DON’T BE A LITTER BUG: Spring cleaning for Idaho’s public land

Please leave Idaho's public spaces better than you found them

Aluminum cans, glass bottles, glass shards, a section of carpet, fishing line, Styrofoam worm containers, multiple cardboard boxes, and plastic bags were collected from the area and disposed of, by the officer, in a nearby dumpster provided to park users. Litter isn’t just an eyesore; it can be hazardous to our wildlife.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Bringing joy to mental health

Having a good mental state is about having good feelings and positive thoughts. No matter what is going on around us, we are in control of how we relate to situations outside of us. But there is more to the story…To create great mental health, it’s important to understand that emotions are not only connected with our thoughts, but also with our organs.

Budget gardening hacks: Grow more for less with these simple tips

Given increasing food costs, cultivating a garden, especially a vegetable garden, is an excellent way to guarantee that your family has fresh and nutritious food while helping to reduce grocery expenses.

OPINION: A million points of light

On Saturday, more than a million people across America participated in a living petition.

Outrage builds as video shows Idaho police shooting a knife-wielding teen across a chain-link fence

Andres' son called 911 around 5:22 p.m. Saturday to report a domestic dispute in a nearby backyard. An apparently intoxicated man was wielding a kitchen knife and periodically chasing a man and woman in the yard, he reported, according to audio of the 911 call released by the Pocatello Police Department.

Legals for April, 5 2025

Prosecutors allowed to admit some traffic stop footage of Idaho murder suspect Kohberger

During a traffic stop months before four University of Idaho college students were stabbed to death, the man accused of killing them questioned why the deputy who pulled him over needed his driver’s license and phone number.

A church in England opens its doors to pro wrestling in a bid to attract converts

Church attendance in the U.K. has been declining for decades, and the 2021 census found that less than half of people in England and Wales now consider themselves Christian. Those who say they have no religion rose from 25% to 37% in a decade. That has led churches to get creative in order to survive.

Outrage builds as video shows police in Pocatello shooting a knife-wielding autistic teenager

Idaho police officers opened fire from behind a chain-link fence just seconds after exiting their patrol cars and critically wounded a teenage boy — described by his family as nonverbal, autistic and intellectually disabled — as he stepped toward them with a knife, video from a witness shows.

PET TALK: Don’t horse around when it comes to bumps

Understanding equine skin tumors

Horses are known for their strength and beauty, but their skin is just as vulnerable as any living tissue. While some of the lumps and bumps commonly seen on horses are harmless, others may be cancerous tumors requiring prompt veterinary attention.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Concussions are NOT just in your head

I’ve noticed that we shrug off traumatic brain injuries like they’re simple headaches. I hear all too often, “I just fell and hit my head, no big deal. Or my daughter fell off her bike without a helmet.” What, No big deal!?! I believe people think head injuries are just something we talk about, but really doesn’t exist. You need to now the seriousness of a traumatic brain injury, or TBI. Let me explain it another way, your brain has the consistency of Jell-O. Go make a bowl of Jello and throw it against the wall; that pretty much sums it up.

American YouTuber who left a Diet Coke can for a reclusive tribe on an island is arrested in India

Visitors are banned from traveling within 3 miles (5 kilometres) of the island, whose population has been isolated from the rest of the world for thousands of years. The inhabitants use spears and bows and arrows to hunt the animals that roam the small, heavily forested island. Deeply suspicious of outsiders, they attack anyone who lands onto their beaches.

Coeur d’Alene surgeon gets 40-year prison sentence for voyeurism

An orthopedic surgeon who pleaded guilty to secretly recording women and girls in the bathroom of his medical office will spend decades in prison.

Coeur d'Alene man says speeding drivers have him on edge

Cd'A resident says speeding drivers in neighborhood have him fearing for children

What has rattled him is the traffic zipping by north and south outside his home. While it’s a 25-mph street, Korver guesses the average speed of most vehicles traveling between Harrison and Locust avenues is about 40 mph. “It’s a straight shot. They don’t have to slow down for anything,” Korver said. “I’m not going to put up with that. I can’t. It's too important to me.” With no speed limit or stop signs, and no crosswalks, Korver worries the situation will only get worse unless the city steps in.

Hearing could set rules for evidence and other details in Bryan Kohberger's quadruple murder trial

Prosecutors and attorneys for a man charged in the killings of four University of Idaho students in 2022 began arguing some of the final ground rules they want for Bryan Kohberger's trial in a Wednesday morning hearing.

Who's who in Lori Vallow Daybell's trial in Arizona?

Vallow Daybell, 51, a beautician by trade and mother of three, has been married five times. She married her high school sweetheart when she was 19. It ended quickly, but she married again in her early 20s and had a son. With her third husband, Joseph Ryan, she had a daughter. That ended after a few years, and Ryan later died in his home of a suspected heart attack.

At least 16 dead in flooding and tornadoes as storms slash from Texas to Ohio

Day after day of heavy rains have pounded the central U.S., rapidly swelling waterways and prompting a series of flash flood emergencies in from Texas to Ohio. The National Weather Service said dozens of locations in multiple states were expected to reach major flood stage, with extensive flooding of structures, roads, bridges and other critical infrastructure possible.

Housing prices rising

According the Coeur d'Alene Regional Realtors latest report, the median price of a single-family home in Kootenai County through March was $546,035, an 8% increase from a year ago.

Kaylee Peterson slates town hall on Sunday in Coeur d'Alene

Peterson is an Idaho native and working-class mom who ran for Congress in 2022 and 2024. “People are hungry for leadership that listens and offers solutions,” Peterson said in a press release. “Our current congressman isn’t showing up, so we’re bringing an extra chair—one we’re keeping open until someone is willing to sit down and listen to the people.

SIDEWALKS: Not everyone will be happy

SIDEWALKS: Not everyone will be happy