CRAIG NORTHRUP
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Free masks offered at LCHS
Free masks will be offered on Thursday at Lake City High School.
Cd’A extends contract amid recyclable uncertainty
City hopes to trim garbage output with extended recycling contract
One Cd’A police sergeant back in budget talks
Tuesday night’s City Council meeting saw movement over a public safety debate found between the lines of Coeur d’Alene’s preliminary budget.
The right kind of art
Lake District project would focus on equality, human rights
Cd’A Chamber changing name, expanding reach
Coeur d’Alene Chamber of Commerce adds ‘regional’ to its name
Next chapter
New Cd’A director brings worldly library experiences
‘Just holding Hayden’s Got Talent was a win’
Participants, organizers reflect on a virtual talent show in a COVID world
Clarification: Brooks says he did not call for executive session
In the Thursday edition of the Coeur d’Alene Press, a story entitled “Pros bear brunt of new COVID politics” reported Kootenai County Commissioner Bill Brooks added an executive session item on the agenda to discuss the process for changing representation within the Panhandle Health District board.
Pros bear brunt of new COVID politics
Drive for removal targets appointed board members
Council boss sours on out-of-staters
Call growing to give preference to locals
Hayden approves tentative $26 million budget
In a move consistent with the town leaders’ fiscal conservatism, the Hayden City Council on Tuesday night tentatively adopted its $26.3 million projected budget for the 2021 fiscal year.
Factors beyond numbers influence COVID spread
Thursday will be six months since first case reported in the United States
Push begins to replace PHD’s pro-mask board members
Four days after the Panhandle Health District’s board voted to issue a mask mandate for Kootenai County, county commissioners addressed the process for removing board members.
Chambers of commerce support PHD decision
Health is top priority, leaders agree
No surprise: Parties see mandate differently
While the local population has split over Panhandle Health District’s board issuing a county-wide mask mandate, the head of the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee criticized the requirement as a textbook example of government overreach.
Gov. Little extends Stage Four two weeks
Gov. Brad Little hoped his state of Idaho would exit the fourth and final stage of his Rebound Idaho plan on June 29, which would essentially free businesses of health protocols implemented in May when he launched his plan.
Mask up
Panhandle Health District approves mandate for Kootenai County by 4-2 vote
Long spring leaves trees with nuisance disease
While Coeur d’Alene — along with the rest of the country — grapples with the COVID-19 pandemic, some of the city’s trees are fighting off a less-serious but noticeable disease of their own.
Mask up, Kootenai County
Health district orders masks in public places
MASK SHOWDOWN LOOMING
CDA Council appears split on mask mandate
Masks: If Panhandle Health won’t, Coeur d’Alene might
The Coeur d’Alene City Council voted Tuesday night to approve a special meeting on Friday to debate — and possibly decide upon — a mask mandate.
PHD urges calm at Thursday meeting
Panhandle Health said Thursday’s board of health meeting at the county administration building in Coeur d’Alene must remain orderly.
Debate over masks lingers in the air
Monday was first day Walmart required customers to wear face coverings
Cd’A wells to start pumping with rising temperatures
The mild temperatures and wet conditions that have delayed summer weather this year haven’t gone unnoticed by Terry Pickel.
Panhandle declines mask mandate, tables vote
A motion by the Panhandle Health District board of health to mandate masks failed to come to a vote, as no other member would second the motion to require residents and visitors to wear the protective coverings under the cloud of the coronavirus pandemic.
Family’s museum legacy grows
Yuditskys donate $100,000
Girl, 9, killed by falling tree at Hayden Lake
Tragedy struck along the shores of Hayden Lake Tuesday afternoon when a tree fell on a 9-year-old girl, killing her.
Unmasking Idaho
Study finds state a leader in anti-mask tweets
Hayden says no to risky federal funding
HAYDEN — The city of Hayden decided not to claim its share of federal funds aimed to help its property owners, choosing to preserve its guaranteed 3% increase option instead.
Idaho revenue tops $4 billion
Increase builds upon $183 million surplus
Statewide COVID hospital numbers shrink while local numbers rise
Early Saturday morning, an unknown Idahoan got back unfortunate test results, becoming the 10,000th state resident to test positive since the pandemic began in mid-March. That number eclipsed 11,000 on Monday.
Subway: No open carry in stores
Sandwich shop chain sets new gun policy
Schools looking to parents, PHD for input
Officials planning to open in the fall according to Gov. Little’s proclamation
Little: Schools to open this fall, stay open
Gov. Brad Little said his administration will do everything in its power to assist local school districts to prepare for the coming school year, and that he fully expects K-12 schools to open this fall for in-person education.
Cd’A Bed Bath & Beyond stays open — for now
The local Bed Bath & Beyond along U.S. 95 is still open after surviving what the home goods retailer’s corporate office promised would be initial cuts of 40 stores within the first six months of 2020.
Coeur d’Alene opts into COVID property tax relief
Brad Little introduced $200 million plan on June 8
37 arrested for DUI over Fourth weekend
While this year’s Fourth of July in Coeur d’Alene was much quieter than last year’s, not all went smoothly for those who fell under the watchful gaze of law enforcement.
Cd’A Police, Fire to get funding for COVID sanitation
The Coeur d’Alene City Council voted unanimously Tuesday night to ratify the emergency purchase of six new sanitation systems designed to clean vehicles and equipment of COVID-19.
Father, children among victims
Investigation continues into Sunday’s mid-air collision over Lake Cd’A that claimed eight lives
Man looks to address gap in firearm laws
Seeks ordinance about carrying weapons while drunk
Air collision recovery will take time, KCSO says
Officials from the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office said that recovering both the planes and the bodies of those who died in Sunday’s mid-air collision over Lake Coeur d’Alene requires an operation that will be neither quick nor easy.
Cd’A council to explore rotating liaisons
The Coeur d’Alene City Council will take some time Tuesday night to discuss how its members interact with the different departments that drive the day-to-day operations within the city.
Huge turnout for ‘Peoples Rights’ parade
Hundreds of cars drove through downtown Coeur d’Alene on Saturday morning in a flag-waving, horn-honking, liberty-loving procession, as the Peoples Rights parade rolled down Northwest Boulevard and Sherman Avenue.
Mask mandate in Cd’A?
Mayor Steve Widmyer says city would follow health district’s lead
Bar, restaurant owners brainstorm with mayor, Panhandle Health over COVID
Bar, restaurant owners brainstorm with mayor, Panhandle Health over COVID
New laws now in effect in Idaho
By the end of March, Gov. Brad Little signed 341 bills from the Idaho Legislature into law. Some made national headlines, such as H 500 and H 509, which curtailed the abilities of transgender Idahoans to change their birth certificates or participate in women’s sports.
Employee from Cd’A WinCo tests positive for COVID-19
The Coeur d’Alene Press confirmed Thursday that an employee at the local WinCo Foods grocery store on the corner of Appleway and Ramsey has tested positive for COVID-19.
Downtown Association cancels Street Fair
Taste of Coeur d’Alene also a no-go
‘Peoples Rights Parade’ to swing downtown
Event begins Saturday in the WinCo parking lot
COVID test traffic jam
People waiting hours outside Kootenai Health’s drive-thru testing site