Legals for March, 13 2024

Legals for March, 12 2024

EDITORIAL: Can NIC's leopards change their spots?

Trustees are in final six-month stretch to do what they should have done two years ago.

CLN votes to again pursue Redman Insurance

Insurance, job descriptions, staff utilization plan among tasks for director

The board majority plowed through several motions Wednesday during a special meeting of Community Library Network trustees at the Hayden Library, where the board chair had two attendees removed for behavior she considered to be disruptive.

EDITORIAL: Answer library's call for helping hands

Damaged Post Falls Library needs extra community support right now

Legals for March, 7 2024

DAMAGE: It follows elected ‘leaders’

The three Stooges (Trustees Ottosen, Hanley and Plass) who are piloting the Clown Car known as the Community Library Network continue their erratic drive to demolish our wonderful local library system.

Legals for March, 6 2024

Joan Barbara (Prendergast) Head, 89

Joan B. (Prendergast) Head, 89, of Kellogg, Idaho, passed away on March 1, 2024, at Silverton of Cascadia.

Legals for March, 5 2024

NIC remains on show-cause status

North Idaho College remains accredited, though it will continue to operate under a show-cause sanction until spring 2025.

MY TURN: Republics can be raucous

Another perspective on CLN board performance

OPINION: Republican optimism vs. left wing radical rules

In the dynamic realm of Idaho Republican politics, conservatives confront a critical decision: to embrace President Ronald Reagan's uplifting optimism or to continue deploying the divisive strategies of an obscure leftist union leader, Saul Alinsky.

We the Students...

Kellogg High School council working to adopt a constitution

A handful of students at Kellogg High School are getting a crash course in government processes and procedures to have a say in how a few things are handled at their school.

Wright Insurance declines coverage for CLN

Unresolved claims cited as reason for denial

After trustees voted to change the Community Library Network's insurance policies, the insurer they sought to contract with has declined coverage, citing current unresolved claims.

Legals for February, 27 2024

Rumpler sues North Idaho College, trustees

Laura Rumpler, North Idaho College’s former chief communications officer, is suing the college, alleging trustees violated the terms of her employment contract and Idaho’s employment laws and deprived her of due process rights.

Young agents of change

Student Advisory Group members learning to advocate for themselves, peers

Students in the Coeur d'Alene School District's Student Advisory Group are serious about effecting positive change in their school communities.

CLN trustees vote for new insurance

Board minority, director say move is reckless

While two libraries remain closed due to catastrophic water damage, Community Library Network trustees are poised to make costly changes to CLN’s insurance policies. If no other quotes come in before Friday, library trustees will accept insurance quotes from Wright Specialty Insurance and American Family Insurance and cancel current policies with the Idaho Counties Risk Management Program and the Great American Insurance Group. These changes will nearly double the library network’s insurance costs.

Legals for February, 20 2024