A long trend: How the Idaho Legislature has removed local governments’ powers

Early on in the COVID pandemic, Idaho Gov. Brad Little issued a temporary stay home order — temporarily closing some businesses and limiting public gatherings.

THE DIRT: What you need to know about ICP permits

Spring is in the air, and you know that means; it’s time to swap snow boots for sneakers and get back outside, residents of North Idaho are eager to get outside and work in their yards. Before heading out to work, are you confident you have everything you need? Sure, you have your shovel, your gloves, and your freshly applied sunscreen. But what about your permit?

Scholarship program reaches historic milestone with Coeur d'Alene Tribe's continued generosity

Scholarship program reaches historic milestone with Coeur d'Alene Tribe's continued generosity

The strength found in numbers becomes even more powerful when individuals and entities come together to support a cause in which they truly believe. Those entities are the Coeur d’Alene Chamber, the Coeur d’Alene Tribe and dozens of local businesses. The cause: Supporting young people who wish to continue their education after high school, no matter their economic status.

'Make them proud'

American Legion Post 143 hosts recruits for Future Heroes Fellowship Luncheon

Like many recruits at Saturday’s Future Heroes Fellowship Luncheon, seventeen-year-old Kayle Berscheid comes from a multi-generational military family.

Serving 'authentic Mexican BBQ flavor' in Coeur d'Alene, El Jefe Grill set to open in May

After helping family and friends open over 50 restaurants during his career in commercial real estate, Sam Arora has decided it's time to open one of his own.

HUCKLEBERRIES: Just roll with it

Matt Roetter has come a long way since his days as a “skateboard evangelist.”

Loyalty is a two-way street

Once there was a king who kept 10 wild dogs locked away in a dungeon under his castle to torture his enemies or his ministers who made the slightest mistake. Over the years, many of his ministers had been maimed or killed because of the king's savage treatment.

Intellectually disabled teen shot by Idaho police dies after being removed from life support

An autistic, nonverbal teenage boy who was shot repeatedly by Idaho police from the other side of a chain link fence while he was holding a knife died Saturday after being removed from life support, his family said.

Burton Keen Crupper, 78

Burton Keen Crupper passed away peacefully at home with family by his side on March 7, 2025, after a lengthy battle with Parkinson’s Disease. Burt was born on February 6, 1947, in Denver, Colorado, to Gordon & Ellen Crupper, joining older brother Gordon.

EDITORIAL: Speed limit signs show government listens

Jim Korver request for help to slow drivers is granted by the city of Coeur d'Alene

Walter 'Walt' Siring, 83

Walter “Walt” Douglas Siring, age 83, of Rathdrum, Idaho, passed away on March 3, 2025, at Orchard Ridge Retirement Home in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, with his wife at his side. Walter was born in Baker, Montana, on October 28, 1941, to Walter Douglas and Beatrice Parent Siring.

Legals for April, 11 2025

Six people have died in a helicopter crash in the Hudson River in New York City, an AP source says

A helicopter broke apart in midair and crashed upside-down into the Hudson River between Manhattan and the New Jersey waterfront Thursday, killing six people in the latest high-profile aviation disaster in the U.S., according to witnesses and a law enforcement official.

Ask and you shall receive — speed limit signs

City responds to resident's request to slow speeders

Korver, who recently took his concerns tot he City Council about speeding drivers on the street, was pleased the city responded with a pair of 25-signs between Harrison and Locust avenues, as well as a pedestrian sign.

IDFG offers tips to avoid conflicts as bears come out of hibernation this spring

As Idaho’s bears emerge from hibernation, Fish and Game reminds residents and visitors to be 'Bear Aware' and take precautions to avoid attracting bears to homes, campsites, and communities.

Legals for April, 10 2025

Wall Street's euphoria sends US stocks to historic gains after Trump pauses most of his tariffs

The Dow Jones Industrial Average shot to a gain of 2,962 points, or 7.9%. The Nasdaq composite leaped 12.2%. The S&P 500 had its third-best day since 1940.

Trump pauses tariffs on most nations for 90 days, raises taxes on Chinese imports

Facing a global market meltdown, President Donald Trump on Wednesday abruptly backed down on his tariffs on most nations for 90 days, but raised his tax rate on Chinese imports to 125%.

Hearing could set rules for evidence and other details in Bryan Kohberger's quadruple murder trial

Prosecutors and attorneys for a man charged in the killings of four University of Idaho students in 2022 began arguing some of the final ground rules they want for Bryan Kohberger's trial in a Wednesday morning hearing.

Outrage builds as video shows police in Pocatello shooting a knife-wielding autistic teenager

Idaho police officers opened fire from behind a chain-link fence just seconds after exiting their patrol cars and critically wounded a teenage boy — described by his family as nonverbal, autistic and intellectually disabled — as he stepped toward them with a knife, video from a witness shows.