Athol News

It was a reasonable list and worth your review , though there have been a few shifts of circumstance since, and we have a few alternative views. via Ridenbaugh Press

COEUR D'ALENE--The Kootenai County Sheriff's Department is looking for a runaway 12-year-old girl from Athol, ID. via KREM-TV Spokane

COEUR d'ALENE - The Kootenai County Sheriff's Department says a 63-year-old Idaho man has died from injuries suffered in a snowmobile crash. via 2NEWS.TV

ATHOL, Idaho -- For thrillseekers, the numbers are pretty impressive. Consider them: KREM 2 This is an artistic rendition of what the "Aftershock" will look like. via KREM-TV Spokane

“That was a combination of prescribed burning, pile burning and mechanical burning, the latter of which relates more to thinning”

Lou Woltering, supervisor for the Lincoln National Forest, reflects on his 33 years with the Forest Service. via Alamogordo Daily News

“Our city's events will help maintain a small-town feel as we grow”

Rathdrum doesn't appear interested in watching other cities grow up around it. During his first State of the City address, Mayor Vic Holmes said on Thursday that the state of the city is "good and continues to ... via Coeur d'Alene Press Newspaper

Taxes get more and more complicated as the years go by, especially for seniors and the self-employed. Trained help is now available to all, thanks to a nationwide AARP program, the IRS and Idaho Tax Commission. via Coeur d'Alene Press Newspaper

An Athol man was killed early Saturday morning when his ATV flipped on a gravel road. via KXLY-TV Spokane

“He is devastated by this and we're doing our best to help him through it”

Friends were about 70 feet apart in wooded area with thick brush during incident COEUR d'ALENE -- Kootenai County Prosecutor Bill Douglas won't file criminal charges against the Athol man who shot and killed a ... via Coeur d'Alene Press Newspaper

“I'm happy to get to serve the people for four years”

Athol's incumbent mayor, Lanny Spurlock, won the mayoral election with 113 votes, beating Dan Holmes, who received 63. via Coeur d'Alene Press Newspaper

“Usually the day before the election we're just buried. It's picked up some, but still nothing that would show a heavy turnout.”

City elections are being held throughout Kootenai County today, and if you don't know who to vote for or where to go, don't panic and avoid the polls. via Coeur d'Alene Press Newspaper

“It's nice to be able to sit down and have a cup of coffee. It's nicer than a kiosk.”

A former Internet bookseller has gone mainstream on Main Street. Jan Conner of Athol, who was born and raised in Coeur d'Alene, is the latest to see opportunity in this small town, and on Oct. via Coeur d'Alene Press Newspaper

“Been bit twice by German shepards.”

The race is heating up for a fire commissioner position in the Timberlake Fire Protection District. via KXLY-TV Spokane

“The cost of water should not be increased, we live over one of the biggest aquifers in the world”

After six years on the city's Planning and Zoning Commission, a 28-year resident of the city wants to take a seat on the City Council. via Coeur d'Alene Press Newspaper

“Sue's shoes will be hard to fill, regardless of who we got”

Sue Wagner will miss the children calling her "Library Sue" when she moves to her new office at the Hayden Library after 22-plus years in Athol. via Coeur d'Alene Press Newspaper