Rosie Mae Swisher King, 96

passed away April 16, 2022, four days before her 97th birthday.

Legals for March, 13 2022

New Mississippi AG reviewing 6-trial murder case

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Mississippi's new attorney general must decide whether to take a quadruple murder case to a seventh trial. Curtis Flowers has had two mistrials and four reversed convictions in connection with the 1996 slayings of four people at a furniture store.

Hot Springs market rooted in community

The cafe counter at Camas Organic Market and Bakery is full at the lunch hour.

After 54 years, Columbia Falls man finds his birth mother

A small crowd gathered around Craig Blair as he nervously waited to greet his mom at Glacier Park International Airport on Oct. 16.

Glacier jogger collides with grizzly bear

A Kalispell woman is lucky the grizzly bear she ran into July 11 was in a charitable mood.

Law roundup: People get comfy in post office lobby

Someone called 911 because three transients were sleeping in a lobby.

Biden hopes South Carolina win means a Super Tuesday boost

GREENVILLE, S.C. (AP) — Joe Biden is confident he is poised for victory in Saturday's first-in-the-South primary, just weeks after his third presidential campaign left New Hampshire badly wounded and close to broke.

Pasco potato farmer growing into the future

PASCO — Grant Morris does a lot of his farming from a desk these days. “There’s a lot of technology,” Morris said. “I complain about it regularly, that half my job this time of year is pushing ‘OK’ or changing an AB line. It makes what we do more efficient and makes us better growers, but it is a huge pain in the butt.” Morris, the co-owner of Schneider Farms, got the farming bug early in life, he said. His family moved around a lot when he was growing up, he said, and when he graduated from WSU, he was ready to settle on a farm and stay put.

Bonner County History - July 11, 2023

Bonner County Historical Society and Museum shares interesting stories of the community's people, places, and events.

A rundown of AP's year-end coverage.

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Safety issues mount as skiers hit backcountry in pandemic

DENVER (AP) — On March 14, Colorado's governor issued an executive order shutting down ski resorts across the state. The coronavirus had arrived and was spreading rapidly in small mountain communities that were attracting hordes of spring break revelers.

PLASTIC: Killing ocean life

While waiting for my wife to get done grocery shopping, it made me mad and sad to see 99 out of 100 people using plastic bags to carry their groceries in. I read a report that said 95 percent of all garbage in the ocean is plastic. I don’t know how many know this, but they must know plastic doesn’t go away.

The Latest: Washington, D.C. records first COVID-19 death

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WDFW takes over Beezley Hills Preserve

EPHRATA – In a move for conservation efforts in Washington State, the Nature Conservancy has transferred ownership of the 9,000-acre Beezley Hills Preserve to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. The goal is to bolster habitat conservation efforts, particularly for endangered species such as the Columbia Basin pygmy rabbit, and provide opportunities for low-impact public recreation, according to WDFW Communications Contact Nicole Jordan.

Fires cause commissioners to issue declaration of emergency

Area fires prompted Bonner County commissioners to issue a declaration of local disaster emergency at their Tuesday meeting.

Why the pandemic left long-term scars on global job market

Esther Montanez's housecleaning job at the Hilton Back Bay in Boston was a lifeline for her, a 31-year-old single mother with a 5-year-old son.

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MOSCOW — The Bears dominated the visiting Bulldogs (6-7-1, 3-1 4A Inland Empire League) 3-0 to earn the No. 1 seed in the 4A Region 1 tournament.

Charles Franklin Sanders Jr.

Charles Franklin Sanders Jr.

Prisons work to set up video chats for inmates, families

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's prisons are working to set up video conferences between inmates and family members now that visits have been suspended in an effort to keep the coronavirus from spreading to people inside the institutions.