PREP BASEBALL: Pile of happy Tigers ... Timberlake sweeps Bonners Ferry for district title, on to state

Coeur d'Alene downs Lewiston to advance to state 5A play-in game on Saturday.

PREP SOFTBALL: Timberlake nabs fifth straight district title

Post Falls, Lakeland, St. Maries, Kellogg fall in district tournaments to end season.

Movie times

Movie times

NWAC SOFTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP

Schedule for this week's tournament at Delta Park in Portland.

Kenneth Harold Phillips, 81

Kenneth Harold Phillips of Rathdrum, Idaho, passed away on October 16, 2023, from Parkinson’s Disease with family at his side.

Idaho inmate pleads guilty to escaping hospital after correctional officers are attacked

Meade also faces felony enhancements because prosecutors say he conspired or aided Umphenour in inflicting injury on two of the officers

NIC SOFTBALL: One more before a Scenic return ... Cardinals hope to exit NWAC with third title since 2018

NIC (40-2) is the top overall seed and will face 16th seeded Grays Harbor (14-30) today at 1 p.m. in the opening round. The Cardinals are seeking their first title since winning back-to-back crowns in 2018 and 2019 in Spokane.

Burn permits now required

Beginning Friday, people burning any brush or debris must now have a burn permit.

Even during war, Coeur d'Alene pastor leads group into Israel

The pastor of Candlelight Christian Fellowship in Coeur d’Alene recently return from a 24-day trip to Israel, where he led about 20 people around the Middle East country.

Shoshone County jail bookings

Arrests and bookings for Shoshone County jail

STATE HIGH SCHOOL SOFTBALL: Despite playing up, Timberlake still draws a No. 8 seed

“If you look at our strength of schedule, it’s the second lowest of all the 3A schools,” ninth-year Timberlake coach Casi Lupinacci said. “We want to play up because we want to do better at state, but when MaxPreps changed the ranking system they said if you schedule up it will help your strength … and you would think that would help your final rankings, but that did not definitely help us.”

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State high school softball tournaments

Sites and schedules for this week's state high school softball tournaments.

PRECINCT: Tale of two candidates

I don’t care whether a local candidate supports “Sleepy Joe” or “Defendant Don.” I want to know what he or she has done for this wonderful community.

Children's Village lands $10K grant

In 2021, Idaho had the 9th highest suicide rate in the United States and claimed the lives of 387 Idahoans.

Northwest Notes May 16, 2024

Vandal golf event scheduled for Saturday at Hayden Lake Country Club; and a new television deal for Washington State football

The Exhausted Dad: Waiting on JV tennis

Some youth sports just aren’t meant for spectators.

Will AI replace doctors who read X-rays, or just make them better than ever?

Even within the field, opinions differ on how much radiologists should be embracing the technology.

Trial delayed a year for Coeur d’Alene teen with ISIS ties

The 18-year-old Coeur d’Alene resident accused of planning to attack local churches on behalf of ISIS is expected to stand trial next May.

District readies for cadet program

Fireboat with a demonstration from 5 to 7 p.m. May 16 at Hayden Lake Marina.

Firefighters Mike Cunningham and Shay Carlock, both former cadets, developed and will oversee the program, according to a press release.