What were we discussing one year ago? Gov. Butch Otter announced his bid for a third term on March 3, 2014. Otter, of course, went on to beat back a challenge from state Sen. Russ Fulcher in the Idaho GOPrimary and then easily defeat Democrat A.J. Balukoff in the general election.
State Sen. Bob Nonini, R-Coeur d'Alene, didn't boycott the Hindu prayer that kicked off the Idaho Senate session today. But he wasn't overly enthused about it either. See quote below from Betsy Russell report.
Just as an experiment, the Spokesman-Review is extending the commenting period for stories and blogposts from our current two day window to three days. The reason for this change is because we wanted to give people a longer opportunity to comment on our blogposts, which…
At Old School North Idaho, Keva Wolfe posts this photo of the old Johnson Boat Works (circa 1890). The boat works was operating from the same area off City Beach where Brook's Seaplane is housed now. BTW, has anyone taken a ride in Brook's Seaplane?
the national blog Wonkette weighs in on decision by state Sen. Steve Vick to boycott Hindu prayer at Idaho Senate today: "Idaho state Sen. Steve Vick is all in favor of the First Amendment and freedom and stuff, but that doesn’t mean he has to sit and put up with it when a Hindu cleric gives the invocation at today’s session of the state Senate..."
A plurality of Hucks Nation predicts Gonzaga will win at least 2 games in NCAA Tournament to reach Sweet 16. Today's Poll: Do you support the decision by Kootenai County Sens. Steve Vick & Bob Nonini to skip Hindu prayer to open Senate today?
AM Scanner Traffic this morning (20 items) including a training burn for area firefighters in Dalton Gardens ...
AM Headlines: Spokane police are investigating a package of racist, threatening literature sent last week to the head of Spokane’s chapter of the NAACP. The incident has left Rachel Dolezal, the new president of Spokane’s NAACP, concerned for the safety of herself and her 13-year-old son.
It appears the Republicans in the Idaho Senate want Idaho to pay $2M for a presidential primary in March next year. Our Republican leaders are responsible for depressing voter turnout by closing the May primaries, allowing extreme ideologues to win office. Now they want $2M more out of the public coffers. What chutzpah ...
The Idaho Department of Lands today plans to give Coeur d'Alene Silver Cup hydroplane race organizers an important permit for races on Lake Coeur d'Alene near Silver Beach in July. Jim Brady, lands and waterways resource supervisor for the department in Coeur d'Alene, said Monday...
Seven senators remained outside the Senate chamber this morning as guest chaplain Rajan Zed delivered today’s opening invocation, a Hindu prayer, then took their seats immediately after it was done. The seven: Sens. Vick, Nonini, Nuxoll, Den Hartog, Rice, Patrick, and Siddoway. Vick had previously announced his plans to walk out ...
Chairman Larry Kenck of the Idaho Democratic Party sez the recent profane-laced email sent by President Alex LaBeau of the Idaho Association of Commerce & Industry reflects distain Idaho's good-ol'-boy government has for teachers and school children ...
Former Republican Sen. John Goedde was one of the first recipients of a new Abraham Lincoln award at the Ada County Lincoln Day banquet last week. "They gave me a very nice award and I am very pleased with it," Goedde said. According to a…
Hillary Rodham Clinton exclusively used a personal email account to conduct government business as secretary of state, State Department officials said, and may have violated federal requirements that officials’ correspondence be retained as part of the agency’s record. Mrs. Clinton did not have a government…
Far from leaving them in the dark without service, the demise of Idaho’s multimillion-dollar statewide school broadband network has brought several North Idaho school districts better service at a lower cost. “We’re getting more bandwidth now than we did before,” said Seth Deniston, technology director for the Coeur d’Alene School District ...
Fliers with a Ku Klux Klan message were left in the driveways of residents on the east side of the Coeur d'Alene Place neighborhood early Sunday morning, according to police. The alleged littering incident occurred between midnight and 5 a.m., police said. The flier had…
House Majority Leader Mike Moyle’s bill to end the twice-a-year daylight saving time changes in Idaho has run into a problem: By engineering the change to occur on July 1, it would put Idaho into permanent daylight saving time, rather than permanent standard time. And…
I routinely wonder on Monday mornings where we'll find ourselves at week's end, esp. with the Legislature in session. As Rep. Vito Barbieri showed us last week, we're one slip of the tongue or mental brain cramp away from a wild ride here. Also, we...
A large concrete baseball is refracted in raindrops on a window at the Peoria Sports Complex where the Seattle Mariners and the San Diego Padres hold their spring training baseball practice today in Peoria, Ariz. A steady morning rain kept the teams for practicing outside…
We all know MikeK has Hollywood pedigree in his family tree. On his Facebook wall, he tells of visiting his aunt, uncle & cousins in Beverly Hills back when. And of two neighbors of theirs whose names we all know ...
A North Idaho senator is objecting to allowing a Hindu prayer as the opening invocation for the Idaho Senate on Tuesday morning, and says he’ll walk out. Sen. Steve Vick, R-Dalton Gardens, said, “They have a caste system. They worship cows.” He acknowledged the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution allows any kind of prayer ...
Adam Gabbatt of The Guardian newspaper holds images of possible Republican candidates, from left, former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, Donald Trump, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., former Florida...
Mary Souza's SB 1072, which requires campaign finance disclosure by school district candidates, was endorsed by the Senate Education Committee. It has an emergency clause which means it'll become law as soon as the guv signs it. Anyone know why Mary's in a hurry to push this through?
PM Scanner Traffic for Monday afternoon (25 items + AM Scanner Traffic link) including some hit-and-runs, people driving around with open containers & an unattended death in Hayden ...
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.
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