Pinehurst News

Panhandle Health District Program Manager Jerry Cobb says a stipend designed to encourage families in parts of northern Idaho to have children screened for lead poisoning has increased.

Alicia Edgell, 14 of Coeur d'Alene was killed when she was involved in a personal watercraft accident on Coeur d'Alene Lake near the Third Street Docks.

There's a flash flood watch in effect for parts of North Idaho from now until later this evening for Benewah, Kootenai, Latah and Shoshone counties including the areas of Deary, Kellogg, Pinehurst, Osburn, Wallace, Mullan, Smelterville and Calder.

The road to the summit of Mount Spokane opened for vehicle traffic this weekend.

The state Department of Fish, Wildlife and Parks has confirmed that an 8.8 pound largemouth bass caught on the Noxon Rapids Reservoir is a state record.

Contractors Northwest Inc., of Coeur d'Alene, is working on a $1.4 million project to replace the well that serves the Kingston water district, which is located between Cataldo and Pinehurst, in the village of Kingston, Idaho.

A winter storm warning is in effect through Wednesday evening for the Central Idaho Panhandle mountains.

The Inland Northwest woke up to a rain/snow mix on Wednesday morning. It made for some sloppy commute conditions, but did not cause any problems on the roads.

The Environmental Protection Agency has come out with its list of the soot places in America - those counties or parts of counties where the population of airborne particles is too high.