Texas police: 3 officers shot by gunman; 3 held inside home

Three police officers were shot and a man remained barricaded inside a home with three of his family members in a suburb of Austin, Texas, authorities said.

The Latest: Air Force hockey pauses for 14 days due to COVID

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

The Latest: Vermont positive test disrupts basketball slate

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

We need health care for all Idaho residents

Below is Mike Crapo’s reply to a phone call I made to his office weeks ago, asking him not to vote to gut Medicaid and give tax breaks to the rich. (The Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act he refers to is ObamaCare.) Note that he says nothing at all about Medicaid.

How to Create the Next Generation of Scientists

(Family Features) It’s never too early to introduce children to science. In fact,

Colonoscopies Get a Lot Easier Thanks to Technology

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Unwrap Joy with Santa's Perfect Present Finder

(Family Features) This holiday season, skip the stress and find the perfect gift for everyone on your list with Westfield’s Perfect Present Finder. This interactive digital gift finder features more than 400 products from Westfield retailers.

Schools sign up for ed reform laptops

More than 170 high schools representing about 84 percent of Idaho’s high school students signed up to participate in the first one-third of schools receiving laptops in the state’s one-to-one initiative in 2013.

Talk turkey and family health this Thanksgiving

Chronic disease affects many Americans. There are some contributing factors we can control such as nutrition, physical activity, tobacco use, etc.; however, there are also risk factors we cannot control such as age, gender, and family history. Most people have increased risks for chronic diseases such as cancer, heart disease, and diabetes because it runs in the family genes. Health conditions such as high cholesterol, high blood pressure, and osteoporosis can also be passed among relatives. Not only do genes play a factor, but lifestyles, behaviors, and environments, which influence the risk for chronic diseases, are often the same or similar among family members.

Drops in the digital bucket. Coeur d'Alene Salvation Army Kroc Center embraces text donations to help others

You would like to stop and put money in The Salvation Army kettles, but you don’t have any cash. Or it’s freezing outside and you don’t feel like digging through your pockets or purse for spare change.

Learning to fly

Goslings earn their wings, take leap of faith at McEuen

COEUR d'ALENE - Five goslings followed the lead of their parents and leapt 70 feet from an osprey nest at McEuen Park.

Edna Ruth (Sykes) Tomfohr Carter, 91

Edna Ruth Carter peacefully died in her sleep in her beloved home at Ashley Lake, Montana on Jan. 30, 2021.

Kalispell business earns ethics award

In the two years Modern Plumbing and Heating in Kalispell has operated, it’s already an award-winning business.

Strong winds fan Eureka wildfire

The lightning-caused Gibralter Ridge Fire east of Eureka has grown to more than 1,100 acres since Monday night.

'A Timeless Legacy' award winners announced

The Hockaday Museum of Art has announced five award-winners honored Friday and Saturday, Aug. 11 and 12, during the private sponsor event and premier art sale of “A Timeless Legacy — Women Artists of Glacier National Park.”

Recall won't impact Litehouse

SANDPOINT — A national salad dressing recall will not affect Litehouse, because the Sandpoint dressing, dip and sauce maker does not purchase from the company whose ingredient is targeted by the Food and Drug Administration.

Lawrence 'Bud' Joseph Ring, 79

Lawrence "Bud" Joseph Ring died Jan. 23, 2009, in Spokane. He was 79 years old at his time of death. Bud was born June 28, 1929, to Walter and Eva (Campbell) Ring in Edmonton, Alberta. During Bud's early teenage years, he worked alongside his mother, who was a well-known trainer/jockey, at the local horse-race track, training horses and occasionally racing horses as a jockey.

Idaho Panhandle National Forests weekend wildfire update

COEUR d’ALENE — The National Weather Service has issued a Red Flag Warning for the region due to increased winds, low relative humidity, and high temperatures.

Parker Ridge fire increases to 1,000 acres

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