'The largest gift basket I have ever won'

PF Chamber employee wins house in NIC Foundation's Really BIG Raffle

Jamie Morgan has won a few prizes in her life, perhaps a gift basket here or there. “I win like small stuff, like when you put your card in at events,” she said Wednesday evening. She can now add something much larger to her prize-winning portfolio — a $590,000 home, compliments of the North Idaho College Foundation's 30th annual Really BIG Raffle.

A central Kansas police force comes under constitutional criticism after raiding a newspaper

Newspaper publisher and co-owner Eric Meyer maintains that the newspaper’s aggressive coverage of local politics and Police Chief Gideon Cody’s record are the main reason for the raids

THE CHEAP SEATS with STEVE CAMERON: Would Chapman be an upgrade over Suarez?

There is flurry of speculation, all of a sudden, that the Mariners actually have noticed that they have no third baseman — and that they’re considering tossing out a bid for the free agent Gold Glover. It would mean, among other things, that Jerry Dipoto must negotiate with Scott Boras, who lowers the price for any of his clients once each millennium.

Black Bay Park projects in the works

Phase one park improvements to Black Bay Park in Post Falls are currently underway to add visitor features and counter environmental wear and tear among the park landscape.

Golden gift for PAHA

Century 21 Beutler and Associates agents donate $10K toward affordable housing project

Throughout the year, those in the Agents With Hearts of Gold program donate a percentage of each transaction that is tallied at year’s end and given to a nonprofit.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Wine price inflation round 2

We wrote frequently during 2022 about the surging inflation in the wine industry. For much of the year the price increases were relentless and pretty much across the board for wines from every appellation New World and Old World alike. Through the first half of 2023 things seemed to stabilize. There were still some price increases but they were more moderate in nature and not every bottle that came through the door went up. Even more refreshingly we saw some wine come in down a “tick or two” at the wholesale level. We were relieved, and I’m sure most wine consumers were as well.

After Roe, the network of people who help others get abortions see themselves as 'the underground'

Carol Tobias, president of the National Right to Life Committee, said such laws protect the unborn. While she doesn’t know if anything can be done to prevent people from helping others get abortions, she said, “I would certainly wish that they wouldn’t do it.”

Gem State gas prices jump another 9 cents

Meanwhile, the national average sits at $3.63 per gallon, which is 3 cents more than a week ago and 20 cents more than a month ago, but 4 cents less than a year ago.

Marty and Max (and TaylorAnne): Real Estate Photography and Copyright

I listed my home a couple of years ago and am getting ready to re-list with a different agent. My new agent wants to bring out another photographer and I don’t want to go through the work of preparing my home again. Can I just reuse the images from the previous agent?

Cd’A teen with ISIS ties to appear in court

Had plan to attack churches on Sunday

The 18-year-old Coeur d’Alene resident accused of planning to attack local churches with a machete, fire and guns on behalf of ISIS is expected to make his first appearance in federal court today.

John Stone, 76

John passed away on December 5, 2023, in Spokane Valley, Washington, after a recent illness.

Author-inspired improv Thursday at Cd'A Library

Levity Theatre to host two more shows Jan. 12 at Harding Center

The Coeur d'Alene Public Library and Levity Theatre will present "Cover to Cover at the Library," a fully improvised local author-inspired comedy show at 6 p.m. Thursday.

Registration open for Leadman 20

This year the event is Saturday, April 20, and will begin on Kellogg Peak, where competitors will kick the race off with a one-mile ski/snowboard run where they will transition into the mountain bike portion of the competition before capping the race off with four-mile run to the finish line.

Justice Department says illegal monopoly by Ticketmaster and Live Nation drives up prices for fans

Live Nation has for years denied that it is violating antitrust laws and said Thursday that the lawsuit “won’t solve the issues fans care about relating to ticket prices, service fees, and access to in-demand shows.”

Kootenai County home prices fall

$472,275 is lowest in more than two years.

The median price of a single-family home in Kootenai County in January and December of 2023 was $525,000.

OPINION: Attorney General Labrador has no business meddling in election security

House Bill 470 would create an “Office of Election Crimes and Security” in Raul Labrador’s office. That would certainly be a waste of taxpayer dollars. The office staff would have little to do because Idaho elections have historically been fair and honest. The Attorney General’s sidekick, Dorothy Moon, who now chairs the extremist branch of the GOP, was never able to prove her wild claims that Canadians were coming over the border to vote in Idaho elections. The fraud claims of their friend, the My Pillow guy, were proven false. Where is the need for this new office?

The wait for US passports is creating travel purgatory and snarling summer plans

A much-feared backup of U.S passport applications has smashed into a wall of government bureaucracy

Poverty closer than it used to be

Eleven million American children, or about 1 in 7 kids, live in poverty. Most were born to it. Statistics say their children will be more likely to experience the same.

Idaho gas nearly 50 cents cheaper than a year ago

The average price for a gallon of regular in the Gem State on Wednesday was $3.69, which is 6 cents less than a week ago, 25 cents less than a month ago and 49 cents less than a year ago, according to AAA.

OLSON: Letter included misinformation

I’d like to respond to Brian Olson’s letter of Jan. 21. He claims energy prices are up 38%, and in fact crude oil is right where it was, $74/bbl, in June of 2021. Retail gasoline is now $3/gallon, and it was $2.94/gal in May 2019, the end of the Trump presidency. Where is 38% coming from Brian? On the southern border: Olson claims 8 million have been allowed in which is nonsense. The last two years of Trump saw 1.36 million arrests, with 650,000 repatriations. The first 26 months of Biden saw 5 million arrests with 2.5 million repatriations. Unlike Brian, I will give my sources, which are the DHS and Customs and Border Protection.