Nathanael Massey

In the early 2000s, the world’s only freshwater cod was all but gone from the waters of the Kootenai River in north Idaho and British Columbia. Once counted in the thousands, regional populations of burbot – or ling cod, as they are sometimes known – had dropped to a mere 50.

Sunday was the final night of Hanukkah, and Hadassah was preparing for a crowd.

As Lake Pend Oreille’s designated mail carrier – the latest in a line going back to the late 1930s – traveling from one place to another is pretty much Captain James Wesley Jones’ job description.

Plenty of former Spokane residents were in Seattle working in the great wartime shipyards on Puget Sound.

Police say a suspect has died after exchanging fire with an armed security guard inside a Coeur d’Alene bank Saturday afternoon.

On hot days like these, the city adjusts. Residents spend less time outside, retreating to shade and air conditioning to keep from overheating. But for the folks who ensure the supply of cool continues, the work begins when the sun rises.

The superintendent of Coeur d’Alene Public Schools issued a strongly-worded apology Thursday for the district’s handling of racist vandalism at Lake City High School.

Authorities are seeking witnesses to a pair of assaults that occurred at a Phish concert at the Gorge Amphitheater on Saturday, July 21.