Vehicle smashes store's window

Driver suffered from 'unknown medical condition'

COEUR d'ALENE - Wendy Phillips was working alone in the warehouse of Idaho Lights on Tuesday morning when "there was a big boom.

FFOC Grocery Bag Drive kicks off Wednesday

One out of five children in our community might not have had enough to eat

Reliance on food banks on the upswing

SANDPOINT — As the novel coronavirus pandemic continues to keep schools and businesses closed, the Bonner Community Food Bank is seeing an increased need.

CHILD: An inspirational moment

Just recently I was waiting in a car around the corner from Fred Meyer’s. I watched as an older lady emerged from a shop with several large empty cardboard boxes. Most likely, she was moving. Just behind her toddled a little boy about 4 years old. He was “helping” his grandmother by carrying two boxes precariously perched in his arms.

Notice of Application

PROJECT: This proposal is for site improvements to the existing north and south access areas of the Priest Rapids Kayak Trail, in the Rural Remote zoning district of Grant County.

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Herbert Hudlet

Herbert Hudlet, 74, of Troy, who loved the Lord and desired to serve him, died on Jan. 5, 2005, following a sudden illness.

Court docs shed new light on Olney shooting

Kay Lynn Johnson, 64, faces a single felony count of assault with a weapon after deputies with the Flathead County Sheriff’s Office arrested her during an investigation of the Sept. 23 shooting.

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AP-NORC poll: Virus-weary Americans less festive this year

WASHINGTON (AP) — Maureen Brennan will spend Christmas with her daughter at their Nashua, New Hampshire, home after declining invitations from other relatives to celebrate with them. Michael Smith will mark the holidays alone in Elko, Nevada, unwilling to risk being infected with the coronavirus before he can be vaccinated.

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Does your estate plan need an Idaho-specific revision?

Wills, trusts, advanced medical directives, and power of attorney documents of those who have moved to Idaho from other states should be reviewed with an eye toward Idaho law. People regularly move to Idaho from other states and bring with them estate planning documents created in their prior state of residence. Such people often ask me if their old estate planning documents are enforceable in Idaho. Generally, those documents are still valid in Idaho. However, there are some very important reasons to have estate planning documents from another state reviewed by an Idaho estate planning attorney. Let’s remind ourselves what each of these documents are and then consider some of the issues that create concern about out-of-state wills, trusts, and other estate planning documents.

More coronavirus relief on the way for small businesses

NEW YORK (AP) — For Nancy Sinoway, a second coronavirus relief loan would increase the chances that her dressmaking business will survive.

More coronavirus relief on the way for small businesses

NEW YORK (AP) — For Nancy Sinoway, a second coronavirus relief loan would increase the chances that her dressmaking business will survive.

If the pants don't fit, please stay home

More coronavirus relief on the way for small businesses

NEW YORK (AP) — For Nancy Sinoway, a second coronavirus relief loan would increase the chances that her dressmaking business will survive.

After downtown Chicago protests, unrest spreads to suburbs

CHICAGO (AP) — While Chicago officials took extraordinary steps Sunday to patrol and restrict access to downtown in the hopes of preventing further chaos after tense weekend protests over the death of George Floyd, destruction and unrest spread to the city's neighborhoods and suburbs.

After downtown Chicago protests, unrest spreads to suburbs

CHICAGO (AP) — While Chicago officials took extraordinary steps Sunday to patrol and restrict access to downtown in the hopes of preventing further chaos after tense weekend protests over the death of George Floyd, destruction and unrest spread to the city's neighborhoods and suburbs.

COLUMN: What would happen if we assumed the best about each other?

Anger has become one of the easiest emotions to find. Open social media, turn on cable news or scroll through the comments section of almost any public discussion, and you will find people questioning one another's motives, intelligence and character. Somewhere along the way, disagreement became evidence that someone must be selfish, ignorant or acting in bad faith. But what would happen if we assumed the best about each other instead? Living in the Columbia Basin offers a useful perspective on that question. Unlike larger cities where people can disappear into their own circles, we live in communities where our paths cross repeatedly. We attend the same football games, shop at the same grocery stores, volunteer for the same fundraisers and support the same local businesses. Before anything else, we are neighbors.