Kootenai County median home prices edge up

Study shows nearly 100,000 people left Idaho in 2022

Housing prices move up

Northwest Notes Aug. 9, 2024

The annual Inland Empire Vandal Celebration, a fundraiser for the Vandal Scholarship Fund and Alumni Scholarships, is scheduled for Aug. 22 at the Hagadone Event Center at The Coeur d'Alene Resort Golf Course.

EDITORIAL: Governors model beauty of bipartisanship

Recent gathering sets example that D.C. should emulate

OPINION: Democrat democracy

From the president on down, the Democrats have been claiming that Donald Trump will “end democracy.” There are two problems with this claim. One is that they won’t say HOW Trump would end democracy and the other is they don’t tell us what they mean by “democracy.”

40th Coeur d'Alene triathlon on Saturday

Athletes participating in our traditional Olympic distance (1.5K swim) will board a cruise ship and enter the water out in the bay and swim back to shore.

Jacklin Arts and Cultural Center to present inaugural Art Fest

Show, sale, activities for kids Aug. 16-17

The Jacklin Arts and Cultural Center is introducing a new event — Art Fest at the JACC. The free art festival will be open from noon to 7 p.m. Aug. 16-17 indoors at the JACC, 405 N. William St., Post Falls.

Coeur d'Alene Symphony announces upcoming events

Community members and music appreciators, mark your calendars for these upcoming events with the Coeur d'Alene Symphony Orchestra.

Public Works director responds to allegations of procedural violations

Shoshone County Public Works Director Jessica Stutzke went before the county commissioners earlier this week to address claims of code violations that were made against her department last week.

Rita Mecham, 87

Surrounded by family, Rita Marie Mecham, 87, passed away July 29, 2024, in Spokane following a long illness.

REGAN: Unite, rather than divide

Your Friday editorial is ironically self-describing, as you continue sowing division amongst our populace. Your 1984 quote was perfect, threading careful wording so we doubt our own observations.

REGAN: Uncommon sense

Mr. Regan criticizes George Orwell’s advice to “reject evidence of your eyes and ears” and proceeds to tell us to reject the evidence of OUR eyes and ears by not believing what we saw and heard these last couple years.

SOCIALISM: East Germany was an example

I have grown utterly sick and tired of the baseless and repeated use of the word “socialism,” which it is in print here on an almost daily basis, this week the most notable use of that word comes from Mike Hill.

LIBRARIES: Bring back the calendar

I enjoyed Dave Oliveria’s column Sunday walking us back in time to the 2005 fundraising calendar issued by the Coeur d’Alene Library Foundation.

THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: Tony and Willow Hanna, well-respected high school coaches in North Idaho, had hoped to relocate to Florida someday. They just didn’t think it would happen this soon

So the move was on — not next year, but right now, setting off a chain reaction which included a return trip to Florida for the folks to check out another part of the state, long-distance phone calls to their athletic directors to let them know they were leaving their coaching positions, a POD still in transit, and a hastily arranged cross-country road trip in which two of the passengers were cats. All in less than one month’s time.

Post Falls divides responsibility for pumps with developer to get housing project started

Wadsworth Development Group, the developer for a parcel of land about 16 acres in size, entered into an agreement with the City of Post Falls in 2022 concerning a potential for transforming the site into multifamily dwellings by Integrity Way and Baugh Way.

Vandal Healing Garden and Memorial dedication set for Aug. 21

Students from the College of Art and Architecture designed and built the garden as a place of healing and reflection and to honor the memories of all Vandals who have died while enrolled at the university.

North Idaho Memories: Recollections of a Fort Grounds kid

I was born and raised on the Fort Grounds in Coeur d'Alene starting in 1934.

MY TURN: Music to my ears

Music surrounds us every day. We hear catchy Jingles in advertising, a musical theme, that calls our attention to a certain product or service. McDonald’s “I’m Lovin’ it,” Burger King's “Have it your way,” and you might remember the Alka-Seltzer’s “Plop Plop Fizz Fizz” jingle.

Gianforte, FWP say grizzly translocations show Montana ready for delisting

On Friday, Gianforte and Wyoming Gov. Mark Gordon — both Republicans — announced their administrations had successfully translocated two subadult grizzly bears from remote areas of the North Fork Flathead River to Wyoming.

Kootenai County Fire and Rescue hosts Battle of the Badges blood drive

First responders from Coeur d'Alene and Post Fall are competing Thursday to bring in the most blood donations.