Wednesday, December 31, 2025
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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

Eagle Scout project helps prop up Hayden history

An Eagle Scout candidate preserved a small piece of Hayden’s agricultural history through a sign about the Stoddard Barn with help from Boy Scout Troop 911.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 0 MINUTES AGO

NIC student lands Mozambique trip

Tech entrepreneur Greg Carr hopes to inspire a North Idaho College student through a monthlong trip with all expenses paid to Mozambique during the summer of 2026.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 0 MINUTES AGO

Westlund to nominate one name for City Council open seat

Mayor Elect Randy Westlund’s plans for Post Falls City Council seat five revealed themselves before the new year as word spread that he would not be seeking public applications for the spot, as has been done in the past.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 0 MINUTES AGO

NIC student lands Mozambique trip

Tech entrepreneur Greg Carr hopes to inspire a North Idaho College student through a monthlong trip with all expenses paid to Mozambique during the summer of 2026.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 20 HOURS, 5 MINUTES AGO

Motive unknown in Wallace shooting

Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office Undersheriff Brett Nelson said law enforcement officials are still not sure what motivation the suspect in the Wallace shooting had for his actions on Friday.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 20 HOURS, 14 MINUTES AGO

Motive remains unknown in Wallace shooting

Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office Undersheriff Brett Nelson said Monday that law enforcement officials don’t know what motivated the suspect in the Wallace shooting Friday.
DAILY INTER-LAKE | UPDATED 22 HOURS, 14 MINUTES AGO

Motive unknown in Wallace shooting

Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office Undersheriff Brett Nelson said law enforcement officials are still not sure what motivation the suspect in the Wallace shooting had for his actions on Friday.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 1 DAY, 20 HOURS AGO

Motive unknown in Wallace shooting

Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office Undersheriff Brett Nelson said law enforcement officials are still not sure what motivation the suspect in the Wallace shooting had for his actions on Friday.
SHOSHONE NEWS-PRESS | UPDATED 1 DAY, 20 HOURS AGO

JAN NIBJ Small businesses, big 2026 plans

IVNV Wellness began as an additional tool for health practices, delivering infusions to patients in concert with other treatments. COO Matt Dill noted that both he and CEO Eric Foti quickly saw their business as a means to help people facing difficult illnesses bolster their quality of life through IV …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 1 DAY, 20 HOURS AGO

New trash policy stinks for some Coeur d'Alene residents

Jim Cooke was surprised when less than a week before Christmas, he got a note telling him the garbage pickup policy was changing the pickup location from the back alley to the front of the Park Drive neighborhood instead beginning Jan. 1, 2026.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 2 DAYS, 20 HOURS AGO

Post Falls plans to add park

After back and forth about benefits to both city residents and the nearby subdivision developer, Post Falls City Council has approved an agreement to move ahead with the creation of development of a new park by the Crowne Reserve subdivision.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 DAYS, 20 HOURS AGO

Commissioners add time to Bayview dock lease

Kootenai County Commissioners voted Tuesday to amend the termination of the docks lease with Lakes Highway District, adding 60 days, rather than expiring as originally planned on Jan. 1, 2026.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 5 DAYS, 20 HOURS AGO

KSCO eyes charges for abandoned boats

The marine division within Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office is looking into changing an ordinance for derelict docks and float houses to include abandoned vessels.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 DAYS, 20 HOURS AGO

N. Idaho churches ready for Christmas

Christmas is full of traditions from church denomination to denomination, but for Rev. Mariusz Majewski at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, it comes down to one symbol: the nativity crèche.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 DAYS, 20 HOURS AGO

North Idaho churches look to engage with community on Christmas

Christmas is full of traditions from church denomination to denomination, but for Rev. Mariusz Majewski at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church, it comes down to one symbol: the nativity crèche.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 1 WEEK AGO

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