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Laura M. Dittner, 63

Laura M. Dittner, born on May 21, 1960, in Wallace, Idaho, passed away in Smelterville, Idaho, on April 1, 2024.

Superheroes of business

Best of North Idaho nominations open today

Best of 2021 nominations open today

Positive progress for Pottsville Seven

Just one month after issuing a challenge to their fellow Silver Valley residents, the Pottsville Seven are well on their way to achieving some of their goals.

Wisconsin college distances itself from Pence campaign stop

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A small Wisconsin liberal arts college hosting a campaign visit by Vice President Mike Pence told Pence that he and everyone attending his speech inside a campus building must wear a mask and maintain a 6-foot distance between one another, in accordance with the college's protocols for slowing the coronavirus.

Ranking Venmo and PayPal

If you aren’t familiar with Venmo or PayPal these are two of the most

Blagrove steps in as new VSO

Brooke Blagrove has taken over the Boundary County veterans service officer position, as Ron Self has retired from the position.

UK unemployment rising 'faster than Great Depression'

LONDON (AP) — The number of people in the U.K. claiming job-related benefits increased by a monthly 23.3% in May to 2.8 million, according to official figures released Tuesday that likely underestimate the heavy toll on the labor market of the coronavirus lockdown.

Poking holes in Mann's 'global cooling' assertions

I’m writing in response to Randy Mann’s “Sunspot Activity is Non-Existent” weather column that was published in the Press on Nov. 26 of last year. In the column Mann predicts that a multidecadal period of low sun activity, called a grand solar minimum, would begin in the next year or two. If this were to occur, he says it would trigger a period of planetary cooling. He goes on to describe how less sunspot activity (such as during the Maunder Minimum 300 years ago) caused the European “Little Ice Age,” and how greater sunspot activity was responsible for the Medieval Warm Period. He also cites some recent scientific studies that he says support these ideas. I work in the sciences and this narrative didn’t sound quite right to me, so I took a look at the research studies he mentioned. Here is what I learned — and it isn’t pretty.

Two Basin residents sworn in as WSP troopers

OLYMPIA — Colton Conner of Ephrata and Kay Lester of Othello were among the 47 newly commissioned troopers added to the ranks of the Washington State Patrol Wednesday at the 118th Trooper Basic Training graduation ceremony held at the state Capitol Rotunda, according to an announcement from the WSP. The graduation marks the completion of more than 1,400 hours of training, including classroom and practical exercises at the WSP Academy in Shelton, according to the announcement. The training culminated with a coaching trip where the cadets worked the roads alongside field training officers. The combined efforts of the 118th TBTC class resulted in 9,065 driver contacts, 3,069 calls for service, the removal of 540 impaired drivers from the roadways, and 976 collision investigations during their two-month-long coaching trip, the WSP wrote.

Forest project proposed in Woods Bay

In an effort to improve public safety and resiliency to insects in the Bigfork area, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is proposing forest management projects at fishing access sites in Woods Bay and Horseshoe Lake.

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As virus makes goodbyes hard, fears of many more rise in US

NEW YORK (AP) — The coronavirus outbreak could kill 100,000 to 200,000 Americans, the U.S. government's top infectious-disease expert warned on Sunday as family members described wrenching farewells through hospital windows with dying loved ones.

Germany plans cautious 1st steps to restart public life

BERLIN (AP) — Germany plans to let smaller shops reopen next week after a weeks-long coronavirus shutdown and to start reopening schools in early May, but Europe’s biggest economy is keeping strict social distancing rules in place for now.

REALTY: Not always reality

I sat down to read the paper and came across an article about Coeur d’Alene Place and Mr. Rob Brickett. While reading, I thought to myself this really sounds like a nice place to live; I also thought that it was funny that two completely different places in the same town would have the same name. Well, there isn’t, Mr. Brickett was talking about the Coeur d’Alene Place I live in. It became apparent, at least to me, that Mr. Brickett has not driven through CDA Place in a very long time and must be fantasizing about someplace else.

Forest project proposed in Woods Bay

In an effort to improve public safety and resiliency to insects in the Bigfork area, Montana Fish, Wildlife and Parks is proposing forest management projects at fishing access sites in Woods Bay and Horseshoe Lake.

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Bulldogs fall to Fairfield, Shelby at Coyote Classic

Despite strong shooting by Landon Walks Over Ice, Mission fell to Fairfield and Shelby in the Coyote Classic.

Chamber director surprised with Little Red Hen Award

“I had no idea,” King said. “I'm incredibly humbled."