Richard A. 'Coop' Cooper, 80

Local entrepreneur and businessman Richard A. "Coop" Cooper passed away at Schneidmiller Hospice House on Nov. 1, 2025. Coop was born at Sacred Heart Hospital on Feb. 19, 1945, in Spokane.

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Tour de Thrift offers day of discounts, fun

SANDPOINT — On Saturday, March 25, shoppers can experience extraordinary shopping at local thrift stores in Sandpoint and Ponderay as the sixth annual Tour de Thrift.

Legals January 3, 2019

INVITATION TO BID The East Columbia Basin Irrigation District is accepting bids to provide and install approximately 750 gallons of a Polyurea product or approved equal for Concrete Liner Application. Bids must be received at the main office no later than 2:00 p.m., PST, on January 17, 2019. For more information, contact the East District's main office located at 55 N. 8th Ave., Othello, WA 99344 or by phone at (509) 488-9671. #01017/257679 Pub: January 3, 10, 2019

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Polson hobby shop specializes in toys, fantasy card games

Vralts Layer, Polson’s new hobby shop at 211 Main Street, specializes in RC cars, models, fantasy adventure and card games.

EPA won’t clean up old town dumps near Columbia Falls

While the cleanup plan for the Columbia Falls Aluminum Co. continues, there’s an old dumping ground that won’t get cleaned up in the Superfund site process — a town dump that once served residents in and around the city.

'Untrue' texts about boyfriend lead to fisticuffs

Punches were thrown near a coffee shop on U.S. 93 North after a teen accused another of “texting lies” about her boyfriend.

Dazzling shapes for women

Cd'A shop uses celebrities as examples of how the right clothing, accessories can make female form more attractive

HAYDEN - Oprah Winfrey is a cello. Renee Zellweger is a goblet.

Coming up in the Mission Valley

Ninepipes Museum hosts holiday event, Polson lights town tree, and more goings-on

A Christmas blessing

MOSES LAKE — LaDonna Richie couldn’t have asked for a more random call – or a more impactful and much-desired one, for that matter. When Richie received a call one day a weeks back and was informed about the possibility of her 7-year-old son Ocie participating in Shop With a Cop this year she was, to say the least, surprised.

Bring back tours of the landfill

It was a chilly day, spring of 1998, when the sixth-grade class of Kila School took the most fascinating of all field trips, to the county landfill. It stank, it was noisy, it was cold but each one of those kids remembers that day and when they learned where their trash ends up. It was exciting and educational; motivating and meaningful. We must teach our children the impact each of us has on our valley. It is hard to push responsibility on a 12-year-old, but they get it when they visit the county landfill.

Tennis season with Panhandle & Play

Kieran Ricci and Panhandle and Play will begin to offer tennis, pickleball and cardio tennis instruction for those interested in pursuing the sport or looking for a fun activity to commit to this spring.

Ash Street Market brings art from near and far

BONNERS FERRY — Ash Street Market is owned by Tara and Del Nelson, and began as the office for Tara Nelson’s accounting business. Del Nelson is a contractor and uses the certification to run his business, Ash Street Handiman Services. He is also a woodcrafter, and Tara Nelson is a collector of various forms of art and decor. Together they utilized the office space and transformed it into a shop selling art, antiques, vintage items, and handcrafted items, as well as assisting community members with accounting and home improvement services.

U.S. bankruptcy court approves sales of J.C. Penney

NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Penney is on course to emerge from bankruptcy by Thanksgiving, after a U.S. bankruptcy court approved the sale of the ailing 118-year-old retailer to its two largest landlords and its primary lenders.

U.S. bankruptcy court approves sale of J.C. Penney

NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Penney is on course to emerge from bankruptcy by Thanksgiving, after a U.S. bankruptcy court approved the sale of the ailing 118-year-old retailer to its two largest landlords and its primary lenders.

U.S. bankruptcy court approves sale of J.C. Penney

NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Penney is on course to emerge from bankruptcy by Thanksgiving, after a U.S. bankruptcy court approved the sale of the ailing 118-year-old retailer to its two largest landlords and its primary lenders.

U.S. bankruptcy court approves sale of J.C. Penney

NEW YORK (AP) — J.C. Penney is on course to emerge from bankruptcy by Thanksgiving, after a U.S. bankruptcy court approved the sale of the ailing 118-year-old retailer to its two largest landlords and its primary lenders.

Hunt, Bandoumel lead SMU past Texas A&M-CC 91-54

DALLAS (AP) — Feron Hunt scored 19 points to lead five SMU players in double figures, two of them getting double-doubles, and the Mustangs beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 91-54 on Monday night.

Hunt, Bandoumel lead SMU past Texas A&M-CC 91-54

DALLAS (AP) — Feron Hunt scored 19 points to lead five SMU players in double figures, two of them getting double-doubles, and the Mustangs beat Texas A&M-Corpus Christi 91-54 on Monday night.