Kootenai County housing crisis: Second in a series

For nearly three years elected officials, building and housing professionals and civic organizations have been working together to build a ToolKit of Solutions to address the housing crisis in Kootenai County.

Sandra 'Sam' Kuykendall, 64

Sandra “Sam” Kuykendall, 64, suddenly passed away on February 24th, 2024 after doing something she loved with someone she loved even more.

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This is typically NOT the best way to transfer your home to your children

Clients will often ask me if it is possible to avoid probate court proceedings after their deaths by simply adding their adult children’s names to their real property deeds while they are alive. If there are no other assets in your estate that would be subject to probate (which is a big if), then it is theoretically possible to avoid probate this way. However, there are plenty of reasons not to do this.

PREP ROUNDUP: Post Falls boys, Coeur d'Alene girls shine in sunny Sweeney track opener

Results from Friday's prep track and field, softball and baseball slate.

THE FRONT ROW with JASON ELLIOTT: Shaking things up, or at least trying to

Newer might be better in a lot of ways. If nothing else, someone’s trying at least.

NIC SOFTBALL: Cardinal bats break out in NWAC-opening sweep at Treasure Valley

NIC (10-2) visits Blue Mountain of Pendleton, Ore., for a doubleheader today.

Idaho High School All-Star Games: Updated rosters announced

The 21st annual games begin with the girls game at 1 p.m., followed by the boys game at 3:30 p.m.

DISTRICT 1 ALL-STAR BASKETBALL GAMES: Viks' Orchard shines for East, earns MVP honors

The game, which matches the top area seniors, was postponed in 2023 due to slick roads, the second time in four years (2020) that the game had been called off.

Primary candidates file

The deadline to file for the May 21 primary election has passed.

FAST FIVE Idaho adventures await Lisa Reeder

Meet Lisa Reeder, who was born and raised in North Texas. Lisa attended East Texas State University, obtaining a bachelor's in accounting and a Master of Business Administration from Texas A&M University. She spent 30 years working in the U.S. defense industry. Lisa is married to Don and has a daughter in Texas and a son in California. She also has four beautiful granddaughters. Lisa is an avid quilter and loves to teach her granddaughters and friends to sew and quilt. She and her husband relocated to North Idaho several years ago and now consider themselves Idahoans.

The Exhausted Dad: Fun with money

My kids know how to hoard their cash. While we don’t offer them allowance in exchange for chores, my four children acquire money in a variety of ways: Tooth fairy visits, occasional odd jobs like weed pulling or snow shoveling, etc.

School and Senior Meals

School and Senior Meals: March 18-22

Sheriff's Office Notable Calls

The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office published the following notable calls that occurred between March 9 and March 14. The sheriff’s office describes this information as preliminary and subject to revision as investigations continue.

MY TURN: Clearing up convention confusion

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Why are so many voters frustrated by the US economy? It's home prices

The United States is slogging through a housing affordability crisis that was decades in the making

McDonald's apologizes for global system outage that shut down some stores for hours

The company said the outage also wasn't related to its shift to Google Cloud as a technology provider

Pierce Brosnan pleads guilty to walking off trail at Yellowstone hot springs, must pay $1,500

The actor issued an apology on his Instagram account Thursday, saying he “made an impulsive mistake” and calling himself an environmentalist with “the utmost respect for and love of our natural world.”