Pumping it up

Water balloon bonanza

Warming center changes policy

Facility will now open when temperature dips below 28 degrees

From now on, it won’t be quite so cold outside when St. Vincent de Paul North Idaho opens the doors to its warming center.

Bringing the great outdoors inside

COEUR d’ALENE — All eyes were on the pinewood race cars as they zipped down the track.

Helena begins removing Confederate memorial

HELENA — The City of Helena on Friday began removing a monument to Confederate soldiers that has been in a public park in Montana’s capital city since 1916.

Ex-county worker accused of embezzlement

SANDPOINT — A criminal case is pending against a former Bonner County employee who is accused of embezzling public funds while serving as manager of the University of Idaho’s extension office in Sandpoint.

Daily Bee launches online video ads

SANDPOINT — The Bonner County Daily Bee has added a series of on-line video interviews designed to raise awareness and increase results for local businesses and organizations.

Spokane County has 86 confirmed COVID-19 cases; STA, Spokane C.O.P.S offering services for elderly

As confirmed COVID-19 cases rise, Spokane County residents need to be prepared “for the long haul,” Bob Lutz, Spokane County health officer, warned Friday morning.

Tests show new virus lives on some surfaces for up to 3 days

The new coronavirus can live in the air for several hours and on some surfaces for as long as two to three days, tests by U.S. government and other scientists have found.

Whitefish distributes housing needs survey

By LYNNETTE HINTZE

City seeks input on snow situation

After a snowier than normal winter, with several feet of snow on U.S. Highway 2 sidewalks most of the time, the city will look to the community for possible solutions.

Welcome JIM

Columbia Falls businessman O’Brien Byrd will soon open a new JIM in Columbia Falls early next month. JIM, of course, is wordplay on gymnasium, but Byrd, is serious about fitness.

Rollover occurs near courthouse

Officers with the

Whitefish High School construction: Out with the old...

WHITEFISH HIGH SCHOOL

Demolition of the former A wing made considerable progress last week as construction continues at Whitefish High School.

It takes an 'Army'

More volunteers needed to meet Red Kettle goal

Red Kettle campaign hoping for rally

Three Chiefs Culture Center welcomes back restored paintings

After nine months of painstaking, detailed repairs, several paintings that were damaged in the devastating People’s Center fire of September 2020 have returned.

AP PHOTOS: The workers who keep Spain going under lockdown

PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — As Spain hunkers down after five weeks of confinement, the brave few keep the country going

Singapore prolongs virus lockdown until at least June 1

SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore will extend its partial lockdown by another four weeks after reporting thousands of new coronavirus cases in recent days, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said Tuesday.

AP PHOTOS: The workers who keep Spain going under lockdown

PAMPLONA, Spain (AP) — As Spain hunkers down after five weeks of confinement, the brave few keep the country going

Identity theft victim wants justice

A man called Whitefish Police Department claiming his identity was stolen 20 years ago, and since then, the identity thief has “gotten in trouble” with the law and “he has had to prove that he is not the person that should be charged in these situations due to identity theft,” because he was in another state at the time of all the incidents. When asked what exactly he wanted from law enforcement he reportedly kept saying, “I want justice.”

People flock from across region for Moses Lake potato giveaway

People flock from across region for Moses Lake potato giveaway

MOSES LAKE — In hundreds of vehicles Thursday, crisscrossing the length of the Grant County Fairgrounds parking lot, snaking more than a mile all the way back past North Grape Drive, organizers estimated that over 1,000 people came for the potatoes.