OUR GEM: Pettit Retires After 30 years of Public Service

Glen Pettit, longtime Water Quality Analyst for the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ), celebrated his retirement this month after 30 years with DEQ.

Idaho's Statehood Day to be celebrated in Wallace

Parade set for Wednesday, the day before the Fourth of July

The Fourth of July may get all the big attention this week, but in Wallace, the party starts one day earlier when they celebrate Idaho's Statehood Day.

Idahoans hit the road for Fourth fun

State average for gas is 35 cents cheaper than a year ago amid record number of travelers

Meanwhile, the national average currently sits at $3.51 per gallon, which is also two cents more than a week ago, but two cents less than a month ago and a year ago. Idaho currently ranks 12th in the country for most expensive fuel.

Wallace Blues Festival canceled

Locals rallying to create new music festival

According to Alex Cook, the head of the Wallace Blues Festival Committee, technical issues forced the committee’s hand in pulling the plug.

OPINION: Two remarkable Idahoans made the news in June

Two native Idahoans were featured in news stories during June.

MY TURN: Ensuring a respectful and inclusive Fourth of July Parade

This year, we introduced new guidelines regarding the display of certain symbols and imagery in the parade, a decision that has unfortunately led to misunderstandings and accusations.

Local tech hub misses out on funding

Backers remain hopeful proposal will still work

No region is better equipped than ours to meet the unprecedented global demand for equipping 40,000 new airplanes with lightweight aerospace parts that reduce carbon emissions. Within a few years, the Inland Northwest Tech Hub can have prototypes ready for high-rate production, enabling thousands of new domestic manufacturing jobs to lessen our growing reliance on foreign technology and foreign labor. Missing this opportunity will increase our reliance on foreign labor, threatening our national and economic security. We will be working on every possible opportunity to make new American jobs and supply chains a reality.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Health freedom: Your choice

It’s finally July, with all the joys of summer! This time of year, many people take at least a cursory look at our freedoms and rights, and, hopefully, they are grateful for them: freedom of speech, freedom of religion, freedom of press, freedom of assembly, freedom of petition, freedom of movement, freedom of association, freedom from discrimination, freedom from cruel or unusual punishment.

Police, fire officials seek info on Sandpoint Army Surplus fire

The fire was reported at about 10:15 p.m. July 4 with a full response from Sandpoint and Selkirk fire departments as well as mutual aid from Northside and Sam Owen fire districts. However, despite those efforts, the iconic downtown building was completely gutted with some of the creosote-soaked old timbers inside the building still burning more than 12 hours later.

DEMOCRATS: Facts say otherwise

DEMOCRATS: Facts say otherwise

SNR awarded $5K Kiwanis Club of Couer d'Alene grant

SNR and Kiwanis have similar visions

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OPINION: Insurrection Day

We celebrate our independence by waving flags, holding parades, barbecuing meat and lighting off fireworks. Meanwhile our liberties, our freedoms are being eroded by well-meaning oppressors and the very same government established to protect those rights.

OPINION: Birthday reflections

As the United States reaches its 247th year, the joints are getting a little creaky and we are collectively experiencing some pain in the posterior.

Hagadone Marine Group acquires Murphy Marine

The newly acquired assets adjacent to Blackwell Island Marina include 145 new wet slips, increasing Hagadone Marine’s total to 1,611 slips on Lake Coeur d’Alene. This strategic location perfectly complements Hagadone Marine’s operations and vision for regional growth.

Former Coeur d'Alene mayor dies

Jim Fromm ran on 'Save Our Shoreline' campaign

Jim Fromm, who served as Coeur d'Alene's mayor from 1982 to 1986, died June 26.

LIBRARY LAW: Long anticipated and much needed

LIBRARY LAW: Long anticipated and much needed

DEBATE: This reader did not like it

DEBATE: This reader did not like it

Community members show support during Library Day of Action

Events held across Kootenai County as House Bill 710 becomes law

One of Michelle Krewson's fondest memories of the library is walking with her children just a couple blocks from home to the old Coeur d'Alene Public Library on Harrison Avenue. She wasn't able to learn typing in high school due to a broken arm, so the library was where she learned her way around a keyboard. She taught herself how to type on the Mickey Mouse computer in the kids' section while her kids played and pored over books. “We’ve been frequenting the library forever and ever," she said. "We love it.”

MY TURN: Senate Bill 1329 impacts minors' health care

As families across Idaho gear up for summer adventures, I'm compelled to address a legislative change that will impact pediatric health care access starting July 1. Senate Bill 1329 warrants our attention.