Recent stories by Scott

• Idaho education boss seeks higher standards

  May 10, 2013 in City on Page A5 Idaho’s education chief made the case Thursday for moving forward with higher academic standards for public schools, saying the state must better prepare students for college, trade schools and the … 14

• BLM to hand over former railroad property to CdA

  May 10, 2013 in City on Page A10 The BLM owns it, but it’s not exactly wild land. Freight trains long plowed through it, but the tracks are gone now.

• CdA colleges expanding

  May 10, 2013 in City on Page A1 Coeur d’Alene is starting to look like a college town. Not the type with dorms and dive bars and VW bugs zipping everywhere. But the kind where institutions of higher … 2

• CdA schools chief gets West Side post

  May 9, 2013 in City, Idaho on Page A6 Coeur d’Alene School District Superintendent Hazel Bauman will leave at the end of June to take the job of interim superintendent of a school district in Western Washington. Bauman announced … 9

• CdA superintendent tapped for Western Washington district

  May 8, 2013 in City, Idaho Coeur d’Alene School District Superintendent Hazel Bauman will leave at the end of June to take the job of interim superintendent of a school district in Western Washington.

• Is this Mercury a star?

  May 7, 2013 in City on Page A1 Far from drivable, let alone showroom quality, a vintage car is presenting a Post Falls restoration shop with an intriguing challenge. The 1950 Mercury convertible may have been modified half … 1

• Jet boat race goes quiet after permit nix

  May 4, 2013 in City on Page B1 Organizers of a jet boat race later this month on the St. Joe River near St. Maries are scrambling to keep from canceling it after the U.S. Coast Guard denied … 9

• Avista reports profitable quarter

  May 2, 2013 in Business on Page A7 Higher rates in Washington helped Avista Corp. recover from a down year and report a more profitable first quarter. Net income for the quarter was $42.3 million, or 71 cents … 8

• Kyle Petty fundraising ride launches again from CdA

  April 28, 2013 in City, Idaho on Page B1 Megan Stanley’s mom had a surprise for her Saturday morning. Come on, she said, let’s go meet a former NASCAR driver. The 13-year-old Coeur d’Alene girl looked awestruck when she … 2

• Common Core topic of schools workshop

  April 27, 2013 in City on Page B1 Idaho schools will switch this fall to Common Core State Standards designed to raise student achievement, and the Coeur d’Alene School Board will take a closer look Monday at what … 52

• North Idaho College seeks event center funding

  April 26, 2013 in City on Page A5 Now is the time to build an event center in Coeur d’Alene for sports, trade shows and community gatherings, North Idaho College officials told the city’s urban renewal agency Thursday. … 10

• Sexual orientation would be protected under CdA law

  April 25, 2013 in City, Idaho on Page A5 Coeur d’Alene soon may join a growing number of Idaho cities to outlaw discrimination based on sexual orientation – a reaction to the Legislature’s steadfast refusal to add such protections … 78

• Benewah Human Rights Coalition wins civil rights award

  April 23, 2013 in City on Page A7 A human rights organization in Benewah County has received this year’s Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations Civil Rights Award. The Benewah Human Rights Coalition was presented the award …

• Itron hosts high-wire team-building exercise

  April 19, 2013 in City on Page A5 Two women who had just met soon found themselves 25 feet off the ground, gripping each other as if their lives depended on it. Their safety was in good hands, …

• Idaho files suit against former CdA coin store

  April 18, 2013 in City, Idaho on Page A5 The Idaho Attorney General’s office has filed a lawsuit alleging that a former Coeur d’Alene coin store, its owner and its operator broke state consumer protection laws by failing to … 10

• Gauge tells 100-year-old tale

  April 18, 2013 in City on Page A1 Reaching the ripe age of 100 is still a big deal in this part of the world, worthy of celebration for institutions such as Lewis and Clark High School, St. …

• Miner’s family sues Hecla for Lucky Friday Mine death

  April 16, 2013 in City on Page A5 The family of a miner killed in a tunnel collapse two years ago has sued Hecla Mining Co. Larry “Pete” Marek, 53, was crushed to death in a cave-in more … 2

• The dirt on digging

  April 10, 2013 in City on Page A1 Digging up buried utility lines may give you the shock of a lifetime. But it will zap your wallet as well. Anyone who fails to use Washington’s free “Call Before …

• Bonners Ferry schools crack down on bomb threats

  March 29, 2013 in City on Page A1 BONNERS FERRY – Bomb threats at the high school here are such a problem this year, students are required to sign in and out of bathrooms, where messages found scrawled … 11

• Coeur d’Alene Mines moving to Chicago

  March 28, 2013 in Business, City on Page A5 Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp. will move its global headquarters to Chicago this year, leaving no company presence in Idaho, where it incorporated in 1928. Coeur has 65 employees in the … 11

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