(Courtesy photo) Irelynn Jolley, a student at Forrest Bird Charter School in Sandpoint, invented the Luludropit, a phone case that has a retractable cord so a phone won’t hit the ground when dropped. The 30th annual North Idaho Regional Invention Convention will be held at the Silver Lake Mall in Coeur d’Alene Jan. 24 through 26.

January 23, 2020