AM Headlines today feature a facelift for Centennial Trail bridge at the state line. Also: Idaho struggles with pot smugglers/KXLY, Post Falls area farmer helped stop fire/KREM, Error frees man charged w/indecent exposure/KXLY, CdA hires agency to collect unpaid parking tickets/Press, Silver Valley video may shed light on kidnapping, murder/KXLY...
In the Monday poll, a plurality of Hucks Nation said it wants to keep working -- part-time or full-time -- after it reaches full retirement age. Today's Poll: If the election was held today, which Idaho Supreme Court candidate would receive your vote -- Robyn Brody or Curt McKenzie?
Senator Mike Crapo’s campaign today announced the release of its first television ad, “This is Idaho”, which will run statewide. (You can see the ad by clicking on link below.)
Don't look now but Democrats rule the roost in the capitol city of ruby-slipper-red Idaho. Chuck Malloy of Idaho Politics Weekly comments on the growing patch of blue in the see of southern Idaho red.
In his column this week, Chris Carlson/Carlson Chronicles introduces us to the Idaho Supreme Court race featuring Robyn Brody and Curt McKenzie. One is a trial lawyer. The other is a Idaho senator. Question: Who do you support in this race?
An elderly Sagle man who sold timber on his property to raise money to pay for his late wife's chemotherapy has been ruined by a lawsuit that occurred when the logging project went awry. Even Chief Justice Jim Jones of the Idaho Supreme Court admits that the justice system "catastrophically failed" Kenneth Eyer. Betsy Russell/EOB reports.
Kootenai County Commissioners unanimously voted in favor of a forensic audit of the North Idaho State Fair's finances Monday. Clerk Jim Brannon’s recommendation for a forensic audit in August followed an internal audit performed by his office. Ryan Collingwood/Press reports.
A Coeur d'Alene School District parent launched an online petition drive that has attracted 987 signatures after her 13YO daughter was bullied by other girls. The girl is still getting threats from a bully and her friends. Bethany Blitz/Press reports. (Question: What should the school district do?)
Miss Idaho Kylee Solberg (front right), who grew up in Coeur d'Alene, joins a group of Miss America contestants waving to the crowd during competition over the weekend. Solberg is the first Miss Idaho to finish in the Top 15 since 1971 when Karen Herd became the first runnerup, according to the Blackfoot Morning News.
Mrs. O and I officially concluded the summer by attending the Master Class Big Band concert at City Park Sunday. Despite battling cancer, Chris Guggemos of Handshake Productions, Coeur d'Alene's Music Man, brought Coeur d'Alene/Hayden area residents another summer of good, free music. Chris joined...
Scanner Traffic for Monday PM (16 items & counting + link to AM Scanner Traffic with 10 more items) includes group of boys hitting people with apples in Coeur d'Alene ...
The Cutline Contest today features Miss Arkansas Savvy Shields reacting to the announcement that she's the new Miss America. Weekend Winner (3-way tie): Wedeln4Hillary2016, Charlie & gitrdun.
A juvenile male who was riding on the back of a 2004 Honda Accord driven by another juvenile male just before 1 p.m. today fell and hit his head on the pavement. The injured boy was taken to Kootenai Health and then flown by air ambulance to Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane.
The daily roundup of the HucksOnline blogosphere launches with a photo essay of the 911 memorial at the Fallen Heroes Plaza at Cherry Hill Park in Coeur d'Alene Sunday. Also: Pain medications/Bay Views, Kaepernicking/Faithful Geek, The outsider/Randy Stapilus, Your weekly (pub) planner/On Tap, What happened to me?/Simple Mind ...
Earlier today, County Clerk Jim Brannon issued a press release warning of a Washington, D.C., group mailing registration forms to dead people in Kootenai County, among others. Now, we learn that the Voter Participation Center has succeeded in registering 300 new voters in the county, all of whom are very much alive.
Idaho’s GOP congressional incumbents have double-digit leads over their Democratic challengers, according to an Idaho Politics Weekly poll released today, but most Idahoans still haven’t decided between either of the candidates in the nonpartisan Idaho Supreme Court race.
Responding to concerns by Walkabout re: city plans to install an accessible kayak launch near East Tubbs Hill Park, Deputy City Administrator Sam Taylor comments: ""The City has no plans to remove trees or expand the parking."
In an editorial today, Opinion Editor Marty Trillhaase of the Lewiston Tribune warns Idahoans not to hold their breath waiting for the Idaho Legislature to do the right thing and expand Medicaid coverage to 78,000 working poor Idahoans. However, that doesn't stop Gov. Butch Otter to act unilaterally to help Idaho's poor.
Tod Marshal, poet laureate for the state of Washington, updates us on plans for a book of poems by the late Tom Wobker, known here as The Bard of Sherman Avenue.
community. Johnson was preferred by 37 percent of respondents, which include active-duty, retired and former members of the military, as well as their family members.
Don Sausser, our Eye on Downtown Coeur d'Alene, provides 5 photos of the old-time jitneys that traveled to the Coeur d'Alene waterfront Sunday, to the delight of all who happened to see them.
Scanner Traffic for Monday AM (10 items & counting) ...
On his Facebook wall, Dave Chamberlain wonders why Coeur d'Alene honors General William Tecumseh Sherman, whom he describes as "a deplorable human who wantonly killed white and black and native American women and men." Coeur d'Alene's main street and an historic part of the town is named after Sherman. Anyone?
AM Headlines for Monday includes: Plane crashes on Upper Priest/Daily Bee, Prairie fire spares farm, outbuildings/Press, 1920s soda fountain to open in Hayden/Press, Head Start kids to spend more time in class/EOB, Former Clark Fork asst clerk faces prison/Daily Bee + more ...
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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