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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

MAY NIBJ Massage therapists gain jumpstart as entrepreneurs

Chancy Gill said she never intended to become an entrepreneur, but when she stumbled into a partnership with Jaclyn Cosper, the two took a deep dive into a niche area of massage therapy and never looked back.
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MAY NIBJ Massage therapists gain jumpstart as entrepreneurs

Chancy Gill said she never intended to become an entrepreneur, but when she stumbled into a partnership with Jaclyn Cosper, the two took a deep dive into a niche area of massage therapy and never looked back.
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Post Falls resident has made birdhouses for feathered friends for 60 years

For 60 years, Elton Turcotte has been putting up birdhouses each spring.
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Families get 'READY! for Kindergarten' at Mullan Trail Elementary

Families of young children in the Post Falls School District got a jump-start on practical ways to teach their kids Wednesday through the READY! for Kindergarten program. For Serena Behrens, the program is a way for her to learn ways to more actively create learning moments for her three-year-old son, …
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Community Action Partnership looks for helping hands

While the weather outside is warming up, food and financial donations for the Community Action Partnership (CAP) have been freezing up. Vincent Fish said that whether you have time or resources to offer, the Coeur d'Alene Community Action Partnership is looking for donations and volunteers.
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Life-saving strategies shared at American Legion Post 143

Newly equipped with six questions to assess risk for suicidal ideation, community members at Post Falls Post Legion 143 learned Monday how they can help loved ones and community members and connect them to crucial resources. The Columbia Protocol mantra is simple: “Just ask: You could save a life.” “We …
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KYRO begins construction on second rink at Frontier Ice Arena

Kootenai Youth Recreation Organization (KYRO) is expanding local skating sports opportunities by adding a second rink to Frontier Ice Arena. KYRO serves every age group from toddler to senior, and the second slab of arena ice will add more rink availability for skating sports. “We have simply maxed out our …
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HOLD... Records: city staff informed of Post Falls staff of mayoral pick for police chief in March

At the end of March, The Press began receiving letters from anonymous residents of Post Falls alleging that the interim police chief was on administrative leave.
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Coeur d'Alene reentry program to end

Starting in May, the reentry program through GEO Reentry Services and Idaho Department of Corrections will cease to be. Coeur d’Alene Program Manager Douglas Miller said the program offers way for people struggling with sobriety and probation to change their way of thinking and shift their behavior to impact their …
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Educator, Air Force veteran honored with Quilt of Valor

Wearing a shirt emblazoned with the words, “All gave some. Some gave all,” Bill Kinder received A Quilt of Valor on Friday afternoon, his shirt a companion to the one worn by his wife, Helen Kinder.
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Post Falls reexamines ADA compliance

Post Falls City Council voted Tuesday to approve Phase 1 of a transition plan to remain in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act.
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Post Falls Little League fees get closer look

Post Falls City Council continued the conversation Tuesday night over costs for Little League and legion fees over using city baseball fields that began during the previous council meeting.
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Henderson new director of Rathdrum Chamber

Angela Henderson became executive director of the Rathdrum Chamber of Commerce last week.
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From printing press to your doorstep: stories of The Press

From deadlines to your doorstep and those delivering The Press operate during odd hours of the night.
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Little Explorers finds home after fire

Two weeks after the fire at their daycare and preschool, things have been a whirlwind for the Little Explorers Learning Academy, but not everything has changed since the early morning fire broke out on March 15. “We have not been allowed back into the building yet, but if we peek …
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