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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
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
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
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
Kootenai County-Wide Meetings Week of 2/13
A weekly snapshot of meetings throughout the county that could affect our daily lives. These include city council, county commissioner,...
Erin B.
Feb 13, 2023
Coeur d'Alene School District Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Guidelines
Does everyone remember the uproar in the Caldwell School District, where parents found out that the school board was trying to pass...
Erin B.
Feb 9, 2023
Coeur Terre Public Hearing Recap 2/7
The Coeur Terre public hearing took place in front of a large group at the Coeur d’Alene City Council last night. The entire meeting was...
Erin B.
Feb 8, 2023
City of CDA Wants Public Input on "Funding Priorities"
From City of CDA website: The City of Coeur d’Alene is seeking community input to help guide the 5-year Consolidated Plan for the use of...
Erin B.
Feb 5, 2023
Kootenai County-Wide Meetings Week of 1/30
A weekly snapshot of meetings throughout the county that could affect our daily lives. These include city council, county commissioner,...
Erin B.
Jan 30, 2023
CDA School District Long Range Planning Committee 11/28/22 Recap
The CDA School District Long Range Planning Committee (LPRC) met for the last time in 2022 and the discussion was primarily focused on...
Erin B.
Nov 29, 2022
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