Bonner County Daily Bee

3 days ago | bonnercountydailybee.com | Clark Corbin

A board chaired by Idaho Gov. Brad Little gave the state the authority Tuesday to pay bills fighting wildfires in the event expenses exceed the available funding provided by the Idaho Legislature. The Idaho State Board of Land Commissioners, often referred to as simply the land board, voted Tuesday at the Idaho State Capitol in Boise to authorize the use of deficiency warrants to pay wildfire suppression costs if those costs exceed funding available in the budget.

1 week ago | bonnercountydailybee.com | Max Oswald

LONG BEACH, Calif. — There's a fire inside of Eduardo Alves de Inojosa that cannot be extinguished. The 38-year-old lead coach at North Idaho Jiu-Jitsu, after a two-year hiatus from the sport, recently won the International Master North American Jiu-Jitsu Championship held Wednesday, May 28 at The Walter Pyramid, a pyramid-shaped indoor arena on the campus of Long Beach State University.

1 week ago | bonnercountydailybee.com | Max Oswald

ATHERTON, Calif. — Mike Givens, who led Sandpoint High to their only baseball state championship in 2006, was recently announced as the new Interim head coach of Menlo College (NCAA Division II), located in San Mateo County, Calif. Before his hiring at Sandpoint High in 1996, Givens was the head baseball coach for four years at Half Moon Bay High, located in the same area as Menlo College, and was a head coach for four years at Skyline College in San Bruno, Calif.

1 week ago | bonnercountydailybee.com | Martina Rebecca Inchingolo

MATERA, Italy (AP) — Matera, in the south of Italy, is known as the "City of Stones" for its architecture. For the next season of "The Chosen," it'll be known by another name: Jerusalem. With its ancient caves, breathtaking scenery, dramatic cliffs and houses made of stone, Matera is doubling as the ancient city for the hit religious drama's sixth season, which focuses on the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.

1 week ago | bonnercountydailybee.com | Martina Rebecca Inchingolo

ROME (AP) — Pope Leo XIV on June 13 set Sept. 7 as the rescheduled date to canonize the Catholic Church's first millennial-era saint Carlo Acutis. Leo made the announcement during a meeting of cardinals, known as a consistory, to set the dates for a handful of new saints. Acutis' canonization was originally scheduled for April 27, but was postponed following the death of Pope Francis on April 21. Acutis was 15 when he died in northern Italy in 2006, after a short bout with leukemia.