The little boy on the beach had a name, and it was Aylan. Searing images of the Syrian toddler’s drowned body, washed ashore after the raft carrying his refugee family capsized off the Turkish coast, pricked consciences worldwide and galvanized passionate debate over the international response to the tide of migrants arriving on Europe’s shores.
Toby Schindelbeck, the relative newcomer from Chico, Calif., is running for office again -- this time for long-time incumbent Ron Edinger's council seat. Schindelbeck had been in Coeur d'Alene about a year, in 2014, when he challenged and lost a close race to Rep. Luke Malek for a House District 4 seat.
Retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson and Independent Bernie Sanders won straw polls for prez nomination at the North Idaho Fair, conducted by local Republicans and Democrats, respectively.
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.
