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News >  Transportation

Getting There: Coeur d’Alene Airport built a control tower from shipping containers

Mon., Nov. 11, 2024

Instead of waiting for the Federal Aviation Administration to build an air traffic control tower, Coeur d’Alene Airport decided to build its own.

News >  ID Government

Sheriff Bob Norris, Commissioner Leslie Duncan and other North Idaho incumbents easily win re-election

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 6, 2024

Most incumbents in Kootenai County held onto their seats in Tuesday’s election.

News >  Higher education

Moderates sweep race for North Idaho College

UPDATED: Wed., Nov. 6, 2024

Three moderate candidates for North Idaho College Board of Trustees beat their GOP-endorsed opponents in Tuesday’s election, shifting control of the embattled board as the college waits to hear if it will retain accreditation next year.

News >  K-12 education

Voters back school levies in CdA, Kootenai, but reject others

UPDATED: Thu., Nov. 7, 2024

School levies in North Idaho had mixed results in Tuesday’s election.

News >  WA Government

Spokane County GOP celebrates election results with optimism, message of unity

UPDATED: Tue., Nov. 5, 2024

The party gathered, some dressed in red blazers and ties, in the Grand Pennington Ballroom of downtown Spokane's Historic Davenport Hotel as they waited for results to come in.

News >  Agriculture

Bird flu detected in Stevens, Okanogan counties

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 4, 2024

Two cases of avian influenza were found in backyard coops in Stevens and Okanogan counties late last week, the state Department of Agriculture said Monday.

News >  Higher education

NIC’s final accreditation report says the board has improved, but concerns remain

UPDATED: Mon., Nov. 4, 2024

North Idaho College’s board of trustees has improved its governance in recent months, but it is not a long enough track record to prove the changes are permanent, the latest report to the college’s accreditor says.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Man gets 21 months in prison for Spokane Valley hit-and-run death

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 31, 2024

A man was sentenced to 21 months in prison earlier this month for hitting and killing a 46-year-old pedestrian earlier this year.

Sports >  EWU football

EWU unveils Salish helmet decal ahead of Montana State football game

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 31, 2024

When the Eastern Washington Eagles football team rushes the gridiron at Saturday’s home game, the players’ helmets will be emblazoned with something new and meaningful.

News >  Idaho

Post Falls Dam accident injures worker and causes damage, but Avista says there’s no risk of dam failure

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 29, 2024

A construction worker was injured Tuesday morning when a crane flipped over and hit the Post Falls Dam.

News >  ID Government

Kootenai GOP brings partisan politics otherwise sleepy election for conservation district

Tue., Oct. 29, 2024

The election for the Kootenai-Shoshone Soil and Water Conservation District is getting muddy.

News >  Washington

Most Gray and Oregon Road fire victims were underinsured, insurance commissioner says

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 28, 2024

Most of the homes destroyed in last year’s Gray and Oregon Road fires were underinsured, according to an analysis of insurance claims by the state insurance commissioner’s office.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

Kitchen fire in Hillyard apartment damages neighboring units

UPDATED: Fri., Oct. 25, 2024

Spokane firefighters put out a fire on the second floor of a Hillyard apartment building Friday afternoon.

News >  K-12 education

Kootenai Republicans skip campaign against school levies

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 24, 2024

After several years of campaigning against school levies, the Kootenai County GOP quietly dropped the issue from their influential voter guide for November’s election.

News >  K-12 education

Thousands of students attend Spokane Symphony Day to discover an instrument they love

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 24, 2024

It was a casual day for the Spokane Symphony orchestra, whose musicians dressed in color-coded T-shirts according to their sections.

News >  Idaho

Schweitzer asks for ‘alpine village’ zone change on 1,500 acres for potential real estate development

Thu., Oct. 24, 2024

A zoning change and comprehensive plan amendment could pave the way for massive real estate development near Schweitzer Mountain ski area.

News >  Transportation

Getting There: Idaho Transportation Department updates plan for U.S. 95 expansion through Sagle

Mon., Oct. 21, 2024

A 6-mile stretch of U.S. Highway 95 south of Lake Pend Oreille would be expanded to a divided freeway with interchanges, underpasses and frontage roads, according to a new concept by the Idaho Transportation Department.

News >  Local business

Central Washington faces challenges, opportunities with growing renewable tech industry

UPDATED: Tue., Oct. 22, 2024

MOSES LAKE – Once known primarily for agriculture, Grant County is fast becoming a hub for electric vehicle batteries and green technology.

News >  ID Government

Campaign seeks to remove controversial role-playing magistrate judge on November Ballot

UPDATED: Thu., Oct. 17, 2024

A Kootenai County magistrate judge with numerous reprimands who appeared in court dressed as Darth Vader on Halloween is up for re-election in November. A campaign led by a former litigant of a divorce and custody case he oversaw in 2012 hopes to remove him.

News >  Weather

Expect a colder, wetter winter as temperatures begin to drop this week

Wed., Oct. 16, 2024

Fall has arrived in the Inland Northwest. Leaves are changing, jack-o’-lanterns are out, a chill is coming.

News >  Transportation

Mechanical problem briefly closes Keller Ferry

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 14, 2024

The Keller Ferry was taken out of service for several hours Monday to fix a minor mechanical issue.

News >  Washington

New leadership revives Haunted Palouse after last year’s cancellation

Mon., Oct. 14, 2024

PALOUSE, Wash. – Enter, if you dare, a spooky carnival of horrors – with a cause.

News >  Higher education

Six candidates vie for North Idaho College board as final accreditation decision looms

UPDATED: Mon., Oct. 28, 2024

After two more years of chaos since the last election, North Idaho College is about to find out if it has made enough progress on board governance to retain accreditation.

News >  Washington

Port of Whitman County plans to restore Oakesdale mill, but clock is ticking before historic building deteriorates

Thu., Oct. 3, 2024

A historic flour mill on the Palouse was saved by a community effort to purchase it after it went on the market. Now begins the road to restore it.

News >  Crime/Public Safety

62 insurance companies sue Inland Power over Gray fire losses

UPDATED: Mon., Sept. 30, 2024

Dozens of insurance companies have joined in filing a lawsuit against Inland Power and Light for damages that resulted from the Gray fire last August.