Good morning, Coeur d'Alene.

Crews from Coeur d’Alene Fire, Kootenai County Fire & Rescue, Northern Lakes Fire and Reliable Towing practiced heavy-vehicle extrication Tuesday using a newly acquired 75-ton rotator with a 360-degree boom and multiple winches at a training site to speed rescues and keep lanes open.

North Idaho College will host its fifth annual Career and Technical Education Trick-or-Treat Open House on Friday from 2:30 to 5:30 p.m. at the Parker Technical Education Center in Rathdrum (free, all ages); visitors can tour labs to collect candy, prizes, and enjoy games, a DJ, contests, giveaways, and a pumpkin slingshot.

Kootenai Technical Education Campus discontinued its joint HVAC apprenticeship with North Idaho College this year after the program instructor resigned while NIC classes were already two weeks underway.

Of 35 enrolled students, 22 transferred to other programs and four seniors remain in an Individual Occupational Program while NIC provides HVAC training (NIC found a temporary instructor; KTEC and NIC will try to hire for next year).

Post Falls voters will consider a $6.7 million annual replacement supplemental levy to sustain safety staff, nursing, extracurriculars, Kootenai Tech funding, two bus replacements, K through 3 literacy, behavioral supports, and salaries; it would cost about $324.50 a year for a $500,000 home, or about $194.35 after Idaho tax relief.

Avista proposes a 13-mile transmission line, a new Carlin Bay Substation, and rebuilding O’Gara to boost capacity in east Lake Coeur d’Alene and serve 1,500-3,000 more customers at an estimated $45.5 million; construction could begin in 2027 and finish in 2029 (comments due Nov.

17; case AVU-E-26-10).

The Parkside building will join more than 1,750 sites worldwide to shine teal on Nov.

2 for the Alzheimer’s Foundation of America’s Light the World in Teal campaign to raise awareness for the disease that affects about 30,000 local residents.

The federal government will send nearly $186 million to Idaho through the Rural Health Transformation Program to expand rural healthcare access, modernize technology, and grow the workforce (state officials say Idaho committed the full fiscal 2026 allocation), with projects planned across rural communities.