Youth Sports April 17, 2024

Scores, news, results, highlights, etc., from local youth sports teams, leagues, etc.

Caroline Smith (Bitz), 94

Caroline Smith (Bitz) was born in Burnstad, North Dakota on June 21, 1929. She was raised on a farm by her grandparents, Helen and Joseph Bitz.

Lola Olson, 103

Lola Olson passed away on April 10, 2024; she was 103.

MY TURN: And the winners are…

Carrie: Now that the Idaho Legislature has finally adjourned, it’s time to announce our 12th annual B.I.L.E. and F.L.U.B. awards.

WOMEN: Nation turns its backs on us

What is happening to our country? Banning books, arresting librarians if they don’t move a book within an allotted time, teachers if they use the wrong pronoun, doctors/nurses if they assist in abortion in which woman’s life is in danger, yet, a judge can decide that her life really wasn’t in danger so you can arrest the doctor/nurse?

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease can be an uncomfortable and sometimes embarrassing condition, often leading to lifestyle changes to accommodate this disease. There is often confusion between Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) and Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS).

OPINION: Morality police won this round

But this book is far from over

EDITORIAL: Weather gods blessed this dynamic duo

Press salutes Randy and Cliff on 20th anniversary with Press

Teaching us how to live our best lives

Last week, I had the pleasure of talking with one of the most interesting women I know. Betty Stone is celebrating a milestone birthday today, although she started the celebration early over the weekend with her family and friends and a homemade Texas chocolate sheet cake, her favorite.

Montana man sentenced for meth trafficking

According to a press release, the Idaho State Police initiated a traffic stop of Wheeler’s vehicle on Nov. 8 and searched it after learning there was marijuana inside

Lynn Ralph Curry, 72

Lynn Ralph Curry, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, died on March 27, 2024, at seventy-two years of age. He died at home, surrounded by his family.

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Legals for April, 17 2024

Idaho's ban on youth gender-affirming care has families desperately scrambling for solutions

The ruling will hold while lawsuits against the law proceed through the lower courts, although the two transgender teens who sued to challenge the law will still be able to obtain care.

Despite weather glitch, the Paris Olympics flame is lit at the Greek cradle of ancient games

From the ancient stadium in Olympia, a relay of torchbearers will carry the flame along a 5,000-kilometer (3,100-mile) route through Greece, including several islands, until the handover to Paris Games organizers in Athens on April 26.

THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: Night or day, we'll find a way to share our opinion

What were the odds that Julio would get picked off to end a game? And that he would originally be called safe, then have that decision reversed on a challenge by the Cubs?

PREP ROUNDUP: Lakeside's Jones, Genesis Prep's Lehman earn medalist honors

Genesis Prep’s boys and St. Maries’ girls notched team titles.

Fighting for justice

Wes Somerton retires as city's chief prosecutor

Somerton has been with the city’s attorney’s office for more than decades. His boss, City Attorney Randy Adams, praised him for leadership, knowledge, and professionalism.

Wallace bridge project begins in two weeks

The bridge, which crosses the South Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River and provides access from Wallace to Nine-Mile Canyon and Dobson Pass was put under severe weight restrictions six years ago. A year later, a temporary bridge was placed across the structure to allow heavier vehicles to pass over it, and has been in place ever since.