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City Council prayer stays
Coeur d’Alene city officials on Tuesday decided to continue using a lottery system to select religious leaders to …
Kingston man faces sex abuse charges
A Kingston man has been charged with numerous sex crimes, including rape and lewd and lascivious conduct with a child under the age of 16.
Once upon a parade
Lake City High School's homecoming parade cruised down Courcelles Parkway in front of hundreds of onlookers Thursday. This year's homecoming theme is "Once…
Human remains in Washington state identified as Travis Decker, wanted for killing his daughters
Law enforcement teams had been searching more than three months for Decker, 32, before the sheriff's office announced last week it had located human remains believed to be his. Sheriff Mike Morrison said Thursday t…
The issue of drugs doesn't usually get showcased at the UN General Assembly. This year is different
Every year, tons of heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine and other drugs flow around the world, an underground river that crisscrosses borders and continents and s…
Amazon to pay $2.5 billion to settle FTC allegations it duped customers into enrolling in Prime
FTC officials said Amazon had its back against the wall and the consumer refund amount exceeded even the agency’s expert projections. “I think it just took a few days for them to see that they were going to lose…
Blackfeet Tribal Council bans kratom sales, use on reservation
The move, enacted via a Sept. 12 resolution, will criminally penalize retailers selling kratom products, which aren’t currently regulated at the state or federal level. Blackfeet Law
US economy expanded at a surprising 3.8% pace in significant upgrade of second quarter growth
The first-quarter GDP drop, the first retreat of the U.S. economy in three years, was mainly caused by a surge in imports — which are subtracted from GDP — as businesses hurried to bring in foreign goods before Tru…
Starbucks to close hundreds of stores, lay off 900 workers as part of turnaround plan
Starbucks said Thursday it's closing hundreds of stores in the U.S., Canada and Europe and laying off 900 nonretail employees as it focuses more of its resourc…
Firefighter arrested at Washington state wildfire released by ICE
A wildland firefighter who was arrested by immigration agents while fighting a wildfire in Washington state has been released from detention by U.S. Immigratio…
Cecil D. Andrus Symposium set for Oct. 4 at Coeur d'Alene Casino
Next weekend, Idahoans will gather to celebrate the legacy of the state’s longest-serving governor and look ahead to Idaho’s future.
KTEC students build sheds for vets during Construction Combine
Conversation among construction students and industry professionals could barely be heard above the buzzing, hammering and banging Wednesday during the Constru…
Cd’A Fire donates ladder truck to NIC Workforce Training
The Coeur d’Alene Fire Department recently handed over to the North Idaho College Workforce Training Center the keys to one of its ladder trucks, giving studen…
DAR hosts essay contest, classroom outreach for North Idaho students
Members of the Lt. George Farragut Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution are hosting an essay contest open to fifth through eighth grades.
Sandpoint will auction off lifeguard stands, other surplus equipment
A piece of City Beach history will be going up for sale, after the City Council voted 5-1 to declare the old lifeguard stands and other city property as surplu…
Scouts to clean up Hayden Lake
Frank Wilhelm, PhD and Professor of Limnology at the University of Idaho, estimates that if the team can remove about two hundred 20-lb bags of dried plant debris, the project will approach removing up to 20 kg of …