From the Senate to the schools
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
It seems Idaho’s longest-serving female senator won’t have to give up her passion for improving the state’s public education system anytime soon.
Idaho Gov. Brad …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
It seems Idaho’s longest-serving female senator won’t have to give up her passion for improving the state’s public education system anytime soon.
Idaho Gov. Brad …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The proposed PacWest silicon smelter in Newport, Wash., made strides last week as the Pend Oreille County hearing examiner struck down an appeal from anti-smelter …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
In a preliminary hearing Oct. 2, prosecuting attorneys presented evidence to Idaho First District Magistrate Judge Justin Julian alleging Judith Carpenter, 57, of Coeur d’Alene, …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Patricia Sudick is a longtime rower who noticed that something was missing on the tranquil autumn waters of the Pend Oreille River.
When Sudick moved …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Writers, musicians and artists from all walks of life will take hold of microphones in 300 countries across the world Saturday, Sept. 28, sharing their …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
The Lakes Commission has announced the agenda for its fall board meeting, scheduled for 9 a.m.-noon, Friday, Oct. 4 in the Columbia Bank Building downstairs …
By Lyndsie Kiebert and Zach Hagadone
Reader Staff
Since Burlington Northern-Santa Fe announced plans in the spring of 2017 to begin pursuing permits for building a second rail bridge to …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Many people’s lives were thrown into turmoil when several vehicles collided Sept. 6 on U.S. 95 north of Sandpoint.
The pileup also created complications for …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
As the Newport/Priest River Rotary Club launches its season of fall rides aboard the Scenic Pend Oreille River Train (SPORT), many riders will seize the …
By Lyndsie Kiebert
Reader Staff
Edward Kienholz has been waiting 25 years for his driver.
The world-renowned artist was buried in his 1940 Packard Coupe on Howe Mountain in Hope …
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