Smash Mouth ready to rock the North Idaho State Fair

Keyboardist Michael Klooster talks Smash Mouth success ahead of Aug. 20 show

Sizzling synthesizer, retro rock, up-tempo beats, swinging style, oh-so-groovy organ. Keyboardist Michael Klooster has been tickling Smash Mouth's electronic ivories since 1997, taking much joy in his career as a purveyor of radio hits and memorable music enjoyed by fans across the generations.

Movers & Shakers

Movers & Shakers

FWP says wolf numbers holding fairly steady

The estimated statewide wolf population for 2023 was 1,096, just one less than the 2022 estimated population and slightly below the 10-year average of 1,140 wolves but well above recovery thresholds, FWP noted.

The new Idaho wildlife license plates are in

The 2024 Idaho wildlife license plates are now available—and they benefit a pretty great cause

Task Force, Gissel donate to Gonzaga

Includes collection of materials from the Keenans v. Aryan Nations civil trial in 2000

This year the KCTFHR provided a $30,000 gift along with an individual’s additional $3,000 to hire a part-time archivist at the Gonzaga Foley Library

Legals for August, 15 2024

Then and Now: Coeur d'Alene's oldest standing building

Constructed in 1880, the Fort Sherman Chapel is Coeur d’Alene’s oldest church, school, library, and meeting hall—and the city’s oldest standing building.

Wyoming reporter caught using artificial intelligence to create fake quotes and stories

Journalists have derailed their careers by making up quotes or facts in stories long before AI came about. But this latest scandal illustrates the potential pitfalls and dangers that AI poses to many industries, including journalism, as chatbots can spit out spurious if somewhat plausible articles with only a few prompts.

WHO declares mpox outbreaks in Africa a global health emergency as a new form of the virus spreads

The World Health Organization has declared the mpox outbreaks in Congo and elsewhere in Africa a global emergency, with cases confirmed among children and adults in more than a dozen countries and a new form of the virus spreading.

U.S., Canada officials to study impact of coal mining in North Idaho’s Kootenai River

The Kootenai River stems from British Columbia’s Elk Valley, about a two-and-a-half-hour drive northeast of Bonners Ferry.

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.

North Idaho Memories: Windshield repair for $5 and a six-pack

"In August of 1979, Paul 'Torgy' Torgerson moved to Coeur d'Alene to start the innovative windshield repair business. And 45 years later, 'Torgy' continues to come to you anywhere in North Idaho to repair and save your windshield!"

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.

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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.

Roy Wellman Jr., 89

Roy Wellman Jr., 89, passed away at North Idaho Hospice Aug. 3, 2024. Roy was born in Portsmouth, Ohio, on Aug. 24, 1934.

Jerry Bell, 73

Gerald Robert Bell, 73, walked through the gates of Heaven on Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in Missoula, Mont.

Gorden Dean Newman, 59

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

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A health detective is a professional, such as an acupuncturist, functional medicine practitioner, naturopath, nutritionist, or other practitioner that looks deeper into the root causes of health and disease, rather than treating just the symptoms. Treating just the symptoms is akin to putting a Band-Aid over the warning indicator light in your car. When something is wrong with your body and the body has run out of resources to deal with it effectively, it sends up a red flag, a warning indicator, to tell you something is wrong — we call it a symptom. We can treat the flag/cover the light, but the problem is still there.