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Orlando Lightfoot, Idaho’s all-time leading scorer, headed to Big Sky Hall of Fame
When Orlando Lightfoot travels to Spokane on Saturday to be inducted into the Big Sky Conference Hall of Fame as part of the Big Sky Football Kickoff Weekend at the Northern Quest Resort and Casino, it will be a validation that more than three decades ago when he came to the University of Idaho he was at the right time in the right place.
NAU ROUNDUP: Wright, Bottorff, Robledo to represent NAU football at 2024 Big Sky Conference Football Kickoff
The area college football preseason will begin with the 2024 Big Sky Conference Football Kickoff this weekend in Spokane, Washington. Head coaches and two student-athletes from all 12 programs around the league will gather for the event on July 20-22 at the Northern Quest Resort and Casino. Northern Arizona's representatives...
Post Falls blogger appeals defamation decision
COEUR d’ALENE — A Post Falls blogger who was found liable for defamation has not yet paid anything toward the $1.1 million judgement awarded to the drag performer she falsely accused of exposing himself during Pride in the Park 2022, according to court records, while post-judgment interest piles up.
Amateurs Andrew Von Lossow, Dalton Dean shoot 65 to share lead at Rosauers Open Invitational
Spokane’s Andrew Von Lossow and University of Idaho’s Dalton Dean led a strong showing by area amateurs in Friday’s opening round of the 37th Rosauers Open Invitational. Von Lossow and Dean each birdied all three par-5s and carded 6-under-par 65s at Indian Canyon Golf Course to move to the top of a crowded leaderboard. Amateur Nate Plaster, who completed his senior season at Washington State in the spring, is one of six players trailing the co-leaders by one stroke.
ART INSIGHTS: Keep your day job!
Most artists have had to keep their day jobs. I know, you too. Artists … weird and eccentric? Not so much! They may be working next to you. Those trained in the graphic arts may have a better chance of making a living with their skills. You’ve heard the terms, “Starving artist (no joke!),” and “Those who can’t do, teach.” There is plenty of doing in teaching! I’ve asked Coeur d'Alene Art Association members what were/are some of their day jobs, in a brutally pared, abbreviated 50 words.
Channel catfish stocked in Liberty Lake for the first time in 10 years
Before the hatchery truck backed down the ramp and set all of the fish free in Liberty Lake, Danny Garrett wanted a photo. It’s not every day that he gets to hold a channel catfish. Garrett, the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife’s eastern region warmwater fish biologist, took...
Five years after his wife was found dead in a freezer, Wahid Kashify is extradited back to Spokane and will stand trial for murder
SPOKANE — A man accused of killing his wife and hiding her body in a chest freezer in 2019 was extradited from the Netherlands Thursday back to Spokane, where he will stand trial for first-degree murder. “There are no ends that we will not, and have not gone to,...
Spokane Airport Grapples with delays, cancellations in face of worldwide tech outage
Airlines everywhere experienced delays, cancellations and premature landings Friday, including the Spokane International Airport. In the early morning, a faulty tech update put out by CrowdStrike caused IT systems on Windows devices across the world to fail, leaving businesses scrambling to maintain operations. As of 4 p.m. Friday, dozens of...
Misuse of Spokane River ramp may force removal
COEUR d'ALENE — When Devyn Burdett goes with her kids to use the ADA-compliant ramp at Atlas Park so she can cool off in the Spokane River, she finds people already there. Kids and adults are often found diving and launching off the platform. So, Burdett, the 2021 Ms....
Spokane on track to break new heat record
Spokane is on track to break another weather record as the region’s heat wave continues. National Weather Service meteorologist Rachael Fewkes said the city tied its record Friday for consecutive days at or above 90 degrees, with 15 . “We have this really strong ridge of high pressure that...
Spokane hospitals impacted by worldwide CrowdStrike outages, MultiCare to postpone elective surgeries
Spokane hospitals are working to regain their full abilities following CrowdStrike computer outages that have caused major problems across the world Friday morning. MuliCare announced Friday morning that elective surgeries at Deaconess and Valley Hospitals scheduled for the day will be postponed to a later date. “All elective surgeries at...
Little League teams on to the state playoffs
Courtesy photo Post Falls won the Little League (12U) District 1 baseball tournament last weekend to advance to the best-of-3 state playoffs this weekend at Canfield Sports Complex in Coeur d'Alene vs. District 2 champion West Valley of Eagle, Star and Middleton, and surrounding areas. Game 1 is Friday at 5:30 p.m., Game 2 is Saturday at 9:30 a.m. and Game 3, if necessary, is Sunday at 9:30 a.m. In the front row from left are Liam Rettmann, Jacob Palmer, Owen Dagon, Finn Greenland, Lawson Roberg, Fletcher Tandy and Liam Foxx; second row from left, coach Brian Dagon, Carson Perkins, Jaxon LaF…
DISTRICT A CLASS A LEGION BASEBALL: 19U Lakers remain alive with big win over Lewis-Clark
MOSCOW — After falling to the third-seeded Coeur d’Alene Lumbermen 9-6, the 19U North Idaho Lakers came back to defeat the fourth-seeded Lewis-Clark Cubs 20-10 in District A Class A American Legion baseball tournament play held Friday at the Moscow School District Community Playfields. Against Coeur d’Alene, the...
Film starring actress from Coeur d'Alene playing at Hayden Cinema
Micah Lynn Hanson was raised on North Idaho values as she grew up in Coeur d'Alene's French Gulch. Homeschooled K-12, the now 33-year-old actress who plays a lead role in the new film "Disciples in the Moonlight" was always painfully shy. "I loved watching people. I would make up their...
$5 million bond set for man accused of killing his wife five years ago
The young children of an Afghan couple were likely home when their father killed their mother, prosecutors said in court Friday. Spokane County Court Commissioner Eugene Cruz set a $5 million bond for Wahid Kashify, who faces one count of premeditated murder. Friends of 24-year-old Arezu Kashify were tearful Friday...
50 years ago in Expo history: The famed Mormon Tabernacle Choir impressed, but the venue didn’t
The world-famous Mormon Tabernacle Choir – 350 strong – performed an Expo ’74 concert at the Spokane Coliseum. The choir sang hymns and classical choral works, as well as songs from well-known musicals and movies, including “Fiddler on the Roof,” “Born Free” and “Man of La Mancha.”
17-year-old boy arrested on suspicion of shooting friend in back near Spokane Falls Community College
A 17-year-old is accused of firing several shots at a car, striking his friend after an altercation last month outside a Catholic Charities apartment complex near Spokane Falls Community College. James J. Atkins was booked Friday into the Spokane County Juvenile Detention Center on suspicion of three counts of first-degree...
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