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Friday marks 20 years since Massachusetts became the first state to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples. So, where do we stand as a nation on equality today?
Outgoing Rathdrum Mayor Vic Holmes is preparing to hang up his mayoral hat after 16 years leading the city following four years on the Rathdrum City Council. He said he is definitely going to miss the camaraderie with Rathdrum city staff members, with whom he has grown quite close through the years. “I come in every day, and we sit and laugh and joke and discuss different events,” Holmes said Wednesday evening. “I will absolutely miss that.”
North Idaho has much to be grateful for this Thanksgiving holiday. Local mayors and county commissioners took a moment to reflect and share with The Press the gratitude filling their hearts this year.
Lakeland High School choir and band teacher Mark Sescilla was so moved by his love for America, he wrote a song about it: "That's My Flag." "I'm not a veteran," Sescilla said. "My dad is a veteran, all my three brothers are veterans, half my uncles were veterans. I never went that path, my career took me a different way but I have a great appreciation and I just want to say thank you to you veterans out there that allow the rest of us to do what we want to do and have the freedom to do it."
Kootenai County will no longer pursue its request that cities collect impact fees supporting the sheriff’s office and county parks and waterways.