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News >  Health

Dirne clinic reveals new services, name

Just three months after losing its beloved founder, Dirne Community Health Center offered a glimpse of its future Monday – expanded services, a wider reach, greater emphasis on prevention and a new name, Legacy Health. The nonprofit care provider in Kootenai County is growing to meet surging demand for its services while adapting to rapid change, CEO Mike Baker said.
News >  Health

SpokeFest draws cyclists from miles around

If kids today are afflicted by inactivity, there was no evidence of that Sunday at Spokane’s Riverfront Park. Tots, tweens and teens were well-represented at SpokeFest, the cycling celebration that offers riders four course options ranging from 1 to 47 miles.
News >  Idaho

Coeur d’Alene’s ‘Mudgy & Millie’ turns 5, surprising author

The tale of a moose searching for a mouse on the north shore of Lake Coeur d’Alene entered the imaginations of local children five years ago and has grown into a small enterprise supporting the city’s library. “Mudgy & Millie,” by Susan Nipp and illustrator Chuck Reasoner, has sold nearly 20,000 copies and raised $90,000 for the Coeur d’Alene Public Library Foundation.
News >  Spokane

Hydroplanes’ return off without a hitch

The man who brought hydroplane racing back to Lake Coeur d’Alene paused on the shoreline Sunday afternoon and smiled. And he hasn’t done a lot of that – pause or smile – in recent months. “Without a doubt I think it’s been my single largest contribution of my time spent here,” Doug Miller said over the roar of the final Grand Prix heat.
News >  Spokane

Invitation has teen dancing on air

RATHDRUM – Warm boots, a good winter coat, a passport and travel visa – and Russian language lessons. Isaac Sanders is making a list of what he needs in the next few weeks before he departs for Moscow to begin the biggest, most nerve-wracking adventure of his life.
News >  Spokane

Officer in fatal Coeur d’Alene shooting ID’d

The Coeur d’Alene police officer who shot and killed a man Sunday morning is Spencer Mortensen, who has been on the force six years, Chief Wayne Longo said Thursday. Mortensen, who is on administrative leave during the investigation into the shooting, shot Eric Byron Johnston in an apartment near downtown. Johnston, 35, a Dalton Gardens resident, died from multiple gunshot wounds.
News >  Idaho

CdA officer involved in shooting identified

Coeur d'Alene Police Chief Wayne Longo said Thursday that Officer Spencer Mortensen, a six-year veteran of the force, is the officer who shot and killed Eric B. Johnston on Sunday.
News >  Idaho

Final touches prepare CdA for Diamond Cup

Big, flat boats propped up on trailers are appearing all over Coeur d’Alene – a sure sign something big is about to begin. The Miss Everett, which competes in the Grand Prix West circuit, was parked Wednesday outside its local sponsor, Porky G’s Authentic Southern Style Barbecue on Northwest Boulevard.
News >  Spokane

Levy passes, reversing school district’s cuts

Voters in the Plummer-Worley School District in North Idaho approved a two-year tax levy Tuesday that will enable school officials to restore funding for athletics, full-time kindergarten and five-day school weeks. Sixty percent of the votes cast were in favor of the $1.1 million supplemental levy request. The tally was 561 yes to 374 no.
News >  Idaho

Voters OK school tax levy, reversing deep cuts

Voters in the Plummer Worley School District on the Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation approved a two-year tax levy Tuesday that will spare the district from eliminating funding for all athletics, moving to a four-day school week and making other severe budget cuts.
News >  Idaho

CdA police chief offers sympathy in fatal shooting

Coeur d’Alene Police Chief Wayne Longo issued a statement Tuesday expressing sympathy to the family of the man shot and killed Sunday by one of his officers, and calling for a thorough investigation of the confrontation.
News >  Spokane

CdA police shooting called ‘sickening’

Wendy Woods stood next to her blood-soaked carpet Monday morning and cried for the loss of her close friend, Eric Byron Johnston, who was shot and killed 24 hours earlier by a Coeur d’Alene police officer. “He was so funny, so sweet – the most reliable friend in my life,” Woods said. “And for them to just come here and shoot him dead like that? It’s sickening.”
News >  Idaho

Friends reflect on death of man shot by CdA police

Wendy Woods stood next to her blood-soaked carpet this morning and cried for the loss of her close friend, Eric Byron Johnston, who was shot and killed Sunday morning by a Coeur d’Alene police officer.
News >  Idaho

Coeur d’Alene police shoot, kill man

A Coeur d’Alene police officer yelled “drop it!” three times before fatally shooting a man at an apartment near downtown Sunday morning, according to two women who heard the confrontation. A man who lives next door to the scene said he heard no such command but did hear the shots – five, by his count – just a couple of minutes after he looked out his window and saw an officer approaching the apartment.
News >  Spokane

School district’s funding ‘dire’

A lot is riding on Tuesday’s levy election for the Plummer Worley School District on the Coeur d’Alene Indian Reservation. The cash-strapped district of about 400 students has eliminated all funding for athletics, cut kindergarten to part time, ordered three furlough days for all employees and will go to a four-day school week this fall.
News >  Spokane

Law officers will be out in force for hydro races

In a little more than a week, thousands of people will descend on Lake Coeur d’Alene to watch the first hydroplane races held there since the last summer of Lyndon Johnson’s presidency. There to greet this generation of race fans will be a heavy presence of law enforcement and private security, intent on keeping the Diamond Cup over Labor Day weekend safe, sober and orderly for everyone.
News >  Idaho

North Idaho Fair opens with updated feel, same traditions

Dane Dugan has a confession: “I’m a fair junkie, there’s no denying it.” He loves it so much he sleeps at the county fair. Actually that’s more of a necessity this week, where he’s putting in 20-hour days at the North Idaho Fair – his first as general manager of the Kootenai County Fairgrounds in Coeur d’Alene.
News >  Spokane

CdA schools, teachers close to deal

The Coeur d’Alene School District and teachers are closing in on a new contract two weeks before school resumes. The two sides met Monday and have agreed on most points, including changes to employee health benefits and a pay raise of one-half of 1 percent.
News >  Spokane

Restorium, Boundary County disagree over funding

BONNERS FERRY – The old-fangled name is deceptive: The Boundary County Community Restorium is not a place where elderly residents while away the days gazing out windows at the Selkirk Mountains. They gather for group exercises, visit the county fair, surf the Web and have barbecues in an outdoor pavilion. Some drive their own cars or zip downtown on electric mobility scooters.
News >  Features

Summer fun, Idaho style

Call it quaint or down-to-earth, if you like. The North Idaho Fair & Rodeo may not sizzle with celebrity entertainers and souped-up tractor pulls. But it’s got pluck and is grounded in tradition.