‘Deadpool & Wolverine’ an entertaining-enough cash grab

As Ryan Reynolds openly says in his new mega-blockbuster, “Deadpool & Wolverine” enters the Marvel Cinematic Universe “at a bit of a low point.”

FAST FIVE Josh Parsons: Art on the Green is his scene

Meet Josh Parsons, a member of the Citizens’ Council for the Arts and volunteer for Art on the Green, a free outdoor fine arts festival held in Coeur d’Alene each summer. The 2024 festival is happening this weekend.

Mental health fair returns to Silver Valley

Mental health resource fair takes place Saturday

When Silver Valley CARES proposed the idea for a mental health fair last year, residents had been rocked by tragedy. Going into the second year of the event, organizer Jenna Grant-Arthun felt though many of the same overarching needs remain, the immediate concern level for the mental health across the community has emerged from a higher crisis level.

Harris has secured enough Democratic delegate votes to be the party's nominee, committee chair says

Harris is poised to be the first woman of color at the top of a major party’s ticket.

Heat, erratic winds and possible lightning could complicate the battle against California wildfire

Suppression crews working on more than 200 miles of active fire front gained 24% containment by early Friday, Cal Fire said. Temperatures were expected to range up to 103 degrees Fahrenheit.

Rural areas home to some of Idaho's fastest growing cities

Growth is inevitable, and 2024 population estimates show increases in just about every city and town in Idaho's Ada County and Canyon County.

THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: The hype is nice, but now up to Geno to prove it for Seahawks

It’s all a bundle of sunshine, flung out into the world so that this career backup QB and his teammates can believe dreams are possible.

Kootenai County commissioners eye $131M budget

Includes property tax hike

Kootenai County commissioners agreed Thursday to publish a $131 million budget for fiscal year 2025, about $10 million lower than the previous year’s budget, and signaled they intend to take a tax increase just shy of 2%.

Kootenai County man donates $10K to Shoshone County sheriff

Russ McLain recently moved his mother into an assisted living facility after years as a resident of the city of Wallace and after spending some time in the community, McLain decided that he wanted to give back to a department that he believed has served her well.

OPINION: Harris gives Dems a needed wake-up call

What a difference a single decision can make in a presidential election.

MY TURN: Freedom vs. Manipulation

Freedom is constantly under assault in this country, and perhaps throughout the entire world! Today as we prepare for Independence Day Celebrations throughout the nation, in Idaho and even Coeur d'Alene. Let's look at our ship and where we are heading. My family has lived in this area since 2000. We attended the Independence Day Parade in Coeur d'Alene on July 4, 2000. What a joyous event. Flags, Banners, Bands, Drums and marching units.

OPINION: Lather rinse repeat

Most of the country is brainwashed and about half are severely brainwashed to the extent that they no longer operate in reality. Of course, YOU are not brainwashed…or are you? How could you tell? Here is a test.

Best Night Sky events for August

A binary star system 3,000 lightyears away is set to become visible to the naked eye this year, in an event that will see its apparent brightness temporarily increase

Osburn continues to add to Lions Park

The new 40’ by 70’ court can be used for both basketball and pickleball and was designed and installed by Cool Courts out of Spokane.

Communication issues highlight Shoshone County budget workshop

A Shoshone County budget workshop got contentious on Wednesday morning as concerns over budget cuts went largely unanswered.

FAITHFUL K9: Dogs were always barking

I’m so grateful that Faithful K9 boarding was shut down. Our business shares a fence with them. Those dogs in their care were outside most of the time, barking, crying, whining, NOT PLAYING with each other. JUST plain unhappy. I called them one winter day, when it was so frigid, on the news, they were telling people to not have your pets outside and to not be outside for any length of time.

OPEN PRIMARIES: Voting system is not broken

Kudos to Jenny Holmes on her editorial (July 28) re open primaries and ranked choice voting (RCV). Most all “journalistic” articles on this subject hardly ever touch on the second half of this initiative, as this is hardly a democratic process: ranked choice voting, as Jenny said, will effectively destroy the concept of “one vote and that the one with the most votes, wins.” How this process was explained/described is that your vote will count only if you have ranked ALL candidates for an office; if not, your vote is effectively nullified.

Roy Allen Gowey, 69

Roy Allen Gowey was born on the cold, stormy night of December 15, 1954 in the Warder Hospital in Kellogg, Idaho.

Hot temps, drought have meteorologists worried about the rest of Idaho’s wildfire season

If the largest wildfires aren’t originating in the Gem State, why has it been so smoky, and what can we expect for the rest of the season?

ACLU sues Washington state city over anti-homeless laws as it seeks workaround to SCOTUS ruling

Erin Hut, a spokesperson for the Spokane city attorney’s office, said in an email that the city had not yet been served the lawsuit and was unable to comment. A police spokesperson did not respond to an email seeking comment.