Two dead in apparent murder-suicide shooting in PF

Two people in Post Falls have died of an apparent murder-suicide. Post Falls Police responded to a reported shooting in the 1400 block of Moonstone Street around 11:20 a.m. Thursday, Post Falls Police reported.

Legals for March, 20 2024

PREP FOOTBALL: Timberlake rolls on emotional night for St. Maries

Results from Friday's prep football schedule.

NIC ROUNDUP: Cardinals take care of Colorado Northwestern

NIC plays host to Utah State-Eastern (11-4, 2-1) on Saturday at 3 p.m. USU-Eastern lost at College of Southern Idaho (14-5, 3-0) 85-76 on Thursday night.

Operation Christmas Child wants shoeboxes

National Collection Week, Nov. 13-20

Participants can find the nearest drop-off location and hours of operation as they make plans to drop off their shoebox gifts

NIC BASKETBALL: Cardinal men fall to first-place Salt Lake

Dante Sawyer scored a game-high 21 points for NIC (20-7, 6-3), which is now in third place in the conference, behind Salt and second-place College of Southern Idaho (20-7, 7-2), which won at fourth-place Snow (20-6, 5-5) 85-71 on Saturday.

Legals for January, 13 2024

NIC BASKETBALL: Cardinals fall at Utah State-Eastern, drop to third in SWAC heading into final weekend

NIC faces Southern Idaho next Saturday in Twin Falls in the regular season finale.

OPEN SPACE BOND: Need to acquire open spaces on prairie

There is a very important Open Space Bond proposal on our Nov. 7 ballots. The area between Coeur d’Alene and Rathdrum, known as the Rathdrum Prairie, is being rapidly “urbanized” with housing developments and apartment complexes. Take a drive on Lancaster Road to see for yourself. The bond proposed is for $50,000,000 and to be paid off over a 20-year period by residents of Kootenai County. If approved it will cost us homeowners $8 per $100,000 tax assessed value. Please continue reading.

GAS: Looks like price gouging

I’m curious why gas prices in the area jump 20 cents a gallon instead of a smaller increment like most locales. Of course I also wonder why the price of gas in Wallace and Kellogg as of June 11 is 60 cents a gallon more than Coeur d’Alene and Haugen in Montana.

'Unreasonable noise'

Police issued about 20 citations for excessive vehicle racket this summer

Capt. Dave Hagar said Thursday that police gave out about 20 citations for excessive noise caused by motor vehicles this summer.

To save a dog's life

Couple donates funds for 20 PureVent pet oxygen masks for first responders

Oxygen mask could save a dog's life

At College: Oct. 19, 2023

Updates on area athletes at the next level.

Wallace Arts Council organizes youth band project

Wallace District Arts Council is putting together a band of young musicians

Cd'A man gets 30 years

Granger pleaded guilty to the new crime lewd conduct with a minor

Granger pleaded guilty to the new crime lewd conduct with a minor under 16 and admitted to a sex offender enhancement

STATE 5A GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lake City rolls past Middleton, nearly sets record

“We knew coming into the state tournament, something that can set you apart is effort and energy,” said first-year Lake City coach David Pratt, who coached at Mt. Spokane the past eight seasons. “And we give all the effort and energy on each play that we have. We set the tone early and I felt really good about that tone.”

Gridiron Guesses Oct. 13, 2023: Post Falls, Coeur d'Alene play for control of 5A IEL

As for the picks (such as they were), Mark Nelke and Josh McDonald each went 3-4, Jason Elliott 4-3, and all three are tied at 40-20 for the season.

Gridiron Guesses Sept. 21, 2023: Heavy hearts, but 'Jacks look to finish the right way

As for the picks, Mark Nelke and Jason Elliott each went 8-0, and Josh McDonald went 6-2, and we’re all tied at 26-12. It’s looking much like the AL wild-card race, with a little more winning — of late.

Very frigid weather for the start of 2024

Late last week, we had some of the coldest weather across the country we’ve felt and heard about in a long time as hundreds of cold records were broken. Over the weekend, morning low temperatures in central Montana near the Canadian border were more than 20 degrees below zero. Frigid weather was reported across the central U.S. and into the Northeast.

Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers: May 12