Tackling growth together

Cities, county, builders, employers and citizens unite to find housing solutions

There’s no silver bullet to fix the issues of growth and housing that face Kootenai County residents. “There’s not one thing,” Coeur d’Alene City Council member and affordable housing advocate Kiki Miller told a crowd this week. “There’s a bunch of different things we have to try to deploy.” Around 40 people gathered Thursday night at the Harding Family Center in Coeur d’Alene to hear a forum discussion focused on the role of cities, counties and builders presented by DART, a nonpartisan group.

Commissioners delay action on comp plan updates

Kootenai County commissioners are not ready to adopt revisions to the county’s comprehensive planning map.