ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Start the school year off right: Four tips to school backpack safety

School is only a few weeks away, so back to school shopping has begun. Selecting the right backpack is crucial to your child’s health. Many parents are not aware of the consequences in selecting the wrong backpack or carrying too much weight.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — New for fall

I know, I know the title sounds more like a column on apparel than wine, but as is true for most wine consumers our preferences change for both apparel and wine once the leaves start to turn. The sweaters come out and the flip flops get put away. The wines we select tend to be fuller bodied and richer, they not only taste better in the cold temperatures but they do better with heartier foods. So, here are some new additions to the shelf that we trust you will enjoy on the cooler evenings.

Legals for October, 4 2023

9-year-old who vanished from New York state park found safe and man linked to ransom note arrested

Law enforcement agents linked Ross to a property owned by his mother, made entry and found him in a camper at about 6:30 p.m., she said.

Silver Valley Sports: Sept. 25 - Oct. 1

Wallace volleyball clinches league championship; Kellogg, Mullan football pick up big road wins; Kellogg volleyball splits league matches; Wildcat runners compete in Spokane.

PREP SOCCER

Results of reported high school boys and girls soccer games.

Northwest Notes Oct. 3, 2023

Coeur d’Alene coach Carly Curtis and Post Falls coach Willow Hanna started this particular event 16 years ago, with proceeds going to various groups. The event has raised roughly $45,000 over the years.

Shoshone County jail bookings

Arrests and bookings for the Shoshone County jail

Legals for October, 3 2023

We're in a strong solar cycle

Sunspots are storms on the Sun and during the height of a cycle, its magnetic poles will usually flip as the North Pole becomes the South Pole and vice-versa.

PREP SOCCER: Trojans blank Lewiston in finale

Area schools begin regional tournaments next Saturday.

PREP VOLLEYBALL: Post Falls falls in Gold Bracket semis at Sheridan Classic

Results from Saturday's prep volleyball matches and tournaments.

Report: Housing crisis remains

Connect Kootenai director says ADUs could be part of the answer

Gissel said that in 2016, 75 percent of people who lived in Kootenai County could afford to buy a home here. Today, it’s less than 20%

What is the Basin Environmental Improvement Project Commission?

In 1983, the United States Environmental Protection Agency listed the Bunker Hill Mining and Metallurgical Complex in Northern Idaho as a Superfund site due to the high level of heavy metals that had been released into the environment by mining operations.

PREP ROUNDUP: Vikings take the Battle of the 509

Results from Saturday's prep cross country, football and swimming events.

NIC WOMEN'S SOCCER: Cardinals rally to down Yakima Valley

NIC (8-4-1, 4-2-1 NWAC) returns home to face Blue Mountain on Wednesday.

AQUATIC INVASIVES: Idaho program doesn’t work

The recent discovery of Quagga larvae on the Snake River does not surprise me at all. I frequently travel with my boat, and have experienced firsthand the incompetence of Idaho’s aquatic invasive species program. It’s particularly useless in North Idaho.

PREP ROUNDUP: Vikings get rolling on the road

Results from Friday's prep football, volleyball and soccer games.

Not the Trojans' night .. Turnovers plague Post Falls in loss to Mt. Spokane

Post Falls (4-2) opens 5A Inland Empire League play at Lewiston next Friday.

Library network to contract with ICRMP, Great American Insurance

Appeal letter in the works; library closures again allayed

During a third special meeting this week, Community Library Network trustees unanimously voted to contract with the Idaho Counties Risk Management Program and Great American Great American Insurance Group rather than letting the network's insurance lapse.