E-BIKES: Provide access for all

My wife and I have E-bikes enabling us to get back on trails we have so much enjoyed over the years. Now in my 80s, traditional biking days are over. We love wilderness trails and those in neighborhoods, so accessible in our area.

Legals for August, 18 2023

Average long-term US mortgage rate climbs to 7.09% this week to highest level in more than 20 years

The yield has been rising as bond traders react to more reports showing the U.S. economy remains remarkably resilient

THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: All about the green, but games go on otherwise

Everyone seems to agree this whole mess is about football, but even more about money.

Post Falls approves $148.4 million budget

Mayor, council members to receive wage increases

The city of Post Falls has approved its budget for the 2023-2024 fiscal year. Post Falls City Council members unanimously voted in favor of the $148,435,141 budget during a regular meeting Tuesday evening. This is about $4.8 million less than the previous fiscal year's $153,193,332 budget and nearly $49 million more than the 2021-2022 budget of $99,678,119.

ITD sets open house on I-90 plan

I-90 plans to be presented

Legals for August, 17 2023

Extreme fire dangers warrant checking months-old burn piles for smoldering material

Since much of Idaho now faces extreme or very high fire danger, Idaho Department of Lands fire managers are asking anyone who burned large piles of materials this spring or last fall to confirm their piles are out cold.

PREP SOCCER: Area teams collide at YEA Jamboree at Lake City High

Coeur d'Alene, Lake City, Post Falls and Sandpoint boys and girls varsity soccer teams opened the season with two 20-minute scrimmages on Tuesday at the Irma Anderl Soccer Complex.

Idaho prep football media poll Aug. 16, 2023

How the state's media voted this week.

Divine appointment

Friends help rescue fallen climber at Tubbs Hill

Rescue at Tubbs Hill

MAIN STREET: Full circle of life on Cougar Bay

Roberta Graves Larsen was born on Aug. 8, 1936, at the home of Dr. Blackwell, which is now known as the Blackwell House on Sherman Avenue. She grew up in the home of her grandparents, Richard and Iverina Rasmussen, with her mother Joyce on Cougar Bay. The Rasmussen legend on the Heritage Wall at the Coeur d’Alene Library describes them as among the first settlers in Cougar Bay in the early 1920s.

States that protect transgender health care now try to absorb demand

More than 89,000 transgender people ages 13 to 17 live in states that limit their access to gender-affirming care

Videos put scrutiny on downed power lines as possible cause of deadly Maui wildfires

Hawaiian Electric declined to comment on the accusations in the lawsuit or whether it has ever shut down power before due to high winds

Bottoms Up!

A sell-out crowd makes Brewsfest 2023 a success

1,200 people packed the tubing hill area of Silver Mountain this past Saturday for BrewsFest 2023 – as Shoshone County continued its streak of stellar summer events.

Legals for August, 15 2023

Judge sides with young activists in first-of-its-kind climate change trial in Montana

Julia Olson, an attorney representing the youth, released a statement calling the ruling a “huge win for Montana"

Croatian guard Krajnović signs with Zags

“Luka is a guard that can really help us,” Gonzaga coach Mark Few said in a university news release. “He is versatile and has decent size. He also had good experiences playing against older guys back home in Croatia.”

Dale Schultz, 90

Dale Frederick Schultz, 90, left us to be with his Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ on July 20, 2023, in Post Falls, Idaho.

TESH: Resigned due to poor management

I am writing to correct some inaccurate claims that were made in the article about the recent events at TESH. I was an employee at TESH for nearly eight years, but last week I couldn’t stand to be there anymore. Leadership made my workplace so uncomfortable and intimidating last Friday that even clients were calling parents to be picked up and taken home before the day was over.