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CDA City Council Approves a 15th St. Reconstruction Project for $684,000

Erin B.

Aug 15, 2023

CDA City Council Approves a 15th St. Reconstruction Project for $684,000

The August 15th Coeur d'Alene City Council meeting was full of important and costly subjects, but a large chunk of money was approved to...

Kootenai County Commissioners Business Updates August 15, 2023

Erin B.

Aug 15, 2023

Kootenai County Commissioners Business Updates August 15, 2023

The weekly status update had many interesting projects correlating with the inner workings of the city, and instead of choosing a few to...

CDA School District August Board Meeting 8/14/23

Erin B.

Aug 15, 2023

CDA School District August Board Meeting 8/14/23

The local government meetings have been relatively light on agenda items over the summer, so it was a shock to the system when the CDA...

Kootenai County-Wide Meetings Week of 8/14

Erin B.

Aug 14, 2023

Kootenai County-Wide Meetings Week of 8/14

A weekly snapshot of meetings throughout the county that could affect our daily lives. These include city council, county commissioner,...

Erin B.

Aug 11, 2023

Jesus... What Happened to Us?

Brad of Five Times August wrote this song at the height of the C0vid pandemic and it accurately captures everything that happened in...

Kootenai County BOCC Continues Emergency Declaration for Parkway Fire

Erin B.

Aug 11, 2023

Kootenai County BOCC Continues Emergency Declaration for Parkway Fire

The Kootenai County Commissioners met with the Office of Emergency Management on Thursday to discuss the emergency declaration...

KMPO Board Terminates Traffic Management Center Contract

Erin B.

Aug 11, 2023

KMPO Board Terminates Traffic Management Center Contract

Reader call-to-action at the bottom. Over 300 people showed up in solidarity against the proposed Traffic Management Center at the...

Kootenai County Community Development 8/10/23

Erin B.

Aug 10, 2023

Kootenai County Community Development 8/10/23

The board of commissioners met for the Community Development meeting to deliberate on three ongoing development requests: The public...

Community Library Network Special Meeting

Erin B.

Aug 10, 2023

Community Library Network Special Meeting

The Community Library Board came together in a special meeting to discuss a new chunk of money that has recently been earmarked for the...

Post Falls Planning Office Seeing Permit Slowdown

Erin B.

Aug 9, 2023

Post Falls Planning Office Seeing Permit Slowdown

The Post Falls Planning Commission was light on agenda items last night which gave the commissioners a chance to ask Planning Manager Jon...

CDA Library Board Accepting Applications for Trustee Position

Erin B.

Aug 9, 2023

CDA Library Board Accepting Applications for Trustee Position

Applications will be accepted until Friday, September 1, at 5:00 p.m. The Coeur d'Alene Library recently announced that they are...

CDA Planning Commission Public Hearing Recap 8/8/23

Erin B.

Aug 8, 2023

CDA Planning Commission Public Hearing Recap 8/8/23

Below is the recap from Tuesday's Coeur d'Alene Planning Commission public hearing. The 3 hour long meeting was primarily discussing the...

CDA Puts Spotlight on Government Way Stoplights

Erin B.

Aug 8, 2023

CDA Puts Spotlight on Government Way Stoplights

At Monday's Coeur d'Alene General Services/Public Works Commission meeting, the City Engineering Department brought forth a request to...

Kellogg Bus Driver Files Lawsuit for Wrongful Termination

Erin B.

Aug 8, 2023

Kellogg Bus Driver Files Lawsuit for Wrongful Termination

Remember the Kellogg bus driver who was fired for attending a protest on his off time? Here's a reminder: Now there's an update about bus...

Erin B.

Aug 7, 2023

Smart Cities Meetings This Week

There are two "smart city" meetings this week for your viewing pleasure. August 10, 1:30pm @ Post Falls City Hall The Kootenai...

Community Library Network FY24 Budget Public Hearing Thursday 8/10/23

Erin B.

Aug 7, 2023

Community Library Network FY24 Budget Public Hearing Thursday 8/10/23

The Community Library Network board has tentatively reached an agreement on the FY24 budget and it is now put in front of the public to...

Kootenai County-Wide Meetings Week of 8/7

Erin B.

Aug 7, 2023

Kootenai County-Wide Meetings Week of 8/7

A weekly snapshot of meetings throughout the county that could affect our daily lives. These include city council, county commissioner,...

Special Community Library Network Meeting TODAY for FINAL Budget Discussion Before Public Hearing

Erin B.

Jul 25, 2023

Special Community Library Network Meeting TODAY for FINAL Budget Discussion Before Public Hearing

Today is the FINAL budget discussion the Community Library Network board will have before the budget public hearing so this will be your...

Kootenai County-Wide Meetings Week of 7/24

Erin B.

Jul 24, 2023

Kootenai County-Wide Meetings Week of 7/24

A weekly snapshot of meetings throughout the county that could affect our daily lives. These include city council, county commissioner,...

igniteCDA Board Meeting Recap July 19, 2023

Guest Author

Jul 19, 2023

igniteCDA Board Meeting Recap July 19, 2023

These are the notes from an igniteCDA meeting attendee. I have added them below for consumption. Call to order at 4:00PM Pledge of...