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Solving transit barriers: New mobile clinic reaches Kootenai, Bonner and Shoshone counties
No need to travel. Just reach out and medical service is in your driveway. A specialized mobile wound care serv…
School and Senior Meals
School and Senior Meals: October 20-24
Synchronicities, disappearing objects and déjà vu
It happens to just about everyone. A small item such as a set of keys, a coin, a card, an earring or a pen is knocked off a surface. It's assumed that objec…
FAST FIVE Whitney Dudley: Growing the STEM
Meet Whitney Dudley, who married her high school sweetheart and is the devoted mother of three beautiful, busy and thriving daughters: Ollie, 15; Racine, 11; a…
Seven decades of Muppets
It’s the 70th anniversary of the Muppets this year! I, and probably many people, associate the Muppets with the 1970s and ’80s — the era of “The Muppet Show…
PET TALK Setting your home up for success: Small animal owner fire awareness
Half a million pets are affected by home fires each year, with more than 40,000 of those animals losing their lives, according to the American Veterinary Medic…
Restoring Fort Sherman Chapel
Lake Creek Comfort and Lake Creek Painting & Coatings Volunteer to Restore Historic Fort Sherman Chapel
Fall perennial care: What to prune and divide now
As temperatures cool down, the garden seems to come alive again, especially with the recent rains. Dahlias, zinnias, and phlox all appear to deepen in their co…
A road trip and the blues lead back to a good friend
I’m not a musician, but this I know: The man can make a guitar sing. Damn, he was good. The notes rose from the guitar in his hands, filling the room and mesm…
Today's Ghastly Groaner
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Plummer-Worley School District to participate in national Lights On Afterschool program
The Plummer-Worley Joint School District will participate in the national Lights on Afterschool initiative from 5-7 p.m. Thursday to call attention to the importance of afterschool programs for America's children, …
Closed burning season ends Monday
“Closed fire season," the five months of the year when state burn permits are legally required in Idaho, ends Monday, October 20.
Trump says he has commuted sentence of former US Rep. George Santos in federal fraud case
President Donald Trump said Friday he had commuted the sentence of former U.S. Rep. George Santos, who is serving more than seven years in federal prison after…
Museum's fall festival Saturday
Guests can enjoy pumpkin painting, face painting, old-fashioned games, carnival games, and hands-on demonstrations from fur trade reenactors, a blacksmith, and a traditional beading artist. Local craft vendors and …
Spirit Lake Police seeking public's help in solving hit and run
The Spirit Lake Police Department is requesting the public’s help regarding a hit and run that occurred at Spirit’s Mini Stop last Friday.
KCSO investigates fatal crash at Fernan Saddle
A man died in a head-on crash between a motorcycle and a truck Thursday afternoon, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office.