If you asked a critic: Disney remakes and box office bombs

You didn’t ask, but I’m going to tell you anyway.

Hayden Cinema movie times

Hayden Cinema movie times

'Recollection' brings home Best Northwest Feature awards

'Recollection' brings home Best Northwest Feature awards

A filmmaking family shot for the moon and has found themselves among the stars. Paradox Studios, founded and owned by Caden Butera of Coeur d'Alene, won the Golden SpIFFy top award for Best Northwest Feature at the Spokane International Film Festival, as well as the audience choice award for Best Northwest Feature. The film, "Recollection," premiered March 7 at the Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center on the Gonzaga University campus.

OPINION: Free speech at the KCRCC? Not so much.

The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee (KCRCC) met last Tuesday. I was there as the Precinct Committeeman for Precinct 407, which includes most of Coeur d’Alene. Many folks may know there was a recent Legislative Town Hall meeting that erupted in shouting, unruly behavior, and the physical removal of a loud, disruptive woman.

Spring craft fairs

Spring craft fair season has returned.

Val Kilmer, 'Top Gun' and Batman star with an intense approach, dies at 65

Val Kilmer, the brooding, versatile actor who played fan favorite Iceman in “Top Gun,” donned a voluminous cape as Batman in “Batman Forever” and portrayed Jim Morrison in “The Doors,” has died. He was 65.

Northwest Notes March 29, 2025

Lewis-Clark State women's basketball coach Caelyn Orlandi, a Coeur d'Alene High graduate, was named to the WBCA Thirty Under 30 class of 2024-25.

THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: Portal not helping grow good games

Somehow, some way, we have to restore that season of ineligibility. Or the current chaos will get worse.

Idaho Senate panel sends anti-DEI in higher ed bill to floor

A Senate committee on Friday advanced a bill with sweeping bans on requiring or incentivizing public university and college courses or training related to “DEI,” which stands for diversity, equity and inclusion.

CONSTITUTION: Reason over religion

CONSTITUTION: Reason over religion

Northwest Notes March 27, 2025

Schmidt, from Coeur d'Alene High, pitched 13.1 innings last week, striking out 10 and posting a 1.60 ERA as the Cardinals swept a four-game series with Utah State University-Eastern in Lewiston.

Prosecutors in the killings of 4 Idaho students seek to use man's crime scene paper as evidence

In a court filing Monday, prosecutors said the paper Kohberger wrote in 2020 while he was a student at DeSales University in Pennsylvania “would be introduced to show Defendant’s knowledge of crime scenes.”

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Joy over stress: A new path

Stress is pretty much universal. It’s how we respond to stress that affects our lives. We get to choose how to respond, vacillating on the spectrum between misery and joy. Simple, isn’t it? If it were so, we wouldn’t need an article or a class on how to help us lean more towards the joy end of the spectrum, no matter how challenging life is.

OPINION: A living petition

Marching in the streets has a long history in American Democracy.

On the heels of a dry winter, firefighters around the US brace for wildfire risks

From the southwestern U.S. to Minnesota, Iowa and even parts of New Jersey, it seemed that winter never materialized.

Idaho Senate passed further DEI limitations in higher education

The Senate in a lengthy evening debate Monday passed sweeping bans on DEI in required courses, hiring, admissions and training in Idaho public higher education institutions.

Concerts April 5-6 to whisk audiences to Latin America, Western Europe

Concerts April 5-6 to whisk audiences to Latin America, Western Europe

Just in time for spring break, the Music Conservatory of Coeur d’Alene will be hosting three events the first weekend in April to whisk audiences away on journeys of international music.

Do life insurance proceeds have to pay an estate's debts?

A common questions we hear from clients involves the fate of life insurance proceeds after someone passes away. Specifically, many Idahoans want to know: "Do life insurance proceeds have to be used to pay the debts of the deceased?" This is an important question with significant implications for estate planning.

Myanmar quake death toll rises to 1,644 as resistance movement announces partial ceasefire

A unilateral partial ceasefire to facilitate earthquake relief efforts was announced on Saturday by Myanmar’s shadow National Unity Government, which coordinates the popular struggle against the ruling military. The country's death toll from the disaster soared to 1,644.

THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: Manzo, Casey, LMU and Circling Raven

“Manzardo may be flying under the radar. Like he’s a bit of a secret,” writes Bernie Pleskoff, a former major league baseball scout.