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Prosecuting Attorney Monica Bushling recommended concurrent life sentences with parole eligibility after 20 years.
District Judge Scott Wayman sentenced Bradley to concurrent 25 year prison sentences with parole eligibility after 10 years.
On August 18, 2023, Ariel Mahoney started the day full of life and excited to take the leap into marriage with her long-time love Kurtis. “We went to the courthouse and got our marriage certificate,” shared Ariel. “We decided to celebrate by joining friends in Pinehurst.” The couple enjoyed their visit, then started the return trip home. They hadn’t even made it out of Shoshone County on I-90 before being struck from behind by an intoxicated driver.
By Sandra White of Hayden, Idaho Imagine if you will, a governmental board where the head has a tool at his disposal where he could instantly pass anything he wants simply by putting it on the agenda. The item could be a bill, a contract, an appointment. This tool forces...
Glenn Robinson isn’t afraid to exercise freedom of speech in a very public way. No, he isn’t a social media influencer. Robinson prefers to use an old-fashioned reader board, which just so happens to be located on a busy intersection in Coeur d’Alene and has received national attention more than once.
Scott’s Scoop Through the years, I have spent thousands of hours on our highways, as a commercial truck driver, as a law enforcement officer, and most recently owning and operating a route based business. You get used to seeing certain things out there on the roads. For me, the things I focus...
The recently established Off the Grid hosted by Daniel and the Gang held its second monthly dance on April 5 in Cataldo, Idaho. The event provided a remote atmosphere for young adults to learn and practice a variety of dance moves.
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4:15 pm,
April 24, 2024
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Verse of the Day
And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.
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Opinion
By Representative Julianne Young of Blackfoot, Idaho I have witnessed unprecedented growth in state spending during my six years of legislative service, from a total budget of $8 billion to $14 billion, with budget growth averaging 10% per year. Despite the double-forked promises stereotypical politicians may offer, this trajectory is unsustainable....
Like an abused child grown up to be a child-abusing adult, Red China is consumed by an obsession for revenge. Every sin that hyper-nationalists within the People’s Republic imagine was perpetrated upon China during its 19th and early 20th Century period of weakness is being resurrected. These old evils are being...
Freedom is the ability to say that 2 + 2 = 4.” George Orwell, “1984” Without truth, there can be no freedom, no salvation, and no well-lived life. Truth constitutes a willingness to live in an often excruciating objective reality, rather than in a bubble of facile self-delusion. Truth is never...
Editorial
Mercurio was isolated from physical contact with ISIS networks, had no means to travel, and had little access to anything beyond online “jihad.” In fact, messages in the affidavit clearly state that his father closely monitors the finances which makes things difficult. The affidavit also notes that Mercurio had little to no knowledge of firearms, had no transportation as he does not have a driver’s license, and had not visited or “conducted any in person activity” at the churches.
Forget about deporting illegal foreign nationals. Not only will Biden fight states like Texas that attempt to stem the horde of illegals crossing over the southern border, but recent reports now show that Biden has been intentionally by-passing the immigration system by directly flying 320,000 illegal foreign nationals into the United...
The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office is now releasing a notable calls report twice a week. Based on a simple review of the notable calls over a three day span from last Friday through Sunday, one could easily assume our community has a startling lack of self-control and poor communication skills. For...
Theology
I mentioned soteriology in my last column, which is the study of the salvation provided by Jesus' complete, perfect, redemptive work at the cross. This breathtaking sacrificial gift tells us so much about God and not much about ourselves, which is proper because God is fascinating and we are deplorably common and dismal.
The American Family
The inaugural story for The American Family originates in Council, Idaho, where my great-grandfather, Paul James Kesler was born on August 12, 1911, to Edna (Spangler) Kelser and John Kelser.
Press Release from US Forest Service The Coeur d’Alene River Ranger District is seeking public comments on two project proposals located in Shoshone County, Idaho. The Shoshone Park Restroom Replacement project proposes to install two double stall vault toilets to...
