Sharpen your sales techniques

In the "Peanuts" comic strip drawn by Charles Schulz, the scene is a classroom on the first day of school. The students have been asked to write an essay about their feelings on returning to school.

What they didn't teach in business school

A college education is valuable, and I salute all the graduates who are heading out into the wonderful world of work. A degree is an important step toward career achievement.

The best baits to throw today to hook up with bass and pike

By RALPH BARTHOLDT

In tooth, it's all about the money

At age 5 1/2, Ozzie Drake already is handling life’s challenges with “brutal efficiency.”

Broadway fans continue to see red

The famed Times Square TKTS booth turns 40

New FDA rules will put calorie counts on menus

WASHINGTON - Whether they want to or not, consumers will soon know how many calories they are eating when ordering off the menu at chain restaurants, picking up prepared foods at supermarkets and even eating a tub of popcorn at the movie theater.

Keyes: Paper could not ignore cross burning

Why would our hometown paper publish a photo of a cross burning along with a story on Page 1?

Kennedy: City should pick up tab

Mike Kennedy is and was a city employee at the time of the lawsuit, and as with any other city employee who is unjustly accused of misconduct, he is entitled to be defended by the city which includes paying for his attorney bill. Mike Kennedy is being unjustly persecuted by Jim Brannon and some of his shadowy financial and political supporters simply because Mike Kennedy is a popular, moderate and unapologetic Democrat who won a fair election.

Armed and helpful

POST FALLS — Some local law enforcement agencies will soon have an opioid "antagonist" as a tool when responding to drug overdose calls.

Ukraine conflict weighs on markets; Retailers fall

U.S. financial markets ended slightly lower Thursday, marking their first loss in a week of record highs.

Movers and shakers

There's no business like show business

On Monday I had the opportunity to visit with Dennis Franz, Ellen Travolta, Jack Bannon, Dane Stokinger and Jessica Skerritt, professional actors all. On Aug. 1 they will be joined by Patty Duke in a very special staged reading of "Over the River and Through the Woods" with the Coeur d'Alene Summer Theater. This one-time event will celebrate and benefit the theater in its 45th year, and will mark the debut of veteran actor, now Coeur d'Alene resident, Dennis Franz to the CST stage.

Feeling better about the economy

Retailers report modest gains for May

NEW YORK - In the latest sign that Americans are feeling better about the overall economy, stores across the country had a pickup in sales in May.

Windermere analyzes county market

Report includes statistics from 2003 to 2009

COEUR d'ALENE - Windermere Coeur d'Alene Realty is sharing its annual in-depth analysis of the Kootenai County real estate market with the community.

Too serious for confusion

It is a pet peeve when people use industry vernacular in a discussion. Their acronyms and abbreviations don't mean a lot to people outside their profession and only serve to create confusion and misunderstanding. It is understandably an easy trap to fall into. The longer we do something, the more we assume that everyone understands what we do and therefore are familiar with the language. Wrong.

Post Falls to expand cemetery

Increase in interest from Spokane-area residents due to lower lot costs

POST FALLS - Post Falls is in expansion mode with Evergreen Cemetery.

Industrial production rises for fourth straight month

U.S. factories churn out more steel, furniture

Getting your offer accepted

With limited inventory and plenty of competition for those available listings many buyers are finding themselves disappointed. Offers that just a short while ago would have been welcomed are now dismissed as unworthy. Buyers who ask for closing cost assistance run the risk of competing with offers that ask for nothing except a fair price for the house they intend to inhabit.

More property types gain traction

The hardworking staff of the Coeur d'Alene Multiple Listing Service has completed their statistical analysis of 2013. We are pleased to report that our Commercial, Investment and Large Land categories all gained ground and have joined the recovery.

Huckleberries

Road named after war hero at epicenter of Hayden's future growth

Road named after war hero at epicenter of Hayden's future growth