Legals for April, 23 2025

PREP ROUNDUP: Coleman breaks 70-mark, Priest River golf wins first tourney

PREP ROUNDUP: Coleman breaks 70-mark, Priest River golf wins first tourney

COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Williams throws school record 18 strikeouts

COLLEGE NOTEBOOK: Williams throws school record 18 strikeouts

BOCC acknowledges violation, voids land division moratorium, sets new one for May

In a public meeting held on Monday, county commissioners unanimously voted to nullify the minor land divisions and family exemption moratorium. As a result, a new moratorium will be put into place on May 19.

Wild places offer all a sense of belonging

Growing up in the Bay Area, nature came with a schedule and a set of keys. For my family, it always took planning, packing, and driving. Nature was weekends and summers, mostly spent at my family’s cabin on Fallen Leaf Lake in the Sierra Nevadas. That cabin, nestled in the pines with water cold enough to steal your breath, is where I first learned to love the quiet, the scent of sun-warmed wood, and the feeling of being tucked into a place that doesn’t ask anything of you but to simply be.

NIC hosts Arbor Day event

North Idaho College is hosting its ninth annual Arbor Day event at noon Saturday, April 26 in the Molstead Library parking lot at NIC’s Coeur d’Alene campus. The event is free and open to the public. Attendees will receive a free Water Birch or Western White Pine seedling. There will also be prizes, raffles and free NIC stickers.

Pope Francis remembered for charming, humble style

Pope Francis has died at age 88. The first Latin American pontiff charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor. But he alienated conservatives with critiques of capitalism and climate change. From his election, the Argentine-born Jorge Mario Bergoglio signaled a different papacy, embracing refugees and the downtrodden, especially following the troubled tenure of Pope Benedict XVI. But conservatives grew increasingly upset with Francis' progressive bent, outreach to LGBTQ+ Catholics and crackdown on traditionalists. He badly botched a notorious case of clergy sexual abuse in 2018. Bells tolled in church towers across Rome on Monday, and in the evening, the Vatican began a Rosary prayer in St. Peter's Square in its first public commemoration.

Over 500 people attend North Idaho's Walk for Autism Acceptance

Though Saturday’s Walk for Autism Acceptance raised money to support Autism Society of Idaho’s various community outreach efforts, fundraising was not the primary focus of the event.

Wine4U celebrates new location, expanded business

Greater Sandpoint Chamber of Commerce officials recently joined Beth Giacomo, owner of Wine 4 U, to celebrate the new business at a recent ribbon-cutting ceremony. The business is located at 1309 Ponderosa, Suite 116.

City of Clark Fork recovers $190K of $480K lost in scam attack

In an April 17 open letter to residents, Clark Fork Mayor Russell Schenck had good news to share — almost half of the funds lost in a November 2024 scam attack have been returned to the city.

Bonner County Calendar - April 22, 2025

A look at the events, activities, and meetings happening around Bonner County, from Sandpoint to Cocolalla, from Priest River to Ponderay, and from Clark Fork to Dover.

Legals for April, 22 2025

At least seven bills introduced during 2025 legislative session tackle immigration in Idaho

In February 2024, Rep. Jordan Redman, R-Coeur d’Alene, introduced a bill to prevent unauthorized immigrants from accessing publicly-funded assistance — requiring state agencies to verify immigration status for services like vaccines, prenatal and postnatal care, and food aid for children.

Thomas Briggs, 72

Thomas Everett Briggs, 73, passed away on April 12, 2025.

Private security guards charged in Coeur d’Alene town hall dragging

City prosecutors have filed criminal charges against six men involved in a chaotic legislative town hall, including the private security guards who dragged a Post Falls woman out of the Coeur d’Alene High School auditorium.

Small group makes big impact at annual cleanup

About a half dozen volunteers braved the cold, drizzly weather Saturday morning as part of an effort to clean the community's shoreline.

Banquet to benefit SHS Grad Night

Friday's Grad Night fundraiser is going to celebrate "Red, White and Bulldogs" as the Sandpoint High School Grad Night committee is bringing about a return of the annual banquet and auction. The event, set for Friday, Aug. 25, will kick off at 5:30 p.m. at the Heartwood Center, 615 Oak St. The fundraiser will feature an evening of fine dining and drinks, dessert raffles, door prizes, live music and a silent and live auction.

Work left to do during the 'off season'

District 1 legislators discuss local issues and concerns in the weekly Notes from Boise column.

Organizations independent of governmental bias

In my letter (Daily Bee, March 25, 2025), I provided statements from four organizations that connected extreme weather events with global warming.

Create pollinator-welcoming landscape for beauty, benefits

When I was a little girl in the 1930s and 1940s, it was the custom to always plant a tree on Arbor Day. Our family always did, and whether a fruit-bearing, ornamental or transplanted evergreen from the nearby woods, it was a festive, meaningful thing for us.