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Idaho Panhandle
Area Info
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).
Articles
Local News from Coeur d'Alene Press via Yahoo! News
Mar 22, 2010 5:10 am
CNN photojournalist Maragaret Moth, who survived a near-fatal gunshot wound to the face while filming in Bosnia-Herzegovina during wars there in the early 1990s, has died. She was 59.
Mar 21, 2010 11:24 pm
A new survey by the Field Poll shows California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's public opinion rating has slumped to a new low.
Mar 21, 2010 9:09 pm
Chicago officials say there were no injuries after an emergency landing at O'Hare International Airport.
Mar 21, 2010 8:09 pm
Immigrant rights supporters from around the country are rallying for immigration reform on the National Mall.
Mar 21, 2010 6:09 pm
Robert F. Bukaty Census worker Danielle Forino poses Friday, March 19, 2010, in Fort Kent, Maine, next to the all-terrain vehicle she'll be using to deliver forms to camps in remote sections of the No...
Mar 21, 2010 6:09 pm
Mike Groll In this March 11, 2010 photo, Tad Richards poses at Opus 40 in Saugerties, N.Y. Richards' stepfather, Harvey Fite, spent 37 years turning an abandoned bluestone quarry in the Catskill Mount...
Mar 21, 2010 7:27 am
JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Colomba Aguilar talks on the phone with a customer about her husband's immigration issues while preparing food at her restaurant, Cafe Carambola, before opening Wednesday.
Mar 21, 2010 7:27 am
JULIA MOORE/Press On left, Clara Greensides, runner-up, and Sabrina Smith, the winner of the 2010 North Idaho Regional Spelling Bee, celebrate after the completion of the competition Saturday afternoo...
Mar 21, 2010 7:27 am
SHAWN GUST/Press Chris Nicol, plant manager for LA Aluminum Casting Company, checks his clearance while installing a new casting machine Thursday, February 4 at the Hayden manufacturing facility.
Mar 21, 2010 7:27 am
JEROME A. POLLOS/Press Michelle Porter takes part in one of her daily workouts Wednesday at 360 Fitness in Coeur d'Alene. Porter, who was paralyzed in a car wreck when she was 16, recently became focu...
