Fond farewells

Rathdrum celebrates Mayor Holmes at City Hall before Jan. 10 retirement

Outgoing Rathdrum Mayor Vic Holmes is preparing to hang up his mayoral hat after 16 years leading the city following four years on the Rathdrum City Council. He said he is definitely going to miss the camaraderie with Rathdrum city staff members, with whom he has grown quite close through the years. “I come in every day, and we sit and laugh and joke and discuss different events,” Holmes said Wednesday evening. “I will absolutely miss that.”