The Museum of North Idaho: Rutledge Mill among region's most productive

Originally published as part of the Kootenai Chronicles, December 1996, the Coeur d’Alene Press.

Northwest Notes Aug. 19, 2025

Notes on college football, college basketball.

BC-AP News Coverage Advisory, 10:15 Advisory

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VETERANS PRESS: Talking to friends about PTSD

Your friends and neighbors may also notice changes in your loved one. They may have questions about what’s going on. And, like you, they’ll want to know how they can help.

At least 1 dead as Hurricane Zeta hammers Gulf Coast

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Zeta slammed into the storm-weary Gulf Coast on Wednesday, pelting the New Orleans metro area with rain and howling winds that ripped apart buildings and knocked out power to thousands before rapidly making its way through Mississippi and Alabama with strong gusty winds, heavy rains and dangerous storm surge.

At least 1 dead as Hurricane Zeta hammers Gulf Coast

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Hurricane Zeta slammed into the storm-weary Gulf Coast on Wednesday, pelting the New Orleans metro area with rain and howling winds that ripped apart buildings and knocked out power to thousands before rapidly making its way through Mississippi and Alabama with strong gusty winds, heavy rains and dangerous storm surge.

SEPA RULES

RCW 197-11-970

SEPA RULES

DESCRIPTION OF PROPOSAL: Burkett Lake Nursery and Irrigation

DEQ says Hecla Mining Company, CEO violating act State has 'misinterpreted the statute,' says company official

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality on Tuesday notified Hecla Mining Company and its CEO that they are in violation of Montana’s Metal Mine Reclamation Act and have 30 days to provide a notice of intent to comply, a DEQ news release states.

2 more residents of Springfield assisted-living center die

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Two more residents of a southwest Missouri assisted-living center have died from the coronavirus, bringing the number of deaths in the state to eight.

We need some answers

U.S. Senator Conrad Burns met non-stop with Libby, Eureka and Troy residents for more than eight hours on Saturday in series of short meetings. He listened to each group outline their problem, he'd ask questions and the groups would offer their proposed solution.

Spring Treatment Proposed to Protect WA Trees From Gypsy Moth

Olympia – The Washington State Department of Agriculture (WSDA) is proposing to treat several areas in the Puget Sound region and Clark County next spring to eradicate multiple introductions of gypsy moth, a non-native, invasive pest that decimates trees.  The proposal calls for treating a total of 10,500 acres of land at seven locations in Western Washington, the largest number of sites proposed for eradication of this voracious pest in more than a decade.  Next steps for WSDA include preparing two environmental reviews, consulting with local, state and federal agencies, an public outreach that includes informational open houses in affected communities.  Postcards will be mailed this week to residents in the areas where treatment is proposed notifying them of the plan.  WSDA will also post regular updates at

Fate of Flathead hanging in balance

In early November, state officials announced the first documented presence of zebra and quagga mussels in Montana, after positive tests at sites in the Missouri River system.

Aquatic center dealt setback from planning board

POLSON — It’s been a long road for Mission Valley Aquatics — and it’s a 1,450-ft-long road that has created the most recent setback for the non-profit group working to build a public indoor aquatic center in Polson.

Farm and Ranch Management Workshop Feb. 12-13 in Plains

Plains will be the site of a Farm and Ranch Management Workshop on Tuesday and Wednesday, Feb. 12 and 13 in the 4-H Pavilion at the Sanders County Fairgrounds.

Glacier Park ecologist awarded

Pollution model for Flathead Basin completed

'Virus at Iran's gates': How Tehran failed to halt outbreak

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Appearing before the cameras coughing and sweating profusely, the man leading Iran's response to the new coronavirus promised it was of no danger to his country..

The Front Row with MARK NELKE May 6, 2012

Maybe Sky will come to Idaho

University of Idaho athletic director Rob Spear is adamant that the Vandal athletic programs remain in a Football Bowl Subdivision conference.

School in process of purchasing former Social Security building

School in process of purchasing former Social Security building

Coeur du Christ is growing. The private, classical academy in the Catholic tradition housed in the 1906 former First United Methodist Church at 618 E. Wallace Ave. has entered into an agreement to purchase the old Social Security building across the street at 623 E. Wallace Ave., presently owned by Anthem CDA, a nondenominational Christian church. "This allows us to expand," Coeur du Christ President Genavive Edman said Tuesday. "It gives us ample parking, a real science lab, so many elements to education we were hoping for but not sure how to do it downtown."