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Flash-flood risk lingers across the Southwest after Rachel’s remnants swamped Nevada
Bill would ban K-12 gender identity, sexual orientation
The Senate Education Committee voted Monday to hold a bill in committee seeking to enact a total ban on gender identity and sexual orientation in K-12 schools.
Shoshone County jail bookings
Arrests and bookings for Shoshone County jail.
Today's Ghastly Groaner
Why did the orange stop?
JFAC reverses course on wildfire funding
IDL Director Dustin Miller responded, in both cases, that using these funds for fire prevention “would not be an appropriate use of this funding.” Miller said the forest protection fund relates to enforcing the Ida…
Trump says Iran war could be over soon
Then increases threats if global oil supplies are disrupted
FBI seeks Canadian wanted in Kootenai County child sex abuse case
Donald Steven Lang, 62, was charged last April with three counts of lewd conduct with a minor under the age of 16 and a single count of sexual battery of a min…
Legislature introduces Medicaid expansion repeal bill
In Gov. Brad Little’s budget plan, he proposed $22 million in Medicaid cuts that could come from a range of service reductions. But Medicaid expansion wasn’t o…
One dead, two injured in head-on collision on U.S. 93 Bypass
One person is dead following a motor vehicle collision on the U.S. 93 Bypass in Kalispell early Monday afternoon, authorities say.
Oil prices jump and markets slide as Iran names new supreme leader and digs in
Khamenei, a secretive 56-year-old cleric, is only the third supreme leader in the history of the Islamic Republic. He has close ties to the paramilitary Revolu…
Hands-on learning gets collaborative at inaugural AI Hackathon
How can educators and employers leverage artificial intelligence in a way that allows them to focus more on human connection? What practical steps can Nort…
Canopy Village Foundation launches search for new director
The Canopy Village Foundation has begun the search for a Foundation Director to lead the organization's fundraising and development efforts in support of Canop…
St. Luke’s dedicates new stained glass windows
In the 1990s, St. Luke's Episcopal Church parishioner Lisa Nunlist envisioned two stained glass windows to be installed in the doors between the narthex and th…
Today's Ghastly Groaner
How is a meatball different from a meteor?
Explosive incident leads to arrest at fairgrounds
KCSO deputies and Coeur d’Alene police officers detained the suspect without further incident. No injuries were reported, and the gold-mining event continued.
Crude oil prices surpass $100 a barrel as the Iran war impedes production and shipping
The increases followed U.S. crude prices jumping by 36% and Brent crude prices rising 28% last week. Oil prices have surged as the war, now in its second week, ensnared countries and places that are critical to the…