Soap Lake reviews preliminary budget

SOAP LAKE – The Soap Lake City Council held a budget workshop Saturday to go over the preliminary 2026 budget. No action was taken on the budget. Soap Lake Finance Director Jeff Balentine discussed each of the funds and what he has planned so far.

Longtime prefect sharing Vatican's 'secrets'

The longtime prefect of the Vatican Secret Archive is spilling the beans for the first time. He is revealing some of the secrets he has uncovered in the 45 years he has worked in one of the world's most important, and unusual, repositories of documents. In a new book-length interview titled "Secretum" to be published Tuesday, Archbishop Sergio Pagano divulges some of the unknown, lesser-known and behind-the-scenes details of well-known sagas of the Holy See. Pagano delves into everything from Napoleon's seizure of the archive itself in 1810 to the peculiar conclave of 1922 that was financed entirely by donations from U.S. Catholics.

EDITORIAL: Gratitude is armor for good leaders

Community will miss CDA Mayor Hammond.

Basketball does away with one-and-one in high school

Last Spring, the National Federation of State High School Associations struck the traditional one-and-one foul shots from its basketball rule books.

Consumer Gal: Who gets scammed — and why

Victims' state of mind key to bad guys winning.

Sandpoint Lacrosse hosting free clinics this week, one with professional players

On Sunday, two-time Major League Lacrosse champion, Nick Ossello will help lead the clinic alongside two-time Premier League Lacrosse All-Star, Brent Adams.

Telluride Film Festival canceled due to pandemic

NEW YORK (AP) — The Telluride Film Festival, the annual film retreat held in the Colorado mountains and one of the fall movie season's top launching pads, has been canceled.

Florida woman arrested on charges of willful concealment, obstruction

A 36-year-old Florida woman was arrested late last month after police alleged she attempted to steal multiple items from Super 1 Foods in Sandpoint.

Dems draw on civil rights history to push Amazon union vote

BESSEMER, Alabama (AP) — Some Democratic members of Congress and national union leaders on Friday sought to rustle up support for unionizing a massive Amazon facility outside Birmingham, comparing Alabama workers’ organizing campaign to the civil rights movement.

New hospital clearly needed

I recently visited Samaritan’s emergency room where I was quickly treated and admitted to the hospital. I received excellent care by Drs. Lockwood, Haigler and Kruger and nurse Chris Hanson in the emergency room. I was blown away by the nursing staff and doctors; they made my experience and stay at the hospital stress-free and comfortable. While I had an exceptional experience, the need for a new hospital was evident. I was placed in a hall bed while waiting for an emergency room bed to open up (I know many have faced this as well). The need for more space is evident. With the current hospital, creating more space is not an option. If we want care close to home and to attract more services and providers, this new hospital is a no-brainer.

Law roundup: Just drop off the key, Lee

A woman’s ex-boyfriend was allegedly attempting to kick her out of an apartment by having the locks changed.

Bulls, broncs and biscuits

Cowboy Breakfast kicks off fair week Friday

MOSES LAKE — The Grant County Fair is a big deal in Grant County, and it’s only fitting that it should have a proper introduction. That happens the Friday before the fair, which this year is Aug. 9. The breakfast, hosted by the Kiwanis Club of Moses Lake, will be from 7 to 10 a.m. at Sinkiuse Square next to the post office. “A lot of people who work in Moses Lake come and eat before they go to work,” said Dayna Dent, who’s coordinated the breakfast for the Kiwanis for the last three years.

Community service: Soap Lake Tip-a-Cop connects police with local people in need

SOAP LAKE — Soap Lake Police Department (SLPD) had its third annual Tip-a-Cop Monday at The Busy Bean.

Listen: How Paramedical Tattoos Provide Healing

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Letters to the editor July 9

Letters to the editor July 9

Jean Fischer, 90

Jean Frances Kowalski Fischer exited stage left on Dec. 10, 2023 – five years to the date since her husband Bill Fischer, passed on Dec. 10, 2018. A memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. June 29, 2024, at Christ Episcopal Church in Kalispell. A reception will follow in the lower level of the church.

Chamber names Whalen month's top volunteer

Amy Whalen, owner of Graphic Ink Creative Group, was honored as the chamber's August "Volunteer of the Month" for her contributions to the Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce.

GRIDIRON GUESSES: As the temps drop (relatively), scoreboard numbers could climb

As for the picks, Mark Nelke went 7-1 last week, and Jason Elliott and Josh McDonald each went 6-2. For the season, Mark and Josh are 12-3, Jason 11-4.

The seeds of state hoops in Idaho

Ideally, you would like a tournament to be bracketed so the only way the top two teams would meet is in the finals.

The renovation revelation: Top tile trends for today's renovations

(ARA) - Slow recovery or not, you're ready to renovate -- you just can't live with your ugly, old energy-inefficient kitchen anymore. And stepping into your bathroom makes you feel like you walked through a time warp.