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Canadian mining company reports finding $3 billion gold deposit near Republic

UPDATED: Mon., Feb. 6, 2023

A Canadian mining company says it found an estimated $3 billion gold deposit near Republic, Washington, a historic mining community that lost its last working mine about five years ago.

News >  Agriculture

Spokane Ag Show returns Tuesday

Sat., Feb. 4, 2023

The largest agriculture trade show in the Inland Northwest will return to downtown Spokane this week.

News >  ID Government

Sandpoint’s inaugural City Beach goose hunt nets one bird; council sets dates for to repeat event in November

UPDATED: Thu., Feb. 2, 2023

SANDPOINT – In an effort to control the goose population, the Sandpoint City Council on Wednesday approved another controlled hunt at Sandpoint City Beach Park for November after only one goose was killed during an initial hunt this winter.

News >  Education

WSU program aims to address shortage of rural pharmacists, ‘the most accessible health care providers in America’

Tue., Jan. 31, 2023

A shortage of pharmacies in rural areas has made it harder for people to fill prescriptions and to access other critical services.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

‘The only reasonable sentence’: Bonner County man sentenced to life for murder after cannibalism charges dropped

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 30, 2023

A 40-year-old North Idaho man accused of killing a 70-year-old man in 2021 was sentenced to life in prison Monday in Bonner County District Court.

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Charges filed in North Idaho husky abandonment case

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 25, 2023

Two people have been charged with 31 counts of animal cruelty and abandonment in relation to a large number of malnourished dogs that were found across Bonner County last week.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Malnourished huskies found abandoned across Bonner County

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 20, 2023

Over a dozen neglected huskies were found wandering across Bonner and neighboring Idaho counties this week.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Person found dead inside burning Deer Park home

UPDATED: Fri., Jan. 20, 2023

A person was found dead early Friday inside a home heavily damaged by fire in Deer Park.

News >  Obituaries

Smoker Marchand, sculptor of ‘The Salmon Chief’ at Spokane Falls, dies at 71

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 18, 2023

A Colville Tribe member who crafted landmark sculptures of Native Americans in Spokane and throughout the West, died Friday.

News >  Washington

How Stephy Nobles-Beans inspires others to make change: ‘We each have a responsibility to make a difference’

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 16, 2023

Stephy Nobles-Beans was born during Jim Crow segregation in Dallas, Texas. She grew up hearing freedom songs of the civil rights movement that she now sings spontaneously in her speeches, including the impassioned keynote on being an agent of change that she gave at Monday’s Martin Luther King Jr. rally in Spokane.

News >  Washington

‘You be the change’: Martin Luther King Jr. Day rally and march returns in person to Spokane

UPDATED: Mon., Jan. 16, 2023

Hundreds filled a ballroom inside the Spokane Convention Center on Monday to remember the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. after the COVID-19 pandemic put a two-year halt on the in-person event.

News >  Education

Community School Drummers keep African percussion alive: ‘If people forget it, it’s gone’

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 17, 2023

When a high school's African percussion group performs at Monday's Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration at the Spokane Convention Center, they will drum joyful rhythms as people return from the march through downtown.

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MLK Day events to return in person Monday: ‘They need to hear his message of love’

Sat., Jan. 14, 2023

After a two-year hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day Unity Rally and March in downtown Spokane will return Monday.

News >  Obituaries

‘A true visionary’: Longtime Coeur d’Alene Tribe leader David Matheson dies at 71

UPDATED: Wed., Jan. 11, 2023

Coeur d’Alene Tribe councilman David Matheson died suddenly Tuesday morning, the tribe announced, calling it “a profound loss of a revered, accomplished and visionary leader.”

News >  Pacific NW

Hope Street Restoration provides jobs for Colville homeless

UPDATED: Tue., Jan. 10, 2023

COLVILLE – Two weeks after leaving prison, Russ Ogg got a job restoring homes. A year and a half later, he has held the job longer than any other he’s had in his adult life.

News >  Education

North Idaho College responds to accrediting agency’s warning letter after controversial decisions by Board of Trustees

Sun., Jan. 8, 2023

Decisions by a divided North Idaho College board of trustees over the last month have spurred lawsuits, complaints and further risks of losing accreditation.

A&E >  Entertainment

As 100th anniversary approaches, foundation plans to restore Priest River’s Rex Theater

Sun., Jan. 1, 2023

PRIEST RIVER, Idaho – In 1923, a pioneering filmmaker named Nell Shipman premiered her silent feature film, “The Grub-Stake,” at the new Rex Theater in Priest River.

News >  Local Government

Geese are open season at Sandpoint City Beach

Mon., Dec. 26, 2022

In an effort to control the goose population, Sandpoint has authorized a goose hunt at Sandpoint City Beach Park.

News >  Pacific NW

After freezing rain, warmer weather could lead to floods Tuesday

UPDATED: Sun., Dec. 25, 2022

Just days after temperatures plunged below zero, a warm weather pattern could bring flooding to low-lying areas early this week. Freezing rain drizzled across the Inland Northwest Christmas morning and afternoon as temperatures rose, leading to slippery roads and leaving layers of ice on parked cars

News >  Education

Almira School gifted $56,000 by STCU to help recover from destructive fire

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 23, 2022

Spokane Teachers Credit Union is donating new scoreboards to the Almira School District as part of its recovery from a devastating 2021 fire.

News >  Pacific NW

Bonner County commissioners vacates Camp Bay Road to developer

Tue., Dec. 20, 2022

SANDPOINT – The Bonner County commissioners Monday vacated the last half mile of a public road to Lake Pend Oreille in exchange for a footpath.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Couple accused of driving 8-year-old’s body to South Dakota charged with murder

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 16, 2022

A couple accused of transporting the body of an 8-year-old girl from Airway Heights to South Dakota has been charged with murder.

News >  Pacific NW

Rural food banks pinched by shortage as Second Harvest cuts deliveries

UPDATED: Fri., Dec. 16, 2022

Food shortages caused by inflation, lower crop yields and higher demand have led the Inland Northwest’s largest food bank distributor to stop deliveries to more than 80 food banks across the region.

News >  Business

13 years of efforts lead to opening of store in historic Electric Hotel, another step in Harrington’s renewal

Tue., Dec. 13, 2022

HARRINGTON, Wash. – A warm glow radiates from a glass storefront in the corner of a hotel that has been empty for many years. Christmas decorations in the window now welcome shoppers out of the cold.

News >  Business

Historic Latah Schoolhouse for sale – as a mansion

Wed., Dec. 7, 2022

LATAH – An old schoolhouse overlooking the rolling hills of the Palouse on the southern edge of Spokane County is for sale. But it is no longer a school and hasn’t been one for more than 60 years. Inside, it has been remodeled as a modern mansion.