School earns STEAM certification

SANDPOINT — From engineering to gardening, Southside Elementary offers students a variety of opportunities through its STEAM program, giving them choices and the ability to find what interests them.

Boys and Girls Club feeds more than 400

COEUR d’ALENE — The first Thanksgiving was a time when two communities came together as one to feast on a bountiful autumn harvest and give thanks for new friends and new surroundings.

Prosperous downtowns don't 'just happen'

A prosperous downtown is built by businesses acting as one. The Downtown Sandpoint Business Association is here for the business community to use as one of the more powerful tools in your business toolbox. Visit our Web site at

Fund is established to assist Faulkners with medical bills

  A fund to help pay the medical expenses for Patrick Faulkner, the 15-year-old Libby High School sophomore who was critically injured July 25 in a head-on accident on U.S. Route 2, has been established at Lincoln County Credit Union.

Turn the 'getting there' into the best part of the trip

The next time you decide to go on a road trip, don't be in such a hurry to get to your destination. If you take the time to plan your trip - and plan it well - you are likely to find a lot of places worth checking out along the way.

Connell woman's Israel pilgrimage to Israel set as highlight for PAWS

OTHELLO — Persons who would like to know more about the origins of Christianity and the stories of the Bible would serve themselves well by attending the Nov. 9 meeting of the Presbyterian Adult Women Society.

Fire smoke erodes air quality

By MIKE RICHESON

Mineral Co. Resource Committee talks mill closing

More campsites will be discussed for the Quartz and Sloway Campgrounds, and it appears the on-line reservation campsite program is working well.

Indonesia: UAE crown prince to lead new capital construction

JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Abu Dhabi's crown prince has agreed to lead a committee that will oversee the construction of a new capital city for Indonesia that is estimated to cost $34 billion, an Indonesian official said Tuesday.

Toxic fish pose problem in Paradise

PARADISE - Three state agencies today issued fish consumption advisories for northern pike and rainbow trout on a 105-mile stretch of the Clark Fork River in western Montana, including areas near Paradise.

Fire smoke erodes air quality

By MIKE RICHESON

Fire smoke erodes air quality

By MIKE RICHESON

Legals for April, 2 2023

93 West plan up for final review

A new land-use plan for the Highway 93 West corridor in Whitefish continues to be met with mixed reviews as it heads to City Council.

Carrey Lynn Harte, 43

Carrey Lynn Harte, 43, of Coeur d'Alene, passed away while at Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, on Oct. 16, 2011. Carrey was born Sept. 21, 1968, in Upland, Calif., to Robert and Cathey (Vorheier) Harte.

Eunice Phyllis Voigt Braaten, 87

June 7, 1928 - April 10, 2016

Ronald Dupey, 88

Ronald Dupey, a faithful servant and dedicated Christian, husband, father and grandfather, passed away on Aug. 1, 2016, following months of failing health and special care at various facilities.

Violet L. Potratz, 102

Violet L. Potratz passed on Aug. 20, 2016, at the age of 102. She was born to parents, George and Edna Urquhart in Pierre, S.D. She was third born of 12 children.

Linda R. Jones, 68

Linda R. Jones, 68, passed away peacefully at her home in Coeur d'Alene on July, 22, 2015, after an extended illness.

Daisy Shoemaker, 84

Daisy Shoemaker, 84, died July 15, 2018 at Prestige Assisted Living in Kalispell. Her memorial service will be held at 10 a.m. this Saturday, July 21, at Central Christian Church in Kalispell. Internment will follow the memorial service at Creston Cemetery.