PREP ROUNDUP: Reese shines as Lake City avenges loss to Highland

Lake City notches win, Lakeland sweeps in prep baseball on Saturday.

PREP ROUNDUP: Lakeland comes up short in season opener

Lakeland plays Frenchtown today.

Silver Valley Sports Recap: April 1-7

Kellogg baseball and softball notch wins; Brodie Robinson medals at Mirror Lake; Spring postponements; and HOF winners.

PREP ROUNDUP: Timberlake boys sweep in IML duals

Timberlake will host the Kootenai County Challenge track meet on Friday.

PREP ROUNDUP: Zimmerman delivers in opener as Lakeland splits with Moscow

Results from Thursday's prep softball, baseball and tennis matchups.

PREP ROUNDUP: Lakeside's Jones, Genesis Prep's Lehman earn medalist honors

Genesis Prep’s boys and St. Maries’ girls notched team titles.

Legals for April, 16 2024

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Natural approaches to prostate health

Prostate health is very important to the general health of men, and prostate disease is on the rise. The three main prostate diseases are prostate cancer, benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH) and prostatitis. Since prostate cancer is a topic of its own, I’m only going to address BPH and prostatitis.

Officials to address report of racial incident

The topic is in response to a major racial incident in Coeur d'Alene on the evening of Thursday, March 21, 2024.

Commissioner candidates sound off

Growth, taxes, spending key issues

Growth, infrastructure and funding for emergency services were hot topics when all four candidates for the District 1 addressed the North Idaho Federated Republican Women at Seasons of Coeur d’Alene.

A will by any other name … no, sorry they are actually not the same

Because attorneys seem to have a hard time making anything easy, several estate planning documents have similar and easy to confuse names, which adds confusion to an already complicated topic. Estate planning legal matters are already confusing enough, so it certainly does not help to have similar names for related but completely different documents. Today, let’s try to clear things up a bit with a review of the differences between a “Living Will” and a “Living Trust.”

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Decoding food labels: Part I

While I am an advocate of and prefer a whole food diet, invariably processed foods enter the scene more often than I would like. This is true for millions of people worldwide. How do we navigate the myriad choices we have and try to stay on the healthy side of things? Because the population as a whole seems to be drawn towards eating healthier, and demanding a better quality of food presented to us, manufacturers and therefore marketers, are making labels harder and harder to decipher. Many intentionally trick the public into believing what they are eating is healthy. Just as we can make an evil person appear like they are an angel, and an angel appear evil, the same is being done with our foods with the caveat emptor (“let the buyer beware”) lurking behind the label.

Springtime bliss: Keeping your pets safe from poisonous plants

Spring brings a burst of color and new life to our surroundings, but the very things that make spring so vibrant can pose serious threats to our beloved pets.

Protecting puppies from parvovirus

Springtime brings a vibrant burst of life and marks a time when many puppies are born.

Learning the ranch life

New UI program gives 4-H kids agricultural exposure

A new University of Idaho Extension 4-H Youth Development program gave a group of Kootenai County youths the opportunity to spend a weekend as working ranch hands.

Special meeting goes nowhere

CLN board at odds over presence of attorney, open meeting law

A special Thursday meeting with a focus on Idaho's open meeting law didn't go as planned when the Community Library Network's legal counsel was absent from the meeting.

Weather is the hot topic as eclipse spectators stake out their spots in US, Mexico and Canada

Near Ennis, Texas, to the south, the Range Vintage Trailer Resort was also packed, selling out of spots more than a year ago.

Cybersecurity option ruled out for Shoshone County HAVA funds

'Many people have no idea of how much work is put into the elections'

Shoshone County was one of many counties receiving grants through the Help America Vote Act to update elections equipment, but after a public hearing last month, county officials investigated other options than the original plan to purchase four additional ExpressVote machines.

Today's Ghastly Groaner

I poured a salad in to a bowl and it spilled out all over the counter.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Decoding food labels: Part II

In part I of Decoding Food Labels, I discussed reading label claims of “natural,” organic,” sugar, low calorie, and “enriched” foods. We had so much fun! Now in Part II, I will talk about other label tricks to beware of.