Silver Valley Sports: Feb. 17 - 23
Wildcat wrestlers punch state tournament ticket following dominant district showing; Boys hoops enter postseason play; Wildcats race past Saints.
Shoshone County man charged after threats against lawmaker
A Smelterville man was arrested Saturday after threats on Facebook surfaced online that morning concerning state legislator Rep. Jordan Redman, R-Coeur d’Alene, and his family.
Shoshone County jail bookings
Arrests and bookings for Shoshone County jail.
Don't stress the high water... yet
Areas throughout Shoshone County are under a flood advisory alert according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). However, county officials aren’t raising the alarm just yet.
Michael Lee Taylor, 71
Michael Lee Taylor April 24, 1953, to February 16, 2025
KHS Cadets take third at California Raider competition
Members of Kellogg High School’s Marine Corps JROTC Program recently traveled to Southern California to compete in a JROTC Raider Competition.
Coeur d'Alene town hall security detail remains mystery
The identities of the men who dragged a woman out a legislative town hall Saturday in the Coeur d’Alene High School auditorium remain a mystery, with event organizers claiming no knowledge of who arranged the security detail or which company was used.
Chaos erupts at legislative town hall in Coeur d'Alene
Saturday’s Legislative Town Hall hosted by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee turned volatile as some attendees voiced their concerns over House Bill 138 and other recent legislative initiatives.
Murray Water Association receives DEQ funding
The Idaho Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) awarded $610,000 in drinking water construction funding Thursday to Murray Water Association in Shoshone County.
Shoshone County jail bookings
Arrests and jail bookings for Shoshone County jail.
North Idaho Physical Therapy buys Kellogg clinic
Justin Kane and Cory Lewis took over the operation of Kellogg Physical Therapy earlier this year and have brought it under Kane’s North Idaho Physical Therapy, BioPerformance Institute umbrella.
John Thielman, 84
John Fred "Bucky" Thielman passed on from this life on February 10, 2025, in Burley, Idaho. He was born on June 14, 1940 in Beulah, North Dakota, to William and Rose (Birkholz) Thielman.
Elfrun Maria Hansen, 88
Elfrun Marie Hansen, 88, of Silverton, Idaho, beloved wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother, passed away peacefully at her home in Silverton on February 17, 2025. Elfrun was born on January 30, 1937, in Bad-Schlag, Czechoslovakia, the daughter of the late Franz and Elisabeth (Leder) Nysera.
OPINION: The party’s over, life goes on
Recently, I sent a note to editors and friends saying I was stepping aside from column writing and pursuing other interests. Then the thought occurred to me that I should share my thoughts one more time.
PUBLIC LANDS: Don’t sell them
About every 20 years or so, there is some governor or state representative in the Western United States who proposes selling off public lands for development or resource exploitment. Lands that were originally set aside for recreational use by all United States citizens by President Teddy Roosevelt in 1901.
'The RATs are coming'
The RATs, as they prefer to be called, have already made a significant impact on the community, busting up meth labs, halting trafficking operations, arresting drug dealers, and removing mass quantities of harmful substances like fentanyl from area denizens.
Broken pipe floods courthouse basement
A reported broken water pipe led to several inches of water flooding the basement of the Shoshone County Courthouse last week.
Louis 'Louie' M. Groves, 86
Louis "Louie" M. Groves, 86. Being born in Omaha, Nebraska, on January 8, 1939, to Walter and Laura (Japp) Groves.
Power outage forces successful chairlift evacuation at Silver Mountain
Skiers enjoying the long weekend at Silver Mountain Ski Resort got a little more thrill than what they signed up for on Sunday when a power outage and mechanical failure resulted in the evacuation of one of the mountain’s chair lifts.
THE DIRT: Air Quality Concerns
Take a deep breath. Notice anything?
