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State proposal triggers response from local firearm gurus
Idaho lawmakers are aiming for an official state firearm. Like the huckleberry being its state fruit, Idaho could …
Election season opens with online filing
With filing periods opening soon, candidates for elected offices across Idaho will now file online, the Idaho Secretary of State’s Office announced Wednesday.
Public defender talks pending cuts
Idaho State Public Defender Eric Fredericksen informed the Joint Finance-Appropriations Committee on Wednesday that budget cuts could upend his office’s positi…
Winter Farmers Market brings community together
The winter edition of the Sandpoint Farmers Market brings local growers, artisans and bakers together at the Sandpoint Library.
Idaho gas prices going up
“Crude oil prices continue their roller coaster ride and may keep pump prices below the $3 mark this week, but there’s always the potential for a surge in demand that drives prices higher,” says AAA Idaho public af…
MY TURN: America seems to have lost its way
And we find ourselves in this position because most of our fellow citizens have lost the moral courage to defend themselves, their family and their country (Animal/physical courage is only to be valued when subserv…
Man gets 20 years for domestic battery, robbery
A man with a string of domestic violence convictions who prosecutors said “victimizes every woman he enters a relationship with” will spend up to 20 years in prison after pulling a knife on a woman.
Cd’A man charged with child abuse, animal cruelty
A man accused of choking and tying up a child is in jail on $100,000 bail.
Today's Ghastly Groaner
Who runs Old MacDonald's Farming Corporation?
New Jersey Catholic diocese agrees to $180 million settlement of clergy sexual abuse allegations
Greg Gianforcaro, one of the attorneys representing victims suing the diocese, credited survivors' persistence in reaching the agreement. The diocese has said there about 300 survivors of abuse raising claims.
Eight backcountry skiers found dead and 1 still missing after California avalanche
The avalanche is the deadliest in the U.S. since 1981, when 11 climbers were killed on Mount Rainier, Washington.
Semi-truck crash blocks westbound I-90 at Lookout Pass
Westbound lanes of I-90 near the Idaho/Montana border were blocked for several hours Wednesday morning following a semi-truck crash.
Post Falls City Council votes to remove Juneteenth
It was a night of prepared statements and even the occasional prop Tuesday as Post Falls City Council members worked reach consensus on the addition of a meeti…
Coeur d'Alene job growth leader, says economist
There may be signs of weakness in the national labor market, but according to Sam Wolkenhauer of the Idaho Department of Labor, Idaho’s numbers tell a differen…
Little warns against deeper cuts
Little, lacking law-making authority, said his role now was to “talk about the intended and the unintended consequences of what’s taking place.” When asked wha…
Local rights leaders reflect on the life of Jesse Jackson
Jackson ran for president in 1988 and while he didn’t win, he did well enough as a Black candidate that it paved the way for Barack Obama’s election as preside…