PREP BASEBALL: Vikings get going in sixth to beat Post Falls in opener

Results from Thursday's prep baseball games.

Stocks burst higher, S&P 500 at record on vaccine hopes

NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks are soaring worldwide Monday, and Wall Street is catapulting back to record heights on a burst of hope that the economy can get back to normal following encouraging data about a

Legals for November, 8 2023

Punishing Pitt: No. 24 Panthers relying on dominant defense

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh coach Pat Narduzzi bit his tongue all week whenever someone would mention the challenge Louisville's fast pace would present when the Cardinals visited Heinz Field.

132 years and counting for small-town paper

The Bonners Ferry Herald, a weekly newspaper in Boundary County, has served and informed the local community for 132 years and is the oldest business in the county.

Officials losing patience with coronavirus scofflaws

LOS ANGELES (AP) — As 40 million Californians spend another weekend in the shadow of the coronavirus outbreak, there are signs officials are beginning to lose patience with those who violate stay-at-home and social distancing orders designed to slow the spread of the infection.

Iran warns it could use 'force' to halt travel amid virus

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iranian authorities warned Friday they may use “force” to limit travel between cities and announced the new coronavirus has killed 124 people amid 4,747 confirmed cases in the Islamic Republic.

Carl 'Rusty' Rounsville, 72

Carl “Rusty” George Rounsville passed away on Tuesday, July 16, 2024.

Lebanese confront devastation after massive Beirut explosion

BEIRUT (AP) — Residents of Beirut awoke to a scene of utter devastation on Wednesday, a day after a massive explosion at the port sent shock waves across the Lebanese capital, killing at least 100 people and wounding thousands.

Officials losing patience with coronavirus scofflaws

LOS ANGELES (AP) — As 40 million Californians spend another weekend in the shadow of the coronavirus outbreak, there are signs officials are beginning to lose patience with those who violate stay-at-home and social distancing orders designed to slow the spread of the infection.

New Commerce director to visit Sandpoint area

Jim Ellick, newly-appointed director of the Idaho Department of Commerce, will be in the Sandpoint area Thursday to visit some of the larger businesses in the area as well as address the monthly meeting of the Ponderay Community Development Corporation.

Liberty U's Falwell takes leave after social media uproar

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr. took an indefinite leave of absence Friday as the leader of Liberty University, one of the nation's top evangelical Christian colleges, days after apologizing for a social media post that caused an uproar even among fellow conservatives.

3 shot, 1 fatally in violence on fashionable Chicago street

CHICAGO (AP) — A shooting on one of Chicago’s most fashionable streets Tuesday left one person dead and two others injured, according to authorities.

Legals for May, 28 2021

3 shot, 1 fatally in violence on fashionable Chicago street

CHICAGO (AP) — A shooting on one of Chicago’s most fashionable streets Tuesday left one person dead and two others injured, according to authorities.

Take a book, return a book

Little Free Libraries build community while supporting literacy

COEUR d'ALENE - The miniature house-like structures appearing atop posts in neighborhoods throughout the community do more than just store books for people to read and return.

Montana population growth continues slowing

As of July 2024, the federal agency estimates that Montana has a population of 1,137,223, an increase 5,931 from July of 2023.

Clayton Lee Unruh, 73

Clayton Lee Unruh passed away on January 12, 2022.

Montana Indian Child Welfare Act gets a Senate hearing

Roberta Duckhead Kittson Nyomo said she and her brother were among the last Native American children adopted out of Thompson Falls before the federal Indian Child Welfare Act was passed in 1978.

Liberty U's Falwell takes leave after social media uproar

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Jerry Falwell Jr. took an indefinite leave of absence Friday as the leader of Liberty University, one of the nation's top evangelical Christian colleges, days after apologizing for a social media post that caused an uproar even among fellow conservatives.