Sholeh: Here's how you can spot fakes

Skill becoming a requirement these days

Gyro Days begin this week

The event kicks off Wednesday afternoon club members will be live in Downtown Wallace generating excitement for the official commencement of the festival on Thursday – during the live event, viewers will get a chance to preview some of the attractions of the days ahead, including food, beverages, a few jokes and games, and even be a few Lead Creek Derby tickets will be available.

OPINION: Hate lost

We have the election results and all of the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee (KCRCC) Recommended Candidates won their races. KCRCC Recommended Candidates Leslie Duncan, Marc Eberlein, Bob Norris, Carl Bjerke and Elaine Price won their competitive races by wide margins. This is a repeat of the 2022 primary where all of the KCRCC Recommended Candidates won in Kootenai County.

PROTESTS: No excuse for supporting Hamas

In Jean Felker’s article “No excuse for genocide” who responded to a previous article I wrote, she says, “Let me guess, you were against the Vietnam protest too?” No Jean, I was in Vietnam 1968-1969.

It's trout stocking time!

Here's what's headed to Panhandle waters this June

Welcome in summer with some great fishing opportunity

Home prices rise in Kootenai County

Decline in Shoshone County, according to latest housing report

The Coeur d’Alene Regional Realtors reported that current active residential listings as of June 5 was 998, up from 957 in May 2023.

'We have to ask the question about suicide'

About five students in a class of 30 will think about attempting suicide. That’s a reality Keith Orchard of the Coeur d'Alene school district wants more people to consider. “We’d like to make the conversation about suicide more open and honest. One out of 30 students will be injured seriously enough to require medical care for their attempt,” Orchard said.

238-acre subdivision proposed in Post Falls

Subdivision would add 1,125 lots

The Post Falls Planning and Zoning Commission is holding a public hearing at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, June 11 to discuss a request to subdivide approximately a parcel of 238.53 acres into 1125 lots in the mixed residential zoning district south of Prairie Avenue, between Idaho Road and Greensferry Road.

Price, Bjerke hold off challengers, levies fail

Sen. Carl Bjerke received 5,220 votes, 77.1% to easily beat Cheri Zao with 1,545 votes, 22.8%.

The importance of education

About this time every year, millions of people graduate from all levels of education, excited to begin the next chapter of their lives. Most are relieved to be finished with formal classroom learning and ready to put their newly minted knowledge to work.

David Johann, 78

David Johann passed away Friday, May 10, in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, after a long struggle with dementia.

HOUSING: Hear what people want

Commissioners want more “affordable housing.” As a young adult growing up here in the service industry, most are single and don’t want the tie-down or responsibility of homeownership, just a small AFFORDABLE studio/1-2 bedroom. A lot of retired/ widowed want the same.

Harvey Horton Ekins, 83

Harvey H. Ekins was born May 21, 1941, in New Rochelle, N.Y., and died June 4, 2024, at the Life Care Center in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. His father was a newspaper reporter and foreign correspondent Herbert Roslyn (HR) “Bud” Ekins and his mother was Ted Catherine (Lowrance) Ekins. In 1950, his father bought the Goldthwaite Eagle Texas newspaper and Harv lived in Texas several years until the family returned to New York.

EDITORIAL: TikTok sure can stink good

New fragrance fad is robbing American boys of their lunch money - and their inheritance.

Cars, cruising and stories to tell

Cars are coming to downtown Coeur d'Alene by the hundreds. Thousands of enthusiasts will enjoy Car d'Lane's Friday night cruise on Sherman Avenue, the Saturday car show and Silver Auction's live auction at Independence Point.

'Miracle' timeline advances in Kootenai County

Applications for affordable housing development being accepted at month's end

Miracle on Britton is public/private partnership on a 28-home project on a 4.65-acre parcel on Greensferry Road in Post Falls, south of Prairie Avenue and north of Poleline Avenue.

THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: M's had a chance to put the hated Astros away

SOMETIME, maybe in September, the Mariners could regret letting this Thursday snooze get away. Worse than halting their modest four-game win streak, perhaps more important than keeping them from rising higher than four games over .500, what the M’s critically FAILED to do was drive a stake through Houston’s dark heart. So, the undead Astros remain alive in the AL West race.

Catch a tagged fish? Report it and help shape fisheries management in Idaho

Each tag is labeled with a unique number that identifies the fish and how to report it online

Zombies: Ranks of world's most debt-hobbled companies are soaring, and not all will survive

Added Miami investor Mark Spitznagel, who famously bet against stocks before the last two crashes: “The clock is ticking.”

Meant for the military life

Stephen Godfrey reflects on more than 30 years of service

All told, Godfrey served more than 26 years active duty and more than 30 including his time as a reserve.