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LEAP OF FAITH: Hayden woman visits Ugandan orphanage she helped build
When the young man she’d met on Facebook asked her for money to buy medicine for a child sick with malaria, Verna Deno was skeptical. The young man — who go…
Lottery and a prayer
A vote and a prayer
Governor helps break ground at Post Falls interchange site
The first earth has been broken on the new interchange project at Interstate 90 and State Highway 41 in Post Falls. To help celebrate the occasion was Gov. Br…
Craft and farmers market makes a move
The Rathdrum Craft and Farmers Market is celebrating two milestones. The weekly market just received its nonprofit status. It also recently moved from the Rat…
Driver's license offices to be closed Thursday
The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office announced that Driver’s License Offices in Coeur d’ Alene and Post Falls will be closed all day Thursday, Aug. 18 for trai…
Quality Education Act initiative price won't be as high as reported
Widely reported claims that an Idaho education funding initiative actually would raise taxes by $570 million appear to be unfounded, and a drafting error in th…
Today's Ghastly Groaner
What do you call a potato of no great standing, but has the ability to communicate?
Broschet announces candidacy for NIC trustee seat
Pete Broschet, who lives in the Hauser Lake area, announced on Tuesday that he is running for the Zone 5 seat on the North Idaho College Board of Trustees in N…
North Idaho Now podcast Episode 158: Headlines from 8/13 through 8/16 and interview with musician Ben Vogel
NORTH IDAHO STATE FAIR TICKET GIVEAWAY GOING ON NOW!
The making of 'The Miner'
The Miner is home
The heart of the matter
A $40 million expansion project that includes the Kootenai Health Heart Center, operating rooms and Kootenai Outpatient Surgery is moving ahead at Kootenai Hea…
Man gets life in prison for crime spree
A man who led police on a weeklong, multi-state manhunt and later tried to escape from jail received a life sentence. Jesse R. Spitzer, 30, of Sultan, Wash.…
Patriot Front suspects appear in court
Four more members of the white nationalist hate group Patriot Front pleaded not guilty Monday in Coeur d’Alene to misdemeanor charges of conspiracy to riot. …
Today's Ghastly Groaner
George Clooney, Leonardo DiCaprio and Matthew McConaughey get together to make a movie.
Gas prices drop
Consumers debate hitting the road