STATE 5A GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lake City rolls past Middleton, nearly sets record

“We knew coming into the state tournament, something that can set you apart is effort and energy,” said first-year Lake City coach David Pratt, who coached at Mt. Spokane the past eight seasons. “And we give all the effort and energy on each play that we have. We set the tone early and I felt really good about that tone.”

Gridiron Guesses Oct. 13, 2023: Post Falls, Coeur d'Alene play for control of 5A IEL

As for the picks (such as they were), Mark Nelke and Josh McDonald each went 3-4, Jason Elliott 4-3, and all three are tied at 40-20 for the season.

Gridiron Guesses Sept. 21, 2023: Heavy hearts, but 'Jacks look to finish the right way

As for the picks, Mark Nelke and Jason Elliott each went 8-0, and Josh McDonald went 6-2, and we’re all tied at 26-12. It’s looking much like the AL wild-card race, with a little more winning — of late.

Very frigid weather for the start of 2024

Late last week, we had some of the coldest weather across the country we’ve felt and heard about in a long time as hundreds of cold records were broken. Over the weekend, morning low temperatures in central Montana near the Canadian border were more than 20 degrees below zero. Frigid weather was reported across the central U.S. and into the Northeast.

Shoshone tax bills may be delayed due to Kootenai County error

A recently discovered typo that resulted in a multimillion-dollar property value assessment error in Kootenai County will also have a slight impact on the levy calculation for Shoshone County properties in the shared Consolidated Library Network.

NIC WRESTLING: Fifth-ranked Cardinals take down Northwest

NIC raps up the event today with duals against top-ranked Western Wyoming of Rock Springs, Wyo., Snow and Northeastern (Colo.).

Fire season underway in North Idaho

Wildfire activity increased over the weekend across the Idaho Panhandle National Forests. Above-average temperatures and below-normal precipitation in the last two months have created unseasonably dry fuel conditions and active fire behavior.

Robert Douglas Wood Sr., 85

Doug Wood was born June 20, 1938, in Butte, Montana, to Bob and Mary Wood who owned the Peacock Inn.

Legals for January, 27 2024

BIDEN ADMINISTRATION: ‘A disaster’

In case you haven’t noticed recently the price of gasoline is back to $4 a gallon. Before Joe Biden took office gas here in Coeur d’Alene was $1.98 a gallon. Energy costs went up when the Biden Administration announced and caused domestic energy production to be curtailed and regulated to the point of strangling the industry. In case you are not aware the cost of fuel is reflected in all products that have to be shipped, trucked or sent by rail. This has been the reason that everything is going up in price and I believe inflation actually sits at 15-20% and not the 7-8% the media and the Biden Administration try to claim.

Nancy Florence Green, 88

Nancy Florence Green, 88, of Kellogg, Idaho, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and sister, passed away Oct. 20, 2023, at Shoshone Medical Center in Kellogg. Nancy was born Nov. 28, 1934, in Oakdale, Wis., a daughter of the late Francis and Katherine (Java?) Perkins. When Nancy was only 2 years old, the family moved from Wisconsin to the Silver Valley.

Public invited to give feedback on education standards

Comments will be welcome through April 20

The Idaho Department of Education is encouraging the public to review and comment on drafts of changes made to the Idaho Content Standards alignment for arts, humanities, computer science/educational technology, driver education, social studies and world language.

PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lakeland gives Sandpoint a battle again, before falling

Lakeland hosts Moscow on Monday; Lake City and Coeur d'Alene meet again on Monday at Coeur d'Alene High.

PREP CROSS COUNTRY: May's day ... Cd'A girls win, Viking boys perfect; defending 3A boys champ Barnhart of Timberlake also wins in state-qualiying meet

The state meet in all classifications is next Saturday at the Portneuf Wellness Complex in Pocatello.

The 2024 tropical storm and hurricane season could be another active one

The official start of the tropical storm and hurricane season in the Atlantic and Caribbean waters is a little more than 3 months away. With the strong El Niño starting to weaken along the equatorial regions, many forecasters that specialize in sea-surface temperatures are indicating the increasing chances of another active season.

Sheriff's Office Notable Calls

The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office published the following notable calls that occurred between Feb. 19 and Feb. 22. The sheriff’s office describes this information as preliminary and subject to revision as investigations continue.

Return to the '90s this summer

Smash Mouth, Sugar Ray to play the fair's Party in the Dirt

Pull those crop tops out of the closet and frost those tips, because Sugar Ray and Smash Mouth are coming to the North Idaho State Fair this summer.

6 people killed, 10 others injured in Idaho when pickup crashes into passenger van

An eastbound pickup crossed the centerline about 5:30 a.m. and hit a westbound passenger van, police said.

Norman Baker, 79

Norman Lee Baker, 79, of Post Falls, Idaho, passed away Sunday, August 20, 2023, at the Schneidmiller Hospice House, Coeur d'Alene, Idaho.

What’s the score?

New scoreboards spruce up Wallace gymnasium