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COEUR DALENE, ID. -- North Idaho and Eastern Washington are feeling the impacts of the extreme cold over the weekend. Several businesses, schools and organizations are struggling with pipes freezing

Members of the Post Falls Historical Society, general supporters and anyone interested in learning about local history are invited to attend the society’s annual meeting at 6 p.m. Jan. 24 at the Post Falls Library, 821 N. Spokane St.

Legal counsel for the Community Library Network's board of trustees found a sentence in the statement and intent piece of a draft Materials Selection Policy to be unusual.

Members of the Community Library Network's board of trustees will continue discussions and possibly take action on policies regarding library books and other materials in the network's collection during a special meeting from 2-5 p.m. today.

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A network of libraries cannot be created overnight, nor can it be quickly dismantled. "Creating a library district takes a lot of time and work by the organizing committee," said Clay Ritter, public library consultant with the Idaho Commission for Libraries. "Ultimately it is up to the voters in whatever boundaries there are set to create a district."

If a newly proposed director evaluation policy that includes a section on performance probation conflicts with the present personnel policy by which the Community Library Network operates, director evaluation policy committee members are ready to wait and see what legal counsel says. “The personnel manual either applies or it doesn’t apply," Community Library Network board Vice Chair Tom Hanley said Tuesday during the committee's first official public meeting, a recording of which ...

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.

Litigation may be imminent for the new board of the Community Library Network. Former trustee Regina McCrea submitted a letter Wednesday addressed to the board majority — Rachelle Ottosen, Tim Plass and Tom Hanley — in her official capacity as an attorney.