Idaho drivers ring in 2024 with lower gas prices.

Gem State currently ranks 15th in the country for most expense fuel, out of Top Ten list

Gem State ranks 15th in the country for most expense fuel, out of Top Ten list

Electric vehicle sales dim

More US auto buyers are turning to hybrids

Idaho gas prices stuck in limbo

Expensive crude oil making cheap gas prices elusive

Idaho ranks 9th for most expensive gas behind California ($6.06), Nevada ($5.16), Washington ($5.13), Hawaii ($4.87), Oregon ($4.76), Arizona ($4.66), Alaska ($4.64), and Utah ($4.14).

BIDEN: Administration ‘a disaster’

Moody’s economic analytics state that since Biden took office in 2021 average Americans, due to increased energy, housing and food prices, are now in 2024 spending $1,020 more a month than they were in 2020. Food prices have increased 33.7%, energy prices are up 33.8% and housing costs are up 18.7%. Many people are working two jobs just to make ends meet and are shocked and dismayed with the increased prices of everything.

OPINION: Human rights group reacts to Patriot Front convictions

The Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations (KCTFHR) extends its appreciation and gratitude to the Coeur d’Alene Police Department under the able leadership of Chief Lee White, the City of Coeur d’Alene Prosecutor’s Office, and the legal system including the jury decision for once again upholding the rule of law in protecting the safety of our community. At the end of the recent court trial, the six-person jury found five members of the Patriot Front guilty of the misdemeanor charge of conspiracy to riot by disturbing the public peace.

Residents are at a loss after newspaper that bound community together shuts in declining coal county

Residents suddenly have no way of knowing what’s going on at public meetings, which are not televised, nor are minutes or recordings posted online

City, ignite talk housing

Options for Atlas waterfront development could go affordable or market rate

Ignite Executive Director Tony Berns wrote that he and the board are aware “that the housing product’s price points developed in Atlas are well above what many families in our community can afford.”

Post Falls police seek robbery suspect

Incident took place on N. Idaho St.

Americans' economic outlook brightens as inflation slows and wages outpace prices

Economists say consumers appear to be responding to steadily slower inflation, higher incomes, lower gas prices and a rising stock market

ELECTION: Vote for Dan Gookin

I highly recommend Dan Gookin to be re-elected to the Coeur d’Alene City Council. Dan has worked hard over the years to save tax dollars for us. I live downtown and see the price of housing go up and our property taxes go up. Dan is the one constant on the City Council that causes every dollar being spent to be justified and worth while.

Idaho gas prices dip

Gem State average could drop below the $4 mark in coming days

Gem State ranks eighth in the U.S. for most expensive fuel

Virgin Galactic's first space tourists finally soar, an Olympian and a mother-daughter duo

Ticket prices were $200,000 when Goodwin signed up. The cost is now $450,000

Idaho gas prices continue climbing

Pump prices jump another 15 cents, now 14 cents higher than the national average

Every spring, refineries make the switch to summer-blend fuel, which is more resistant to evaporation at high heat but is more costly to make.

Gas prices drop for Memorial Day

262,000 Idahoans among the 43.8 million Americans taking a trip this weekend

CYT's 'Music Man' opens tonight

Show runs through Aug. 27 at the Kroc

Christian Community Theater, the branch of Christian Youth Theater North Idaho that annually includes adults and children, will present "The Music Man" at 7 tonight at the Midge and Pepper Smock Family Theatre at The Kroc.

Important housing bill signed into law

Gives property renters in housing communities chance to buy the real estate

Stock market today: Dow tops 40,000 for the first time as Wall Street drifts higher

Stronger-than-expected profit reports have been one of the main reasons U.S. stock indexes jumped through May to records following a tough April.

City eyes $65K water rate study

Director says that doesn't mean costs will increase

The General Services/Public Works Committee on Monday unanimously approved a request for an agreement with FCS Group to prepare a 2023-24 water rate study.

Marty and Max: Unintended Consequences

Some would say there are three categories of unintended consequences. The unexpected benefit, which is a positive but unplanned outcome, The unexpected drawback, in which we create a problem that is apart from the problem we wish to solve, And perverse results, wherein in trying to solve a problem, we actually make it worse.

John Wallace Orvik, 65

John Orvik left this Earth on June 2, 2023. He was 65. He was the only son of Wally and Alene Orvik.