Crook wins lottery, gets a 'free ride'

SANDPOINT - Six-year Sandpoint resident Jason Crook had been playing the Idaho Lottery's Free Ride Scratch Game regularly for a year since it debuted in the fall of 2009.

New plan IDs asbestos control for Libby railroad corridor

New plan identifies asbestos control measures for railway corridor in Libby

Legals for January, 23 2025

Bigfork students to compete in National History Day Contest

Nine National History Day state finalists from Bigfork are fundraising their way to compete nationally in Maryland this June.

Bigfork students to compete in National History Day Contest

Nine National History Day state finalists from Bigfork are fundraising their way to compete nationally in Maryland this June.

Legals for August, 28 2025

Tea'd off

In the spirit of 1773, hundreds gathered Saturday to protest federal spending, taxes

Library bans blind man, citing harassment

The world doesn’t look the same to Michael Ross as it does to most of us. He can’t read these words printed on a page, or discern doorways or stop signs or people’s expressions.

Steak and taters and eggs, oh my

I invited a buddy over for dinner the other day. He jokingly said we should have steak, eggs, and hash browns. Hmm... challenge accepted.

Rendon, Betts, Cole among baseball's big offseason movers

Anthony Rendon won a World Series in Washington and then left the Nationals to join Mike Trout and Albert Pujols with the Los Angeles Angels. Gerrit Cole went to the New York Yankees to try to put them over the top.

Seven Pacific Northwest aluminum plants gone

With the recent announcement by Glencore that it was permanently closing the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. smelter, the status of the other nine Pacific Northwest aluminum plants should interest readers.

Why Prefab Structures Are the Future of Sustainable Construction

Explore why prefab structures are the future of sustainable construction, offering eco-friendly, cost-effective, and energy-efficient building solutions.

Farm bill could help further timber projects

Brewing equipment will see second life in C-Falls

Brewing equipment will see second life in C-Falls

Impassable road conditions delay Coolin stage

The people, history and places of western Bonner County.

School district offices in heart of Cd'A

Business Bits

The Coeur d'Alene School District administrative offices will be the new occupant of the 21,500-square-foot building at 1400 Northwood Center Court in mid-February following the exodus of the occupants whose names are still on the building sign. Although a more central location than the school's long-time home at 311 N. 10th St., the new place is a bit awkward to find; it's north off Ironwood Drive east of Northwest Boulevard on the same road that goes into Outback Steakhouse.

Flathead County sheriff

A 16-year-old girl was arrested for family member assault after she allegedly threatened her mother with a pair of scissors. She is also accused of biting a neighbor boy, according to Flathead County Sheriff's deputies.

Flathead County Sheriff's deputies

The Flathead County Sheriff's deputies received a report of a 10-year-old boy being injured in an attack by a pit bull on Pioneer Road Sunday evening. The owner was cited, the dog was quarantined and there was no further information on the condition of the boy.

Law roundup: Man angry about ‘illegal' dog arrest

A man on Eagle Drive in Kalispell claimed his dog was “arrested illegally” and told dispatchers he was going to call every two minutes — this was his third time calling — until someone gave him his dog back despite being given the phone number and address of the shelter and told it would be open the following day.