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Lake City High announces new principal
Bryan Kelly has been selected as Lake City High School’s principal for the 2025-2026 school year.
CLN board advances adults-only library rooms
Community Library Network board members recently moved ahead with creating adults-only rooms in CLN libraries in Kootenai County. So far, CLN has received 1…
Trail Foundation annual meeting tonight
Public welcome to North Idaho Centennial Trail Foundation annual meeting
KCRCC’s defamation lawsuit against Gookin continues
If the Kootenai County GOP’s defamation lawsuit against one of its own goes to trial, it won’t happen before October, about two years after the suit was initia…
Today's Ghastly Groaner
What did the hat say to the scarf?
Competing Idaho school choice bills clear hurdles
House and Senate members introduced competing private school choice proposals on Wednesday.
After emotional hearing, Idaho committee advances resolution to overturn gay marriage
Idaho lawmakers have advanced a resolution rejecting the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling to nationally legalize same-sex marriage.
Pellet gun found at Sandpoint Middle School
An unloaded airsoft pistol was discovered in a student’s backpack during a routine search at Sandpoint Middle School Wednesday morning.
Evacuations ordered as new fast-moving wildfire threatens mountain homes north of Los Angeles
Evacuations were ordered on Wednesday for remote communities near a new fast-moving wildfire in mountains north of Los Angeles, as Southern California endured …
Teen fatally shoots a female student and himself at Antioch High School in Nashville, police say
A female student was killed and another student was wounded Wednesday in shooting in a Nashville high school cafeteria, police said.
Coeur d'Alene fire department damages historic home before preservation committee review
“Unfortunately, the property owner granted permission to the Fire Department to conduct their training activities prior to the review and even though the demol…
Police eye designs for new building
The new police building will have a sprinkler system, which its predecessor did not because when it was acquired in 2016, it wasn't required that it have a spr…
River City Middle School students prep care packages for cancer patients
In colorful Crayola marker, "You are resilient," "Keep fighting," "Your spirit is unbreakable" and other encouraging messages were written on bright constructi…
Corridor traffic project bumped up
The project includes upgrading traffic signal components at 10 intersections, bringing pedestrian ramps into ADA compliance, and providing coordination between…
Athol shop building destroyed in fire
A large shop building was destroyed in a fire that broke out on the 600 block of S. Beaver Lake Road Tuesday morning.