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Vice President JD Vance rallies Montana Republicans in Belgrade
BELGRADE — Drumming up enthusiasm for Montana’s Republican candidates for federal office, Vice President JD Vance …
Body of missing Silver Valley man found after ATV accident
A multi-day search involving several local law enforcement agencies ended tragically after search and rescue located the body of Clifton Shove.
Dow leaps 1,100 points and S&P 500 rallies 3.3% following a 90-day truce in the US-China trade war
The S&P 500 was up 3% in late trading and back within 5.1% of its all-time high set in February. It's been roaring higher since falling nearly 20% below the mark last month on hopes that President Donald Trump will…
Trump signs executive order setting 30-day deadline for drugmakers to lower prescription drug costs
Taxpayers spend hundreds of billions of dollars on prescription drugs, injectables, transfusions and other medications every year through Medicare, which covers nearly 70 million older Americans. Medicaid, which pr…
Police deem Mother’s Day killings in Kalispell a murder-suicide
Officers eventually entered a residence where they discovered four individuals had died from apparent gunshot wounds, according to information from Kalispell P…
Gov. Gavin Newsom urges California cities and counties to ban homeless encampments
Newsom, a former mayor of San Francisco, made tackling homelessness a priority of his administration when he took office in 2019 and since then, Democratic lea…
Envirothon team to travel to Canada for international competition
Five students from North Idaho tested their knowledge on aquatic ecology, forestry, wildlife, soils and land use and a current environmental issue and are movi…
Towering trees marked for removal in Coeur d'Alene
The towering cottonwoods are on a grass strip in front of a property where the home was gutted by a fire in January 2023. Today, the land is cleared and vacant…
Cat Wranglers celebrate successful fundraiser
The Silver Valley Cat Wranglers have a little bit of breathing room thanks to a recent fundraiser that went above and beyond for the local feline rescue group.
Today's Ghastly Groaner
What do you call a goat that is an expert in mixed martial arts?
Candidates run for nonfunctional Kootenai Hospital District board
The winners of a race for three seats on the Kootenai Hospital District board of trustees will sit on a nonfunctional board with no assets or operations.
'Motherhood takes many shapes and forms'
Mother’s Day had come and gone and Whitney Wonderlich was left wishing and wanting to be a mother with dwindling hopes. “My husband and I had started to t…
Coeur d'Alene mall owners find silver lining
Filling the 50,000-square-foot of space left vacant by the recent closure of Macy’s has been foremost in the minds of owner Dave Knoll and son and general mana…
Pischner to lecture on Halsey Brothers
Pischner will share a story of "love, sacrifice, and patriotism as reflected in the lives of Coeur d’Alene’s own Halsey brothers." Donald and Delbert Halsey served in World War II and lost their lives in the Eur…
Today's Ghastly Groaner
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Vision 2025: City of Coeur d'Alene and Kootenai County Forecast
There's no question that this is a time of fast-paced growth and evolving challenges in the Coeur d'Alene region and nationwide. In this climate, few opportuni…