Kootenai County to authorize Panhandle Health District to enforce aquifer chemical rules

Kootenai County commissioners will consider authorizing Panhandle Health District to enforce rules about how businesses located over the Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer handle chemicals.

Legals for June, 15 2024

Legals for June, 19 2024

The Exhausted Dad: Road trip time checks – a failed experiment

All four of my kids understand time. Three of the four understand the concepts of time as much as any adult of normal intelligence… meaning they can easily follow the plotlines of “Back to the Future” and “Avengers: Endgame.” Get them in a car for a family road trip, however, and the kids suddenly lose all ability to process the passage of time.

A World War II veteran just married his bride near Normandy's D-Day beaches. He's 100, she's 96

The location was the elegant stone-worked town hall of Carentan, a key initial D-Day objective that saw ferocious fighting after the June 6, 1944, Allied landings that helped rid Europe of Adolf Hitler’s tyranny.

Majority of Americans favor forgiving medical debt, AP-NORC poll finds

About 6 in 10 people with debt from medical bills favor medical debt forgiveness if the person has large amounts of debt compared to their income, compared to about half of people without medical debt.

HUCKLEBERRIES: Keeping us on our toes

Valleda Woodhall's life from stage to turf to fashion

Valleda Woodhall learned to golf and didn’t quit the stage, after all.

Wine, artisan items, snacks on the menu at Nocturn in Kellogg

Sister site to Radio Brewing Company opens

There wasn’t necessarily a fully realized plan in mind in 2019 when Ashley Malcolm bought the property on Emerson Lane, but the opportunity was too good for her to pass up.

Legals for June, 8 2024

Juneteenth honored in Coeur d’Alene

Speaker says people can change for the better

When Kitara Johnson-Jones arrived at the Human Rights Education Institute in downtown Coeur d’Alene and saw the “Love Lives Here” sign out front, she felt excited.

Coeur d'Alene council moves to protect history

Approves 182-day moratorium on demolition, work on historic buildings

The moratorium has been a goal of the city’s Historic Preservation Commission, particularly since the recent demolition of the E. Lakeshore Drive 1925 home of the late Dr. E.R.W. "Ted" Fox and the historic Roosevelt Inn possibly facing the same fate with a developer offering to buy the property.

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.”

Legals for June, 12 2024

Legals for June, 14 2024

THE FRONT ROW with JASON ELLIOTT: Through a different lens ... First and Third indoor facility opens in Hayden with eye on the mental side of baseball, softball

“We’ve got state-of-the-art technology that gives the kids the analytics they need to really improve,” Stockton said. “With Rapsodo technology, they can see themselves on each hit or pitch in super slow motion with all the data tied to it. How fast you’re throwing it, what the vertical and horizontal break is, what your curveball, knuckleball and slider is. And you can tie it to the video and make the adjustments to what you have depending on your age.”

Post Falls Lions Club celebrates 60 years

New members, officers sworn in during Post Falls Lions anniversary event

With shining pins, well-worn aprons, rolled-up sleeves and an abundance of love for their community, members of the Post Falls Lions Club have been living that club motto for 60 years.

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

Legals for June, 5 2024

Legals for June, 5 2024

Favorite things about the Silver Valley: Elmer's Fountain

The Silver Valley is full of special places. Many of them are front and center in the community, but some of them are hidden in plain sight. One of the more unique spots is Elmer’s Fountain.