Legals for December, 22 2023

NIC settles Gridley lawsuit

Trustees announce they have no intention of removing Swayne

North Idaho College appears to have settled a lawsuit alleging violations of Idaho’s open meeting laws and intends to fight a separate case which contends the college violated public records laws.

Plass announces candidacy for county commissioner position

Tim Plass of Rathdrum announced his candidacy this week for the County Commissioner District 1 position now held by Bill Brooks.

Legals for December, 21 2023

Legals for December, 20 2023

Elks Lodge donates nearly $6K to Press Christmas for All

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Legals for December, 19 2023

HUCKLEBERRIES: Fox was no doc-in-the-box

If you’re lucky, you have health insurance and receive regular health care from a family doctor. If you’re luckier still, your family doctor knows your name without looking at your medical chart.

Legals for December, 16 2023

CLN library director policy committee holds first meeting

Performance, probation, veering from personnel policy discussed

If a newly proposed director evaluation policy that includes a section on performance probation conflicts with the present personnel policy by which the Community Library Network operates, director evaluation policy committee members are ready to wait and see what legal counsel says. “The personnel manual either applies or it doesn’t apply," Community Library Network board Vice Chair Tom Hanley said Tuesday during the committee's first official public meeting, a recording of which can be found at communitylibrary.net.

EDITORIAL: The gift that keeps on taking

Thanks yet again to KCRCC for its rated-and-vetted disasters

Legals for December, 15 2023

NIC board grants board chair authority on lawsuits

North Idaho College trustees granted board chair Mike Waggoner blanket authority to make decisions about litigation on behalf of the college, two days before a hearing where a judge will consider whether to compel the college to turn over an investigative report to NIC President Nick Swayne.

Legals for December, 14 2023

Cd’A school trustees approve policies in lockstep

Dress code, parental rights among issues addressed by board

Trustees were in alignment Monday evening, unanimously approving several policies and a land acquisition resolution during a regular meeting of the Coeur d’Alene school board. It was the third reading for the Student Dress Policy, on which the board focused during its Dec. 4 workshop following several months of input from teachers and students and special efforts by members of the district’s Student Advisory Group.

Legals for December, 12 2023

Idaho Freedom Foundation quietly hired Dave Reilly to help shape messaging

Right-wing Idaho legislators stay silent on the group’s affiliation with the alt-right propagandist

In the months leading to the infamous 2017 Unite the Right Tiki-torch rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, then-talk radio host Dave Reilly had some messaging-strategy tips for the attendees from the alt-right, the internet-savvy collection of racist and antisemitic groups that arose during the Trump era.

Legals for December, 8 2023

Legals for December, 7 2023

MY TURN: Reckless CLN trustee actions

Risk from actions of the board majority of the Community Library Network continue to rise. Trustees Ottosen, Plass and Hanley are adding liability and eroding CLN’s safeguards; they are actively harming the library network. In just six months they’ve violated agreements, cut funding while increasing expenses, disregarded legal advice, and tried to demoralize staff.