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
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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FAST FIVE Crystal Bain trips the light fantastic
Meet Crystal Bain, an active choreographer and educator in her community of Coeur d’Alene.
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Third graders apply math lessons to baking
The ratio of doughnuts to students was deliciously disproportionate Monday afternoon as Abby Fremouw's third graders applied fractions and mathematics to baking.
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Locally made film returns for last showing Sunday at Regal Riverstone
It's been a whirlwind of just more than a year since the Coeur d'Alene-based Paradox Studios released "Recollection," a sci-fi thriller filmed on scene in the Inland Northwest. As the film's select theatrical run comes to a close, it will screen for one last time back where it all started …
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FAST FIVE Rylan Butera: Making music for the movies
Meet Rylan Butera, a film composer who was born and raised in Coeur d’Alene. Rylan's music has been featured in internationally released films and media.
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'Tamin' of the Shrew' opens tonight at Kroc Center
Classic Shakespeare with a cowboy hat and a Western twang. That's one way to describe Shakespeare Coeur d'Alene's production of "The Tamin' of the Shrew," opening at 7 tonight on the Midge and Pepper Smock Family Theatre stage.
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Locally made film returns for last showing Sunday at Regal Riverstone
It's been a whirlwind of just more than a year since the Coeur d'Alene-based Paradox Studios released "Recollection," a sci-fi thriller filmed on scene in the Inland Northwest. As the film's select theatrical run comes to a close, it will screen for one last time back where it all started …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 6 DAYS, 2 HOURS AGO
Lakeland eyes four-day school week
A pilot four-day school week is a possibility for the 2026-2027 school year in the Lakeland Joint School District.
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Coeur d'Alene Backpack Program needs help to keep feeding kids
A program that keeps kids fed when they're out of school for weekends and holiday breaks is facing financially lean days. "We are out of money and our program will not last past this school year," Coeur d'Alene Backpack Program Vice President Jennifer Branstetter told The Press in a Feb. …
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Curtain rises for James and the Giant Peach
Sorensen Magnet School of the Arts and Humanities and the Sorensen Theater Team present "James and the Giant Peach" at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday and Thursday in the school's gym.
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 4 DAYS AGO
FAST FIVE Kristi Rietze: Strengthening connections in North Idaho
Meet Kristi Jacobson Rietze, a fifth-generation Coeur d’Alene resident whose family roots stretch back to the 1890s. Kristi's great-great-grandfather, George Groves, known locally as the “Kid Engineer,” piloted steamboats across Lake Coeur d’Alene, helping connect a growing community by water long before highways encircled the shoreline. Today, Kristi carries forward …
COEUR D'ALENE PRESS | UPDATED 1 WEEK, 5 DAYS AGO
'We Bury the Dead' says a lot about the living
Regret, frustration, guilt, desperation and the need for closure. Not quite the words one would expect to use when describing a film initially thought to be an apocalyptic zombie horror film, and yet, those are the first words that pop into the mind when credits roll after watching "We Bury …
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John Brown Elementary fifth graders compete in Shake Off contest
Firm handshakes, soft skills. The two go hand in hand. “Saying your first and last name, saying, ‘Nice to meet you,’ a smile and eye contact,” Madelyn Gunderson, 10, said Thursday, Feb. 26, before she participated in the February "Shake Off" handshake competition at John Brown Elementary School.
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Literacy Project of North Idaho issues reading challenge to community
A million pages. That's the challenge the Literacy Project of North Idaho, a nonprofit, is issuing to people of all ages and reading levels in a sweeping effort to unite the community through a friendly competition while reducing the stigma associated with low literacy.
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