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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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Local News from Coeur d'Alene Press via Yahoo! News

Cities expect stringent river rules

Sep 6, 2008 9:25 am

KOOTENAI COUNTY -- Area cities wonder how much more stringent environmental standards for the Spokane River -- and the corresponding cost for the facility upgrades -- will get after a federal hiccup i...

No hang-ups so far

Sep 6, 2008 9:25 am

COEUR d'ALENE -- Sprawled in the hallway after lunch at Lake City High School, freshman Huntre Yearout and her friends unleashed high-pitched protests Friday about their first week of school with cell...

ITD allows asphalt plant to proceed

Sep 6, 2008 9:25 am

RATHDRUM -- Local residents were astonished to see cranes lining the perimeter of an asphalt batch plant at Coeur d'Alene Paving property on Highway 53 Friday.

Hayden Canyon gets third look

Sep 6, 2008 9:25 am

HAYDEN -- Maybe the third time is the charm. The Hayden City Council is putting the possibility for the twice-defeated request to annex 616 acres of land north of the city for an 1,800-home subdivisio...

Kootenai unemployment doubles

Sep 6, 2008 9:25 am

COEUR d'ALENE -- In Kootenai County, where the unemployment rate has doubled in the last year, Brennan Whooley is one of about a dozen job seekers in the Department of Labor office Friday checking wha...

Your Community College

Sep 6, 2008 9:25 am

Your Community College Column: It's Rad! In the early 1990s, "It's rad!" was a phrase popularized by the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle movies. It meant "radical," cool or awesome.

Join the Club

Sep 6, 2008 9:24 am

In the spring of 1959, I was a student at Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic School on Chicago's west side. I was in the eighth grade and less than two months from graduation.

Family Matters

Sep 6, 2008 9:24 am

It was wholly appropriate that Mark II and I drove directly into the teeth of Hurricane Fay in order to take him to college a couple of weeks ago. He and I have had a number of adventures together, an...

The dog days of summer

Sep 6, 2008 9:24 am

In network television, there are absolutes. Crime dramas, no matter how putrid, draw huge ratings. Good shows survive to see a second season only 5 percent of the time. And September always means some...

Fish Tips

Sep 6, 2008 9:24 am

Panhandle Region Fishery Manager Jim Fredericks is hosting a state-of-the-lake style meeting about Lake Coeur d'Alene on Sept. 10 from 7-9 p.m. at the Fish and Game Regional Office, 2885 W. Kathleen A...

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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