Hagadone Marine overhaul spotlights waterfront sales

Lots of lefse

Volunteers creating Norwegian treat to be sold at Nov. 4 Trinity Lutheran Church bazaar

Volunteers on Wednesday began turning 300 pounds of potatoes into more than 600 rounds of lefse

Robbery suspect arrested after returning

NAMPA (AP) - Officials in southeastern Idaho say a 44-year-old woman suspected of trying to rob a convenience store was arrested after she returned a short time later and tried to buy something to drink.

Study highlights trail's value

COEUR d’ALENE — Doug Eastwood knew it was time for an economic impact study on the North Idaho Centennial Trail when members of the former Kootenai County Commission hit a temporary impasse on paying for trail improvement two years ago.

Fueling the economy?

In a first, gas and other fuels are top U.S. export

GM to pay $3.5B for auto financing company

DETROIT - General Motors Co. will buy AmeriCredit Corp. for $3.5 billion, a deal that allows the automaker to expand loans to customers with poor credit and offer more leases, key areas where GM must grow to accelerate its car sales.

Promise holds out for home sales

As we ease into the fourth quarter of our year we continue to see signs of a slow, but steady recovery in the housing market. Builders reported another increase in new home construction last month. This marks the biggest increase in more than four years. Driven by the historically low interest rates that have persisted this year, buyers are active although not in droves, but they are buying.

Oil soars 9.4% as Europe moves to tackle crisis

Boiling over

Post Falls trailer park residents frustrated over lingering water problems

POST FALLS - Joan Roberts knows the value of good drinking water by default.

WinEconomy semi-annual update

It has been about six months since I wrote about pricing and supply trends in the wine industry so I figured it might be a good time to update wine consumers on those trends. When we last wrote retail prices for wine were coming down quite relentlessly due to an over-supply and the general economic trends in the country.

Washington may privatize liquor sales

SEATTLE - Thousands of cases of whiskey, vodka and rum zip along three miles of conveyor belts inside a massive distribution center in industrial south Seattle, the sole location for shipping booze to liquor stores across Washington state.

'Fix the Debt' campaign comes to Idaho

With the election season moving into higher gear and a “fiscal cliff” on the economic horizon, the American public will be hearing more and more about the crushing debt our country faces. As it happens, Idaho is extremely lucky to have two Members of Congress, Senator Mike Crapo and Representative Mike Simpson, who have been spearheading a growing, bipartisan charge to tackle the issue.

Buyers concerned with mortgage rates

Many months of low, low interest rates may have encouraged some complacency with groups of real estate buyers seeing no compulsion to act but that may have changed last week. Agents report hearing concerns of buyers who are feeling a sense of urgency due to an increase of four tenths of a percent in the 30-year mortgage interest rate over last month. Media reports used terms like “surge” or “jump” to fuel the angst felt by many who thought the lowest rates in history might go on forever.

Chinese stocks drop, but impact in U.S. is seen as limited

NIC board sets Riverbend site price

Lacking new officers, Cd'A PD motors on

COEUR d’ALENE — Using money from unfilled police officer positions, the Coeur d’Alene Police Department plans to add a squad car and three unmarked cars to its patrol and detective divisions as part of an earlier- than planned upgrade.

A consume it now society

Just as winery releases are grouped in the fall and again in the spring, visits from winery professionals seem to be concentrated in the fall and again in late winter and spring. Suffice it to say, we are seeing a lot of friends from wineries near and far right now. As we taste the latest offerings, conversation turns to the wine business overall and trends in consumption and production.

Mine owner has big plans

Silver Opportunity Partners anxious to get Sunshine operating

After buying out the Sterling Mining Co. for a cool $24 million in an April bankruptcy auction, Silver Opportunity Partners LLC (SOP) has rolled up its sleeves and isanxious to start drilling test holes.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Magnesium: Vital for wellness

The subject of magnesium in the diet, as well as topically, has been a hot topic for several years now. It has been touted as the cure-all for almost anything that might ail you. While there is no doubt that magnesium may be good for you, you could be getting swayed by marketing propaganda that lures you into buying something you don’t need.

PATRIOTS: Then and now

During World War II, the first thing they did was take away our rights to buy food.