James Joseph Polla, 83

James Joseph Polla, 83, of Mullan, Idaho and lifelong resident of the Silver Valley, beloved husband, father, and grandfather, passed away peacefully on February 26, 2024, at Silverton Health and Rehabilitation of Cascadia in Silverton, Idaho.

Joan Barbara (Prendergast) Head, 89

Joan B. (Prendergast) Head, 89, of Kellogg, Idaho, passed away on March 1, 2024, at Silverton of Cascadia.

Legals for March, 5 2024

Monday TV/Radio highlights

Television and radio highlights for Monday, March 4, 2024

Hundreds of inmates flee after armed gangs storm Haiti's main prison, leaving bodies behind

Haiti’s government urged calm as it sought to find the killers, kidnappers and perpetrators of other violent crimes that it said escaped during the outbreak of violence.

Key Northern California highway closed as snow continues to fall in the blizzard-hit Sierra Nevada

The multiday storm closed I-80 and other highways, shut down ski resorts and left thousands of homes and businesses without power.

STATE 5A THIRD-PLACE GAME: Vikings stall out in second half vs Madison

“I’m very proud of this team,” said Adams, in his fourth season at his alma mater. “Just how far we’ve come since I’ve been here has been amazing. From the pandemic, and just trying to get into the gym, to the Lake City super team, the progress has been amazing. You’ve got to have a group of kids that come together, and our seniors did that, bought into what we were trying to do and played the right way.”

NJCAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP: Craig takes third as Cardinals slip to sixth at nationals

Western Wyoming of Rock Springs repeated as national champion with 161 points.

STATE 5A CONSOLATION CHAMPIONSHIP: Lake City bounces back again, takes consolation title

“It’s huge for us,” said first-year Lake City boys coach James Anderson, who took over the program after coaching the girls program for the previous six years. “For our kids to come back, and we start a player in each class, with a whole new staff, it just shows their resilience. Coming into this season, we didn’t have that experience.”

STATE 3A BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP: At last — Bonners Ferry captures first state boys basketball title

“It’s unbelievable,” said Badger senior Trey Bateman, Thomas’ cousin. “We fought; we’ve earned it, we’ve done everything we can as a basketball team. Mr. Williams (Nathan, the Bonners coach) has helped us so much throughout life and basketball. My brothers (Brady and Seth) won a state championship in baseball in 2018, and that was so huge for our community, and it showed. We are unbelievably grateful and blessed to have this state championship here.”

STATE 1A DIVISION 1 BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP: No repeat — Lakeside’s bid for second straight state title falls short as Lapwai avenges last year’s surprising loss

“It felt weird; we started off the tournament good, but we weren’t hyped for today,” said sophomore Tyson Charley, Lakeside’s leading scorer. “Just weren’t ready, like we were the last two days. They came out more excited than us; they had more fire. They wanted it more.”

NIC ROUNDUP: Cardinal men fall, but advance to regionals

NIC (21-9, 7-5 SWAC) will face top-seeded and conference champion Salt Lake on Friday in an opening round game. CSI (22-8, 9-3), the second seed, will face third-seeded Utah State-Eastern in the other opening round game.

Trump wins Idaho Republican caucuses

Kootenai County Republicans voted overwhelmingly for Trump

Kootenai County Republicans voted overwhelmingly for Trump

Building a miracle

PF neighborhood to set example for homeownership through public-private partnerships

For two long years, Ryan Ryle and his fiance, Jayne Foster, tried to buy a home in North Idaho. Ryle, who grew up just on the other side of the Idaho-Washington stateline, said the couple would put in offers on houses just to constantly be outbid by other buyers who had larger down payments or cash in hand. “We even looked at new builds, but we needed so much earnest money down, we couldn’t save for it,” Ryle said Thursday.

Do you know the difference between a Living Will and a Last Will & Testament?

Nowadays many of my clients are particularly concerned with making sure their legal planning includes planning for medical treatment and decision making. Often people are confused about which legal documents are used for advanced medical planning. Several estate planning documents have similar and easy to confuse names, which adds to the potential for confusion. Estate planning legal matters are already confusing enough, so it certainly does not help to have similar names for related but completely different documents. Let’s take some of the mystery out of two similarly named documents now: the “Last Will & Testament” and the “Living Will.”

STATE 5A BOYS SEMIFINALS: Shot to the gut — Coeur d’Alene suffers heartbreaking loss in semis as Timberline hits game-winning 3 in closing seconds

“I said it hurts now, but what they’ve done, to put Coeur d’Alene basketball back on the map … to play that style, to develop that style and set a standard for how we go forward," Viking coach Jon Adams said. "To have all these underclassmen there to see it, to watch what it takes — the dedication, the effort, the sacrifice, the struggle. They’ve set the blueprint for it.”

STATE 1A DIVISION I BOYS SEMIFINALS: The 'underdogs' getting their date with Lapwai ... Lakeside advance to second straight title game vs. storied Wildcats

It is the second straight year that Lakeside (17-3) and Lapwai (24-2) will meet for the title. Lakeside won last year’s meeting 81-79 in overtime.

NJCAA WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP: Still in the title fight ... Cardinals, with three semifinalists, tied for fourth after first day

Western Wyoming of Rock Springs leads with 103 points, followed by Iowa Central in second with 97.5 points. NIC and Clackamas are tied for fourth with 91.5 points

STATE 5A BOYS BASKETBALL: Arrieta’s 3s, Strawn’s late-game heroics propel Lake City into consolation championship game

“Definitely put a chip on my shoulder, made me work harder,” Arrietta said of last season. “I had my ups and downs, but I stuck with these guys, and it’s been my best season so far.”

STATE BOYS BASKETBALL: St. Maries goes out in two in 2A; Bonners Ferry back in 3A title game

Swallows scored 11 points and Holmes had seven points and seven rebounds for St. Maries, which finished 15-9.