Homegrown Botner to get a big taste of Brawl

Whitefish product Dillon Botner was thinking he was done with football after last season, then was persuaded to stay on and now has a starting spot on the University of Montana Grizzlies’ offensive line.

Service firms grow at fastest pace since 2006

WASHINGTON - Strong consumer demand pushed a key measure of the economy's service sector to its highest level in more than four years, the latest evidence that the economy is gaining strength and job growth could pick up in the new year.

Task force recommendation could protect WA public employees' jobs from AI advances

(The Center Square) - A proposed recommendation by the State Attorney General’s Artificial Intelligence Task Force, if adopted into law, would offer protection to public sector employees from losing wages or employment due to AI adoption. According to a draft of the task force’s recommendations, “Artificial intelligence technology has advanced significantly since the original establishment of technology-related management rights, now capable of directly impacting employee wages, performance evaluations, and job security through machine learning algorithms that make decisions traditionally associated with human judgment.” The proposed recommendation comes as many private sector industries have experienced significant job loss due to AI. Half of the 80,000 tech sector jobs lost in the first quarter of 2026 were related to AI, Nikkei Asia, a news organization, recently reported. The New York Times recently reported that “tech workers, it is becoming clear, have been building their A.I. replacements.”

Real estate industry upbeat about local outlook

COEUR d'ALENE — As the local real estate industry continues navigating the winds of economic recovery in 2016, cautious optimism abounds. But the auto-pilot button is still not an option.

Cheap drugs net CHC $83K in revenue

Details continue to emerge in a disagreement between Northwest Community Health Center and area pharmacies concerning participation in a federal discount drug program.

Northside Fire announces 2025 metrics

In a Jan. 24 Facebook post, the Northside Fire District shared its 2025 year-end update, highlighting total calls for service.

Coppedge, Sheckler, Tondee field questions in quest to join Coeur d'Alene City Council

Coppedge, Sheckler, Tondee field questions in quest to join Coeur d'Alene City Council

The individual appointed will serve the remainder of the Council Seat 3 term, which is through Jan. 4, 2028, and may choose to run in the next election to retain the seat.

Monday Night Dinner moves to Coeur d'Alene Eagles 15th Street Pavilion; hundreds expected

Monday Night Dinner moves to Coeur d'Alene Eagles 15th Street Pavilion; hundreds expected

Preliminary number shows higher jobless rate in Adams County in July

Fewer jobs at publicly owned medical facilities and public schools helped push Adams County unemployment to 9.2 percent in July.

CHART: Without IDs, story unclear

The Press Benefit Comparison Chart in the April 30 edition, comparing Public Employees and Private Business Employees, is an underhanded way of making an argument that public employees are over benefited. There is no way of knowing if the comparisons are valid because the business sector employees are unknown.

Swiss bank set to pay US justice to settle part in FIFA case

ZURICH (AP) — A Swiss bank linked to corruption by former international soccer officials at FIFA said Wednesday it is

Dispute arises over filling Coeur d'Alene council post

Gookin, Wood, English call for more public involvement with nominations

McEvers said he is considering “some people” he could like considered for the post. Ideally it would be someone whose been around, has institutional knowledge about the city and could step in.

County delays decision on Cocolalla wedding venue, August setting

In a debate on land use designations, the Bonner County commissioners have postponed a decision on a remanded conditional use permit for a wedding venue in Cocolalla until Aug. 26 to allow the board time to review and consider all information brought forth during the lengthy hearing.

The Latest: Malaysia to lift more lockdown restrictions

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia — Malaysians will be allowed to travel interstate, get their hair cut at salons and visit street markets beginning Wednesday, when more coronavirus lockdown restrictions are lifted.

Sanders County Fair Board reviews bids for parking, security

Sanders County Fair Board spent June’s meeting making final preparations for this year’s fair.

In Congressional race, Kaylee Peterson stresses community connections

When Kaylee Peterson ran for the U.S. House of Representatives in Idaho’s first congressional district in 2022 and again in 2024, she knew Idaho Democrats couldn’t flip the district in a single cycle.

PREP BASKETBALL: Lakeland presses past Post Falls girls

Results from Tuesday's prep boys and girls basketball games.

'A false spring' in Coeur d'Alene

Climatologist says March could go out like a lion

Harris said it hit 58 degrees on Thursday, just 2 degrees of the record for Feb. 28 set in 1941, and climbed to 57 on Friday, again just short of the record high of 60 degrees.

'A false spring' in North Idaho

Climatologist says March could go out like a lion

Harris said it hit 58 degrees on Thursday, just 2 degrees of the record for Feb. 28 set in 1941, and climbed to 57 on Friday, again just short of the record high of 60 degrees.

Two proposals come forward for Polson Bay Golf Course

MIXT Industries presented a draft proposal to lease the Polson Bay Golf Course from the City of Polson during the Polson Commission’s Monday night meeting on Feb. 2. Simultaneously, the Polson Bay Golf Association has been discussing a management option with City Manager Ed Meece.