'Meet the Candidates' viewing party is Saturday
DEVIN WEEKS | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 3 years, 1 month AGO
Devin Weeks is a third-generation North Idaho resident. She holds an associate degree in journalism from North Idaho College and a bachelor's in communication arts from Lewis-Clark State College Coeur d'Alene. Devin embarked on her journalism career at the Coeur d'Alene Press in 2013. She worked weekends for several years, covering a wide variety of events and issues throughout Kootenai County. Devin now mainly covers K-12 education and the city of Post Falls. She enjoys delivering daily chuckles through the Ghastly Groaner and loves highlighting local people in the Fast Five segment that runs in CoeurVoice. Devin lives in Post Falls with her husband and their three eccentric and very needy cats. | April 28, 2022 1:00 AM
The League of Women Voters of Kootenai County is inviting community members to watch the Coeur d'Alene Press "Meet the Candidates" interviews during a viewing event from 1 to 3 p.m. Saturday.
The viewing will take place in the Schmidt Conference Room at Lutheran Church of the Master, 4800 N. Ramsey Road, Coeur d'Alene.
Hagadone News Network Regional Publisher Clint Schroeder will introduce the program and answer audience member questions.
For the series, Schroeder interviewed 22 candidates for offices ranging from Idaho Senate and House of Representatives to Kootenai County coroner. This is the third year The Press has presented a "Meet the Candidates" series to give candidates a platform to reach constituents virtually, without political bias.
In other League of Women Voters news, the organization has announced a new slate of officers for the 2022-2023 term:
President: Nancy Jones
Corresponding secretary: Amy Plass
Vice president/open recording secretary: Elizabeth Rose
Treasurer: Lisa Schaff
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