From the Archives - Feb. 25, 2021

This is a plastic calendar topper, which used to have a paper calendar hanging from the bottom, from J.B.'s Enco Servicenter.

Have some mountain powder with your turkey

This holiday weekend, North Idaho skiers will have their choice of mountains to visit.

Nowell scores 32 to carry UALR over Louisiana-Monroe 79-63

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Markquis Nowell had 32 points as Arkansas-Little Rock topped Louisiana-Monroe 79-63 on Thursday night.

Libby students show their gratitude to the community

Among the many things students did was making and donating several blankets to the women’s shelter, delivering 80 pairs of socks to the Libby Care Center...

PREP BOYS WRESTLING: McLaimtaig pins his way to fourth straight district title

PREP BOYS WRESTLING: McLaimtaig pins his way to fourth straight district title

Sheriff’s Blotter

Notable calls for the day!

Enrollment decline projected in Othello School District budget

OTHELLO — Othello School District officials are projecting lower enrollment for the 2024-25 school year and expect enrollment to keep decreasing in the future. District officials will sponsor a question-and-answer session on the 2024-25 budget for Othello School Board members and district patrons 1 p.m. Thursday in the district office, 1025 South First Ave. Amy Suarez, OSD executive director of business services, said it’s time to start looking at the future and getting ready for it. “I want to take you back to last year when we said, ‘We’re going to kick the rock down the road a little bit.’ This year we’re going to pretend that rock is a soda can. What happens when you kick it down the road? It explodes and goes everywhere. That’s what we’re trying to prevent,” Suarez said during a budget presentation Aug. 12.

Sean Penn wants to 'save lives' with free COVID-19 testing

MALIBU, Calif. (AP) — After nearly a decade of helping communities in distress abroad, Sean Penn is joining the fight against the coronavirus much closer to home.

Picture-perfect first impressions

Professional photography a critical tool in real estate sales

Real estate photography has become a multi-billion-dollar industry in the U.S.

NAMI Far North sets sights on new 'Clubhouse'

Facility will provide recovery-based programs in region

To kickstart efforts, a fundraiser for the Sand Creek Clubhouse is planned for Feb. 29 at the Heartwood Center in Sandpoint. The event, which will be held from 6-7:30 p.m., will include refreshments, presentations from a Clubhouse international representative, and a special guest appearance from Evergreen Clubhouse members in Spokane, the next closest facility.

Tax-relief proposal slammed by tourism advocates

Lawmakers who want to offer Montana residents substantial immediate property tax relief face an inescapable mathematical reality: Unless they want to force local governments to lay off cops and teachers, the money to lower residential property tax bills has to come from somewhere.

European nations impose incentives, penalties to boost shots

ATHENS, Greece (AP) — European nations are scrambling to ramp up vaccination drives, using a carrot-and-stick approach to persuade the reluctant to get their shots as the more transmissible delta variant drives a surge in infections.

Privacy issues, sidewalks top council agenda

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Legals for May, 25 2022

Faith, political leaders unite in rally against antisemitism

Faith leaders, celebrities and lawmakers across the political spectrum joined Thursday to condemn a rise in antisemitic incidents around the world triggered by the recent conflict between Israel and Gaza’s militant Hamas rulers.

Trump returns to domestic squabbles on India trip

NEW DELHI (AP) — Returning to domestic squabbles, President Donald Trump lashed out at Supreme Court justices and his Democratic rivals on Tuesday during the second and last day of a whirlwind trip to India. Addressing reporters and business leaders, Trump warned of economic calamity if he loses his reelection race in November and repeated his call for two liberal-leaning Supreme Court justices to recuse themselves from cases involving him or his administration.

K-9 security team joins staff at Confluence

WENATCHEE — A security dog will be patrolling the halls of Central Washington Hospital, part of an expansion of the security team for Confluence Health. Atlas, a three-year-old German Shepherd, and his handler Justin Bennett will be on the hospital campus and at Confluence Health’s Mares building on Chelan Avenue in Wenatchee.

Northwest Notes July 25, 2020

Big Sky to start Olympic sports later, still mulling football

Doreen Barlow Iverson

Doreen Barlow Iverson, 91, passed away Monday, Nov. 7, 2022, surrounded by loved ones. Doreen was born June 15, 1931, in Tremonton, Utah to Fielding Burton and Ona Barlow. Doreen grew up on a small family chicken farm and in her teenage years she worked with her father at the tire store in Logan, Utah. After high school Doreen worked as a telephone operator at Utah Power and Light Company in Tremonton. Doreen married Lee on Sept. 18, 1950, in the Logan Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. They moved to Royal Slope in 1956 where they cleared the sagebrush, built their home and raised their four children.

Legals for August, 27 2023