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News >  Business

Mission building center for women, kids in CdA

Union Gospel Mission broke ground Thursday in Coeur d’Alene on a women’s and children’s residential recovery center that represents the faith-based nonprofit’s first foray outside of Spokane County. When completed, the 42,878-square-foot center at 196 W. Haycraft Ave. will offer six rooms for short-term “rescue” and 28 rooms devoted to long-term recovery. Total capacity, depending on the number of children, will be between 80 and 100.
News >  Spokane

A true inspiration

Two years ago, Tom Aylward couldn’t ride a bike. On Sunday, he rode 112 miles in 8 ½ hours. Two years ago, the 62-year-old couldn’t swim more than 25 yards. On Sunday, he swam 2.4 miles faster than many much younger competitors.
Sports

Aylward doesn’t finish, still proud

Tom Aylward of Spirit Lake did not finish the 2011 Ironman Coeur d’Alene on Sunday, but felt proud that he gave it his all. “I don’t feel bad. I did the best I could,” said Aylward, 62. “I was fine with what I did. It was tough. I can tell you, the Ironman is tough.”
News >  Spokane

Ironman in training is already a winner

Tom Aylward’s two years of training for the 2011 Ford Ironman Coeur d’Alene has always been a journey fueled in part by grief. When the Spirit Lake man’s wife died in May 2008, he became depressed and ate and drank too much. He ballooned to 319 pounds before grabbing onto the idea of completing Ironman to help him climb out of that dark hole.
News >  Idaho

Hayden man awaits second trial in jail

A man whose second-degree murder conviction was overturned in May by the Idaho Supreme Court turned himself in Wednesday to the Kootenai County Jail, while he awaits a new trial. Jonathan Wade Ellington, 50, was sentenced to 25 years in prison and 15 years each on two counts of aggravated battery charges for running over a woman in what prosecutors called a road-rage incident Jan. 1, 2006.
News >  Spokane

Synthetic drug seized in raids

The trade in synthetic drugs, a growing problem for law enforcement nationwide, appeared to have arrived in Kootenai County on Tuesday as authorities seized more than 2,400 grams of a substance called Spice, which can mimic the effects of marijuana. Members of the North Idaho Violent Crimes Task Force served search warrants at two locations of Big Smoke, at 281 W. Hayden Ave. in Hayden and at 213 W. Appleway Ave. in Coeur d’Alene, a Kootenai County Sheriff’s Department news release said.
News >  Spokane

Model T a legacy of father-son team

In almost 30 years of working together on cars, it was the last car Russ Freund, of Post Falls, restored with his dad, Claude, that has attracted the greatest acclaim. In January, the purple 1925 Ford Model T Roadster won prizes for design, engine and finish at one of the country’s most prestigious car shows, the Grand National Roadster Show in Pomona, Calif. The car has been featured on the cover of two street rod magazines and has been photographed for a third. Journalists have called from New Zealand and France.
News >  Spokane

Lead Creek Derby celebrating 70th run

Hundreds of revelers are expected in the Silver Valley on Saturday to watch a giant beach ball float down the river, offering a chance at winning $1,000 in silver coins. The 70th annual Lead Creek Derby is the highlight of Wallace’s annual Gyro Days celebration. For years, the Wallace Gyro Club, a “friendship” club that raises money for student scholarships, has been tossing the beach ball off the Last Chance Bridge in Mullan into the South Fork of the Coeur d’Alene River – referred to as “Lead Creek.”
News >  Spokane

Officials break ground on higher ed corridor

City and higher education leaders gathered Friday to break ground for the first stage of construction in Coeur d’Alene’s long-awaited education corridor. This phase will include $3.7 million worth of road improvements to create the infrastructure for expansion of the growing college campus in downtown Coeur d’Alene.
News >  Spokane

Hindu god sculpture draws critics in CdA

Members of the Kootenai County Constitution Party are planning to protest today the dedication in Coeur d’Alene of a public artwork sculpture of the Hindu god Ganesha – a four-armed being with an elephant head. A posting on the party’s website encourages Christians to protest the artwork, calling it an “abomination” approved by the “godless group of individuals” who manage the city’s public art program.
News >  Spokane

Kootenai, Spokane counties think big

What if: • Kootenai County’s free Citylink bus system connected with Spokane Transit Authority routes to allow commuters to travel back and forth across the state line?
News >  Spokane

Teachers tap learning lifeline

The crime scene investigators — students in Maureen Howard’s life sciences class at Post Falls Middle School — had five suspect vehicles, only one of which contained the type of glass found at the car accident. To find the vehicle that caused the crash, the investigators measured and weighed each piece of glass, determining its density and volume, until they found the culprit.

Linking teachers with donors

Dozens of teachers in the Inland Northwest have tapped into a New York-based website that helps educators find financial backing for their classroom projects. At a time of tightening school budgets, the donated money can be the critical difference in helping teachers make learning come alive.
News >  Spokane

Kootenai homes lose value for fourth year

Kootenai County property values slid for a fourth year in 2011, with the total assessed value dropping almost $900 million, or 7 percent, from the 2010 level. The county’s assessed value dropped $2.1 billion in 2010, $1.2 billion in 2009 and $720 million in 2008, said Assessor Mike McDowell.
News >  Spokane

Wisconsin man dies rafting Lochsa River

A Wisconsin man drowned while rafting with friends Saturday on the Lochsa River. It was the second rafting fatality in the region this spring, following the death of a Hauser man last week on the Owyhee River in Oregon.
News >  Idaho

Wisconsin man dies in Lochsa River rafting accident

A Wisconsin man drowned while rafting on the Lochsa River on Saturday. This is the second rafting fatality in the region this spring, following the death of a Hauser, Idaho, man last week on the Owyhee River in Oregon.
News >  Spokane

Recent rains worsen region’s flooding

An inch and a half of rain and up to seven inches of snow fell over the past couple of days in some parts of the Inland Northwest, exacerbating current and future flooding problems. However, cooler temperatures also have helped diminish the immediate concern in some areas, said John Livingston, who runs Spokane’s National Weather Service office.
News >  Spokane

Residents near Rose Lake wait out flooding

Instead of tending his backyard garden this spring, Bob Carver is kayaking through 3 to 4 feet of water lapping up against his Rose Lake home. The standing water surrounding his four acres has delivered an early mosquito season and attracted a moose, which is feasting on his apple trees.
News >  Spokane

McEuen Field makeover OK’d

The Coeur d’Alene City Council on Tuesday voted 5-1 to move forward on a plan to dramatically update its aging downtown park, McEuen Field, despite extensive opposition, mostly to removing the baseball fields and the Third Street boat launch. “You can beat on me. You can not like me. My next time around if you don’t re-elect me, that’s fine,” said Councilman Woody McEvers. But, he said, “I’m going to do the best job I can for the future. I’m doing the best I can and that’s how I came to this decision.”
News >  Spokane

Spring rain delays CdA street work

The cool, rainy spring is complicating street paving projects planned for downtown Coeur d’Alene, with contractors trying to squeeze work in around the city’s busy schedule of summer events. Paving Sherman Avenue through the heart of downtown was due to begin today but now has been put off until at least next week due to cold and rainy weather, said Rusty Price, project manager for the contractor, Poe Asphalt Paving of Post Falls.
News >  Idaho

CdA Council approves McEuen plan

The Coeur d’Alene City Council on Tuesday voted 5-1 to move forward on a plan to dramatically update its aging downtown park, McEuen Field, despite extensive opposition, mostly to removing the baseball fields and the Third Street boat launch.
News >  Idaho

Bike gives Aylward a leg up as Ironman nears

Tom Aylward speeds off on his bike into the Rathdrum Prairie wind, accelerating quickly, determined not to let his training partners catch him. In the past month, the 62-year-old’s biking has improved so much it could become his saving grace when the Ford Ironman Coeur d’Alene hits June 26.
News >  Spokane

Students weigh fairy tale evidence

In the end, it was a simple case of self-defense. Although the defendants did not dispute sending the plaintiff to the hospital with compound fractures in both legs, the jury voted 8-4 to acquit them on trespassing and assault charges.