An open house for Coeur d'Alene council members Deanna Goodlander and Mike Kennedy is scheduled in the old City Council chambers from 2 to 4 p.m. Thursday. Question: Can newcomers Amy Evans and Kiki Miller fill the the two big pairs of shoes that Goodlander…
The Celebration of Life for the late County Clerk Cliff Hayes is scheduled for 2-5 p.m. Saturday at the Lions Pavilion (heated facility) at Q'emiln Park in Post Fall. Hayes was a founding member of the Post Falls Community Volunteers and for many years helped…
Interstate 90 through Coeur d’Alene could be closed for brief periods to allow megaloads of oil field equipment to pass through on their way to Canada. The Idaho Transportation Department is inviting the public to a meeting Thursday in Coeur d’Alene to discuss widening an…
A Spirit Lake high school teacher was awarded Idaho’s 2013 Milken Educator Award in a surprise assembly Friday morning. Katie Graupman, an English teacher at Timberlake High School, went to the gym with her students to participate in a schoolwide assembly to celebrate her school’s…
First lady Michelle Obama revealed her Christmas gift for the president during a stop at the Children’s National Medical Center Monday afternoon. Every first lady since Bess Truman has visited the hospital during the holiday season. "He said that’s what he wanted. Don’t think —…
Rhonda Poole, a server at IHOP, talks with Ryan Jewell, restaurant manager, while describing a table of customers who left Poole a $500 tip earlier in her shift on Monday. (Coeur d'Alene Press photo: Shawn Gust) Rhonda Poole faced a stack of bills that left…
Imagine my surprise and delight when my editor took me aside the other day and told me she expected more frittering out of me. “I knew you’d see the light,” I told her. “After all, it’s what I do best.” Then she burst my bubble,…
A last-minute rush of ticket buying could push the Mega Millions jackpot into record territory before the drawing on Tuesday, lottery officials say. As of early Tuesday, the jackpot stood at $586 million -- the second-largest in the game's history -- with a cash-payout option…
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