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Kootenai Health lays off 80 positions
Kootenai Health, Northern Idaho’s largest healthcare system and employer, confirmed Monday that it will eliminate …
Cd'A School Board to discuss transgender bathroom policy
Trustees of the Coeur d'Alene School Board will discuss the new gender-specific bathroom law Gov. Brad Little signed March 22 during a special workshop at 4:30…
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What do you call your sibling’s daughter that lives in Alaska?
'American dream' out of reach for many in Kootenai County
Just 30% of people make enough to buy a home, and that excludes financial factors like debts from student loans or car payments and money in savings for a down…
Eggscellent adventure
Candy grab!
OUR GEM: Protecting cutthroat trout in some lake bays
For those who love viewing wildlife, the southern end of Lake Coeur d’Alene can be a great vantage point in the spring for catching migratory tundra swans that…
Healing Hearts Mental Health Therapy open in Cd'A
With counseling for young and old and couples therapy, Healing Hearts Mental Health is now at 212 S. 11th St. (Suite 3).
Tips to beat stress
I recently saw a study that claimed more than 50% of Americans report having some kind of stress, anxiety or depression. It went on to mention that therapists are overwhelmed and booked out for months.
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What do you call an angry carrot?
Biden rule on transgender athletes would set conditions on school sports bans
The Biden administration will advance a rule to make it more difficult for schools to exclude transgender youth athletes from competition based on their gender identity, a senior U.S. Education Department official …
Mobile home park residents form co-ops to save their homes
At Oak Crest, a mobile home community in Coeur d’Alene, about 500 residents have agreed to form a cooperative in hopes of one day buying the park.
Lawmaker wants Peeps to change its ingredients
More than 30 years ago, U.S. regulators banned Red No. 3, which has been linked to cancer, from makeup. The U.S. still has not banned the chemical from food, t…
In Africa's Okavango, oil drilling disrupts locals, nature
The court previously threw out the urgent appeal made by local people to stop the Canadian firm's drilling activities
City to pay $500K to settle bikini barista dress code suit
The city has spent nearly $400,000 defending the ordinance.
County rejects residential facility for at-risk youth
Kootenai County commissioners nixed a proposed residential care facility for at-risk youth in the Wolf Lodge area.
' Love embodied on the cross'
Bruce Dietrich had a bad attitude at the Bible Village on Friday. He scowled at the crowd milling around him, daring anyone to say or do something wrong. No…