The daily roundup of links from HucksOnline blog roll includes: Prost by the lake/On Tap. Reclaiming some joy/Slight Detour, Tomlin helps grandma go beyond sitcoms/7 Blog, Inundated with junk I want to share/A Grip on Sports, Select your attitude about supermoon eclipse/The Slice, Raising awareness re: North Idaho homelessness/CdA Today ...
A La Grande man is hoping to start a movement for parts of Eastern Oregon and eastern Washington to join Idaho, the East Oregonian newspaper reports. Residents in eastern Oregon and Washington have discussed breaking away from their more liberal neighbors to form a new…
Idaho Gov. Butch Otter and the state Legislature today filed a lawsuit over the Obama Administration’s sage grouse ruling, even though it found that endangered species protections for the sage grouse were “not warranted.” Question: How many lawsuits has Butch Otter's Gang lost in a row now?
Stickman: "It's always something. The little blue aphids are really out in force again this year. I walked outside a moment ago and was covered from head to foot. Around the parks they are terrible, but up on Tubbs there are none." Question: How do…
"Hey, I just saw the good news on Facebook that my granddaughter passed her drivers test this morning! I get most of my big family news from Facebook these days" -- Dan English. Question: How much news do you get from Facebook?
A tribe is implementing a temporary bounty on northern pike as it studies cutthroat trout predators. The Coeur d'Alene Press reported starting Oct. 1, the tribe will pay anglers for the first 1,000 northern pike caught on the southern portion of Lake Coeur d'Alene and turned in at a Heyburn State Park Headquarters check station.
So Mike Kennedy was waiting his turn at a local gas station when he cracked the door a bit and began to step out. I'll let him tell you via Facebook what happened next: "This bird has remarkable accuracy. Right between the gap in my...
The Constitution Party of Idaho says it’s hoping to have multiple candidates competing in Idaho’s March presidential primary, and already has seen one of its party’s hopefuls, the Rev. Scott Copeland of Weatherford, Texas, come to Idaho to campaign, making a swing from Coeur d’Alene to Twin Falls in May.
Embattled Kentucky clerk Kim Davis, who refused to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples, is joining the Republican Party. The Rowan County clerk, who cited her religious beliefs in refusing to comply with a Supreme Court order legalizing gay marriage, said she changed parties last week.
Scanner Traffic for Friday AM (14 items) includes report of a lot of smoke in Fernan Village area. But fire official responds that the smoke is from regional wildfires, not local.
Okay, we've all read Congressman Raul Labrador's parsed statement re: the resignation of House Speaker John Boehner, a resignation that Labrador has been after for some time. So here's the question. What do you think Idaho's Tea Party congressman is really thinking and feeling deep down?
In the comments section, Wedeln6969 provides a list of "10 things statistically safer to have in your home or garage than guns." The list includes: Kanye West and Kim Kardashian and all their cameras with dead batteries. And: A bathtub filled with the Tears of John Boehner.
In Thursday's Poll, a significant plurality of Hucks Nation said it wasn't an Idaho redneck at all, while 3 admitted that they're so redneck that they've married a close relative. Today's Poll: What is your reaction to the resignation announcement by House Speaker John Boehner?
Congressman Raul Labrador weighs in on the resignation announcement by House Speaker John Boehner: "I am committed to supporting leaders who will keep our promise to the American people to fight for real change in Washington.” Question: What do you make of Labrador's behind-the-scenes role in this political coup?"
Trustee Glorie Ward resigned her position on the Post Falls School Board earlier this month because she is/has relocated outside here district -- to Coeur d'Alene. Ward was elected in 2013. Her term of office won't expire until 2017. She is also the wife of Jeff Ward, a leader in the Kootenai County Reagan Republicans.
Congressman Raul Labrador may have worked behind the scenes to oust House Speaker John Boehner. But Congressman Mike Simpson praised Boehner's leadership: "He has consistently acted with integrity and in the best interest of this nation."
Coeur d'Alene City Councilman Dan Gookin didn't tell the Reagan Republicans what they wanted to hear Thursday. Rather, he told them why he supported the town's anti-discrimination ordinance and why he isn't a Republican. That didn't go over well with Reagan Republican founder Jeff Ward.
House Speaker John Boehner announces he'll both step down as speaker and resign from Congress at the end of October. The announcement occurred after Boehner met with five Republican dissidents Thursday, including Congressman Raul Labrador of Idaho. Question: What do you make of Congressman Labrador's role in this political overthrow?
Previous auctions of state-owned cabin sites on Priest Lake in North Idaho have drawn little competitive bidding, as folks were reluctant to bid against cabin owners who’d built their cabins on the state lots and wanted to keep them. But this Saturday, nine lakefront Priest…
In a letter to the Coeur d'Alene Press editor, Patty Strub of Coeur d'Alene questions the belief circulated by hard line 2nd amendment advocates that more guns mean more safety. She is also appalled that a southern Idaho group will hold a rally at Coeur d'Alene's City Park to push the idea of carrying concealed guns without a permit.
In his weekly Cheers & Jeers column, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune gives JEERS to Idaho Senate President Pro Tem Brent Hill, R-Rexburg, and House Speaker Scott Bedke, R-Oakley. They're behind secretive meetings by a high-powered group that may decide how to hand down a tax cut for richest Idahoans.
Another day in paradise. And another day that I get paid to do this best of all jobs. I like that combination. If you have something on your mind that doesn't fit elsewhere, you can play this Wild Card and maybe start a thread that...
Emergency personnel work at the scene of a fatal collision involving a charter bus, background, and a "Ride the Ducks" amphibious tour bus, right, on the Aurora Bridge in Seattle today.
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