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Daily editionFriday, April 24th, 2026

Good morning, Coeur d'Alene.

The Good Day Coeur d'Alene Team

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Here’s your local news at a glance for Friday, the 24th of April.

Community

  1. The 3Cs Coeur d'Aleers will perform a free choral concert titled 'Music!

    Music! Music!' at Trinity Lutheran Church on Tuesday at 2 p.m. plus Friday, May 1 at 7 p.m. The program features 38 women singers, tap dancers, and a band with a raffle prize and cookies.

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Culture

  1. Coeur d'Alene High School Theatre Department is showing Hadestown Teen Edition, a retelling of the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice with live band and striking lighting.

    Running through May 2 at 5530 N. Fourth St., tickets cost $15 for adults, $12 for students, and $10 for high school (fees apply).

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  2. The Culp family built a local news legacy when they moved their newspaper business to Rathdrum and renamed it the Tribune in the early 1900s.

    The siblings ran the paper until retiring in 1960 and are remembered as an important part of local history, with all three buried together at Coeur d'Alene Memorial Gardens.

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Economy

  1. KEC announced it will buy power from a new combined-cycle gas plant built in Rathdrum by PNGC Power & Kindle Energy.

    The facility, which uses new tech to lower emissions, will start in about six years to help keep local power reliable.

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Education

  1. Levity Theatre will offer a two-week Improv Basics course for beginners starting May 4, with sessions on May 4, 5, 11, and 12 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at First Presbyterian Church on E. Lakeside Ave.; the course will cost $80 and welcomes all skill levels (limited spots available).

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  2. Two student art shows are on display until May 8 at North Idaho College, with the Spring Aspiring Artists Club Art Show in the Half Round Bay Room at the Edminster Student Union Building & the Corner Gallery Student Exhibition in Boswell Hall.

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Government

  1. Post Falls Mayor Randy Westlund proclaimed National Fallen Firefighters Month to honor Kootenai County Fire and Rescue Battalion Chief Frank J. Harwood and Coeur d'Alene Fire Battalion Chief John G. Morrison.

    Landmarks, businesses, firehouses and homes will be lit red from Apr. 26 through May 3.

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Health

  1. A report from Your Health Idaho shows that 30,000 Idahoans may lose insurance this year after premium tax credits end, and enrollment has fallen 3.6% while premiums rise (data from open enrollment signal affordability concerns).

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Sports

  1. Quincy Coder from Ridgeline shined in a recent softball game by hitting two home runs and receiving a call for a full academic scholarship from Concordia University in Irvine.

    Coach Jenna Knauss praised her strong leadership as she consistently balances academics with athletics.

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