Torch Run comes to North Idaho
CAROLYN BOSTICK | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 hours, 29 minutes AGO
Governor Brad Little takes a picture with officers from the Shelley Police Department during the 2025 Torch Run to benefit Idaho Special Olympics.
This year, the run has expanded to include more locations in North Idaho.
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Carolyn Bostick has worked for the Coeur d’Alene Press since June 2023. She covers Shoshone County and Coeur d'Alene. Carolyn previously worked in Utica, New York at the Observer-Dispatch for almost seven years before briefly working at The Inquirer and Mirror in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Since she moved to the Pacific Northwest from upstate New York in 2021, she's performed with the Spokane Shakespeare Society for three summers. | May 9, 2026 1:00 AM
The Post Falls portion of the Law Enforcement Torch Run takes place at 10 a.m. Tuesday between Grassland Avenue and Vandal Street on the North Idaho Centennial Trail and the Post Falls Police Department substation at 1717 E. Polston Ave., in Tedder Business Center.
Special Olympic athletes and law enforcement members will carry the Flame of Hope, which will wind its way through the state, stopping in more than 20 Idaho communities to advocate for people with disabilities and inclusion.
Paired officers and athletes will run with the torch and hand it off like a relay to the next pair, with distances spanning about a mile.
Idaho Special Olympics State Summer Games take place May 29 and 30 in Nampa.
May 11:
Bonners Ferry: 9 a.m. from Liberty Gas Station 6856 S. Main St., Bonners Ferry to Boundary County Middle School 6577 Main St.
Sandpoint: noon from the Long Bridge North End to Long Bridge South End.
Rathdrum: 3 p.m. from Rathdrum City Park 15456 N. Latah St., Rathdrum to Les Schwab Tire Center 13500 W. Highway 53.
May 12:
Shoshone County: 1 p.m. from Wallace I-90 Exit 63 pullout to Wallace Visitor Center (exit 61).
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