River City Leadership Academy celebrates Class of 2024

Post Falls Chamber program has graduated nearly 300 people since 2009

Why live in a good community when you can make it a great one? Or, even better, why not strive to make it the best? That's the goal of the River City Leadership Academy, which celebrated the graduation of its Class of 2024 Tuesday during the Post Falls Chamber of Commerce's Connect4Lunch at the Prairie Falls Golf Club.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Keys to understanding your hormone balance

We often talk about balancing hormones. Some automatically think of sex hormones, or maybe thyroid hormones, but there are over 50 main hormones that regulate our health. The main categories of hormones include: Sex Hormones, Stress Hormones, Metabolic Hormones, Growth Hormones, Thyroid Hormones, Neurotransmitter Hormones, Gut Hormones, Reproductive Hormones, Cardiovascular Hormones, Immune Hormones, Mineralocorticoids, and Glucocorticoids.

How to communicate clearly

Bill was taking an aptitude test to become an insurance salesperson. Everything was going well until question 21. It read, "How far is the Earth from the moon?"

If you own rental property, you need to understand how trusts and LLCs work together to avoid probate and protect against liability

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.

LGBTQ+ librarians grapple with attacks on books - and on themselves

Gender nonconforming library workers in particular, like Meissner, are also grappling with growing calls for book bans across the U.S.

MY TURN: Internet politics

From its inception in the 1960s (and wide use since the 1980s), the internet was designed and implemented to treat all user traffic — email, file transport, even voice and video — equally, without regard to contents or volume. It is a concept called net neutrality. As a consequence, the internet has been apolitical, treating the traffic of both liberals and conservatives without regard to their ideologies.

Missing Smelterville woman found alive

The Smelterville woman who had been missing since Sunday night has been found alive, three days after authorities called off the search, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office.

$1M earmarked for North Idaho forests

Goal is to reduce wildfire risk as weather warms up

The funds will also expand road repairs to improve watershed conditions and provide access for wildfire management and implementation of project activities.

First heat-related deaths this year reported in Idaho

Temperatures this weekend are forecast to get close to 100 degree in the southern areas of Idaho. Late June and early July usually ushers in the hot weather season in Idaho, and Idahoans should take precautions to ensure they stay safe.

OPINION: Conventional wisdom

The Idaho Republican Convention happened last weekend and it was a success in multiple ways. The three-day event began with committee meetings held at The Coeur d’Alene Resort and ended with a General Session at NIC’s Schuler Auditorium. The NIC catering staff supplied a delicious lunch for 750 people on both Friday and Saturday. Friday night was the Idaho Republican Gala Dinner at The Resort Convention Center with speeches by Dorothy Moon, Raul Labrador, Bill Whittle and a keynote address by Kari Lake.

FAST FIVE Stu Cabe reminds us to be nice to each other

Meet Stu Cabe, founder of The Ovation Company, a Coeur d'Alene-based school resource organization focusing on positive school climate and improved student achievement. Stu has been a professional presenter and trainer for over two decades. He travels North America to work with students and teachers to help build strong school communities and improve campus culture and climate. The Ovation Company's motto: Stand up for what is good. Info: ovationcompany.com

E Pluribus Unum: Out of many, one

In recent years, Coeur d'Alene has experienced several disturbing incidents of hate and harassment targeting underrepresented minorities. These incidents have included verbal attacks, and other forms of discrimination. A recent event occurred in McEuen Park, where youths from the Coeur d'Alene Tribe were verbally harassed. This incident underscores the ongoing presence of intolerance and bigotry in our community. Tragically, this vitriol seems to be the norm on social media, but our beloved community must consider holding itself to a higher standard.

Wallace passes noise ordinance

The new ordinance was a revised version after the original draft ordinance had been heavily scrutinized by locals, concerned by how it could potentially impact businesses in Wallace’s commercial district.

IRONMAN 70.3 COEUR d'ALENE: No place like home for Voyles, Endsley and Taylor ... Triathletes take advantage of wind, shorter swim course in annual event in downtown Coeur d'Alene

“Coming back in from the bike, with the wind on your back, it just felt awesome,” Post Falls resident Scott Voyles said. “You could just fly and it felt great.”

Chip Shots June 18, 2024

Scores, news, highlights, etc., from local golf courses, leagues, etc.

Family of missing woman critical of search efforts

KCSO says it did all it could to find Linda Kent, who turned up safe

The Smelterville woman, who suffers from dementia, was fishing with her family at the Cataldo Boat Launch on Sunday night but wandered off after saying that she needed to use the restroom.

Milestone Announcement

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LEGION BASEBALL: Lums down Spokane Expos, advance to Collide semis

Chase Saunders had four hits and two runs scored for Coeur d’Alene, which faces Merchants Elite 18U of King County, Washington, in a semifinal game today at 10:30 a.m. at CWU. The winner advances to the championship game scheduled for 1 p.m.

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Frankie Mogensen, 98

Frankie Jean Mogensen died on May 1, 2024. She was born August 17, 1925, to Frank E. and Jean Zanetti Wilson.