Staff Writer
DEVIN WEEKS
Devin Weeks is a third-generation North Idaho resident. She holds an associate degree in journalism from North Idaho College and a bachelor's in communication arts from Lewis-Clark State College Coeur d'Alene. Devin embarked on her journalism career at the Coeur d'Alene Press in 2013. She worked weekends for several years, covering a wide variety of events and issues throughout Kootenai County. Devin now mainly covers education, entertainment, human interest stories and serves as the editor of North Idaho Live Well magazine. She enjoys delivering daily chuckles through the Ghastly Groaner and loves highlighting local people in the Fast Five segment that runs in CoeurVoice. Devin lives in Post Falls with her husband and their two eccentric and very needy cats.
ARTICLES BY DEVIN WEEKS
DEVIN WRITING Cottage food industry, farmers' markets offer venues for niche products
Farmers' markets are a favorite haunt of shoppers out to find something unique, like a handmade shadow box by Cardann and Co.
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FAST FIVE Lyndsey Neufeld: Dat Bread Dough!
Meet Lyndsey Neufeld, the owner of Dat Bread Dough, a local microbakery in Coeur d’Alene.
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Family Promise of North Idaho's Starry Night
The road from Portland to North Idaho was long as Josh France and his family sought a better life. About four years ago, he and his wife, Brooke, had a little girl, and another baby was soon on the way. "I was telling Brooke, 'I don't think we should raise …
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Press article, community give boost to program that feeds kids in need
Nearly a month ago, The Press reported on the Coeur d'Alene Backpack Program's dire need for funding to continue to feed kids in need when school is out for weekends and holidays. Volunteers who run the nonprofit program feared it would end at the close of the 2025-2026 school year …
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Coeur d'Alene Tribal Member a Tribal College Student of the Year
Through trials, tribulations and hardships, Marie Aripa has persevered. The 32-year-old enrolled Coeur d'Alene Tribal Member was honored as a 2025-2026 Tribal College Student of the Year by the American Indian College Fund during a March 15 ceremony in Bismarck, N.D. during the American Indian Higher Education Consortium’s 2026 Student …
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FAST FIVE Jan Tymesen and Teresa Irish: A shared vision to empower women
Meet Jan Tymesen and Teresa Irish, co-chairs of the North Idaho Women and Their Money Conference.
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Teen volunteer helps Kootenai Health patient with a flat
Changing a tire for someone as a genuine act of kindness can completely change a bad situation into a happy one. "I had the pleasure of getting a flat tire at Kootenai Health hospital in Coeur d'Alene, Idaho," a Kootenai Health patient shared with The Press in a Tuesday email. …
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New Ryan Gosling sci-fi film a cosmic masterpiece
If the sun starts to be devoured by microscopic alien bacteria and life across the span of space is threatened, of course Ryan Gosling would be the man to save it.
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CDAIDE's Care Affair returns April 16 to Coeur d'Alene Resort
A sudden move in 2022 closed the Garnet Cafe for about six weeks. In 2024, an electrical fire shut down the Coeur d'Alene restaurant for 10 months. As anyone in food service knows, a closed door means no customers, and no customers means no income. It's emergencies like these that …
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APRIL NIBJ Trades are trending
Welders, carpenters, electricians, plumbers, construction workers, nurses, hairstylists, mechanics, heavy equipment operators, dental hygienists and steelworkers. These are a few examples of trade careers, which in 2026 are a hot commodity for the workforce and for the next generation of workers who will someday be the leaders of these industries.
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APRIL NIBJ Trades are trending
Welders, carpenters, electricians, plumbers, construction workers, nurses, hairstylists, mechanics, heavy equipment operators, dental hygienists and steelworkers. These are a few examples of trade careers, which in 2026 are a hot commodity for the workforce and for the next generation of workers who will someday be the leaders of these industries.
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Local Catholic Eucharistic congregation welcomes all
"What's done is done. What's undone is undone. Let it be." The Rev. Terese Fandel softly spoke these words March 21 as she anointed parishioners with an aromatic oil of olive and clove during Reconciliation Mass.
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Lakeland super put on paid leave
Trustees of the Lakeland School Board have placed Superintendent Rusty Taylor on paid administrative leave for the remainder of his two-year, $156,000 per-year contract. The decision, which went into effect Monday, was announced Tuesday "on the advice of legal counsel," the board said in a communication to Lakeland parents, staff …
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3Cs Charity Fashion Show set for April 11 at Coeur d'Alene Resort
A bouquet of beauties of varying ages and heights will take to the runway in a colorful array of spring styles April 11 during the 27th annual Cancer and Community Charities Charity Fashion Show Luncheon at The Coeur d'Alene Resort.
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