NIC WRESTLING: Fifth-ranked Cardinals take down Northwest

NIC raps up the event today with duals against top-ranked Western Wyoming of Rock Springs, Wyo., Snow and Northeastern (Colo.).

Fire season underway in North Idaho

Wildfire activity increased over the weekend across the Idaho Panhandle National Forests. Above-average temperatures and below-normal precipitation in the last two months have created unseasonably dry fuel conditions and active fire behavior.

Robert Douglas Wood Sr., 85

Doug Wood was born June 20, 1938, in Butte, Montana, to Bob and Mary Wood who owned the Peacock Inn.

Legals for January, 27 2024

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION: ‘A disaster’

In case you haven’t noticed recently the price of gasoline is back to $4 a gallon. Before Joe Biden took office gas here in Coeur d’Alene was $1.98 a gallon. Energy costs went up when the Biden Administration announced and caused domestic energy production to be curtailed and regulated to the point of strangling the industry. In case you are not aware the cost of fuel is reflected in all products that have to be shipped, trucked or sent by rail. This has been the reason that everything is going up in price and I believe inflation actually sits at 15-20% and not the 7-8% the media and the Biden Administration try to claim.

Nancy Florence Green, 88

Nancy Florence Green, 88, of Kellogg, Idaho, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister, passed away Oct. 20, 2023, at Shoshone Medical Center in Kellogg. Nancy was born Nov. 28, 1934, in Oakdale, Wis., a daughter of the late Francis and Katherine (Java?) Perkins. When Nancy was only 2 years old, the family moved from Wisconsin to the Silver Valley.

Public invited to give feedback on education standards

Comments will be welcome through April 20

The Idaho Department of Education is encouraging the public to review and comment on drafts of changes made to the Idaho Content Standards alignment for arts, humanities, computer science/educational technology, driver education, social studies and world language.

PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lakeland gives Sandpoint a battle again, before falling

Lakeland hosts Moscow on Monday; Lake City and Coeur d'Alene meet again on Monday at Coeur d'Alene High.

PREP CROSS COUNTRY: May's day ... Cd'A girls win, Viking boys perfect; defending 3A boys champ Barnhart of Timberlake also wins in state-qualiying meet

The state meet in all classifications is next Saturday at the Portneuf Wellness Complex in Pocatello.

The 2024 tropical storm and hurricane season could be another active one

The official start of the tropical storm and hurricane season in the Atlantic and Caribbean waters is a little more than 3 months away. With the strong El Niño starting to weaken along the equatorial regions, many forecasters that specialize in sea-surface temperatures are indicating the increasing chances of another active season.

Sheriff's Office Notable Calls

The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office published the following notable calls that occurred between Feb. 19 and Feb. 22. The sheriff’s office describes this information as preliminary and subject to revision as investigations continue.

Return to the '90s this summer

Smash Mouth, Sugar Ray to play the fair's Party in the Dirt

Pull those crop tops out of the closet and frost those tips, because Sugar Ray and Smash Mouth are coming to the North Idaho State Fair this summer.

Norman Baker, 79

Norman Lee Baker, 79, of Post Falls, Idaho, passed away Sunday, August 20, 2023, at the Schneidmiller Hospice House, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

What’s the score?

New scoreboards spruce up Wallace gymnasium

Citizen 'locked on' to Sandpoint park tree

A local resident chained herself to a tree at Travers Park on Thursday to protest the city’s plans to cut down 20 of the park’s trees to make room for a planned tennis and pickleball facility.

PREP VOLLEYBALL: Genesis Prep advances to district title match

Genesis Prep to face Wallace on Thursday at North Idaho College.

Garden District may make history

Meeting set for June 20 at St. Thomas Center

The Coeur d’Alene Historic Preservation Commission is inviting the public to attend a Garden District open house at 6 p.m. Tuesday at the St. Thomas Center, 406 N. 10th Street.

Doris Louise Hansen, 94

Doris Louise (Grimshaw) Hansen, daughter of James Howard and Anna Marie (Fuchs) Grimshaw quietly passed away June 20, 2023, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho after an amazing 94 years of life.

OPEN SPACE BOND: More info needed

Haven’t decided how I’ll vote but: 1) their plan seems too general at this point. I need more specific information how you envision spending $50 million. After all you’ve had months to work on your plan. What is it?, 2) You say current market interest rates are 3.7%. How can you sell 20-year bonds at 3.7% interest when the U.S. Treasuries 10-year note is selling at 4.9% and the 30-year bond 5.1%? Why would anyone buy this bond at 3.7%? If you have to raise your interest rate to 5% or more then doesn’t the property tax of $8 per $100,000 in assessed valuation understate what we will be actually charged?

Lucille Margaret Green, 86

Lucille Margaret Green, 86, of Silverton, Idaho, passed away Oct. 20, 2023, at Mountain Valley Health and Rehabilitation of Cascadia in Kellogg, Idaho. Lucille was born July 24, 1937, in Rugby, N.D., a daughter of the late Joseph and Barbara (Pfeifer) Dosch.