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Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. Idaho Republican Party leaders are calling on the state Legislature to invalidate local city ordinances that ban discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation - like the one Coeur d'Alene passed after an emotional community debate just two weeks ago.

Republican Party leaders are urging the Idaho Legislature to put a stop to local communities' efforts to provide discrimination protections for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender individuals.

Coeur d'Alene HS OL Matt James camped at Boise State over the weekend & left with yet another offer as the Broncos became the eighth school to put a scholarship on the table.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. Former Coeur d'Alene Mayor Ray Stone, a World War II veteran, educator and jazz musician, died Sunday.

If ever a group ought to band together and demand a boost in the minimum wage, it is the wage slaves of Idaho.

McCall has never been known for keeping people indoors, but a few hundred Republican Party faithful are spending their weekend inside the McCall-Donnelly High School debating nearly three doze resolutions at their annual summer confab.

They conspire to take control of their company and learn there's nothing they can't do -- even in a man's world.

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho - Barbara Allen-Kelsay delivered sweet treats to two of her doctors Thursday - a token of her thanks for diagnosing and treating a severe infection that has plagued her for most of a decade.

There are no gigantic, complicated dance numbers. The songs are not overbearing.

When Idaho Republicans convene their state GOP Central Committee meeting later today in Valley County, they'll be considering more than two dozen resolutions that include everything from abolishing daylight saving time, pushing back against Common Core standards, and even a measure that would make recent Add the Words legislation, passed in several ... (more)

A free shuttle bus will begin operating in downtown Coeur d' Alene this Saturday, June 14th, through Sunday, September 1st.

WASHINGTON STATE's football coaching staff stepped off the recruiting trail earlier this week to talk about the philosophy, goals and actions that will return the program to prominence.

The Shrine Circus in Coeur d'Alene will feature animal and human performers from the Las Vegas-based Jordan World Circus.

Receive FREE access by logging in to or creating your Spokesman.com account. Usually, though, those praising the Gem State's business-friendliness don't point out that one of the reasons is this: Employees are paid less - and in some cases a lot less - than most employees elsewhere.

This time of year bewilders me. Hockey playoffs, NBA playoffs, soccer, baseball and the Seahawks are already holding their minicamp.

Whidbey Island writer Linda Beeman is headed east this week, a road trip that will take her to her home town of Wallace, Idaho.

COEUR D'ALENE, Idaho-- The Diamond Cup boat race organizers announced Thursday that the event will return to Lake Coeur d'Alene this fall.

First-term state Rep. Luke Malek of Coeur d'Alene filed a federal lawsuit against President Obama and top national security officials late yesterday on behalf of Coeur d'Alene resident Anna Smith, contending that collection of information about her Verizon cell phone use violates the law and the Constitution.

COEUR d'ALENE - The Kootenai County Sheriff's Office won't be doing concealed weapons permit applications and renewals anymore on Monday.

The murder trial has begun for a northern Idaho man charged in connection with the death of his girlfriend on Christmas day.