DEVIN WEEKS
Devin Weeks is a third-generation North Idaho resident. She holds an associate degree in journalism from North Idaho College and a bachelor's in communication arts from Lewis-Clark State College Coeur d'Alene. Devin embarked on her journalism career at the Coeur d'Alene Press in 2013. She worked weekends for several years, covering a wide variety of events and issues throughout Kootenai County. Devin now mainly covers K-12 education and the city of Post Falls. She enjoys delivering daily chuckles through the Ghastly Groaner and loves highlighting local people in the Fast Five segment that runs in CoeurVoice. Devin lives in Post Falls with her husband and their three eccentric and very needy cats.
Recent Stories
David Brooks gives North Idaho Distinguished Lecture
805 people were in attendance
A bright light shined on the humanities Thursday evening as David Brooks addressed the largest crowd to ever attend the Idaho Humanities Council’s North Idaho Distinguished Lecture and Dinner at The Coeur d'Alene Resort.
Theme park donates over $38,256 to local food banks
Theme park donates over $38,256 to local food banks
It's been a Silverwood Theme Park tradition for at least 15 years. A portion of ticket sales from Community Appreciation Weekends in September are collected and distributed to area food banks, which in turn help community members who are struggling to make ends meet. This year, Silverwood and its guests raised more than $38,256 to support the Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls, Athol and Bonner Community food banks as well as Second Harvest, which serves 280 independent agencies across the Inland Northwest.
Panel tackles Proposition 1 at N. Idaho forum
Panelists discuss open primaries, ranked-choice voting initiative
A concern about ranked-choice voting is that it splits the number of votes from the majority party and paves the way to victory for minority candidates. Luke Mayville recently had this discussion with someone who asked if that's what happened in the 1992 presidential election when Bill Clinton won with 42% of the vote because Ross Perot ran against George H.W. Bush, splitting the conservative vote. "The answer to that is if they had had ranked-choice voting, it would have solved that problem," he said.
Welcome to Scare School: As Silverwood becomes Scarywood, actors hone their spooky skills
From pop scares to creative costuming, Scarywood delivers harrowing Halloween experiences
A spooktastic Halloween experience calls for an eerie, bone-chilling atmosphere, ghastly ghouls lurking in dark corners, haunted attractions that turn the blood cold and well-timed, well-planned jump scares that send the unwitting running for their lives.
Economist: Strong labor market propping up economy
The Federal Reserve is expected to begin announcing rate cuts today for the first time in five years. “This is a really big deal because interest rates have been abnormally high by our recent standards,” said Sam Wolkenhauer, the Idaho Department of Labor's North Idaho economist.
CLN removes 'diversity, equity, inclusion' language from website
Board lifts hiring freeze to replace business manager who resigned in July
Trustees of the Community Library Network unanimously voted to remove the words "diversity, equity and inclusion" from the network's website Thursday during a meeting at the Hayden Library. “I believe that this is incongruent with the CLN’s personnel manual," Vice Chair Tom Hanley said, reading from a prepared statement.
Property owner withdraws controversial Spirit Lake sandbar project
Community members show up to oppose dredging
Overwhelming community opposition to the potential removal of the sandbar at Spirit Lake's Brickel Creek has stopped the project in its tracks.
Sex discrimination complaints filed against Cd'A School District
Sandpoint man alleges females do not receive equal athletic participation opportunities
A Sandpoint resident has filed two complaints with the U.S. Department of Education Office for Civil Rights, one of which will be investigated.
'Children's School and Library Protection Act' goes into effect Monday
'Children's School and Library Protection Act' goes into effect Monday
Seven-year-old Patrice Droesch comfortably sat with her legs folded beneath her, lingering on the pages of Brian Lies’ “Bats at the Library,” a children’s book about bats that have a grand time when they find a window at their local library has been left open one night. Patrice’s mom, Elizabeth Droesch of Coeur d’Alene, sat at a nearby table in the Seagrave Children’s Library at the Coeur d’Alene Public Library, researching different titles. “I was just going through all of these and reading reviews and making sure what I choose is appropriate for my kids,” she said. “It takes time.”
Educators participate in i-STEM Institutes at NIC
Teachers love to teach, but they also love to learn. Nearly 100 educators from across North Idaho and other parts of the state participated in four days of i-STEM Institutes at North Idaho College this week. They deepened their knowledge and enhanced their science, technology, engineering and mathematics practices through projects and principles they can bring to their classrooms this fall.