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Meghan's estranged father arrested and charged with possessing child sexual abuse materials
Complaint sheds light on errors, delays within assessor’s office
A complaint to the Idaho State Tax Commission about Kootenai County’s failure to provide “accurate and timely” property value information has shed light on wor…
City eyes NIC rezone
Several residents of the Fort Grounds neighborhood next to NIC attended the City Council meeting and asked the city to pursue making the NIC campus a Universit…
Bus slides into swale at Post Falls High School
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A penchant for public speaking
A Coeur d'Alene teen with a penchant for public speaking won the American Legion Post 143 High School Oratorical Contest for a second consecutive year.
Movers & Shakers
Movers & Shakers
Nordic Skiing, aka Cross-Country
Although I grew up Alpine skiing (aka downhill) and even raced on the Schweitzer ski team in my youth, as I’ve gotten older, I’ve really come to embrace the se…
Today's Ghastly Groaner
A music teacher's car got dinged in the school parking lot.
Washington man sentenced for trafficking meth
A Washington man arrested in August for trafficking methamphetamine was sentenced last week to 15 years in prison with parole eligibility after five years.
NIC trustee meeting rescheduled
Board will meet Jan. 24
Bus slides into swale at Post Falls High School
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Another Republican debate is canceled after Haley says she'll only participate if Trump does, too
Haley's decision to skip prompted reaction from her GOP rivals, with DeSantis saying that Haley “is afraid to debate because she doesn’t want to answer the tou…
Zambia reels from a cholera outbreak with more than 400 dead and 10,000 cases. All schools are shut
There have been recent cholera outbreaks in other southern African nations including Malawi, Mozambique and Zimbabwe
Stay off the roads, Pacific Northwest residents are told as ice storm coats roads and trees
By midmorning, the warning area was reduced to parts of southwest Washington and northwest Oregon, including Portland, a metro area of over 2 million.
Road projects aplenty in Kootenai County
The Kootenai Metropolitan Planning Organization's major game plan for the next six years includes a number of projects across Kootenai County.
Kootenai County officials talk legal system
For the first time since he took office in early 2021, Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris said his agency is adequately staffed.