Idaho

Flooding in North Idaho washed over roads, closed trails, prompted evacuations and nearly trapped a Kingston family inside their residence before they were rescued by firefighters.

Stan Ridgeway stood outside a brick building on a chilly fall morning in Eagle, a stack of papers in his hand. For 35 years, the nonprofit that Ridgeway, the former Eagle mayor, now helms operated a senior center in the small city building on Old State Street. Called Eagle Senior Citizens Inc., the organization held pinochle and bingo games and put on dances. That is, until the city terminated ...