Silver Valley Sports Recap: Feb. 12-18

Kellogg girls bow out in two; Wallace boys get back to back wins to end season; Kellogg wrestling wins districts, sends 17 to state.

Legals for February, 20 2024

A prayer for Evita: Here's why many Argentinians are devoted to a first lady who died in 1952

Aside from a 1996 movie starring Madonna or Andrew Lloyd Weber’s 1978 musical, many foreigners know relatively little about this former first lady who died 71 years ago.

Minnesota community mourns 2 officers, 1 firefighter killed at the scene of a domestic call

Evans said the suspect had several guns and large amounts of ammunition and shot at the police officers from multiple positions within the home, including the upper and lower floors

Monday TV/Radio highlights

Television and radio highlights for Monday, Feb. 19

Is the California drought over?

The California rainfall season begins July 1 and ends the following June 30. Most other stations, including Coeur d’Alene, begin their moisture season Jan. 1.

STATE 5A GIRLS CHAMPIONSHIP: Sweet repeat ... Vikings down Timberwolves for program's second straight title, 11th overall

“I knew it was going to be back to back,” fifth-year Coeur d'Alene coach Nicole Symons said. “I don’t think they played well the last time we played them, but they played great the first two games of the tournament. I told the girls we’d better be ready and they’ve got weapons everywhere. We took away (Avery) Waddington, but KaLiah (Frazey) stepped up big time tonight."

STATE 4A GIRLS BASKETBALL: Lakeland falls in third-place game in first trip to state since 2019

“I’m really proud of the steps we started to make for our program,” said senior Lila Kiefer, who finished with two rebounds and two steals. “With a new coach, we’re starting over. This was a good first step.”

THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: The way the (NCAA) ball is bouncing this year

BUT OTHER than Arizona, a projected No. 1 seed in this week’s Bracketology by Joe Lunardi on ESPN, WSU is the only other Pac-12 team currently secured in the field, at a No. 9 seed.

HUCKLEBERRIES: 'Coeur d'Alene was different back then'

Christa Manis Hazel was 19 going on 20 when a community firestorm engulfed her.

NIC BASKETBALL: Cardinal men fall to first-place Salt Lake

Dante Sawyer scored a game-high 21 points for NIC (20-7, 6-3), which is now in third place in the conference, behind Salt and second-place College of Southern Idaho (20-7, 7-2), which won at fourth-place Snow (20-6, 5-5) 85-71 on Saturday.

PREP WRESTLING: Post Falls wins 10th straight 5A Region 1 title

“What’s funny is, I didn’t know that until a kid looked at the trophy and said that,” Post Falls coach Pete Reardon said. “It’s really something to be proud of; an achievement for our program as a whole.”

Milestone Announcement

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The wisdom of compromise

Abraham Lincoln was a man who believed in compromise. According to an old story, when he was practicing law in Illinois, a farmer asked for Lincoln's help in getting a divorce from his wife.

EDITORIAL: Legislature, do your duty

Adequately funding public education should be highest priority

Chamber Days at the Legislature

Last week, as a member of the Idaho Chamber Alliance, a cohort of Coeur d’Alene Regional Chamber members, board directors and staff had the honor of attending Idaho Business Policy Summit, held Feb. 5-6.

Doris Lorraine Tipke, 97

Doris (Lorraine) Tipke, 97, from Hayden, Idaho, passed peacefully Feb. 12, 2024, just shy of her 98th birthday. Lorraine was born Feb. 15, 1926, to Lillie and Charles West in Wilder, Idaho.

STATE 5A GIRLS SEMIFINALS: Fight for the Title ... Lake City tops Rigby, faces Coeur d'Alene in title game tonight in Nampa

“It’s wild,” Lake City senior Kamryn Pickford said. “We’ve been working for this our entire high school career. It’s exciting to be in the championship game.”

4A REGION 1 WRESTLING: Lakeland, with nine champions, claims second straight regional title

The regional champion, along with the top three seeds statewide advance to state.

5A REGION 1 BOYS BASKETBALL: Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls to play for regional title

“We’re excited,” Coeur d'Alene coach Jon Adams said. “We have an opportunity to cut down our nets. It’s been a long time since Coeur d’Alene has been able to do that.”