Good morning, Post Falls.

Nine-year-old Emberlyn was crowned Miss Idaho Junior Preteen Queen at the National American Miss Pageant on Labor Day weekend in Bellevue & won a prize package and a $128,000 scholarship to Midland University; her family plans to drive her & compete in Orlando from Nov.

20 to 27.

The Living Lake fellowship is engaging 10 local artists in a 15-month journey to study Coeur d'Alene Lake’s health through field work and research.

They started this spring—working with arts groups, tribal leaders and environmental agencies—to inspire action for protecting our watershed.

Local environmental groups will hold the annual river cleanup in Post Falls — the event aims to remove debris and improve water quality, with local volunteers encouraged to join when scheduled later this season.

84-year-old veteran Dick Woller in Coeur d’Alene has waited three years for a housing voucher at his older-adult complex after IHFA exhausted its $27.7 million HUD funds, leaving over 1,700 residents on a 45-month wait list.

He said the extra support (up to an additional $525 monthly) would help him manage rising living costs on limited income.

Crews will begin repaving nearly three miles of Highway 54 between Farragut State Park and Bayview starting Monday, with work scheduled from 6 a.m. until dusk Monday through Friday until October — the traffic circle will close early October for a detour.

The NAMI mental health walk drew nearly 100 local participants as they completed a 5K at Riverstone Park and along North Idaho College on Saturday, raising over $15,000 for county mental health outreach (supporting suicide prevention and education).