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Stalled cars in flooded streets leave South Florida looking like a scene from a zombie movie

“You know when its coming,” he said. “Every year it’s just getting worse and for some reason people just keep going through the puddles.”

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After 20 years, Shoshone Medical Center gets new digital records system

After 20 years of serving Shoshone Medical Center’s patients, the hospital logged on to a new records system this month.

Permitting open for suction dredge mining

The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality has finalized the Idaho Pollutant Discharge Elimination System general permit for small suction dredge mining.

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Legals for June, 20 2024

Untapped home equity offers financial flexibility

The cost of borrowing has risen sharply in recent years, so when it comes to tackling a big expense, it’s important to know about the options. For established homeowners, their house is likely their greatest asset and, perhaps, their greatest source of financial flexibility. By tapping into their home equity, homeowners can access funds for a variety of expenses and at competitive rates.

Shoshone County looking for internet speed test participants

In most areas, there are enough broadband connections to keep the system running without a major malfunction, but in the Silver Valley, that’s not the case, Shoshone County grant administrator Colleen Rosson pointed out Monday during a phone interview.

Betsy Ann Marlette, 92

Betsy Ann (Stockard) Marlette passed away on June 20, 2024, at the home of her son Bobby in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, following a stroke.

Barbara Jean Kimbrell, 85

Barbara “Barb” Kimbrell, age 85, passed away at home on June 20, 2024, in Dalton Gardens, Idaho, surrounded by loved ones.

Kootenai County fairgrounds proposes 20-year lease

County commissioners will consider a multi-decade lease for the fairgrounds.

TEN COMMANDMENTS: New law brings back memories

Recent news of Louisiana’s law that every classroom in the public schools must display copies of the Ten Commandments reminded me of my first year teaching sophomore English at Coeur d’Alene High School in 1961.

Does a dry spring also mean a dry summer?

Since the middle of May, temperatures have been relatively mild to warm in Coeur d’Alene and across the Inland Northwest.

Three weeks after a landslide, Wyoming will reopen a highway critical for commuters

Cars will need to slow down through the temporary section to 20 miles per hour (32 kilometers per hour) but won't have to stop, said Bob Hammond, an engineer with the Wyoming Department of Transportation. The two paved lanes will span about 600-700 feet (180-230 meters).

Legals for June, 27 2024

Pope apologizes after being quoted using vulgar term about gay men in talk about ban on gay priests

With the statement, Bruni carefully avoided an outright confirmation that the pope had indeed used the term, in keeping with the Vatican's tradition of not revealing what the pope says behind closed doors

Nancie Lee Riggers, 78

Nancie Lee Riggers, 78, passed peacefully into the arms of Jesus on June 2, 2024, due to complications associated with Metastatic Renal Cancer.

Donna Taylor, 85

Donna was born on 12/22/1938 in Long Beach, California, and died on 6/20/2024 in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

Search called off for missing woman

The official search for a missing Smelterville woman has been called off, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office.