Staff Writer
CAROLYN BOSTICK
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Carolyn Bostick has worked for the Coeur d’Alene Press since June 2023. She covers Shoshone County and Coeur d'Alene. Carolyn previously worked in Utica, New York at the Observer-Dispatch for almost seven years before briefly working at The Inquirer and Mirror in Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Since she moved to the Pacific Northwest from upstate New York in 2021, she's performed with the Spokane Shakespeare Society for three summers.
ARTICLES BY CAROLYN BOSTICK
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Post Falls parks director looks back after 30 years
Between meetings, Parks and Recreation Director Dave Fair took advantage of the time to try to repair sound equipment to be used for Winterfest.
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Post Falls City Council considers changing fowl language
The Post Falls City Council meeting ended on a fowl note Tuesday night as city officials asked staff to look into possible revisions of the regulations concerning duck ownership in the city limits.
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McGuire annexation passes after heavy debate
After a long back and forth about adding the McGuire annexation into the city of Post Falls Tuesday night, the council ruled four to one in favor of adding the 18.11-acre parcel into the city with an R2 designation.
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Kootenai County comprehensive plan to focus on parks
Kootenai County officials met Thursday to begin talks about a new comprehensive plan, a document that will help shape the county over the next 20 years.
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Winterfest brings a flurry of fun to Post Falls
It’s been more than two decades since Winterfest began in Post Falls, but this year, the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony will be getting a literal glow-up.
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Snow blankets Coeur d'Alene
Although dustings of snow have been seen in North Idaho, so far, the weather has proven a hair too warm to create the right environment for any snowflakes to have staying power.
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Lift stations to get power upgrades in Post Falls
Post Falls will be upgrading generators at Highlands and Montrose lift stations over the next year to improve their reliability after the construction award was recently approved by city council.
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Shoppers undeterred by Black Friday crowds in Coeur d'Alene
Although a long line formed outside the Bath and Bodyworks store at Silver Lake Mall, customers didn’t have to wait more than a few minutes before they got their turn to buy gifts for their loved ones at Black Friday prices.
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Lake City Roofing spans three generations in North Idaho
Michael Farrar didn’t plan on getting into the family business, but when his job at an aluminum plant closed down, causing him to move away from North Idaho to stay with the company, he came home and got to work instead. Lake City Roofing first began in 1987 as a …
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Silver Valley residents will 'turkey trot' before community Thanksgiving meal in Wallace
For the third-year running, a full day of fun and food for the community is planned for Silver Valley residents on Thanksgiving.
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Food drive raises more than 13,000 pounds
Express Employment Professionals had already planned on hosting their second Thanks for Giving food drive this year. Then the government shutdown went into effect.
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Deaths mourned at Coeur d'Alene Transgender Day of Remembrance ceremony
For more than a decade, Transgender Day of Remembrance has been marked in Coeur d’Alene by reading the names of those lost in the previous year.
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Croffoot sworn in as Northern Lakes fire chief
After 33 years at Northern Lakes Fire Protection District, Fire Chief Kevin Croffoot was sworn in Thursday at Station No. 1, along with new deputy fire chiefs Brad Belmont and Luke Michael.
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