Reclaim Idaho fires back at Regan

COEUR d’ALENE — The battle over Medicaid expansion in Idaho rages on, and the two Idaho groups most firmly entrenched against one another in the fight, Reclaim Idaho and the Idaho Freedom Foundation, remain at the forefront of the debate.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 5 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

Vietnam veterans honored

For some whose loved ones served in Vietnam, Friday’s National Vietnam War Veterans Day celebration in Coeur d’Alene offered a very important first.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS AGO

KC sheriff denies wrongdoing with forfeiture funding

COEUR d’ALENE — Kootenai County Sheriff Ben Wolfinger maintains his department’s sharing of drug asset forfeiture funds with the North Idaho Children’s Advocacy Center was legal and vetted by the county prosecutor and U.S. Department of Justice.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS AGO

Gun bills: One dead, one alive

COEUR d’ALENE — A controversial gun bill was shot down this week while another is moving forward in the Idaho Legislature.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Medical costs are clearly unclear

A new federal rule designed to make the prices of hospital procedures and services more accessible to patients may be confounding an already complicated situation for health care consumers.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Idaho GOP: City elections should be partisan

COEUR d’ALENE — A push is on to drive political party identification into city council elections in Idaho.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Once in a big blue dot

Experts say it’s probably the moon.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Bobcat caught in Cd'A

COEUR d’ALENE — Cougars and coyotes aren’t the only wild animals showing up in unusual places in Kootenai County these days.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

Missing dog found

GiGi is home.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Lori Isenberg appears in district court

COEUR d’ALENE — If Laurcene “Lori” Isenberg is able to bond out of jail again, it will be more difficult for her to pull another disappearing act.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 7 MONTHS AGO

Take precautions as record heat expected in N. Idaho

The official high temperature Thursday in Coeur d’Alene was 100 degrees, a number not seen on the thermometer in these parts since Aug. 13, 2015.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Initiative set to hit the ballots

Idaho voters will decide in November whether to legalize the use of betting machines for wagering on past horse races, a practice known as historic horse racing.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 6 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Door shuts on RSVP volunteers

COEUR d’ALENE — A longstanding, popular placement service for senior volunteers throughout North Idaho will soon come to an end.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Panel kills lawmaker disclosure proposal

COEUR d’ALENE — A movement calling for Idaho to join the rest of the states that require lawmakers to disclose information about their personal finances took a step backward Thursday.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Thieves pilfer packages, young girl's blanket

COEUR d’ALENE — Nate Clements’ family is devastated after thieves pilfered packages from their doorstep the weekend before last.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Fewer Idaho teens are lighting up

COEUR d’ALENE — Today, there are far fewer first puffs of cigarettes being taken by Idaho students.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Eagles already gobbling fish in abundance in region

COEUR d’ALENE — While the turkey is the indisputable mascot of Thanksgiving, it shares the holiday limelight at Lake Coeur d’Alene each year with another bird, the American bald eagle.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Malek leading 1st District in campaign contributions

COEUR d’ALENE — In the race for Idaho’s open 1st District congressional seat, Luke Malek, of Coeur d’Alene, outpaced both of his top Republican rivals in contributions received during the most recent quarterly filing period.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Threatening note found at Lakes Middle School

An additional police officer was stationed at Lakes Middle School this past Friday after a note with a written threat was found the day before on the school’s Coeur d’Alene campus.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Student arrested in threats; security enhanced

COEUR d’ALENE — One student was arrested Thursday and another student faces school disciplinary action following several days of angst for students, parents and staff at Lake City High School.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Ahlquist visits area as part of Idaho tour

COEUR d’ALENE — Tommy Ahlquist was a few minutes late to his Friday night campaign event in Coeur d’Alene.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 7 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

California woman sought after reported missing

Cathleen Orchard is very worried about her sister, Karen Orchard.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS AGO

Records shed light on call for less transparency

COEUR d’ALENE — Rep. Vito Barbieri didn’t want to talk about his plan to change Idaho’s public records law to shield most state lawmakers’ communications from public disclosure.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS AGO

Dolezal still making waves

COEUR d’ALENE — Things aren’t going well for Rachel Dolezal.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Former NIC student reports sexual assault

A former North Idaho College student has reported she was sexually assaulted while attending the school in 2010.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 3 MONTHS AGO

Trump electors are being harassed

COEUR d’ALENE — While it’s unlikely an Electoral College insurrection will block Donald Trump from taking office as president, the president-elect’s detractors are giving it their best shot.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Details emerge about possible second suspect

COEUR d’ALENE — While local law enforcement agencies remain tight-lipped about the identity of the second suspect in the William “Bo” Kirk killing, U.S. District Court documents, jail records and social media posts point to a possible subject.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Hillary's reception? A big walkout

Hillary Clinton made history Tuesday when she became the first woman nominated by a major party to become U.S. president.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Sanders fans aren't going quietly

A storm descended on Philadelphia, indoors and outdoors, during the first night of the Democratic National Convention.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Convention not fraught with conflict

Several hours before Donald Trump became the Republican Party’s official presidential nominee on Tuesday, two prominent North Idaho Republicans reflected on their experiences at the national convention in Cleveland.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 8 YEARS, 8 MONTHS AGO

Crisis center coming together

COEUR d’ALENE — The new regional mental health crisis center in Coeur d’Alene will be managed by someone who is no stranger to handling difficult, sometimes dangerous, situations in North Idaho.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO

NAACP calls for continued investigation of hate mail

SPOKANE — The newly appointed president of the NAACP said Friday that the local chapter is still interested in finding out who mailed the threatening letters to the organization, but police say they have exhausted all leads.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

Report: Early schooling lacking in the region

For Idaho’s kids, access to some important educational opportunities depends greatly on where they live.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 9 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Rocket's end captured in giant fireball

A large fireball observed streaking across the sky over North Idaho Monday night was not a meteor. It was burning debris from a Chinese rocket that launched a satellite in December.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Tribe cancels Julyamsh celebration

A popular Post Falls summer event has become a casualty of the ongoing debate over the legality of historical horse racing in Idaho.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Obama: Free community college for all

President Barack Obama revealed Thursday that he will propose free community college “for everybody who’s willing to work for it.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Hitching Post dispute floods Cd'A offices

Coeur d’Alene City Hall has been inundated this week with phone calls and emails regarding the Hitching Post and the city’s anti-discrimination ordinance.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

For vet, it's better to give than receive

COEUR d’ALENE — Tad Brown sent his first care package to someone in the military overseas back in 2008.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 10 MONTHS AGO

State files lawuit over poker plan

COEUR d’ALENE — A rift between Idaho and the Coeur d’Alene Tribe widened Friday as the Tribe began offering poker at its Worley casino, and the state filed a federal lawsuit to stop it.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 10 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

NIC switching to new league

COEUR d’ALENE — They’re going regional.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 11 YEARS AGO

Sky's the limit for Idaho, NIC aerospace program

HAYDEN — There were 20,300 commercial airplanes in service worldwide in 2012.
BONNERS FERRY HERALD | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 4 MONTHS AGO

Sky's the limit for Idaho, NIC aerospace program

HAYDEN — There were 20,300 commercial airplanes in service worldwide in 2012.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 5 MONTHS AGO

Idaho's crime rate declines slightly

COEUR d’ALENE — While Idaho’s overall crime rate dropped by 1.5 percent in 2012, the crime rate in Kootenai County increased by 9.3 percent, and the county recorded the highest crime rate of all Idaho counties.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

NIC: Economy to blame for loan default rate

COEUR d’ALENE — A new report shows that North Idaho College is among 265 higher education institutions nationwide with student loan default rates that exceed the schools’ graduation rates.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

State insurance exchange prompts GOP censure vote

COEUR d’ALENE — Several Republican state legislators representing Kootenai County districts could receive a public reprimand this week from members of their own political party.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 11 YEARS, 9 MONTHS AGO

'Hero' bus driver hailed from Athol

COEUR d’ALENE — The Alabama school bus driver who died Tuesday while trying to protect the children on his bus from an armed kidnapper has deep North Idaho roots.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

Is arming teachers a good idea or over-reaction?

While the idea of arming teachers, as a means to increase school safety, is catching on in some areas, there’s no such momentum in Kootenai County.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 2 MONTHS AGO

SBOE looks to create a better-trained workforce

COEUR d’ALENE — The Idaho State Board of Education has given itself an ambitious challenge.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 12 YEARS, 11 MONTHS AGO

Idaho getting closer to implementing Luna's ed reform plan

COEUR d’ALENE — There are still a few things that have to happen before many of Idaho’s newly minted education reforms can be fully executed in the state’s kindergarten- through 12th-grade public schools.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 13 YEARS, 12 MONTHS AGO

'06 reforms saw shift in school funding

COEUR d’ALENE — Discussions about how to fund Idaho’s cash-strapped public school districts often lead back to thoughts of 2006.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

School reform moves closer to reality

COEUR d’ALENE — School reform moved closer on Thursday to becoming a reality in Idaho.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

Cd'A mom on mission to protect kids online

COEUR d’ALENE — Hannah Masters recalls walking past her son’s bedroom, and hearing what sounded like a party going on.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 1 MONTH AGO

CASA names new director

COEUR d’ALENE — The Court Appointed Special Advocates program in North Idaho has a new director.
BONNER COUNTY DAILY BEE | UPDATED 14 YEARS, 6 MONTHS AGO