4A REGION 1 BOYS BASKETBALL CHAMPIONSHIP: Third-seeded Lakeland sweeps its way into state

Lakeland advances to state next week at Rocky Mountain High in Meridian, and will be either the seventh or eighth seed. If Skyview beats Ridgevue tonight, Lakeland will be the eighth seed and face top-seeded Hillcrest. If Ridgevue wins, the Hawks will be the seventh seed and open vs. the No. 2 seed.

Time for 'Shamrocks & Shenanigans'

St. Patrick's Day Parade set for March 18

Irish to be fetted in CDA

NIC completes first cybersecurity class with Post Falls High School

North Idaho College dual credit students completed the first cybersecurity classes at Post Falls High School after a successful fall semester.

Season ender for Sandpoint

Sandpoint falls to Lakeland in game two of the best-of-3 series for the 4A Region 1 title.

Legals for February, 25 2023

Pay-Per-Chew: More restaurants trying subscription programs

Large chains like Panera and P.F. Chang's as well as neighborhood hangouts are increasingly experimenting with the subscription model as a way to ensure steady revenue and customer visits.

AG Knudsen calls out Wells Fargo, JPMorgan Chase for ‘firearm discrimination’

At a hearing Wednesday, Knudsen said that large financial institutions were increasingly denying services to an “extremely highly regulated industry” because they “happen to be engaged in the Second Amendment.”

THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: GameDay to focus on Zags, Gaels — and hopefully other news

It’s not an exaggeration to suggest that thousands of basketball junkies around the country will hit the remote on Saturday morning to hear Jay Bilas and Seth Greenberg — but won’t be hanging around that evening to watch Gonzaga and Saint Mary’s.

Balancing act

Record 1,700 gymnasts competing in Great West Gym Fest

Great West Gym Fest goes until Sunday

Weekend TV/Radio highlights

Television and radio highlights for upcoming weekend.

Missing since 1934, game warden receives posthumous honors

Ellsworth Teed accepted into national and state officers memorials

Nearly 90 years after his death, Deputy Game Warden for Idaho Fish and Game, Ellsworth Arthur Teed, was accepted into both the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial and Idaho Peace Officers Memorial. The honors are significant and certainly well-deserved, especially given the unusual circumstances surrounding his death in 1934.

OPINION: NIC reframe

The three rules of great opera; make it loud, wear flashy clothes, and if things don’t go your way, kill yourself. What is Accreditation? Accreditation is awarded by independent accrediting agencies that periodically examine schools' curricular offerings to confirm that they are providing students with a quality education.

Legals for February, 24 2023

FVCC class focuses on live storytelling

A new non-credit class at Flathead Valley Community College wants to help both experienced and inexperienced students perfect the craft of live storytelling.

Affordable housing advocates push to put state dollars toward price-controlled housing

Housing affordability advocates are working to drum up support in the Montana Capitol for a pair of bills that would put state resources into supporting the construction of more price-controlled housing for middle- and low-income Montanans — policies that would take a step beyond the free-market strategies that have so far drawn support from Republican Gov. Greg Gianforte.

Columbia Falls Planning board votes down another high density housing project east of river

The Columbia Falls City County Planning Board last week voted against a proposed 180-unit subdivision east of the Flathead River, citing a host of concerns including traffic, wetlands, the high water table and effects on the wildlife corridor.

Legals for February, 24 2023

REC on track for 2023 restart, posts loss for Q4 2022

MOSES LAKE — REC Silicon CEO Kurt Levens said the company’s Moses Lake facility is still on track to resume production in the second half of 2023 and that the company has reached an agreement with South Korea-based Hanwha Solution to provide the company with silicon gas - silane - for the next generation of rechargeable batteries...

Lions return to state playoffs

Boys and girls teams push into final stretch of season

MOSES LAKE – For the second straight year, boys and girls teams from Moses Lake Christian Academy/Covenant Christian School are heading to their respective 1B state basketball tournaments. Both squads played in the Central Washington 1B title game last week, with the Lion boys taking home a title. Now, both squads prepare for a state run.

PREP WRESTLING: The fight for four ... Coeur d'Alene senior Alyssa Randles looks for fourth title, a fun finish to high school career

“I’ve done a lot of sports from dance, soccer and volleyball,” Alyssa Randles said. “I’ve done everything, and wrestling is the one that stuck with me and made me the person I am. It’s something that I look forward to doing each day and it’s given me a purpose more than any other sport. The fight of it is something that I enjoy. You’re more emotionally attached to it because it’s an individual sport.”