I checked with Betsy Russell earlier this week to make sure that the Kootenai County delegation actually arrived for the 2016 Legislature. We've heard next to nothing from the usual suspects who grab headlines for clueless statements and votes on giant salamanders and mental health clinics, etc
Two bills proposed by Washington Republicans would reverse a decision made by the state's Human Rights Commission that opens restrooms, locker rooms and other private facilities to transgender people.
The Cutline Contest today features Lady Liberty promoting Liberty Tax Services to passing motorists in a snow shower in Spokane Monday. Tuesday Winner: Dennis.
Tongue firmly cheeked, Devin Rokyta of the Moscow-Pullman Daily News predicts there will be more private Islamic schools in Idaho as a result of a bill proposed by Rep. Ron Nate, R-Rexburg. Nate, a Mormon who teaches at BYU, wants to change the Idaho Constitution to repeal a ban on public funding of church schools.
The annual IRS conformity bill that caused such a fuss in the House cleared the Senate Local Government & Taxation Committee this afternoon on a unanimous vote, but not until after several senators had shared misgivings about the final language in the bill. Sen. Grant…
The daily roundup of social media involving Huckleberries Online includes a photo of Shoshone County Sheriff Mitch Alexander as a young patrol deputy in the early 1990s. Today is Mitch's 24th anniversary with the department.
While driving toward Bonners Ferry on U.S. 95, former Bonners Ferry Mayor Darrell Kerby, saw a sign identifying a wild-game crossing (18 miles north of Sandpoint at Idaho Fish & Game McArthur Lake WMA). Seven miles farther north, he encountered a sign advertising a wild…
Shirtless guy in Rathdrum Wells Fargo parking lot this morning is proof of an early spring. Thanks, groundhog -- Taryn Thompson, via Facebook. Question: Have you seen any signs of spring yet?
Rick Santorum, the deeply conservative former senator who won nearly a dozen contests in the 2012 race for the Republican nomination, is expected to announce Wednesday that he will suspend his latest and long-struggling run for the presidency. (Question: Remember when Santorum visited Coeur d'Alene on Valentine's Day 2012 to tout his campaign.)
The Idaho House of Representatives acted decisively to prevent Idaho cities, counties or local governments from banning or taxing plastic grocery bags or other types of containers. The House voted 52-17 to tie the hands of local governments that might attempt such action, if plastic bags became a problem.
Carolina Wilson didn't know what to expect when she took her 2 1/2YO daughter to an afternoon performance of "The Wizard of Oz" by the Spokane Children's Theatre. Not only did the wife of a deployed Fairchild AFB pilot enjoy the performance but she won a trip to Disneyland for four. Cindy Hval tells you all about it below.
Republican presidential hopeful Donald Trump on Wednesday said he would likely file a formal complaint over the results of the Iowa caucuses, accusing primary rival Ted Cruz of “voter fraud.” I probably will,” Trump said on Boston Herald Radio when asked if he would bring the matter to court, as first reported by BuzzFeed News.
Seeking to rebut what he views as perilous election-year bombast about Muslims, President Barack Obama is at a mosque in Baltimore on Wednesday, his first visit to such a site in the United States.
The House has voted 53-16 in favor of HB 380, the tax-cut bill. Thirteen Democrats and three Republicans opposed it; one Democrat, Rep. Mark Nye, D-Pocatello, and 52 Republicans voted in favor. The Republicans voting “no” were Reps. Bell, Gibbs and Romrell.
Hundreds drove hours to the Capitol. Two overflow rooms filled. Eleven people testified for the bill -- one against. The committee allowed less than one hour of public comment. It didn't bother to vote. Is that how it's supposed to work? -- Better Idaho re: Medicaid hearing Tuesday.
A 24YO Athol man is in trouble -- big time -- today after allegedly rear-ending an Idaho State Police trooper's car at a traffic light and then speeding off. Kyle M. Hodgson was later stopped and charged with felony DUI, felony eluding police and other crimes.
AM Headlines making the news today includes: Idaho Records/Press, Gonzaga not on bubble, but .../SR, Editorial: Clear way for more voters/SR, CdA RV park suffers sewage problem/KREM, Idaho wine grape quantity down, quality up/SR, Addressing the wicked wildfire problem/CdA Press, Sandpoint teen airlifted to hospital after crash/KHQ ...
A plurality of Hucks Nation (41.94%) said it planned to vote in the Idaho GOPresidential primary March 8. However, a larger combined group planned to sit out the GOPrez primary or participate in the Democratic presidential caucus. Today's Poll: Is political correctness as big problem in this country?
In her Front Porch column, Cindy Hval wonders if The Spokesman-Review hates cats. She: "Imagine my surprise when I found it on the front page of last Thursday’s features section. I blinked and rubbed my eyes, but there it was in living color – proof that this good paper had gone to the dogs."
Idaho lawmakers are responsible for the deaths of close to 1,000 Idahoans in the past three years because they’ve refused to expand Medicaid, the doctor who treated 36-year-old Jenny Steinke of Idaho Falls, who died of complications from asthma, told a panel of senators Tuesday.
Condor theorize that many Americans support Donald Trump because he's not politically correct: "There is one thing that Trump does that enamors him to many and alienates himself to just as many. He capitalizes on the fact that among the many rights Americans have, "The Right To Not Be Offended" is not one of them ..."
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.