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🌱 How Spirit Lake gas prices stack up against nearby Idaho towns
Happening soon: Idaho Enhanced CCW on the Spirit Lake Patch calendar
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In today's newsletter:
- How Spirit Lake gas prices stack up against nearby Idaho towns
Also on today's calendar: Yoga classes twice every Tuesday!.
Today's riddle: Do you know what the two sides of a circle are? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Thursday: Cloudy and warmer, with a high of 80 and low of 52 degrees.
- Friday: Cooler with a shower or two, temps: high: 61, low: 41.
- Saturday: Times of sun and clouds, with a high of 63 and low of 38 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• Cheapest gas stations in Idaho (idahostatesman.com) — Drivers in Spirit Lake can currently find regular gas for about $4.55 per gallon at the 76 and Chevron stations on North 5th Avenue, according to a new statewide price roundup. The list compares those prices with nearby Coeur d'Alene, Lewiston, and Plummer stations so you can decide whether filling up locally or on your next trip makes more sense. 
📸 Around Spirit Lake
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🗓 Upcoming Events in Spirit Lake
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★ Featured events ★
- Idaho Enhanced CCW →
Idaho Gun & Outdoors Athol Location, 6953 E Super 1 Lp, Athol
9:30 am
Saturday October 17
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Other local events
- Yoga classes twice every Tuesday! →
32564 4th Ave, Spirit Lake
9:00 am
Tuesday September 29
📣 Spirit Lake Shout Outs!
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🗓 Events Nearby
- SEE Into Our Future at Safe Passage
Safe Passage, 850 N. 4th St., CDA
3:00 pm - Priest River – Veteran's Club Patriot Pour →
Infinity Cafe, 5770 US-2, Priest River
9:00 am - The Hayden Market →
Hayden Canyon Charter, 13590 N Government Wy, Hayden
12:00 pm - Kootenai County Farmers Market- Hayden, ID →
SE Corner Hwy 95 & Prairie Ave., Hayden
9:00 am - Bible Study and Singing →
Athol Seventh-Day Adventist Church, Idaho 54, Athol
9:15 am - Impasto Fall Trees-Follow the Light →
The Art Studio, 8052 W. Main Street Suite 204, Rathdrum
10:00 am - Live & Learn - Spoon Carving
West Bonner District Library, 219 Main Street, Priest River
11:00 am - Stateline Speedway Weekly Racing →
MØDE Stadium Stateline Speedway, 1349 N Beck Rd, Post Falls
4:00 pm - 2026 Rathdrum Chamber Membership Appreciation Cocktail Event →
Location: Water Solutions Inc 14655 N Kimo Ct Rathdrum, Idaho View a Map, 14655 N Kimo Ct, Rathdrum - Kids Small Group Art Class-5-9 year olds →
The Art Studio, 8052 W. Main Street Suite 204, Rathdrum
9:00 am
Thursday September 24
Friday September 25
Saturday September 26
Wednesday September 30
Thursday October 1
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💬 Chatter
What your neighbors are talking about on social media
- Whats your favorite at the Local Deli?
I've been hooked on their baby J's pesto, wanted to explore some other ones though. (Nextdoor Area 41) - We have three roosters for which we'd like to find a new home.
We got a few chicks in the Spring thinking they were female. We ended up with three extra roosters than we wanted. All are young and healthy and… (Nextdoor Spirit Lake East)
- Idaho Forest Group posted a job opening for Machinist - Central Fab Shop (Athol) in Athol. Apply here.
- Beacon Roofing Supply, Inc. posted a job opening for Truss Assembler in Rathdrum. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Spirit Lake here.
🗞 Nearby News
Athol
- 'Swatting' incident prompts lockdown at Lake City High School (cdapress.com)
- Legals for September, 22 2026 (bonnercountydailybee.com)
Rathdrum
- Anglers just broke 3 state records with fish you've probably never heard of (cleveland.com)
- Rathdrum man gets prison for eluding, DUI (cdapress.com)
- SCHOOLS: On district monetary shortages (cdapress.com)
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-- The Patch AM Team
P.S. The answer to today's riddle: The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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