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Dismissing words of caution from Community Library Network directors, a fellow trustee and without advice from library network legal counsel, the board majority unanimously approved drafts of its updated Materials Selection Policy and a new Materials Withdrawal and Reconsideration Policy during a special meeting Thursday at the Post Falls Library.

An executive session regarding complaints against a public officer is one item on the agenda for the regular board meeting of the Community Library Network, to be held from 2-5:30 p.m. Thursday at the Post Falls Library.

After much back and forth during a nearly three-and-a-half hour special meeting peppered with point-of-order interruptions Thursday at the Post Falls Library, the Community Library Network’s board majority voted to approve a draft of an updated materials selection policy.

Policies for acquiring, deselecting and reconsidering library materials will be the main subjects of discussion when the Community Library Network's board of trustees holds a special meeting at 2 p.m. Thursday at the Post Falls Library.

Trustees of the Community Library Network voted Thursday to disaffiliate from the American Library Association in accordance with a resolution that was adopted and approved by the board majority Sept. 15.

Kootenai County Sheriff Bob Norris said he was “shocked” and “disturbed” at some of the books available to youth at local libraries, and he’s been hanging on to copies that

During a third special meeting this week, Community Library Network trustees unanimously voted to contract with the Idaho Counties Risk Management Program and Great American Great American Insurance Group rather than letting the network's insurance lapse.

The Community Library Network may not have liability insurance coverage as early as Sunday. Trustees considered their options during a meeting Wednesday, including the possibility of a 24-hour emergency notice to close all libraries in the district if insurance is not in place by the time the library network’s existing policy through the Idaho Counties Risk Management Program expires at midnight Saturday.

POST FALLS, Idaho — The Kootenai County Sheriff took time out of his work day to see what kinds of books were offered to kids at the public library.

It's official: No libraries in the Community Library Network will close Sundays. "If the CLN board of trustees did in fact have a valid approval vote of closing on Sundays, it is now rescinded," Chair Rachelle Ottosen said Thursday morning in a motion during a regular meeting of the board at the Pinehurst Library. The motion was unanimously approved by trustees.