GALLERY: Best Photos of November 2016

LOREN BENOIT/Press Two men fish on a foggy Veterans Day morning on Lake Coeur d'Alene.

LOREN BENOIT/Press Veldonna Armstrong, 77, reads her poem, "America," Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016 before Garden Plaza's Veterans Day event.

LOREN BENOIT/Press A diver walks back to his emergency vehicle after responding to a submerged passenger car fatality Thursday, Nov. 2, 2016 at the Fernan Lake boat launch.

LOREN BENOIT/Press A Coeur d'Alene Lake Fire and Rescue responder comforts a diver after the dive team responded to a submerged passenger car fatality on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2016 at the Fernan Lake boat launch.

LOREN BENOIT/Press Afternoon light shines on a bouquet of flowers next to a pole at the Fernan Lake boat launch on Monday in remembrance of Tristan Phelps, 1, Riley Phelps, 2, and Misty Phelps, who were found last Thursday morning inside a fully submerged car at the boat launch.

LOREN BENOIT/Press Caden Bales strokes Rowdy's fur while at Fernan Elementary School on Tuesday.

LOREN BENOIT/Press A truck rests on its side at Miller Avenue on Nov. 25, 2016 in downtown Coeur d'Alene. The male driver lost control of his vehicle as he headed north on Second Street and took out a plastic fence and nearly collided with several parked cars. The driver was transported to Kootenai Health with minor injuries and the cause of the crash is under investigation.

LOREN BENOIT/Press Assistant North Idaho College basketball coach George Swanson gives advice to players while at practice on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016 at NIC.

LOREN BENOIT/Press Lakeland High School's Jared McDaniel reflects during the final moments of a playoff game against Blackfoot High School on Friday Nov. 4, 2016 at Lakeland High School. Blackfoot High School won the neutral playoff game against Lakeland by a score of 34-14.

LOREN BENOIT/Press Lakeland High School football players from left, Ryan Pote, Jared McDaniel, Owen Dickens, and Wyatt Gatten watch as a coin flip in mid-air before a playoff game against Blackfoot High School on Friday, Nov. 4, 2016 at Lakeland High School.

LOREN BENOIT/Press A holiday lights crew secures the star at the top of a 60-foot fabricated tree on the roof of the Hagadone Corporate building on Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2016 in downtown Coeur d'Alene in preparation for the Resort's annual holiday lights display.

A lone pine tree on Tubbs Hill is silhouetted against the darkening sky as the sun sets over Lake Coeur d'Alene on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016.

Desert Storm veteran Brian Beeler hugs Sierra Leuck on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016 at a Veterans Day ceremony at the Veteran's Memorial at McEuen Park.

Annabelle Taylor, 9, lets out a laugh along with Ashley Felder at the inaugural Thanksgiving Dinner on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016 at the Lola and Duane Hagadone Boys and Girls Club. More than 400 people enjoyed the free meal.

Rick Souza, center, cheers with fellow Republicans at Fedora as Donald Trump's victory of Florida is announced on Election Night on Tuesday, Nov. 8, 2016.

Timberlake quarterback Brandon Hausladen (33) gets airborne after colliding with Brayden Roe (10) and Jayden Mullins of Gooding on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016 at Timberlake High School.

Seen from Tubbs Hill, Lake Coeur d'Alene is painted in a swath of colors as the sun sets on Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016.

A boquet of yellow roses rest on the Fernan Lake boat launch on Friday, Nov. 4, 2016. The bodies of Tristan Phelps, 1, Riley Phelps, 2, and Misty Phelps, 25, were found Thursday morning inside a fully submerged sedan at the boat launch.

Timberlake running back Caleb Munson (44) is eaten up in the backfield by a slew of Gooding players on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016 at Timberlake High School.

From left, Navy veteran Bob Shannon, Marines veteran Richard Wright, Air Force veteran Louie Quiring, and Army veterans Bob Kasun and Doug Jones laugh while reminiscing on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016 while enjoying free meals at Texas Roadhouse in Coeur d'Alene. The Coeur d'Alene restaurant alone served more than 1,500 free meals to veterans and active-duty military personnel for Veterans Day.

Paul Parla of Coeur d'Alene holds an acorn out to a curious squirrel on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2016 at City Park in Coeur d'Alene.

The Timberlake Tigers are ready to defend their state title this season. Pictured in front row, from left: McKeeley Tonkin and Lilly Kelley. Back row, from left: Jacquelyn Mallet, Glori Cheevers, Kayle Jezek, Keelie Lawler, Allison Kirby and Shelby Starr.

Timberlake running back Caleb Munson (44) is brought down by Tyler Visser, bottom, and Elliot Whiting of Gooding on Saturday, Nov. 5, 2016 at Timberlake High School.

Carlene Cada of the East Side Fire Protection District celebrates as the District is awarded the People's Choice Award for best soup at St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho's seventh-annual Souport the End of Homelessness fundraiser lunch on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016 at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds. Forty businesses and non-profits donated soup for the lunch, where about 1,000 people attended and donated a total of $13,000 to Kootenai County warming shelters.

LOREN BENOIT/Press Jonathan Brandel and his 7-year-old daughter, Audrey, take a selfie next to the U.S. Capitol Christmas tree on Friday morning, Nov. 11, 2016 in downtown Coeur d'Alene. The 80-foot Engelmann Spruce is from the Payette National Forest and is the second U.S. Capitol tree from Idaho. The tree will make 15 stops in Idaho, including the Idaho State Capitol in Boise on Monday.

LOREN BENOIT/Press Actor and actresses, from left, Trevor Rau, Nicole Dumoulin, and Olivia McNeice sing a Christmas song as they come back to Santa's workshop during "Twas the Night Before Christmas" dress rehearsal Monday, Nov. 28, 2016 at The Modern Theatre Coeur d'Alene.

LOREN BENOIT/Press Sandpoint defenders Taylor Ward, left, and Trinity Golder try to pry the loose ball away from Lake City forward Bridget Rieken during a game on Thursday, Nov. 17, 2016 at Lake City High School.

LOREN BENOIT/Press Eagle expert and U.S. Fish and Wildlife biologist Jane Veltkamp passes a golden eagle feather that fell off an injured golden eagle to Coeur d'Alene Tribe Elder Alfred Nomee for the Tribe's keeping on Nov. 30, 2016 outside of St. Maries, Idaho. The only people to legally have eagle feathers are federally recognized tribes, which display feathers on their regalia during religious and cultural ceremonies.

LOREN BENOIT/Press Eagle expert Jane Veltkamp, the owner and operator of Birds of Prey Northwest, holds a female bald eagle before placing it into the House of the Bald Eagle aviary, owned by the Coeur d'Alene Tribe, on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016. The Coeur d'Alene Tribe was presented with proper permits in October by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service to receive the four injured eagles to help steward the birds who can't survive in the wild on their own.

LOREN BENOIT/Press A golden eagle is seen inside its aviary at Birds of Prey Northwest on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 2016 outside of St. Maries, Idaho. The golden eagle came from southern Idaho and has an injured leg and is the Coeur d'Alene Tribe's first golden eagle.

LOREN BENOIT/Press LAM Christian Academy students put their hands over their heart as they sing "God Bless America," Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016 at LAM Christian Academy's Veterans Day performance.

Dave Sheldon, with the Kootenai County Honor Guard, hugs 2016 Distinguished Veteran Margaret Ogram of Post Falls Post 143 American Legion after the City of Hayden's Veterans Day ceremony Friday, Nov. 11, 2016.

LOREN BENOIT/Press Veldonna Armstrong holds one of her acrylic paintings Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016 at her Garden Plaza apartment. Armstrong, 77, started painting three months ago with the hope of reaching out to people through her art to brighten their day. Mountain and water settings are her favorite to paint.

| December 6, 2016 3:00 AM