

A Final Gift
I started working for Hospice of North Idaho, the community’s nonprofit hospice, in May of 2010, only a few weeks before the...


Lake City High School Athlete of the Month: Dominic Conigliaro
Baseball is truly a team sport, and it has taught Lake City High School senior, Dominic Conigliaro, lessons to live by and has given him...


Spring Cleaning Inside and Out
With the arrival of the warmer weather and longer daylight hours comes a myriad of to-do lists that help us emerge from the winter blues...


Coeur d’Alene High School Athlete of the Month: Isabella Hollibaugh
Coeur d’Alene High School junior, Isabella Hollibaugh, has an enviable list of accomplishments. The 17-year-old has lettered for playing...


Fifty Dollars for a College Education?
Higher education can get expensive, and over the past decade the average tuition cost around the country has only gone up. It’s smart to...


Encouraging Independence and Confidence
Look up the root words for encourage [en-courage], and you will find that the word literally means “to cause to be in, or to fill, with...


NIC helps machinists build careers
Look around – almost everything you see has one thing in common: a machinist helped make it. From your phone, to your car, to the spare...


The Gift of Independence
More than 40 years ago, individuals born with physical or mental disabilities were often sent to state institutions where they might...


A Mission in the Wilderness
The Coeur d’Alene Mission of the Sacred Heart, often called Cataldo Mission or the Old Mission, is the oldest and one of the most...


Teaching Technology Skills in Our Schools
In today’s world, we’ve grown comfortable with electronic devices and have come to rely on the technology that powers them. But there’s a...