Northwest Notes: July 20, 2023

News on Coeur d'Alene High football, a new coach joining former Vik Orlandi's staff at Lewis-Clark State and preseason football honors for Boise State and Idaho receiver Hayden Hatten.

Little: Tax relief on the way

Idahoans to receive $300 million in property tax

Little praises property tax relief success

Pastor defends Good Samaritan program

Remington: 'Integrity is everything to me'

In 21 years, the Good Samaritan Rehabilitation program based in Coeur d’Alene has helped about 4,000 men and women. But for Pastor Tim Remington of The Altar Church, who started the faith-based, nonprofit organization, it’s doing more than freeing people of drug and alcohol addictions. He said it’s giving them hope and a new direction in life.

Fire volunteers push in new ambulance

East Side celebrates new apparatus with age-old tradition

East Side Fire District and community members on Tuesday initiated their newly-acquired ambulance with a traditional push-in ceremony.

Little: Tax relief on the way

Idahoans to receive $300 million in property tax

Little praises property tax relief success

Boundary County Court Records--- July 20

Boundary County Court Records for the Week of July 20.

Tribal community mourns loss of "pillar"

The Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes lost “a pillar” last week, when Vern Clairmont died July 11 of pancreatic cancer. He was 69.

Motorist involved in deadly wreck sentenced to state prison

The Missoula man convicted of vehicular homicide for killing his passenger in a drunken wreck near Martin City last summer received a partially suspended sentence in Flathead County District Court earlier this month.

Convicted child rapist given deferred sentence

A 32-year-old man convicted of raping an underage girl about a decade ago received a deferred sentence in Flathead County District Court earlier this month.

Legals for July, 20 2023

A probiotic milk factory will be built near Atlanta, bringing $305 million investment and 90 jobs

Yakult Honsha Co. said Tuesday that its American subsidiary plans to start production at a new plant in Cartersville in 2026.

It's in the bag

Ashley Torgerson, a Lake City High grad, claims Idaho cornhole singles title

Ashley Torgerson has tended to get nervous at key moments in cornhole tournaments. Anxiety. Pressure. Tension. It's all there when she doesn't want it around. “I think I've seen myself as a little bit of a head case,” the Post Falls woman said. But at the Idaho State Cornhole Championships on Friday and Saturday in Nampa, Torgerson was focused and confident. She envisioned the throws she had to make, saw where the one-pound bag had to go and put it there.

78 nonprofits to participate in Great Fish Community Challenge

A record number of Flathead Valley nonprofit organizations will participate in the 9th annual Great Fish Community Challenge hosted by Whitefish Community Foundation August 10 to Sept. 15.

Weed board offering invasive plant training

Want to learn to identify invasive plants and report your findings? The Pend Oreille County Noxious Weed Board is partnering with the Kalispel Natural Resources Department and Pacific Northwest Invasive Plant Council to host an Early Detection, Rapid Response training on Aug. 11.

QUMRAN CAVES: Bedouins and Essenes

A Bedouin shepherd found the first Dead Sea Scrolls in a cave at Qumran (1946/47). Qumran National Park is 28 miles east of Jerusalem.

TRAFFIC MANAGEMENT CENTER: Something to be skeptical of

I write to give credit to the Coeur d’Alene Press for recognizing that the Traffic Center survey is flawed and won’t provide a true picture of how people in the county feel about the plan.

Containment nears on Bee Top Fire

Additional resources diverted to Consalus Fire

With containment of the Bee Top Fire approaching 90%, control of the fire is being returned to Idaho Panhandle National Forests officials. Over on the Consalus Fire, the lightning-caused blaze inched upward to 444 acres and some of the resources from the Bee Top are being diverted to the Pend Oreille County fire.

Containment nears on Bee Top Fire

Additional resources diverted to Consalus Fire

With containment of the Bee Top Fire approaching 90%, control of the fire is being returned to Idaho Panhandle National Forests officials. Over on the Consalus Fire, the lightning-caused blaze inched upward to 444 acres and some of the resources from the Bee Top are being diverted to the Pend Oreille County fire.

Woman accused of drunkenly crashing into deputy’s vehicle sentenced

Judge Heidi Ulbricht handed down the sentence to the state Department of Corrections in Flathead County District Court on July 6.

Legals for July, 19 2023