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News >  Spokane

Coeur d’Alene to host bicycle ride around lake

A group of North Idaho cycling enthusiasts is organizing a European-style bike ride around Lake Coeur d’Alene this fall. Coeur d’Fondo will include a 108-mile ride around the lake, plus three shorter rides, on Sept. 29. The event will dovetail with the downtown Coeur d’Alene Oktoberfest celebration and raise funds for the North Idaho Centennial Trail Foundation.
News >  Spokane

Teen pulled from lake in critical condition

A North Idaho teenager pulled from the bottom of an old mill pond Wednesday remained in critical condition Thursday at Providence Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane. August (A.J.) Marksworth, 16, of Spirit Lake, was found unconscious in water about eight feet deep 5 to 10 minutes after he slipped under the surface of the lake’s mill pond late Wednesday afternoon.
News >  Idaho

Fernan Lake algae bloom prompts health advisory

People recreating at Fernan Lake east of downtown Coeur d’Alene are being advised to avoid a bloom of blue-green algae. The naturally occurring bacteria can produce toxins harmful to humans and animals.
News >  Spokane

Spokane missionaries die in Africa air crash

A Spokane couple doing missionary work in Africa died over the weekend in a plane crash in northwest Zambia, leaving behind two young children. Jay and Katrina Erickson, who attended Hillyard Baptist Church, were killed Saturday when the six-seat Cessna aircraft Jay was piloting crashed into the Zambezi River. Their daughters, 2-year-old Marina and 1-year-old Coral, had stayed behind at the Chitokoloki Mission Hospital where the couple worked.
News >  Spokane

Silverwood gleams

Much has changed since Gary Norton would climb into the cockpit of a World War II-era P-51 Mustang and perform loops and barrel rolls for spectators at his young theme park north of Coeur d’Alene. The air shows of those early years are no more, and Norton is content to chase details on the ground.
News >  Spokane

Widening, interchanges will ease access problems

Visitors to Silverwood Theme Park often find the last thrill ride of the day is pulling out of the parking lot back onto Highway 95. For drivers leaving the park and headed south toward Coeur d’Alene, that hair-raising left turn across traffic will soon be only a memory.
News >  Business

Travel group, investors reach deal

Spokane-based Ambassadors Group has struck an agreement with a group of investors, averting a showdown over a third of the company’s board positions. Ambassadors, which promotes cultural-immersion trips for students, said Monday it reached a deal with investor group Lane Five Capital Management, which planned to run three candidates to replace departing board members.
News >  Business

Retail sales up nearly everywhere but Spokane

Retail sales increased in most metro areas of Washington last year, but they declined in Spokane. Taxable retail sales in the city slid 1.2 percent in 2011, to $3.6 billion, the state Department of Revenue said Friday.
News >  Business

Institute’s website will track Kootenai economic indicators

The Community Indicators Initiative spearheaded by Eastern Washington University has expanded to include Kootenai County. The Kootenai County Indicators website – www.kootenai trends.org – is one of several created by EWU’s Institute for Public Policy and Economic Analysis.