Freuen's work celebrated in gallery exhibit

An exhibit of the early works on paper by Gina Freuen, artist and retired educator, will be showcased in a Spokane gallery exhibit.

Mehra-Pedersen named World Ski Cup Finals featured artist

Heather Mehra-Pedersen, a 26-year Sandpoint resident and the owner, operator, and designer behind Talus Rock Retreat, has been selected as the featured artist for the 2025 Audi FIS World Ski Cup Finals.

Legals for March, 11 2025

Market rallies to make dreary February not as bad

Wall Street closed its dreary February on a brighter note, as U.S. stock indexes rallied.

After biennial cleanup, 144,000 individuals removed from Idaho voter rolls

Election offices regularly update their voter rolls, removing individuals who moved out of state, those who have not cast a ballot in four years, or those who are ineligible. Elections offices sent notices to people who were removed from Idaho’s voter registration list. The biennial effort is meant to ensure the accuracy and integrity of Idaho elections, according to the Idaho Secretary of State’s office.

Legals for March, 6 2025

Legals for March, 13 2025

Judge tells attorneys to stop being so secretive in murder case

Hippler’s directive came as a flurry of new motions were filed ahead of the August trial, including a sealed defense motion to take the death penalty off the table that cited autism spectrum disorder.

Judge blocks Idaho's new immigration law hours after it went into effect

Hours after a new law creating state-level immigration crimes went into effect, the ACLU of Idaho and other groups who support immigrants filed a lawsuit challenging it. U.S. District of Idaho Judge Amanda Brailsford later that same day agreed to temporarily block the law.

Bang, zap, whoosh! — SHS students stoke youth science intrigue

At one station, high schoolers demonstrated the conservation of angular momentum with a bicycle wheel and a low-friction turntable. Participants stood on the turntable and held the spinning wheel using two handles attached to its hub. When they rotated the wheel left or right, they found their whole body rotating on the turntable in order to compensate for the wheel’s change in angular momentum.

IPUC approves utility expansion request

VP Inc. provides water service to the Hidden Lakes Subdivision in Bonner County. The utility applied to serve parcels adjacent to its current service area, and said the parcels cannot be served by another water utility.

We must defend vets as Washington targets veteran programs

Veteran programs are in the sights of Russell Vought, who currently controls America’s purse strings. The US Constitution gave Congress that crucial responsibility, but our present GOP Congress has largely given over its power to Vought, who is now the Director of the Office of Management and Budget in the White House

Bill would let police assist in immigration enforcement

Proposal sent for amendments in Friday vote

On Friday, the Idaho Senate State Affairs Committee voted to send House Bill 83 to the 14th order, which means it will receive amendments before a full Senate vote.

Wisdom can be found in Hamilton's words

Wisdom from the past.

Of the people, by the people and for the people

Thoughts of state and federal political issues.

Report: Idaho funding inadequate for special education, creating $82M funding gap

Levies often used to make up the difference

A new report has found that Idaho’s K-12 public funding doesn’t adequately support districts for their students with higher needs.

Funding the future: The impact of science cuts on rural Idaho

Science is often portrayed as the stuff of villains in sci-fi movies or as almost magical in catching criminals on TV dramas. The reality is that the scientific research that benefits us all takes both time and continued investment. This investment has made our nation a leader in research and innovation for decades, thanks in large part to broad bipartisan support. But now, science is the victim of indiscriminate federal funding cuts that put this progress at risk.

Joseph Hauck, 64

Joseph Reed Hauck, 64, passed away on Friday February 21, 2025.

Trump's action could spell end of democracy

Trump and his minions, both in the White House and Republicans in Congress, are rapidly and nearly converting our democratic government into an authoritarian one or a dictatorship, as he said he would do on Day One.

Marine captain gave his all to save soldiers

Military Tales celebrates the country's military, and its servicemen and women and their service.