Explore Whitefish passes $250,000 mark to support affordable housing

Explore Whitefish has donated more than a quarter million dollars to affordable housing initiatives in the past two years. Its most recent allocation to Housing Whitefish for $35,000 collected in the first quarter of this year includes funds for operations, program development, and rental assistance payments. Total payments over the past two years are $266,682.

Tesla sales dropped 1.1% in 2024, its first annual decline in a dozen years

Tesla posted its first annual sales drop in more than a dozen years Thursday, undercutting a stock that has soared since Donald Trump’s victory on optimism Elon Musk’s close relationship to the president-elect will help the company.

'Tots' drive captures holiday cheer

To date, the annual Christmas drive has raised $17,483 of the Sandpoint Lion's goal of $50,000.

PREP TRACK AND FIELD: District 1 All-Star Meet set for today

The best of the best from North Idaho to compete today in Post Falls.

Time is now to transplant perennials, ornamentals

Now is the time to start your fall gardening chores

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Headwinds for Trump in bid to repeat Upper Midwest victories

Kalispell tops Kootenai Valley, Havre in State Babe Ruth play

The Kalispell Lakers defeated the Kootenai Valley All-Stars 14-1 in a game called after five innings by the 10-run rule on Thursday in Montana State 15/13U Babe Ruth baseball championships at Kidsports Complex.

Grizzly bear attacks area livestock

A bear that attacked livestock in Elmira is most likely the same bear that mauled livestock in the Good Grief area in April

Iran's military on alert as virus kills 77, sickens leaders

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran put its armed forces on alert Tuesday to assist health officials in battling the new coronavirus that's killed at least 77 people, an outbreak that has sickened top officials and pushed even its supreme leader into wearing disposable gloves while trying to reassure the nation.

Legals for August, 6 2024

Native American communities have the highest suicide rates, yet interventions are scarce

Amanda MorningStar has watched her children struggle with mental health issues, including suicidal thoughts. She often wonders why.

Tyson fires 7 at Iowa pork plant after COVID betting inquiry

IOWA CITY, Iowa (AP) — Tyson Foods has fired seven top managers at its largest pork plant after an independent investigation confirmed allegations that they bet on how many workers would test positive for the coronavirus, the company announced Wednesday.

Dorothy Jacklin, 85

Dorothy Jacklin passed away peacefully on June 22, 2023, at Schneidmiller Hospice House in the gentle embrace of her loving husband Don Jacklin, and their five children.

Great Northern beer returns to shelves after year-plus hiatus

The most popular Great Northern Brewing Company beers, Wild Huckleberry and the Going to the Sun IPA, are being produced again with several more of the favorites potentially in the works.

Sandpoint mayor, council celebrate service dogs

Proclamation recognizes September as National Service Dog Month

Lilly Mitsui, along with her service puppy-in-training, attended Wednesday’s City Council meeting for the signing of an important document — a proclamation recognizing September as National Service Dog Month.

Dorothy Mae Rantala-Bales

Dorothy Mae Rantala-Bales

The Latest: 80 arrested at George Floyd protest in Las Vegas

The Latest on the death in Minneapolis of George Floyd, a handcuffed black man who pleaded for air as a white police officer pressed a knee on his neck (all times Eastern):

State health official says contact tracing will be key

OLYMPIA — The ability to track whom newly symptomatic coronavirus patients may have infected will be a key part of allowing the state to reopen, according to Gov. Jay Inslee and top public health officials.

Group makes headway in Iowa on old Route 20 designation

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Visitors to the small northeastern Iowa city of Dyersville can soak up all the Americana that embodies a baseball diamond built amid cornfields for the 1989 movie “Field of Dreams.” At Fort Dodge, they can experience a replica of 19th-century fort life. And in tiny Cushing, they can have a cold brew and tacos at the Old 20 Bar and Grill.

NIC students take first place in nation

Journalism students win national advertising contest

North Idaho College’s student magazine editors took first place in the nation for an advertisement.