Erica Curless

In the 10 years since its inception, Real Life Ministries' congregation has grown from four people to nearly 7,500, prompting the nondenominational Christian church to seek more space on the Rathdrum Prairie for an expansive campus. The church, which claims to be the largest in the Inland Northwest if not the Pacific Northwest, is asking Kootenai County for a conditional-use permit to build a 3,500-seat worship center, children's ministry, 300-seat chapel, field house and athletic fields on 116 acres east of state Highway 41, at the corner of Meyer Road and Wyoming Avenue.

Huckleberries and beauty attracted Bev Twillmann to North Idaho four years ago. Now her retirement has taken a different course, one of late-night meetings and poring through binders of sewer plans, road alignments and wetland reports.

The next time neighborhood pit bulls go on a rampage, Cari Elmore fears they will kill a child, the same way they ripped apart her beloved cat, Thomas. That's why the Coeur d'Alene woman is asking the City Council to ban pit bulls within the city limits.

Perhaps it's the stories – not the secret-recipe hot mustard or fresh beef – that has kept the gas grill fired at Hudson's Hamburgers for 100 years. Brothers Todd and Steve Hudson are the fourth generation to run the Sherman Avenue fixture that has operated within the same block since their great-grandfather Harley Hudson set up a white canvas tent in 1907.

Hundreds of people are expected to attend Thursday's public hearing on a gated housing development overlooking Hayden Lake that could include a 36-slip community dock. The Timber Creek proposal by McDougal Brothers Investments mostly slipped by neighbors' notice in November when a hearing examiner recommended approval of the 57-acre development. Only five comments in opposition were received.