."
State Rep. Vito Barbieri on Monday became the most recent example of why men are widely unqualified to regulate a woman’s body. Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, is a member of the House State Affairs Committee, which held a bill hearing on legislation that would require counseling...
The city of Coeur d'Alene soon will launch an webcam of ospreys nesting on top of a 75-foot pole above McEuen Park. Monday, Thorco Electrical Construction crews began installing three cameras to film osprey in their nests. The feed should be available for viewing in a couple of weeks.
Melissa Davlin, Seth Ogilvie and Kevin Harrison of Idaho Public TV's "Idaho Reports" have put together a detailed online timeline of the Idaho Education Network mess, with original documents attached. It's an enlightening look back and how we got here.
Last Thursday, Idaho men’s basketball coach Don Verlin was captured on camera ejecting assistant coach Chris Helbling from the Vandals’ 72-65 loss at Northern Arizona. Verlin tossed the seven-year assistant’s binder into the stands and gestured for the Moscow native to leave the bench —...
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.
