News across Pend Oreille County
Prepare for Panther, Grizzly Homecomings
CUSICK — High school homecoming celebrations are on the horizon. Pend Oreille River Valley communities can show their support by decorating their homes and businesses in school colors and attending va
PUD celebrates 90 years of local service with pops, brats, kilowatts
NEWPORT – Public Utility District No. 1 of Pend Oreille County is celebrating 90 years of serving the community with the return of Pops, Brats & Kilowatts during Public Power Week, Oct. 4-10.Custo
Pend Oreille County elections office to conduct logic, accuracy test
NEWPORT – Pend Oreille County Elections will conduct the county’s official Logic and Accuracy (L&A) test of ballot-counting equipment at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, at the Pend Oreille County Electio
Weed Board announces meeting time
NEWPORT — The Pend Oreille Noxious Weed Boad will meet at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Oct. 6, in place of its regularly scheduled meeting time. The agenda will be available online at pendoreille. gov/weed-board
BRIEFLY
BRI E FLYNEWPORT – Indivisible Pend Oreille presents a town hall event Thursday, Oct. 1 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. with Democratic Carmela Conroy, candidate for Washington’s 5th Congressional District seat.S
Priest River Driver’s License office closed Friday
PRIEST RIVER — The Priest River Driver’s License Office will be closed Friday, Sept. 25.It will reopen Monday for normal hours.
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Baumgartner bad for environmentRepresentative Baumgartner claims that he values forest health and outdoor recreational access, trotting out his professor of forestry father as proof of his understandi
Practicing kindness
We often think of kindness as something done to benefit others. Actually, practicing kindness benefits ourselves in many ways. Kind people age slower, have less stress, and lower blood pressure. Kindn
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WHO TO CONTACT
IDAHOFederalPresident Donald J. Trump (R) The White House 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW Washington DC 20500 Comments: 202-456-1111 Switchboard: 202-456-1414 www.WhiteHouse.gov/ContactSen. Mike Crapo (R)
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