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Man charged after driving through school gates
A driver allegedly crashed through two closed crossing gates at Washington Elementary in Sandpoint, prompting new …
Advocates seek to quell harmful wakes on Hayden Lake
The rising popularity of wakesurfing on Hayden Lake and other bodies of water in North Idaho has brought with it an economic boom, but lake health advocates wa…
Marriott, city working on 'compaction issues'
At the Nov. 4 City Council meeting, Councilman Dan Gookin asked City Administrator Troy Tymesen about problems he had heard about with the project's worksite.
Local creatives 'emerge' for Holiday Market
Coeur d’Alene High School student Emily Fehling found more than her passion for ceramics when she began volunteering at Emerge a few years ago. She also fou…
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Groups meet over YMCA locker room concerns
Local officials and agencies respond to a locker room incident at the Sandpoint YMCA involving a transgender individual. Idaho law and federal protections clas…
Headshot charity sessions slated Nov. 18
From 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Nov. 18, they will be taking headshots for the donation of 10 nonperishable food items for area food banks. This is a chance to update your professional, social and dating profiles.
President Trump signs government funding bill, ending shutdown after a record 43-day disruption
Democrats wanted to extend an enhanced tax credit expiring at the end of the year that lowers the cost of health coverage obtained through Affordable Care Act …
Silverwood to be acquired by Georgia-based entertainment company
Silverwood Theme Park is being acquired by Georgia-based Herschend Family Entertainment Corporation.
US Mint in Philadelphia to press final penny as the 1-cent coin gets canceled
The U.S. Mint has been making pennies in Philadelphia, the nation’s birthplace, since 1793, a year after Congress passed the Coinage Act. Today, there are bill…
Community, grants support opening of new libraries in small Idaho towns
Kendrick, Inkom and Fernwood have new libraries through private donations, public grants and a new levy
Trump pardons Idaho man charged in national park trail running case
The Idaho man celebrated his pardon on social media but reiterated a claim the Pacific Legal Foundation also stated: that the criminal charge never should have happened.
Man destroys new home with excavator in Post Falls
Fred Kudrna, 29, was arrested for DUI and malicious injury to property Tuesday morning after Post Falls police say he took an excavator and used it to demolish…
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The VFW Post 889 also presented a $1,000 check to the city to go toward a War World II statue to join the others – a miner, lumberjack, farmer, suffragist - cr…
Hayden honors veterans in 19th annual Veterans Day Ceremony
World War I, once referred to as “the war to end all wars,” ceased between the Allies and Germany on the eleventh hour of November 11, 1918. The first Armistic…
Friends of valor
Friends Marvin Urwiller and Douglas Champagne were both honored for their service Tuesday at a special Veterans Day presentation of Quilts of Valor to veteran…