NIC Digital Collections include:
View text-searchable images of select state historic newspapers from 1863-1922. Click on the "Browse Issue" link on the light blue bar to access full-text.
Coeur d'Alene Evening Press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1907-1910. Daily newspaper.
Coeur d'Alene Press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1906. Weekly newspaper.
Coeur d'Alene Press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1906-1907. Daily newspaper.
Colville Examiner. (Colville, Washington) 1907-1948. Weekly newspaper.
Kootenai County Republican. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1899-1903. Weekly newspaper.
Newport Miner. (Newport, Washington: Pend Oreille Valley) 1907-1912. Weekly newspaper.
Rathdrum Tribune. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1903-1924. Weekly newspaper.
The Silver Blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903. Weekly newspaper.
Spokane Press. (Spokane, Washington) 1902-1910. Daily newspaper.
Wallace Miner. (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-1924. Weekly newspaper.
NewsBank consolidates current and archived information from thousands of state newspaper titles, as well as newswires, web editions, blogs, videos, broadcast transcripts, business journals, periodicals, government documents and other publications. Molstead Library's NewsBank subscription now also includes access to the primary source collections Asian Life in America, Black Life in America, and Hispanic Life in America.
Bonner County Daily Bee (Sandpoint): Access stories from 2004-current.
Bonners Ferry Herald: Access stories from 2006-current.
Coeur d'Alene Press: Access stories from 2003-current.
Priest River Times: Access stories from 2006-current.
Shoshone News-Press (Kellogg): Access stories from 2007-current.
Spokesman Review: Access stories from 1994-current.
Google News Archive (text search not reliable)
Spokesman Review: June 16, 1889 - December 31, 2007
Spokane Chronicle: Jan 16, 1982 - Jul 31, 1992
Spokane Daily Chronicle: Nov. 12, 1884 - Jan 15, 1982
Lewiston Daily Tribune: May 9, 1898 - December 31, 1898
Lewiston Morning Tribune: Jan 2, 1900 - September 30, 2004
The Lewiston Tribune: December 16, 2004 - December 31, 2008
Coeur d'Alene Digital Archives
Coeur d'Alene Press: 1892-1959
Is the issue you want unavailable digitally? Molstead Library has most back issues (1892+) on microfilm at the Library. Come in and ask a librarian for more information.
Newspapers
Coeur d’Alene, ID
Lewiston, ID
Rathdrum/Post Falls, ID
Sandpoint, ID
Wallace, ID
Idaho Yesterdays: Peer-reviewed journal devoted to history and culture of Idaho and its region.
Idaho Geological Survey: Recent publications and historical documents from a University of Idaho research center. Strong coverage of mining history in North Idaho.
Kootenai County
Kootenai County Public Meeting Minutes: Minutes from 2007-current.
City of Coeur d'Alene Municipal Code: Complete set of ordinances governing the city. Updated periodically by the City Council.
City of Coeur d'Alene Council Meeting Minutes and Agenda Packets:
City of Post Falls Meeting Minutes and Agenda Packets:
Bonner County
Bonner County government website
Boundary County
Boundary County government website
Board of Commissioners minutes
Boundary County Historical Society
Shoshone County