Roy Langlitz, 89

Roy Langlitz departed this earth on January 17, 2023, to join the love of his life Vera,

Students protest testimony ban; legislator modifies rule

Skaug to allow people under 18 to testify with parental permission

With about 30 young people in the audience looking on, House Judiciary, Rules and Administration Committee Chairman Bruce Skaug announced Friday he is modifying his ban on accepting testimony from people under 18.

Local students excel at Model United Nations

Students from two local high schools excelled at a Model United Nations conference at Boise State University. Model United Nations is a simulation of the U.N. General Assembly and its other bodies where students perform an ambassador role while debating topics related to the countries they’re assigned to represent. A team of students from Coeur d’Alene and Lake City High School earned third place in the competition last week, competing against teams from 15 other schools throughout Idaho.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Are you living with pain?

Pain can be debilitating and effect not only how we feel but our quality of life.

Preventing veteran suicides

Health district gives $10K to Benewah County outreach group

As a part of their suicide prevention efforts, Panhandle Health District’s Suicide Prevention Action Network of North Idaho provided the Veterans Outreach Center, Inc. with $10,000 to continue their efforts to prevent suicide among veterans in Benewah county. The funds were generated from SPAN’s annual fundraising walk focused on remembering those lost to suicide and to raise awareness.

Tommie Platt Robb, 82

Tom Robb, 82, of Coeur d’Alene, passed away peacefully Jan. 24, 2023.

Boeing will open new assembly line to build 737 Max planes

The plant is about 40 miles north of Boeing's other 737 assembly lines in the Seattle suburb of Renton

School and Senior Meals

School and Senior Meals: Jan. 30 - Feb. 3

Children's Village gets new 'toy'

Cd'A Tractor donates a sub-compact tractor to help kids

General Manager of Coeur d’Alene Tractor Matt Adams presented Children’s Village CEO Vanessa Moos with a shiny new Kubota tractor Monday.

John R. Owen, 75

A loving husband, father, grandpa, brother, uncle, friend, teacher, coach and mentor, passed away surrounded by his family.

Today's Ghastly Groaner

A banker fell overboard from a friend's boat.

OPINION: Cure for Idaho’s extremist politics is reform of our election process

As another session of the Idaho Legislature cranks up, Idahoans shudder at the prospect of more needless political discord and legislative shenanigans. Instead of working on legislation to deal with real problems, too many extremist legislators will waste our time trying to score political points on culture war issues like critical race theory, which most of them can’t even define. It gets worse each year.

Bros in bras put on show for good cause

Windermere Foundation donates $30K to Cancer Care Northwest Foundation

After the laughter and the shaking of the moneymakers had subsided, the coordinators of the Bras on Dudes event were in awe of how much money their gloriously garmented guys generated during the Nov. 4 event.

Helen Thatcher Beckman, 99

Helen Thatcher Beckman, 99, passed away peacefully in her Dalton Gardens, Idaho, home early morning of Jan. 17, 2023

2 Cuban sisters' 4,200-mile journey to the US and a new life

Over the past two years, American authorities have detained Cubans nearly 300,000 times on the border with Mexico

Leslie 'Les' Hogan, 89

Leslie "Les" Hogan passed away Jan. 3, 2023, four days before his 90th birthday.

To Probate, or Not to Probate – That is the Question.

As courts in Idaho and across much of the country have reduced access to formal court proceedings due to Coronavirus, avoiding unnecessary court matters has become a priority for many of my clients. When I first meet with clients they frequently tell me that they “need a living trust to avoid probate”. They less frequently know what probate is, or why they want to avoid it. To determine if you should be trying to avoid probate, you must first know a little about probate.

Changes coming to Prairie Falls Golf Club

Construction has begun on major changes to Prairie Falls Golf Club at 3200 N. Spokane St., Post Falls.

Tom Brady retires at 45, insisting this time it's 'for good'

Brady announced his retirement one day after attending the premiere of “80 for Brady" — which comes out Friday — in Los Angeles

SHORT-TERM RENTALS: A mess

As a longtime (and retired) real estate broker, I can see both sides of this issue. Local more-or-less permanent folks and their families want to retain their roots, identity, futures, peace and tranquility. Others, some locals and out-of-area investors want to capitalize on this beautiful area by investing in real estate (homes, etc.,) that they can rent, nightly, weekly, etc., for substantial profit.