Last-minute foul shots lift Polson past Chiefs, 59-50

At the Ronan Events Center this past Friday, the host Chiefs and the visiting Pirates battled to the brink in a classic round of their annual rez roundball rivalry wrangle.

Archaeology of Holy Land subject of weekend lecture in Soap Lake

SOAP LAKE — Archaeological discoveries in the Holy Land and the stories they tell will be the subject of a free lecture at 6 p.m. Saturday at the First Baptist Church of Soap Lake, 322 Division St. S.

Whitefish baseball edges Bigfork

Whitefish fended off a late rally by Bigfork for a 6-5 victory on Wednesday, May 8 in West Division baseball action. Michael Miller went 2-for-3 with three RBI and a double in the victory.

China aims to make 1 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses a year

BEIJING (AP) — A Chinese health official said Friday that the country's annual production capacity for coronavirus vaccines will top 1 billion doses next year, following an aggressive government support program for construction of new factories.

It’s all about the water: The importance of irrigation in the Basin

COLUMBIA BASIN — Thanks to the Columbia Basin Project, more than 700,000 acres of land are irrigated between four counties in Washington. Each year, each of the three irrigation districts are responsible for distributing and maintaining the water and the canals that bring it, in order to make the project work as intended. “What the Bureau (of Reclamation) did back in the ’40s and ’50s, with design and construction, you’re just like ‘holy cow,’” said Craig Simpson, East Columbia Basin Irrigation District Secretary-Manager. The project was no small feat either. Grand Coulee Dam was completed in 1942 and just 10 years later, the first water was delivered from Grand Coulee.

Council OKs $8.1M for Parkline Trail and amenities

City approves full suite of trail amenities

NIC hosting seventh annual Diversity Symposium

The North Idaho College will host its seventh annual Diversity Symposium at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 28 at the Lake Coeur d’Alene Room of the Edminster Student Union Building at NIC’s Coeur d’Alene campus.

THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: From the Pac-8 to the Pac-10 to the Pac-12 to the Pac-2

IT WILL be interesting to see if those who bailed on the Pac-12 for the Big Ten, the Big 12 and the ACC, once they face that competition on a weekly basis, see their programs elevate to the point where they are playing for national titles — at which point you couldn’t argue as much with their leaving the conference in their geographic region to take the money.

No bull: Mechanical bull riding championships come to Haugan

In 1980, the hit movie "Urban Cowboy" made mechanical bull riding popular.

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Moses Lake Police Department

Police Calls: Not going to work due to bear

There was a bear in a tree in front of a house on Meadowlark Lane at 7:35 a.m. and the caller was too afraid to go to work.

Triumph by fire

Fire Iron Forge in Rathdrum offers hands-on education in traditional blacksmithing

Fire Iron Forge in Rathdrum offers hands-on education in traditional blacksmithing

New Kansas lawmaker under court order denied committee seats

TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The top Democrat in the Kansas House has refused to give an incoming lawmaker any committee assignments over issues that include an anti-stalking court order filed against him after he won his seat.

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Finding Spanky’s and Gus isn’t easy.

Window decorating contest set, Christmas Stroll events planned

The Purple Pomegranate is sponsoring a Christmas window decorating contest for downtown Whitefish.

Ignite your creativity

A shopkeeper was dismayed when a brand-new small business, much like his own, opened next door on his left and erected a huge sign that read BEST DEALS.

Area Agency on Aging starts Friendship Corps

COEUR d'ALENE - The Area Agency on Aging, in conjunction with the Retired and Senior Volunteer Program, has started a new program to serve local homebound seniors, called the Friendship Corps.

Ward leads North Dakota State to 6th straight win, 80-70

FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Tyson Ward had 22 points and 10 rebounds as North Dakota State topped Purdue Fort Wayne 80-70 on Friday night.

DNA technology solves 41-year-old mystery

Montana woman identified

Mildred Hubertz was 59 when she went missing from St. Ignatius, Mont., in 1968. In November 1982, hunters near Newport, Wash., — an almost four-hour drive from the small town 40 miles from Missoula — found a partial human skull in a remote wooded area north of the small Pend Oreille County community. Friday, Pend Oreille County officials announced the skull was Mildred's — a discovery they said was made possible through investigative genetic genealogy.

NOTICE TO EQUIPMENT DEALERS

Sealed bids, plainly marked “Bid for Dump Trucks 2015”, will be received by Grant County at the Office of the Board of County Commissioners located in the County Courthouse, 35 C Street NW - Room 207, P.O. Box 37, Ephrata, WA 98823, until 1:45 PM, Tuesday, April 21, 2015, and will then and there be opened and publicly read for furnishing and delivering: