Austria breaks ground on Holocaust memorial in Vienna

BERLIN (AP) — Austria broke ground Monday on a new memorial to the country's 65,000 Jews killed during the Nazi era.

Chiefs first in Pasco

PASCO - If there was any doubt who the best team at the Pasco Redneck Summer Wrestling Camp was before the duals started by the end Moses Lake had squashed any and all of it.

Jakob van Zyl, key Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer, dies

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Jakob van Zyl, an engineer who held crucial positions at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and was involved in numerous space exploration missions over decades, has died. He was 63.

NAACP seeks rehearing in Alabama voter ID lawsuit

MONTGOMERY, Ala. (AP) — The NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund is asking a federal appeals court for a rehearing in its lawsuit challenging Alabama’s photo ID law as racially discriminatory.

Jakob van Zyl, key Jet Propulsion Laboratory engineer, dies

PASADENA, Calif. (AP) — Jakob van Zyl, an engineer who held crucial positions at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and was involved in numerous space exploration missions over decades, has died. He was 63.

Bureau of Land Management raises fees

First increases since 2005 necessary to maintain facilities, say officials

COEUR d'ALENE - The Bureau of Land Management is raising fees at several of its recreation sites.

Registration for veterans eagle cruise starts Friday

COEUR d’ALENE — To honor military veterans and active duty personnel, the Bureau of Land Management is once again taking reservations for two bald eagle watch cruises for veterans on Lake Coeur d’Alene next month.

Roy Toyama, 98

Roy Toyama, 98, passed away on March 17, 2024, at home after a short illness.

Whitefish Whiteout ski mountaineering in 17th year

Whitefish Whiteout ski mountaineering in 17th year

Columbia Falls

Columbia Falls police went Tuesday night to help a car that was stuck on the train tracks at Second Avenue EN and Railroad Street. The driver reportedly cut the corner too sharply and fell short of the crossing. Train traffic had to be stopped while it was removed. Tickets were issued.

Columbia Falls posts rare victory over Libby

Columbia Falls scored four runs in the bottom of the third inning en route to a 5-0 victory over Libby on Tuesday evening. It was the Wildkats’ first victory over LHS in two years.

Walking for the Fallen

Chuck Lewis, a U.S. Marine sergeant from 1970 until 1974, is walking from Everett, Wash., to The Vietnam War Memorial in Washington, D.C. Lewis, who spent Monday evening in Libby, began his walk on Easter Sunday, and he expects to wrap up the trek in late September. En route to Libby on Monday, Lewis talked to Alizabeth VanWorner who lives just west of Libby. She waited for Lewis to approach on Highway 2, recalling her grandfather’s service in the Marines.

The global march of face masks: A mirror on humanity

SAINT-GERMAIN-EN-LAYE, France (AP) — House keys, wallet or purse, mobile phone and .... oh, yes: face mask.

Pac-12 responds to football players threatening opt-outs

The Pac-12 responded Monday to football players who have threaten to opt-out of the season because of concerns related to health and safety, racial injustice and economic rights with a letter touting the conference’s work in those areas and an invitation to meet later this week.

Pac-12 responds to football players threatening opt-outs

The Pac-12 responded Monday to football players who have threaten to opt-out of the season because of concerns related to health and safety, racial injustice and economic rights with a letter touting the conference’s work in those areas and an invitation to meet later this week.

Pac-12 responds to football players threatening opt-outs

The Pac-12 responded Monday to football players who have threaten to opt-out of the season because of concerns related to health and safety, racial injustice and economic rights with a letter touting the conference’s work in those areas and an invitation to meet later this week.

Pac-12 responds to football players threatening opt-outs

The Pac-12 responded Monday to football players who have threaten to opt-out of the season because of concerns related to health and safety, racial injustice and economic rights with a letter touting the conference’s work in those areas and an invitation to meet later this week.

Pac-12 responds to football players threatening opt-outs

The Pac-12 responded Monday to football players who have threaten to opt-out of the season because of concerns related to health and safety, racial injustice and economic rights with a letter touting the conference’s work in those areas and an invitation to meet later this week.

Uncertain times increase caution

Folks are usually cautious when approaching an investment as significant as buying real estate, as they should be. Foreclosures in virtually every neighborhood would imply that caution is not always the dominating influence. As those foreclosures occur neighbors become more conscious of their own situation and begin to re-evaluate their economic position.

'Keep our kids at home'

Ground broken for technical school, manufacturer

A new era of high school education in Kootenai County leaped forward on Tuesday.