Northwest Notes July 11, 2024

The clinic is open to all children in eighth grade or younger. Participation is free, but space is limited to the first 100 registrants. To secure a spot, register at BigSkyConf.com/YouthClinic

Practice good huckleberry foraging this summer

Follow these tips and reminders for a fruitful experience

Harvest what you’ll eat. There are plenty of bears and other humans who would appreciate any berries foragers can leave unharvested. We encourage foragers to not let any berries go to waste.

Bear euthanized after breaking into vehicle at campground

Conflicts included breaking a window of a vehicle to access a cooler and getting into a tent at Emery Bay. A camper was cited for disobeying the Flathead Forest food storage order.

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Legals for July, 11 2024

Pilot killed when firefighting plane crashes into Montana reservoir while scooping up water

The crash was reported shortly after noon on Hauser Reservoir on the Missouri River northeast of Helena in Lewis and Clark County.

26 million tons of clothing end up in China's landfills each year, propelled by fast fashion

To achieve a game-changing impact, what fashion expert Shaway Yeh calls “circular sustainability” is needed among major Chinese clothing brands so waste is avoided entirely.

California fast food workers now earn $20 per hour. Franchisees are responding by cutting hours.

It wasn’t only entry-level workers that got a pay raise. Shift leaders, assistant managers, and everyone else up the ladder had to get raises too, and labor represents about 35% of his costs.

Astronauts confident Boeing space capsule can safely return them to Earth, despite failures

The test flight should have lasted eight days, ending on June 14

THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: Some sweat, and a scoreboard — but perhaps hot dogs and geese, too

In the meantime, I’m a just little uncomfortable just thinking of sweat and a scoreboard at a hot dog contest. Even tonight’s pizza doesn’t sound quite as appealing as it did a couple of hours ago.

Summertime means street work in Coeur d'Alene

City rolls out array of road improvement projects

City street work underway through July.

Vandalism hits Post Falls USPS drop boxes, raising fraud concerns

There’s been no blue drop-off box outside the Post Falls Post Office for over a month after it was vandalized along with a string of other local United States Postal Service collection sites.

LEGION BASEBALL: Northern Lakes powers past St. Maries

Caleb Mason and Ethan Pecor had three RBIs each in the second game for Northern Lakes (22-7), which faces the Bitterroot Red Sox in the Missoula Mavericks Tournament on Thursday.

Clyde W. 'Ole Clyde Boy' Ylitalo, 86

Clyde W. Ylitalo passed peacefully July 2, 2024 at home in Coeur d’Alene with his children surrounding him. Clyde was born on a farm west of the village of Wolf Lake, Becker City, Minnesota

Mark Eldon Manteuffel, 63

Mark Eldon Manteuffel, M.D., was called home to the Lord on June 19, 2024, just days before his 64th birthday. Mark was born in Spokane, Wash., on June 24, 1960

Savitri Valentine, 73

Savitri Valentine, 73

Ida 'Joan' Evans, 90

Ida "Joan" Evans, a loving mother born in Coppock, IA to Richard and Ida McKune, passed away on June 30, 2024 at the age of 90.

OPINION: With fear for Democracy, I dissent

For people who love America and its founding ideals, July 1 was a difficult day.

William Andrew Jackson, 'Andy,' 64

William Andrew Jackson, “Andy”, 64

Thomas H. Paschane, 68

Thomas H. Paschane, a 45-year resident of Northern California and, most recently, a 20-year resident of Hayden, Idaho, left this world to be with his Heavenly Father at the age of 68 on Thursday.