Group seeks end to homelessness

SANDPOINT — In Bonner County, the divide between the financially comfortable and the desperate is growing.

Green Revolution celebrates 46th year

Earth Day’s 46th anniversary Friday also marks the birth of the environmental movement. Founder Gaylord Nelson, a U.S. senator from Wisconsin, was fed up with leaded gas-guzzling V-8 engines, polluted smoke plumes darkening city skies, and what was commonly called “the smell of prosperity.” Believing that industry could grow while polluting less, Nelson started Earth Day to force the issue to the national agenda.

Georgia eases lockdown; US COVID-19 toll passes 50,000

SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — Barber shops, nail salons, gyms and a few other businesses reopened in Georgia on Friday as the Republican governor eased a month-long shutdown despite warnings from health experts of a potential new surge of coronavirus infections.

Creativity, balance and color

Wallace businesswoman shares her journey to success

Growing a small business can be tough, and doing it during a pandemic seemed impossible. But Sarah Murphy isn’t one to back down from the words tough or impossible.

Spielman: Offseason losses 'a natural evolution of a roster'

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL salary cap, that powerful and perpetual roster purger, forced the Minnesota Vikings to dump more than a half-dozen starters this offseason.

Spielman: Offseason losses 'a natural evolution of a roster'

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The NFL salary cap, that powerful and perpetual roster purger, forced the Minnesota Vikings to dump more than a half-dozen starters this offseason.

Rangers first snowy trip of season

Snowshoe hare tracks bound deep in the snow next to the trail above Krause Creek. They criss-cross it, run along side it and disappear into the trees.

Rangers first snowy trip of season

Snowshoe hare tracks bound deep in the snow next to the trail above Krause Creek. They criss-cross it, run along side it and disappear into the trees.

Yesterdays: Grizzly mauls father, daughter, on Grinnell Glacier Trail

Jim and Kathy Knapp gave the newspaper a first-hand account of helping two grizzly bear mauling victims on the Grinnell Glacier Trail in Glacier National Park. Johan and Jenna Otter ran into the sow with cubs at close range and had severe injuries. The Knapps helped them until emergency personnel arrived.

Montana budget includes new investments in tribal colleges

Gov. Greg Gianforte has finalized Montana's two-year budget, which contains several new investments for Indian Country.

Saudi Arabia's King Salman admitted to hospital for tests

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia’s King Salman has been admitted to a hospital in the capital, Riyadh, for medical tests due to inflammation of the gallbladder, the kingdom’s Royal Court said Monday in a statement carried by the official Saudi Press Agency.

New McEuen boat launch plans lack common sense

Just some thoughts about the McEuen Field make-over I had at 4 a.m. I got up and turned on the computer and went to Google Earth and zoomed in on North Idaho and Coeur d'Alene. What did I see first? Water everywhere - lakes.

Acclaimed paleontologist Jack Horner talks dinosaur DNA and 'Jurassic Park'

More than 100 people showed up to hear renowned dinosaur expert Jack Horner speak during the Dino-Mite Fun Day on Saturday.

Collect and spread leaves for better soil health

Several questions were asked of the Grant-Adams Master Gardeners this fall concerning the use of leaves, including maple and cottonwood leaves, as mulch.

Pollution turns one side of divided Paraguayan lagoon purple

LIMPIO, Paraguay (AP) — The Cerro Lagoon in the Paraguayan city of Limpio is sharply divided into two parts: one purple, one blue. One part emits a foul odor, the other doesn’t.

June Marie Netherly, 86

June “went to be with the Lord” on April 30, 2016, shortly after she celebrated her and Dave’s 68th wedding anniversary that same day. She was surrounded by her loving family.

Leonard H. Seurer, 78

Leonard H. "Lennie" Seurer, 78, passed away Tuesday, May 27, 2008, at his home in Coram. He was born Dec. 18, 1929, in New Market, Minn., to Joseph and Veronica Seurer.

Park treatment plant permit up for renewal

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is seeking public comments on its proposal to renew Glacier National Park's wastewater discharge permit for its Lake McDonald Wastewater Treatment Plant.

David Samuel Estes, 54

Remembering David Samuel Estes April 10, 1969 ~~ February 1, 2024. Too short of a stay, Brother

Park treatment plant permit up for renewal

The Montana Department of Environmental Quality is seeking public comments on its proposal to renew Glacier National Park's wastewater discharge permit for its Lake McDonald Wastewater Treatment Plant.