Zoning: You can't fight city hall

Thank you neighbors, but we can't fight city hall. My husband and I recently spoke about a zoning issue, first to the Whitefish City-County Planning Board, and on June 1 to the Whitefish City Council asking them to deny a conditional-use permit (CUP) for a professional office space in our neighborhood, the first instance of a professional office in a WR-2 zone.

Zoning: You can't fight city hall

Thank you neighbors, but we can't fight city hall. My husband and I recently spoke about a zoning issue, first to the Whitefish City-County Planning Board, and on June 1 to the Whitefish City Council asking them to deny a conditional-use permit (CUP) for a professional office space in our neighborhood, the first instance of a professional office in a WR-2 zone.

Two Lebanese offer migrant workers a way back home

BEIRUT (AP) — In a damp room with a few rotting pieces of furniture and old mattresses on the floor, seven migrant women sit hugging their belongings, a Kenyan flag hanging behind them on the wall.

Two Lebanese youth offer migrant workers a way back home

BEIRUT (AP) — In a damp room with a few rotting pieces of furniture and old mattresses on the floor, seven migrant women sit hugging their belongings, a Kenyan flag hanging behind them on the wall.

Area Briefs

As India counts dead, brutality of Hindu-Muslim riot emerges

NEW DELHI (AP) — The wounded came in waves. First in ones and twos, limping up the steps and staggering through the aluminum doors, and then in wheelbarrows, with bleeding skulls and stabbed necks. Finally, the motorcycles and auto-rickshaws arrived, their seats stained with the blood of as many as they could hold.

Cascadia Pizza Co. Cd'A location grand opening Saturday

The grand opening of Cascadia Pizza Co. will be at 11 a.m. Saturday at 1422 W. Appleway (the former location of Firehouse Subs).

Ciccarelli's opens in Coeur d'Alene

Ciccarelli's, a family-owned and operated restaurant (mainly pizza), has opened at 2045 Tea Olive Lane (Suite 104). It's in the complex northwest of where Ramsey Road meets Hanley.

TownPlace Suites opens Thursday in Coeur d'Alene

With several room categories on four floors, TownPlace Suites by Marriott Hotel will open Thursday, May 30, on Northwest Boulevard just south of Interstate 90.

Columbia Basin Herald holds Christmas contest

Publisher to pay $100 of electric bill

Governor: Antibody treatment good, vaccine better

Little visits state-sponsored facility at fairgrounds

Gov. Little visits monoclonal antibody treatment site

JUDD JONES: Give the gift of health and fitness this Christmas

In the spirit of the holiday season, I thought I would toss out the idea of gifting health and wellness to family and loved ones. Here is a list of 12 great health, wellness and fitness gifts that are worth giving to someone you care about this Christmas.

Bonner County History - July 1, 2025

A look at the events, activities, and meetings happening around Bonner County, from Sandpoint to Cocolalla, from Priest River to Ponderay, and from Clark Fork to Dover.

Food bank marks 45 years of fighting hunger

Anniversary fundraiser being held today

The Bonner Community Food Bank aims to end hunger, bite by bite, beginning with its 45th anniversary event —which is serving as both a celebration and a fundraiser.

That stupid gift card might be worth money

GIFT CARD GOLD: Gift cards make popular gifts, but did you end up with a gift card to some place you don’t shop? Before you tuck those holiday gift cards away in a drawer and forget about them, sell them instead.

The Great Lake Debate

Shoreline concerns among threats to Lake Cd’A

The Great Lake Debate: Shoreline concerns among threats to Lake Cd’A’s health

Shoreline concerns among threats to Lake Cd’A

Grant County selected as national study site

MOSES LAKE — Grant County is one of 105 locations selected for a long-term study of children’s health in the United States.

Kalispell native tells of paddling derring-do

Brad Ludden and his expedition mates wanted to know just one thing from the man in a remote village in Madagascar: “Is there anything downstream that might kill someone?”

Charlo owl efforts shared

CHARLO — Every day holds a new face, a new place and a new idea for the taking. This Saturday, while families were getting ready for a visit from Peter Cottontail by decorating Easter eggs and cooking ham, biologists at the Owl Research Institute in Charlo were hard at work in the warm Easter weekend sunlight.