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CDA School Board Has No Remorse for Actions Against Community, Votes to Put $25M Levy on May Ballot
Yesterday was the anticipated CDA School Board special meeting and I’m giving away the ending: the board voted to put a supplemental levy...

Erin B.
Mar 21, 2023


Kootenai County-Wide Meetings Week of 3/20
A weekly snapshot of meetings throughout the county that could affect our daily lives. These include city council, county commissioner,...

Erin B.
Mar 20, 2023


Tim Plass Announces Community Library Network Trustee Candidacy
Tim Plass of Rathdrum announced his candidacy this week for the Community Library Network Board of Trustees position. Plass has been a...

Erin B.
Mar 16, 2023


CDA and Lakeland Schools Levies Fail, Post Falls Levy Passes
Yesterday the people voted to decide whether their school districts deserved taxpayer money. In Kootenai County we saw the highest voter...

Erin B.
Mar 15, 2023


Coeur d’Alene School Board Recap 3/13/23 with a SECOND Girl Speaking Out Against School District
First off: It's voting day so GO VOTE! Today is the day where you let the school district know if you approve or disapprove of how they...

Erin B.
Mar 14, 2023


Kootenai County-Wide Meetings Week of 3/13
A weekly snapshot of meetings throughout the county that could affect our daily lives. These include city council, county commissioner,...

Erin B.
Mar 13, 2023


Lakeland Has Solution to CDA School District's Problem
Over the past few days there has been a flurry of discussion involving the Coeur d'Alene School District. A student has come out against...

Erin B.
Mar 11, 2023


INTERVIEW and TRANSCRIPT: Coeur d’Alene High School Student Encounters Male in Girls Restroom
Yesterday we brought you the story about a Coeur d’Alene High School student who had an incident where a male used the female bathroom,...

Erin B.
Mar 10, 2023


What is really going on in the Coeur d’Alene School District?
This is an extended version of the article that was posted in the print edition of The People's Pen. In March the Coeur d’Alene School...

Erin B.
Mar 9, 2023


Girls Are Afraid to Use the School Restroom
A mom in the Coeur d'Alene School District has a daughter at Coeur d'Alene High School that just had an incident where a male walked into...

Erin B.
Mar 8, 2023


Kootenai County-Wide Meetings Week of 3/6
A weekly snapshot of meetings throughout the county that could affect our daily lives. These include city council, county commissioner,...

Erin B.
Mar 6, 2023


Kootenai Classical Academy Now Accepting Enrollment Applications
Application deadline is March 24 so apply for enrollment today!

Erin B.
Mar 4, 2023


Guest: Former Coeur d'Alene School Trustee Discusses School Levy
Coeur d’Alene School District 271 is asking you to vote for a permanent levy that will be on every future tax bill you receive. Normally...

Guest Author
Feb 27, 2023


Kootenai County-Wide Meetings Week of 2/27
A weekly snapshot of meetings throughout the county that could affect our daily lives. These include city council, county commissioner,...

Erin B.
Feb 27, 2023


CDA City Council Recap 2/21/23
Last night was the latest Coeur d’Alene City Council meeting and there were a lot of spicy items on the agenda: Coeur Terre Annexation...

Erin B.
Feb 22, 2023


Kootenai County-Wide Meetings Week of 2/20
A weekly snapshot of meetings throughout the county that could affect our daily lives. These include city council, county commissioner,...

Erin B.
Feb 20, 2023


Kootenai Dems Hosting Symposium Hijacking Democracy 2/25
The Kootenai County Democrats, yes the Democrats, are having a symposium to talk about the “threat to democracy” in direct response to...

Erin B.
Feb 17, 2023


March 14th School Levy: A Common Sense Approach
Written by Citizens for Common Sense Education It is amazing to us that we are considering a $25 million dollar levy for the Coeur...

Guest Author
Feb 16, 2023


Kootenai County Commissioners Meetings Update
Kootenai County Commissioners Status Update 2/14 GTN XPress Pipeline Project A local senator has asked for a letter of support from the...

Erin B.
Feb 15, 2023


Coeur d’Alene School Board Recap 2/13
The Coeur d'Alene School Board met for their monthly meeting, now on the second Monday of the month. Here is a link to the agenda and the...

Erin B.
Feb 14, 2023
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