Stalking case dismissed after Libby man dies

Keith Archer Carlson, 76, faced one felony count of stalking.

Europe ramps up vaccinations as virus haunts Easter holidays

PARIS (AP) — The French city of Lyon's main stadium opened as a mass vaccination center during Easter weekend, and thousands spent the holiday lining up for injections at hippodromes, velodromes or other sites as France tried to speed up shots amid a new rush of coronavirus cases.

Johnson carries Stephen F. Austin over LSU-Alexandria 97-79

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (AP) — Cameron Johnson scored 29 points as Stephen F. Austin topped NAIA member LSU-Alexandria 97-79 on Sunday.

Yoke's donates $25,000 to SHS athletics

(Photo courtesy of KRIS KNOWLES) Yoke’s store Manager Dusty Johnson and assistant store manager Tevis Hull present a $25,000 donation to Sandpoint High School athletic director Kris Knowles. Knowles also expressed gratitude for Yoke’s’s community involvement and longtime support of Sandpoint athletics.

Legals for April, 27 2022

Fed expects to keep its key rate near zero through 2023

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Federal Reserve foresees the economy accelerating quickly this year yet still expects to keep its benchmark interest rate pinned near zero through 2023, despite concerns in financial markets about potentially higher inflation.

The Latest: NY officials offer competing vaccine strategies

NEW YORK — New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and Gov. Andrew Cuomo are offering competing strategies for ramping up New York’s COVID-19 vaccination efforts.

Missouri summer camp virus outbreak raises safety questions

Missouri leaders knew the risk of convening thousands of kids at summer camps across the state during a pandemic, the state's top health official said, and insisted that camp organizers have plans in place to keep an outbreak from happening.

Long-awaited plan for midtown has mixed-use buildings, green space

COEUR d’ALENE — The city’s urban renewal agency is negotiating with a Coeur d’Alene firm to turn a piece of undeveloped land in the heart of the midtown business district into mixed commercial and residential property.

Sandpoint Cheer qualifies for state championship

The Bulldogs earned a trip to state in all three routines.

FVCC hosts Makerspace workshops

Each workshop is held on campus in Kalispell in the Broussard Library and Learning Commons Makerspace area.

German police raid homes of suspected far-right extremists

BERLIN (AP) — German authorities are searching sites linked to five people on suspicion that they formed a "right-wing terrorist organization” and planned to carry out attacks against politicians and minorities.

Iowa flap raises fears of politicized local election offices

DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — It had been eight years since a Republican candidate even stepped forward to challenge Democrat Roxanna Moritz as the top elections official in Scott County, Iowa.

Johnson carries Stephen F. Austin over LSU-Alexandria 97-79

NACOGDOCHES, Texas (AP) — Cameron Johnson scored 29 points as Stephen F. Austin topped NAIA member LSU-Alexandria 97-79 on Sunday.

Hayden hosts Arbor Day festival

The City of Hayden holds its festival for Arbor Day a few weeks after the nationally recognized holiday and for 23 years, the celebration gets bigger among local schools. Mayor Alan Davis declared in a proclamation Thursday that “May 15 is Arbor Day in the City of Hayden.”

Trump to mark completion of border wall's 200th mile

YUMA, Ariz. (AP) — President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit Yuma on Tuesday to mark the completion of the 200th mile of the border wall system between the U.S. and Mexico.

Update on Eneas Peak Fire

Tuesday, Aug 16th, 3 p.m.: A reconnaissance aircraft flew over the Eneas Peak fire to gather information about current fire size and behavior. The fire had grown to 8 acres of burned area and it is still being watched closely by firefighters. It is primarily burning upslope in a north-westerly direction towards the top of the ridge north of Fisher Creek.

Pandemic leads 7-Eleven to forgo free Slurpees on 7-11

DALLAS (AP) — The coronavirus pandemic has taken away another summertime tradition in the U.S.: There will be no free Slurpees at 7-Elevens on Saturday — July 11 — to hail a date that doubles as an abbreviation of the convenience store chain's name.

Weissman fetes 5 years at SASi

SANDPOINT — If there is anything Ellen Weissman enjoys most about her job at Sandpoint Area Seniors, Inc., the laughter and singing she hears every day take the top spot.

FAST FIVE Michael B. Koep: Connecting people through music

Meet Michael B. Koep, who has been a college educator, an international touring musician and a dynamite waiter.