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The Idaho Panhandle is the northern region of the U.S. State of Idaho that encompasses the ten northernmost counties of Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Clearwater, Idaho, Kootenai, Latah, Lewis, Nez Perce, Shoshone. The southern part of this region is sometimes referred to as North Central Idaho, with the rest as North Idaho. The panhandle is bordered by Washington state to the west, Montana to the east and British Columbia to the north.
Coeur d'Alene is the region's largest city. Other important cities include Lewiston, Moscow (home of the University of Idaho), Post Falls, Hayden, Sandpoint, and the smaller St. Maries and Bonners Ferry. The region has a land area of 54,422.49 km? (21,012.64 sq mi), or 25.39 percent of Idaho's land area; there is also 839.07 km? (323.95 sq mi) of water area. The estimated population of the Idaho Panhandle as of 2004 was 295,160, or slightly more than 21% of Idaho's estimated population of 1,393,262. The 2000 census number was 278,866 residents, or 21.55% of the state's population at the time.

The Panhandle region observes Pacific Time north of the western-flowing Salmon River in the southern part of Idaho County. The rest of the state observes Mountain Time, which begins at Riggins. The Idaho Panhandle is also the only panhandle of a United States which borders two other states and a foreign country (Canada).

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On their radar

Aug 29, 2008 9:24 am

DALTON GARDENS -- The city of Dalton Gardens went out and got the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department a back-to-school present: new radar units worth $1,800 each.

Johnston named Hauser's first female mayor

Aug 29, 2008 9:24 am

HAUSER -- Olita Johnston is taking her service to Hauser to another level: She's Hauser's first woman mayor. Johnston, a City Council member for about 12 of the past 14 years and acting mayor since Do...

Tribe finds problems with water hearings

Aug 29, 2008 9:23 am

COEUR d'ALENE -- For some, it might as well be crammed in with the basics: Speech, religion, water. But discussion of securing water rights didn't prove so simple on Thursday.

Waiting for justice

Aug 29, 2008 9:23 am

COEUR d'ALENE -- Harold and Carol Black received a strange, certified letter in March 2003 from the Kootenai County Sheriff's Department. The couple was in Arizona that winter.

'We still have a dream'

Aug 29, 2008 9:23 am

COEUR d'ALENE -- Not a seat was vacant at 7:05 p.m. at Cricket's Bar and Grill as people filed in Thursday night to watch Barack Obama's acceptance speech live from the Democratic National Convention ...

Labor Day looks sunny for sightseers

Aug 28, 2008 9:32 am

KOOTENAI COUNTY -- Joan Scott isn't quite ready to break loose. Although gas prices have slowly dropped since mid-July, it isn't enough to spur the Post Falls woman to travel during summer's last hurr...

Armon, citing financial skill, seeks NIC board spot again

Aug 28, 2008 9:32 am

COEUR d'ALENE -- Mic Armon announced Wednesday that he will seek re-election to the North Idaho College board of trustees in November. Armon was appointed to the board in 2001 and elected to serve a s...

Trustees approve raise for teachers

Aug 28, 2008 9:31 am

COEUR d'ALENE -- When school starts Tuesday in Coeur d'Alene, contract negotiations between teachers and the district will have been put to bed for another year.

Firm: Stimson site worth $13.25M

Aug 28, 2008 9:31 am

COEUR d'ALENE -- There is no longer any question about the value of the piece of property that would anchor a higher education corridor in downtown Coeur d'Alene.

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Greg Norman's Southern Cross Developments Selects River Rim Ranch

Greg Norman’s Southern Cross Developments, proprietor of the exclusive “Norman Estates” real estate brand, is pleased to announce that River Rim Ranch in Teton Valley, Idaho will be the location for its newest project, the “Norman Ranch Estates. [Read More]

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