John Richards, left, a timber industry leader who died Wednesday, holds a copy of the Kootenai Health Visionary Leadership Award bestowed posthumously in 2015 upon his father, John Smith Richards, a former Kootenai Hospital District board member who made significant contributions to the development of Kootenai Health. Pictured also are, from left: Liese Razzeto, Kootenai Health Board Trustee; Tom Richards, John's twin and also a leader in the timber industry; and Mike Chapm…
July 28, 2018
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Timber titan John Richards dies at 81
COEUR d’ALENE — John Richards influenced many lives in a profound, positive way.