Hitting the slopes won't break the bank

Industry leaders: Skiing cheaper than you think

Big stakes on Black Friday

HEADACHES… They're not all in your head

Over 45 million people suffer from headaches, and take numerous over the counter or prescriptive medications for temporary relief. Many of these headaches are not due to problems within the head, but rather involve issues with the cervical spine and the surrounding muscles.

Headache pain and medication solutions

Headache and migraine pain are common conditions with over 37 million sufferers in the United States alone. Some folks know when their pain started, such as an accident or sports injury. Others don’t.

Record Store Day Rescheduled Due to Coronavirus Concerns

Audiophiles will have to wait two more months to celebrate Record Store Day. Due to the outbreak of Coronavirus in the U.S. the day has been moved to Saturday, June 20, according to a press release from The Record Exchange.

Best buys in the Heartland

Technology is a beautiful thing, and also, sometimes a bit intense.

Price matters for 2011 holiday season

Arts and entertainment happenings

Nightlife and cultural events in and around Kootenai County

"The Baron's Daughter": 7 p.m., Christian Center School, 3639 W. Prairie Ave., Hayden. Adults/$5, $3/students and children 3 and older, available at the door.

Bank of America debit fee is only the latest

38.7 million people carry bank's debit cards

NEW YORK - Angela Malerba, who works in public relations in Boston, carries a debit card because she likes to know when she buys something that she has enough in her account to pay for it. But paying $5 a month to use her own money? That's too much.

Arts and entertainment happenings

Nightlife and cultural events in and around Kootenai County

The Diviners: 7 p.m., Coeur d'Alene High School Theatre Department production, CHS Fahringer Auditorium, 5530 N. Fourth St. $8/adults, $6/students and seniors, $5/CHS students with ASB card. Buy tickets online, www.chstheater.org, by phone, (208) 769-2999, or at the door one hour before curtain.

Food prices are squeezing Europe. Now Italians are calling for a pasta protest

Spain has avoided price controls

Idaho has $66.9M in unclaimed property

Is some of it yours?

With the hype surrounding last week's Mega Millions lottery jackpot now behind us, there's another way to capture a moment of lottery-like anticipation, and you don't have to buy a ticket. 

Classroom commerce

Teachers make money selling materials online

Selling in a hot market: One homeowner’s experience

Neighborhood of the Week: June 27

Interest in Silver Mountain properties picks up

More than 20 potential buyers have shown some interest in Silver Mountain Resort since Jeld-Wen put it on the auction block earlier this year.

Spokane-area grocery stores working hard to sanitize high-traffic surfaces

Shoppers at the Rosauers in north Spokane were greeted Wednesday with an employee holding a spray bottle and a towel. He wiped down every cart handle before handing it to shoppers.

Does zinc shorten colds?

Head colds seem to be the bane of our existence. With a real cure continuing to elude us, we continue to try all variety of medications that will relieve head-cold symptoms and shorten the illness' duration. In this latter category of over-the-counter medications, it has been suggested that zinc lozenges or syrup would be effective. To find out, researchers recently analyzed data of 17 trials involving more than 2,000 individuals. They found that those taking zinc were able to reduce the duration of their colds by about a day and a half (compared with those taking placebos). Moreover, larger doses of zinc were found to work even better, especially among adults (compared with children).

Even nice kids get lice

When children get head lice, parents should remember that the presence of these tiny parasitic insects has nothing to do with dirt. Instead, lice infestations are related to the type of close contact that children are exposed to at school. In addition, children pose rather easy targets for lice because the little creatures are better able to cling to fine hair of thin diameter. Moreover, children often share combs, brushes, hats and other objects that spread lice. The first telltale sign of lice is usually itching behind the ears, on the scalp and at the nape of the neck. Treatment largely consists of an over-the-counter medicated shampoo or rinse containing permethrin or the recently FDA-approved comb-free shampoo ivermectin.

NIC's raffle house tickets are selling out

Less than 900 tickets remain for the chance to win this year’s $250,000 grand prize home through the 19th annual North Idaho College Really BIG Raffle. This year’s home, built by students in the NIC Carpentry program, is located in the Coeur d’Alene Place neighborhood at 2748 Sorbonne Drive. A $100 ticket could entitle you to be the new owner of this three-bedroom, two-bath rancher-style home loaded with special features including a full, unfinished basement, granite counters, stainless steel appliances, gas fireplace, high efficiency heat pump, large covered patio and a fully landscaped lot.

Not exactly gloating, stockpiling 'preppers' have a moment

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Curt La Haise has put up with plenty of razzing from friends over the years who have called him paranoid for stockpiling an eight-month supply of food in his basement and having enough fuel to power his generator for almost an entire winter.