The Post Falls City Council will be recording and live streaming the interview of the candidate to take Randy Westlund's spot on the Council. The deliberation of the city council before the confirmation vote will also be recorded. The interview and deliberation being public has never happened before, as far as I can remember. State law says the mayor nominates and the council votes to confirm or not confirm. Keep in mind that Westlund is being sworn in as Mayor at this meetin

Interviewing of candidates to take the city council seat vacated by Dan Gookin. Gookin will be sworn in as Mayor this week.

I attended the 11/24/25 hearing regarding the KCRCC Town Hall were a disruptive woman was removed and the security guards involved were charged with misdeamoners. All of the charges have been dismissed against all the security guards with one exception. There were 4 lawyers representing various defendants, and one attorney representing the city of CDA. Here is a summary of notes/observations from that day. The courtroom the hearing was held in was small. It was packed with lo

Attended the Hayden City Council Meeting on October 14th. The city engineer gave a presentation updating the progress of infrastructure plans in the city of Hayden.

Is insurance coverage for taxpayer funded entities affected by politics? It sure seems like that is the case when you look at North Idaho College. In 2022, Idaho Counties Risk Management Program (ICRMP) refused to provide insurance coverage for North Idaho College. According to statements made at the September NIC Board of Trustee meeting, ICRMP will be covering NIC insurance wise again. Their coverage looks like it is based on if they like the elected trustees or not... (I h

After the hearings around the state by the 2025 Child Custody & Domestic Relations Task Force, here is a meeting talking about what...

The Lakeland school board went into executive session yesterday evening. I am hopeful that they discussed the rumor about the teacher....

I submitted a records request hoping that it would clear up the rumor that I had previously posted about regarding a Lakeland High School...

The candidates for Hayden City Council spoke at the September meeting of the Kootenai County Republican Women Federated. Ed Depriest,...

I am trying to remember the last time a city council or other public entity announced in the media what their executive session was...

This is why a lot of locals call our local paper the CDA trash. Very unprofessional, and not in context with the article.

I attended the 8/26/25, Hayden City Council Special Budget Meeting at 4 pm. I got there about 15 minutes into the meeting, which means I...

Watch the first 10 minutes of this meeting, then go to about 45 minutes in, to a tad past an hour in. Lots of questions come to mind: 1)...

Here are more screenshots from a recent Idaho Legislative Task Force. It talks about Child Custody and CPS. Here is a link to the...

Here are screenshots from a recent Idaho Legislative Task Force. It shows how judges are currently picked and who picks them. It also...

On July 30th, Sheriff Norris attended the County Commissioners’ budget meeting asking the commissioners to reconsider last weeks vote...

I have emailed the Post Falls School District Board of Trustees regarding their current policy of requiring a public commenter to state...

"I recently attended a truly extraordinary rendition of the operetta "The Pirates of Penzance," put on by the Spokane Valley Summer...

On July 14th, I attended the Post Falls School District Board of Trustees meeting. At the beginning of the meeting they recognized a bus...