Library leaders react to 'Protection Act'

Entities in violation could incur fines, other penalties

Gov. Brad Little signed House Bill 710 into law Wednesday morning. Also called the "Children's School and Library Protection Act," the law prohibits those who work in schools and public libraries to make available to minors books, pictures and other materials depicting nudity, sexual conduct or sado-masochistic abuse.

Need to know how to check up on your own estate plan? Read on

We should all aim to have our legal planning in order, but how do you know if you have what you need in place? Spending a little time reviewing your estate plan every so often is a must. What should you look for? Let’s take it step by step.

Legals for April, 10 2024

Legals for April, 9 2024

A will by any other name … no, sorry they are actually not the same

Because attorneys seem to have a hard time making anything easy, several estate planning documents have similar and easy to confuse names, which adds confusion to an already complicated topic. Estate planning legal matters are already confusing enough, so it certainly does not help to have similar names for related but completely different documents. Today, let’s try to clear things up a bit with a review of the differences between a “Living Will” and a “Living Trust.”

EDITORIAL: The deeper story at North Idaho College

Don't let the circus distract from the real show.

Book pulled at Lakeland Middle School

Results in heated special meeting

During a special meeting of the school board for Lakeland Joint School District, a heated debate about whether interactions between board chair Michelle Thompson and assistant superintendent Lynn Paslay constituted collaboration or individual direction after the pulling of “The Truth As Told by Mason Buttle” from three sixth grade ELA classes.

Legals for April, 6 2024

OPINION: Hate on display

It seems like our governments are populated with sociopaths that would rather blow up our institutions and economy than give power back to the people.

Legals for April, 5 2024

If you are not married, but are in a long-term relationship, you have some very specific legal planning needs

If you have a life partner to whom you are not married (whether same or opposite sex), you should be aware of all necessary legal planning to make clear under Idaho law what your partner’s role is if you die or become incapacitated. What will your partner’s legal status be regarding surrogate decision making, end-of-life decision making, and their status in your estate? Without engaging in some proactive (but relatively simple) legal planning, the results of your incapacity or death could leave your partner not only in grief, but in a financial or logistical nightmare as well.

OPINION: E Pluribus Unum

As one, we can halt the backsliding

Legals for April, 2 2024

Legals for April, 2 2024

Legals for March, 30 2024

Special meeting goes nowhere

CLN board at odds over presence of attorney, open meeting law

A special Thursday meeting with a focus on Idaho's open meeting law didn't go as planned when the Community Library Network's legal counsel was absent from the meeting.

Shoshone County commissioners approve overlay district

Shoshone County commissioners voted this month to create a mountain overlay district for the areas surrounding Wallace.

Legals for March, 29 2024

NIC athletics budget may reach $6.2 million

North Idaho College’s athletics budget could jump from $2.2 million in 2024 to $6.2 million in 2025 due to full scholarships for student athletes and additional travel costs associated with NIC’s return to the National Junior College Athletic Association.

Legals for March, 28 2024

THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: The business of being a Coug

The Cougs have taken so many hits that they’re pretty bruised, but they’ve still hung in there. I don’t expect that to change.