Live: North Idaho College trustees meet

North Idaho College trustees convened at 5 p.m. to decide whether to enter executive session in order to discuss a lawsuit filed by former NIC employee Laura Rumpler, as well as an unspecified personnel matter.

CLN to break from ALA, continues policy work

Community Library Network Director Alexa Eccles read an overview of censorship as provided by the Idaho Commission on Libraries as she and the board of trustees held a special meeting Friday morning. "Censorship is the suppression of ideas and information that certain persons, individuals, groups or government officials find objectionable or dangerous," she read. "It is no more complicated than saying, 'Don't let anyone read this book or buy that magazine or view that film because I object to it."

Lakeland teachers to receive raises

Trustees approve $51 million budget for next fiscal year

Teachers in the Lakeland Joint School District, and most of the staff, will receive raises of about 5% for the next school year.

Legals for June, 23 2023

NIC board meeting Wednesday

North Idaho College trustees will convene Wednesday night for the regular May meeting.

LIBRARY NETWORK ELECTION: Vote for Meyer and McCrea

As a Coeur d’Alene resident, I can’t vote for library trustees in the Community Library Network, but I can understand the impact of electing freedom-trouncing people on library services throughout North Idaho. They say they want to protect children but what is really happening is an attempt to control the freedom to read for everybody. Untrue scare tactics and a complete absence of understanding of how libraries run are definitely not characteristics of anyone who should be on a library board.

Court order forces board to cancel special meeting

An emergency temporary restraining order was granted late Friday afternoon, barring the West Bonner County School District from making any changes to its board of trustees or its superintendent's authority before the recall of board chair Keith Rutledge and vice chair Susan Brown becomes official next week.

Legals for September, 1 2023

Real Estate, LLCs and Living Trusts: What goes where?

One of the most important parts of having a living trust designed to avoid probate is to have those assets which would normally require probate assigned to the trust. By this I mean that the trust needs to be the owner of the probate-causing assets (more technically, the Trustee of the trust is the owner, but in his or her capacity as Trustee). In Idaho, one asset that will almost always implicate the need for a probate after death is real estate. So, when I help clients establish a living trust for estate planning, I also assist them in getting their real estate retitled into their trust. This typically means preparing, executing, and recording a new deed for the client’s personal residence which names the trust as the titled owner of the property going forward (again, technically, the deed shows the Trustee of the trust as the titled owner, but in their capacity as Trustee of said trust). If a client owns more than one residence, we will be repeating this process for each.

MY TURN: Stormy CLN Trustees

Burst pipes during January’s freeze caused significant flooding at Athol and Post Falls libraries. The buildings are closed while staff members assess and document damage to facilities and collections.

LIBRARY NETWORK ELECTION: Vote for Meyer and McCrea

Those of us in elected office all have moments where we reflect upon what it means to be a public servant. For some it’s the appeal of “being somebody.” For others it’s a paycheck, or a commitment to a partisan ideology. Fortunately, there are public officials who serve because they have a servant’s heart. The last category is how I describe my dear friend and role model Judy Meyer and her fellow CLN library trustee Regina McCrea.

EDITORIAL: Hold the tomatoes and fling some praise

CLN board makes right call on keeping libraries open on Sundays

LIBRARY NETWORK TRUSTEES: Out of touch

LIBRARY NETWORK TRUSTEES: Out of touch

Rodriguez seeks seat on PF school board

Sara Rodriguez announced her candidacy for a seat on the Post Falls School District Board of Trustees.

Regan, KCRCC named in defamation lawsuit

The Kootenai County Republican Central Committee and its chair, Brent Regan, have been added to a defamation lawsuit filed by two former Community Library Network Trustees.

More candidates certified for November election

The Hayden mayoral race has a second candidate, as does the race for Hayden City Council Seat 3, currently occupied by Roger Saterfiel.

Legals for March, 13 2024

Legals for September, 16 2023

Legals for May, 2 2024

CLN TRUSTEES: Politicizing, wasting time, shunning intellectual freedom

CLN TRUSTEES: Politicizing, wasting time, shunning intellectual freedom