Updated September 11, 2025
Cottonwood City Council meets
The Cottonwood City Council voted to adopt a resolution increasing some of the fees the city charges at their September meeting Monday, Sept. 8. . . .
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School Board to meet Monday
A Regular Meeting of the Board of Trustees of Cottonwood Jt. School District #242 will be held September 15, 2025, beginning at 7:00 p.m. in the Auxiliary Gym Classroom. . . .
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Update on Island Creek fire
The Island Creek fire is located 14 air miles north of Elk City, ID on the Moose Creek Ranger District.  This is the fire that has been putting most of the smoke into the air in our area. . . .
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To the Library and Beyond!
Prairie Community Library, Inc. – Your nonprofit, all volunteer source! . . .
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Senior fraud prevention roadshow events
The Idaho Department of Finance (IDOF) is excited to announce its third annual Senior Fraud and Financial Exploitation Prevention Roadshow Series. . . .
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Bowling leagues starting soon
Bowling leagues will be getting started in September at AFD Alley at Craigmont. . . .
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Pirates defeat Valley 38-30
The Prairie Pirates beat the Valley Vikings for the first time since 2014 as they won 38-30 at New Plymouth Friday, Sept. 5. . . .
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Lady Pirates swept at Potlatch
The Prairie Lady Pirates suffered their first loss of the season as they fell 13-25, 21-25, 19-25 at Potlatch on Thursday, Sept. 4. . . .
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Cross Country at Farragut Invite
The Prairie cross country team traveled to Farragut State Park north of Coeur d’Alene for the Timberlake Farragut Invitational Meet. . . .
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Lady Patriots win 1 of 2
The St. John Bosco Lady Patriots split a pair of home league matches last week and then traveled to Weippe for the Timberline Tournament. . . .
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Levi Gehring, right, runs a counter as all the Valley defenders were blocked to the left while he comes out to the right. Blocking are Lane Mader, Levi McElroy, Max Rehder and Chris Schumacher. Prairie defeated Valley 38-30. Gehring has also been named as the KLEW/P1FCU Athlete of the Week. This will air on KLEW-TV at 5 and 11 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9.See page 4 for story and more photos. Click on the photo for a larger view.

Benny Secrest, 55, breaks through the defense for an 81 yard kickoff return. His touchdown came right after Valley had scored to close within 8 points. It put Prairie back up by 16 at 38-22. At right Levi McElroy has just taken out a possible tackler. Click on the photo for a larger view.


Cloninger’s Marketplace in Cottonwood has been working for several weeks on an expansion of their store. Along with that it appears they are expanding their parking area to the right. The lower photo shows a close-up of the footings for the expanded part of the store. Click on each photo for a  larger view.

We misidentified a vehicle from the Idaho County Fair parade a couple weeks ago. The 38 Chevy coupe above is actually Jerry Richardson's car. Below is the Chevy Pickup that actually belonged to Mike Raymond. Click on each photo for a larger view.



 


 
 
 

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