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DeGeneres apologizes to show's staff amid workplace inquiry

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres apologized to the staff of her daytime TV talk show amid an internal company investigation of complaints of a difficult and unfair workplace.

DeGeneres apologizes to show's staff amid workplace inquiry

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres apologized to the staff of her daytime TV talk show amid an internal company investigation of complaints of a difficult and unfair workplace.

DeGeneres apologizes to show's staff amid workplace inquiry

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres apologized to the staff of her daytime TV talk show amid an internal company investigation of complaints of a difficult and unfair workplace.

DeGeneres apologizes to show's staff amid workplace inquiry

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ellen DeGeneres apologized to the staff of her daytime TV talk show amid an internal company investigation of complaints of a difficult and unfair workplace.

MHSA proposes changes to rule that benched Flathead wrestler

HELENA — The Montana High School Association’s executive board proposed additions to a rule that denied a Flathead wrestler a shot at a state championship at its quarterly meeting earlier this week.

Behind the wheel

North Idaho College offers truck-driver training program

COEUR d'ALENE - North Idaho College has begun offering a commercial truck-driver training program that can be completed in four weeks.

Conservationists question Columbia Basin dam plan

PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) - In what is likely the final major hearing before a federal judge decides what must be done to make Columbia River dams safe for salmon, lawyers argued Monday over just how many salmon have to come back and whether that satisfies the Endangered Species Act.

North Idaho Briefs July 13, 2012

Yes, Trump is flawed, but that doesn't justify vote for Clinton

I think Barack Obama has been one of the most effective and successful presidents in the history of the U.S., certainly in my lifetime. He promised change, and he, thanks to a feckless, witless, and spineless Congress, has delivered.

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Attorney General candidates disagree on emergency room medical care

On August 2, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed its first-in-the-nation suit against a state law preventing women from receiving necessary emergency care when their lives are threatened by dangerous pregnancy complications. The Idaho law makes it a felony offense, with a mandatory minimum prison sentence of two years, for anyone to perform or assist with an abortion. The DOJ correctly asserts that the Idaho law “preemptively criminalizes all abortions…even where a denial of care will likely result in the death of the patient.

From parking cars to Rotarian of the Year

Dustin Ainsworth honored for dedication toCDA club

Ainsworth Rotarian of the Year

Arizona governor requests Trump make disaster declaration

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's governor on Wednesday asked President Donald Trump to issue a major disaster declaration for the state as it braces for a surge of coronavirus cases.

Arizona governor requests Trump make disaster declaration

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona's governor on Wednesday asked President Donald Trump to issue a major disaster declaration for the state as it braces for a surge of coronavirus cases.

Missouri Senate backs new limits on punitive damages

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's Republican-led Senate swiftly advanced a bill Wednesday tightening standards for punitive damages in liability lawsuits after an all-night filibuster by Democrats successfully blocked a separate bill limiting lawsuits over asbestos-related illnesses.

Missouri Senate backs new limits on punitive damages

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Missouri's Republican-led Senate swiftly advanced a bill Wednesday tightening standards for punitive damages in liability lawsuits after an all-night filibuster by Democrats successfully blocked a separate bill limiting lawsuits over asbestos-related illnesses.

North Dakota, tribes reach settlement over voter ID lawsuit

BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) — North Dakota reached a proposed settlement agreement Thursday with American Indians who sued over the state’s voter ID laws requiring residents to provide a street address, arguing they are a form of voter suppression.

Time Capsule: From the archives of local weeklies

Stories harvested from the Ronan Pioneer, March 30, 1972

New owner of old shop is all about neighborhood

Cal Whitfield was on a wrench, tugging, when he heard a sound like metal tearing. He saw no bolts shear, no steel housing rip apart.