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North Idaho library network declines to change policy on kids accessing materials
POST FALLS, Idaho - Changes in how kids access materials in some North Idaho libraries will not change just yet, as library trustees try to balance a new state law with parental decisions.
Famous Retailer Is Closing These 16 Locations in the Northwest For Good
Earlier this month, we gave you a heads up that another major discount retailer was in serious danger of going under. Many industry experts speculate that the brand may be close to filing for bankruptcy. The discount retailer in question is Big Lots. CBS News recently reported that while the...
Agencies in Idaho directed federal funding to safe house despite complaints and contractual violations
Within days of leaving the safe house, Ally decided she needed to put it all in writing — the control, manipulation, the feeling like she’d been “trafficked and exploited” by the very place that was supposed to help trafficking survivors like her. She’d been at a...
Red Cross Has Opened 13 Shelters so far This Wildfire Season. How You Can Prepare Before Disaster Strikes.
Oregon wildfires has burned more than 945,000 acres. [Portland, ORE, July 25, 2024] — Residents of Oregon and SW Washington are in the middle of a busy wildfire season as the climate crisis threatens to upend more communities. The American Red Cross Cascades Region opened our first shelter in La Pine on June 25th due to the Darlene 3 Fire and we have not stopped since. We are currently operating in 4 different locations in our region plus we are helping support or neighboring Red Cross regions in Washington, Idaho and Montana.
After Texas Fire destroyed Idaho home, fundraiser seeks help for reconstruction
When Marsha Schoeffler first found out, she was standing at her sink pitting cherries. One of her neighbors knocked on her door, telling her a fire had started about a mile away. She lives four miles from Kendrick, a rural north central Idaho town home to around 300 people in Latah County. She walked out […]
Lawsuit officially filed by parents against Mead School District
MEAD, Wash. — Mead School District is being sued by the parents of a high school football player for alleged abuse by fellow teammates. They say it happened more than a year ago during summer at training camp at Eastern Washington University -- but wasn't reported to police until eight months later.
Crews Battling new 800 Acre Lightning-Caused Wildfire in Nez Perce County
JULIAETTA - Firefighters are battling a new lightning-caused fire in Nez Perce County, located about 5 miles southwest of Juliaetta and just south of the Latah County line. The fire was sparked at around 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. According to Nez Perce Tribe Fire Management Officer Fire Jeff Handel, at about 9:30 a.m. on Thursday, the fire size was estimated at about 800 acres in size and no level of containment had been achieved.
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