Michael Craig Jarrett, 60

Mike Jarrett died on February 20, 2024, at his home in Post Falls. He was born November 24, 1963, to Don and Pat Jarrett at Ramey AFB in Puerto Rico.

Legals for February, 28 2024

State high school boys basketball tournament capsules

Glances of each team playing in this week's state boys basketball tournaments.

Germany and Poland say they're not sending troops to Ukraine as the Kremlin warns of a wider war

The idea of sending troops has been taboo, particularly as NATO seeks to avoid being dragged into a wider war with nuclear-armed Russia

All about the journey — Four Coeur d’Alene High seniors, longtime basketball teammates, help Vikings qualify for state for first time since 2012

“I just remember Keith (Orchard), Logan’s dad, and Ryan (Nipp, Trey’s dad and a former Viking assistant coach), they would always say, ‘You guys have potential,’” Coeur d'Alene senior Gunner Larson said. “They would always tell us, ‘Work hard now so you can go to state when you’re at CHS.’ And I always remembered that. It seemed like a joke at the time, something that wasn’t really relevant, but then, our JV year, they told us the same thing, and we just finally did it.”

Mandatory minimums for fentanyl trafficking become law

North Idaho lawmakers were split on bill

Silver Valley Sports Recap: Feb. 19-25

Wildcat wrestlers finish third at state tournament; Kellogg, Wallace, and Mullan boys basketball seasons end early at districts.

VETERANS PRESS: Top 5 most common disabilities for women veterans

Women have served in the military from the American Revolution to the present.

Legals for February, 27 2024

MY TURN: Bringing transparency to the cost of college with a Career Transparency Act

Is the cost of college still worth the price?

MY TURN: Idaho Republicans — caucus for Haley?

I'm asking Idaho Republicans statewide to caucus for Nikki Haley on Saturday, March 2. No, I do not think that she will wrest the GOP nomination from Donald Trump at this late date. Nor does one need to attack Trump to support Haley.

Wild weather's coming: West readies for snow as Midwest gets a taste of summer

The storm will move into the Great Basin and Central Rockies Tuesday, carrying much colder temperatures and strong winds across the inner mountain West

US sues to block merger of grocery giants Kroger and Albertsons, saying it could push prices higher

Kroger and Albertsons, two of the nation’s largest grocers, agreed to merge in October 2022

Wastewater project nearing completion

The wastewater treatment facility enhancements for the city are close to being finished, but construction delays have been impacting the process recently. Public Works Director John Beacham said nearly 90 percent of the $40 million project is finished. In 2013, the city developed a master plan to bring their facility into compliance with regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency.

Cd’A Tribe makes 10-year deal with feds

Agreement will address salmon recovery

The 2024 tropical storm and hurricane season could be another active one

The official start of the tropical storm and hurricane season in the Atlantic and Caribbean waters is a little more than 3 months away. With the strong El Niño starting to weaken along the equatorial regions, many forecasters that specialize in sea-surface temperatures are indicating the increasing chances of another active season.

THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: The connection between Eck and Choate

“He’ll do a good job there,” Eck said. “It’s funny, when you get a head coaching job, you get a lot of people who contact you and recommend people that you should hire. And once in a while, someone recommends a guy and says, ‘Oh, I love this guy, hire him,’ and then the guy that recommends him gets a job and doesn’t hire the guy he recommended. But I respect Jeff; he recommended one or two guys to me, when I got hired at Idaho, and I didn’t end up hiring them, but, sure enough, now he’s at Nevada, he’s hired those guys. So that puts some credibility with him.

STATE WRESTLING TOURNAMENTS: Riding high again ... Seguine rallies for third straight 5A title as Trojans, with three champions, finish second in 5A

“When Rider’s in good shape, he’s tough to beat,” Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said. “He just had to find a way to go up. He didn’t have this one in the bag by far, but it was pretty cook to see him come back and win that one.”

NIC BASKETBALL: Cardinals fall at Utah State-Eastern, drop to third in SWAC heading into final weekend

NIC faces Southern Idaho next Saturday in Twin Falls in the regular season finale.

PREP BOYS BASKETBALL: Lake City, Lakeside, Clark Fork on to state

Lake City (16-9), last year’s state champions, advance to state at the Ford Idaho Center in Nampa beginning Thursday. The T-Wolves will likely learn their first-round opponent today, when the final MaxPreps rankings, which are used to seed the six state tournaments, are released and the state brackets posted by the Idaho High School Activities Association.