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• New schools chief praises Freeman’s small-town values

  May 5, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 The Freeman School Board selected a 22-year veteran in education to head up its district in the coming years. Coeur d’Alene High School Principal Randy Russell, 44, will replace retiring …

• Program teams with hospitals to give students job experience

  April 24, 2011 in City, Idaho on Page A1 The Coeur d’Alene High School student was awkward, timid and barely made eye contact when he started his internship at Kootenai Medical Center this past fall. But with a little …

• Memorial scholarship fund will honor UI student

  March 26, 2011 in City on Page A7 Though Michelle Bonasera only lived to be 19, her legacy will help others for years to come. Bonasera died Feb. 13 when her Chevy Blazer drifted off southbound U.S. Highway …

• CdA students cancel walkout due to levy concerns

  March 7, 2011 in City, Idaho Coeur d’Alene High School students canceled a Monday morning walk-out to protest Idaho’s controversial school reform plan after the organizer said he didn’t want to jeopardize public support for Tuesday’s … 5

• Lee: Champion Saxons stand alone

  December 9, 2010 in Sports on Page B5 A few final thoughts on fall sports, particularly about the Ferris football team’s magical season, and an answer to a question I posed earlier this fall. About midway through the … 1

• Event will observe Human Rights Day

  December 1, 2010 in Idaho on Page A7 The Human Rights Education Institute in Coeur d’Alene will celebrate International Human Rights Day on Dec. 10.

• Lee: Viks’ ‘family-first’ credo pays off

  November 25, 2010 in Sports on Page B4 While I was interviewing Coeur d’Alene senior running back Zach Keiser last week for a feature story, he intentionally stopped to make a point about his coaches, especially head coach …

• Education Notes: Kroc mixes work, play in after-school program

  November 21, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I3 Local students in Coeur d’Alene can get extra help with their homework, have a healthy snack and even work off some extra energy in the Kroc After-School Program, held at …

• Senior’s final game for CdA has title on line

  November 18, 2010 in Sports on Page B7 Zach Keiser figured the best way to get a scholarship to play football in college was to go camping last summer. And a-camping the Coeur d’Alene senior running back went …

• Late TD puts Vikings into state final

  November 14, 2010 in Sports on Page C8 BOISE – A special play on special teams has the Coeur d’Alene High football team in position to win its first state championship since 1985. Talented offenses, aggressive defenses and …

• Top-ranked CdA Vikings resemble No. 2 Capital

  November 11, 2010 in Sports on Page B7 When Coeur d’Alene and Capital started looking at each other on video, both coaches thought they were looking at their own teams. They’ll find out for sure how many similarities …

• Lee: One night, two great high school contests

  October 28, 2010 in Sports on Page B3 There are two places I’d like to be Friday. Small problem, though. Make that a large problem. The locations are separated by about 34 miles.

• CdA boys expect to make noise at state soccer

  October 21, 2010 in Sports on Page B5 His team has offense and defense. So first-year Coeur d’Alene boys soccer coach Jeff Lake is confident his team will fare well when the 5A state tournament begins a three-day …

• Westboro plans pickets Thursday, Friday

  October 20, 2010 in City Westboro Baptist Church, a radical anti-homosexual and anti-Semitic religious group based in Topeka, Kan., is planning to picket several cklsites in Spokane on Thursday and in Coeur d’Alene on Friday. … 19

• Gritty Borsheim nets goal for CdA in soccer championship

  October 17, 2010 in Sports on Page C4 Adam Borsheim thought he broke his ankle Tuesday. Then the Coeur d’Alene junior forward was on crutches the following three days.

• CdA’s Gomez never slows down

  October 14, 2010 in Sports on Page B5 There seems to be only one way to slow down Kinsey Gomez. Diagnosed with an iron deficiency when she was a sophomore, the Coeur d’Alene senior distance star has to …

• Education notes: Bicycle ride benefits trail, Lakes school

  October 10, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I5 Students and their families at Lakes Magnet Middle School will take a bicycle “fund” trail ride on Saturday in the Saddle-Soup-Skedaddle on the Prairie Trail. Beginning at 11 a.m., starting …

• Lee: CdA Vikings continue to impress

  October 7, 2010 in Sports on Page B5 Perhaps the best football team in the region this year doesn’t reside in the Greater Spokane League. I suspect that team is about 32 miles east of Spokane.

• Police: Teen ignited explosives that caused lockdown

  September 16, 2010 in Idaho A 17-year-old boy is responsible for the homemade explosives that locked down Coeur d’Alene High School last week, police announced today.

• Ex-CdA baseball player killed in car crash

  September 13, 2010 in Sports on Page B2 Devon Austin, the Gatorade Player of the Year for Idaho in baseball last spring, died in a car accident early Sunday morning, friends said. Austin was the passenger in a …

• Explosives devices ignited at CdA school

  September 10, 2010 in City on Page A5 No one was injured and no damage was reported after three small explosive devices were found detonated near Coeur d’Alene High School’s football field Thursday morning. After the school resource …

• Crude explosive devices found outside Coeur d’Alene High

  September 9, 2010 in News, Idaho Three small explosive devices were found around Coeur d’Alene High School’s football field today around 10 a.m. No injuries or damage were reported, the Coeur d’Alene Police Department said.

• Students, faculty inspired by magnet schools’ approach

  September 7, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A1 Anna Wilson remembers the first-grader who told her the schoolwide science day at Ramsey Elementary had been the best day of his life. “How can you argue with that?” said …

• 5A Inland Empire League balanced and loaded

  August 27, 2010 in Sports on Page B1 A playoff-caliber football team will not qualify for the state playoffs in the 5A Inland Empire League this season. The conference shapes up as the most balanced in years.

• School registrations, orientations this week

  August 22, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I6 Summer vacation is quickly coming to an end, and North Idaho students and their families must prepare for school. The school year will begin Sept. 7. In the Coeur d’Alene …

• Retired Coeur d’Alene teachers co-author second whodunit

  April 14, 2010 in City on Page A5 Three retired Coeur d’Alene High School English teachers who have collaborated on two murder mystery novels say they followed Mark Twain’s advice to “write what you know.” The one exception: …

• CdA coach sued over ball camp

  October 2, 2009 in City on Page A5 The baseball coach at Coeur d’Alene High School is accused of canceling a sports camp and keeping the money of four people who’d signed up. The Idaho attorney general’s office … 1

• Students protest ‘pay to play’

  May 5, 2009 in City, Idaho on Page A5 Idaho’s budget crunch trickled down to Coeur d’Alene High School on Monday when 150 students walked out of classes to protest perceived cuts in student activities. “This is our community. …

• CdA students protest cuts in activities spending

  May 4, 2009 in Idaho Idaho’s budget crunch trickled down to Coeur d’Alene High School on Monday when 150 students walked out of classes to protest perceived cuts in student activities.