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Updated 11 hours, 6 minutes ago

Police: Two Cd'A residents dead in apparent murder-suicide

A couple died in an "apparent murder-suicide" that occurred over the weekend on E. Vintage Court in Coeur d'Alene,…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Idaho state budget’s revenue outlook improves for new fiscal year

Individual income tax, sales tax and miscellaneous revenue all came in above the forecast. Corporate income tax collections were $15.9 million lower than projected, according to the report.

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Telescope spies the fastest star in the Milky Way zipping around a black hole

Gillessen and colleagues uncovered the star in data collected by the European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope in Chile’s Atacama Desert. Their find…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Forecasters warn another tropical system could be brewing southeast of Hawaii after Lala left 2 dead

It's too early to tell the exact location or potential wind, rain and storm surge impacts. However, “interests in the Hawaiian Islands should closely monitor t…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
US stocks halt their slide after the Treasury Department moves to ease pressure from the bond market

The S&P 500 rose 0.3% and is on track for its first gain in four days after setting its all-time high last week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average was up 133 points, or 0.3%, as of 2:30 p.m. Eastern time, and the Na…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Assessor’s election challenge dismissed

A judge dismissed Kootenai County Assessor Béla Kovacs’ lawsuit challenging the results of the May 19 Republican primary that he lost, ruling Tuesday morning t…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Appeal submitted against major development

An abuse of administrative discretion. Violating design and improvement standards. Locking in a structural capacity cliff and unmitigated safety hazards. Th…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Kootenai County housing markets remain hot

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Today's Ghastly Groaner

Did you hear the joke about the king?

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Spirit Lake man held on $500,000 bail

A Spirit Lake man arrested Aug. 5 is scheduled for a preliminary hearing next week on severe allegations of sexual abuse of two children.

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Idaho has spent $31 million on firefighting while nearly 700K acres have burned statewide

Many of the blazes state firefighters have been working on include assisting other agencies, such as federal agencies, and it will take time to determine the s…

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Man’s life saved by borrowed life jacket

A Kootenai County man is alive, thanks to a borrowed life jacket, after running into large waves and high winds on Lake Pend Oreille late last week.

Updated 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Westlund warns of major deficit

Post Falls Mayor Randy Westlund took to social media to publish a plan to streamline local government on Monday and is currently seeking public feedback before…