Annual US inflation falls to 3-year low, clearing the way for the Fed to begin cutting rates

“It’s a comforting report, both because it is going in the right direction and because it is not doing anything too dramatic,” Sinclair said. “It is exactly what we wanted to see.”

Youth Sports Aug. 14, 2024

Water polo, baseball, soccer, golf and more.

Three fly free in Kootenai County

Birds of Prey Northwest releases eagle, hawk, osprey on the same day

The Veltkamps also set a red-tailed hawk free to fly above a rolling hay field that had just been mowed off Voeller Road near Worley, and then drove to Heyburn State Park to release an osprey.

EDITORIAL: Earlier is better for Idaho education

State has lots of room to improve in early childhood education

David Gary 'Tyke' Brewster, 75

Our beloved Tyke went to be with our Lord and Savior on July 20, 2024. David Gary 'Tyke' Brewster was born in Warroad, Minn., on Feb. 8, 1949, to Roy David and Mary Ann (Fortier) Brewster.

OPINION: U.S. restraints on Ukraine hamstring its defense against Putin’s war

Ukraine’s recent cross-border attack on Russia highlights a serious problem in its ability to defend against Vladimir Putin’s genocidal war. The U.S and its NATO allies recognized the grave threat that the war posed against their collective national security interests and correctly responded by supplying weapons to the beleaguered nation. Senator Jim Risch has repeatedly said that Putin’s war poses a serious threat to America’s national security. He told columnist Chuck Malloy: “If we abandon Ukraine and throw in the towel…there will be major consequences.” Getting out of Ukraine, “I believe, would set up the largest arms race that the planet has ever seen.”

Clifford Alan Banks, 78

Clifford Alan Banks, 78 years old, passed away July 29, 2024, after a brave and courageous battle with esophageal cancer and was the husband of Mary Lou Banks.

Jerres 'Jane' Morrison, 92

Jerres Jane Powell Mills Morrison, known as Jane, passed away Aug. 4, 2024 at the age of 92. She was born May 14, 1932, to Wilbur "Pete" Powell and Edith (Leighton) Powell in Jacksonville, Ill.

OPINION: The kids aren’t alright

As our Democratic candidates knock on doors and listen to voters, they are regularly asked a head-scratcher of a question: why can’t my child independently access their health care anymore?

Gorden Dean Newman, 59

Gorden 'Deano' Newman passed away peacefully and pain-free Aug. 7, 2024.

Kootenai County aims to improve tax correction transparency

Kootenai County staff have asked commissioners change how they approach tax cancellations and value corrections for prior years in order to communicate when those changes impact taxing districts.

Inland Empire PGA results: Aug. 14, 2024

Results from Monday's Pro-Am at Avondale Golf Club in Hayden Lake.

Legals for August, 14 2024

Idaho Supreme Court rejects open primaries challenge

The Idaho Supreme Court on Tuesday dismissed Attorney General Raúl Labrador’s challenge to a ballot initiative that would open Idaho’s primary elections to all voters and implement ranked choice voting for general elections, saying the matter must first be addressed by a lower court.

Prosecutors argue for Kohberger trial to stay in Latah County

The defense argues media coverage of the murders and a survey of prospective jurors as reasons necessitating a change in venue, while prosecutors maintain that a fair trial can be held in Latah County.

Idaho fire agencies using AI to detect wildfires

The Idaho Department of Lands has six live cameras that are scanned by artificial intelligence to detect when a fire sparks.

Starbucks CEO replaced by Brian Niccol, a fixer who revived Chipotle when the chain was in distress

The Seattle coffee giant named Niccol as its new chairman and CEO, hoping he can revive fading sales and re-establish Starbucks as a destination where customers are willing to pay premium prices.

An ex-Kansas police chief who led a raid on a newspaper is charged with obstruction of justice

A former Kansas police chief who led a raid last year on a weekly newspaper has been charged with felony obstruction of justice and is accused of persuading a potential witness to withhold information from authorities when they later investigated his conduct.

First practice for the Saints

After two years of being an associate member of the Idaho High School Activities Association, Coeur du Christ, a school with grades 9-12 and roughly 60 students, has become a full member of the IHSAA this school year, and is starting a football program this year. The Saints, who compete in the new class 1A (the smallest of Idaho's six classifications), also offer volleyball and boys basketball, which played as associate members the past two years.

Falling tree hits Hauser Lake home

Sudden storm uprooted 120-foot pine Saturday night

She looked next door and saw a tall pine tree in her neighbor’s yard had been ripped out from its roots and crashed through the roof toward a corner of the home.