DEFICIT: Good choices not given

I could not answer your online poll this week. There was no upside to the predetermined negative outcome of:

Buyer Bonus is answer

Coldwell Banker to offer credit beginning May 1

COEUR d'ALENE - Not content to wait to see what the market does in the wake of the expiration of the federal tax credit that expired on April 30, one real estate company is responding with a bonus program of its own.

Ysursa lawsuit back in court

BOISE - A lawsuit to force a group touting public schools chief Tom Luna's education overhaul to reveal its still-secret financiers was returned to state court after Secretary of State Ben Ysursa argued a ploy to move the matter to federal court was a desperate delay tactic.

Why do modern libraries still matter?

Since opening the new building in September 2007, the Coeur d'Alene Public Library continues to be "rediscovered." Our circulation figures - the measure of books and other items going in and out, the number of reference questions, and the count of people using the public computers - have increased by about 100 percent. And we continue to issue new library cards in record numbers.

Gambling problem leads to massive debt

This father of two said he feels like he's on a sinking ship.

'Run of bad luck' affects family of five

This family of five was evicted from their home two months ago when their landlord sold the property they were renting.

Henry (Hank) Viebrock Jr., 85

Henry Viebrock Jr., 85, of Rathdrum, passed away Oct. 27, 2015, at Generations Care Center in Rathdrum. He was born June 22, 1930, in Kahlotus, Wash., and was the son of Henry and Goldie Viebrock. Soon after his birth his family settled in the Rathdrum area.

Looking out for her sister

Christmas For All

Each year, this 84-year-old woman's older sister comes to spend Christmas with her.

Medical bills grow, other expenses mount

Christmas For All

This father said he would rather be donating to Christmas for All, but that's not possible this year.

Opera fans, it's time for a famous wedding

SPOKANE — Inland Northwest Opera presents Mozart’s most popular opera, “The Marriage of Figaro,” tonight at 7:30 and Sunday at 2 p.m. at Martin Woldson Theater at The Fox. The opera will be sung in Italian with English supertitles on a screen above the stage.

Woman wants to provide for siblings

IDFG News

IDFG Commission to meet in Boise

Distillery delights

COEUR d’ALENE — Liquor might not solve all your problems.

Give back the glow

I hope you’re nestled somewhere snug, more than sated from Thursday’s feast.

Randall (Randy) William Rockwell Beach, 44

The world lost an incredible human on June 26, 2022, when Randy left us while making International Sawdust in the Bahamas.

Thomas 'Tom' Pagliasotti, 75

Thomas "Tom" Pagliasotti, 75

Widmyer: 2021 could bring us closer to normal

In the second part of a two-part interview, Mayor Steve Widmyer said the familiar days of Coeur d'Alene enjoying citywide festivities could once again be in sight.

OPINION: HARVEY MACKAY — Lessons from the animal world

“I’m starving, and it’s Dave’s fault,” a manager complained to his assistant.

Wines of the Year

While we don’t rate wines on a number scale, there are clear winners from the past year based on customer purchases. As I’ve said so many times, big ratings and high praise from me won’t change a wine you don’t like into one you do. While clearly this rating system is unscientific, it is based on a far better indicator — your purchases and repeat purchases, many times by the case. The wines are listed in order of white to red and lighter bodied to fuller.

Hefner offers to buy rest of Playboy

CHICAGO - Hugh Hefner wants to buy out the portion of the Playboy empire he doesn't already own in a bet that the iconic brand can still bring in profits even if the ink-on-paper magazine is past its prime.