Op-Ed: Idaho's leaders can lower barriers to fair housing

Everyone deserves access to safe and affordable housing, and rapidly increasing rents and home prices are making it more difficult for Idahoans to achieve this goal.

Doctor's orders: Eat your veggies

HERO program devised to provide people with healthy lifestyles

Exercise helps women tolerate breast cancer drugs

Fitness can ease achy joints, muscle pain

SAN ANTONIO (AP) - Exercise might help women beat breast cancer. Researchers found it can ease the achy joints and muscle pain that lead many patients to quit taking medicines that treat the disease and lower the risk of a recurrence.

OPINION: IFF files, Part 4: 'Skittles' kill kids

We have friends who recently lost their son to fentanyl. It was devastating. We have other friends who are seriously worried about their teens experimenting with drugs and unknowingly taking fentanyl camouflaged as a different street pill or, even more sinister, made to look like candy Skittles. One local Mom of an addicted teen told me that fentanyl is now cheaper than meth or heroin and is readily available. She’s very upset.

Warm socks make the perfect gift

As the old saying goes, "Cold feet, warm heart," but when your feet get cold, it's hard to feel that jolly this time of year. We have the perfect gift to keep your loved ones warm this winter...Alpaca socks from Alpaca Direct. Our Alpaca socks are the natural choice as a unique warming gift for the feet because they raise the bar on what you can expect from a sock.

Addiction: Popular path to suicide

A summer slide

Gas is 24 cents a gallon cheaper than Memorial Day

NEW YORK - Call it an Independence Day discount.

Murder trial continues for ex-ISP trooper

Kendy Howard was a loving mother and grandmother.

The Front Row with Tim Dahlberg November 15, 2011

Pacquiao wins, but questions remain

Ski swap Nov. 13 in Sandpoint

SANDPOINT - The Schweitzer Alpine Racing School's annual Ski Swap is set for 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 13.

A retrospective tasting of the 1997 vintage

Over the holidays we had the opportunity to taste six of our favorite wines from the historic 1997 vintage. The importance of going back and tasting these wines is helpful to know how the 2007 vintage which we have found to be equally extraordinary will stand up.

Closing credits

Theater to shut down, church buying site

Cd'A Macy's not on list of closures; fans glad

COEUR d’ALENE — Michelle Hogan had just finished shopping at Macy’s at the Silver Lake Mall on a slushy, snowy Wednesday.

Calendar of Events

THURSDAY, Feb. 20 FRIDAY, Feb. 21 SATURDAY, Feb. 22 SUNDAY, Feb. 23 MONDAY, Feb. 24 TUESDAY, Feb. 25 WEDNESDAY, Feb. 26

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — A healthy wine market

The wine market here in North Idaho has changed much in the 15 plus years we have had The Dinner Party.

Where will calorie labels appear? Not just menus

Non-restaurant establishments lobby hard for exemption

WASHINGTON - Diners could soon see calorie counts on the menus of chain restaurants.

Summer theater must be accountable

I've listened to the recent dire cries for donations for CDA Summer Theatre, including those from Ellen Travolta and CST management in these pages. Personally and as a business owner, I have supported CST for over two decades. I have purchased more tickets than I needed, attended shows for which I had little appetite, encouraged friends to provide free or discounted housing to visiting talent, and generally spread the gospel highlighting the advantages of local high-quality professional theater. I can write a check and save CST, but I won't. And I question the prudence of encouraging others to do so.

The crowd pleasers

Here are our fall finds that are priced a bit more gently, and are more economical for the large gatherings of family and friends we have during the fall and winter holidays. The wines we wrote about last week are all fabulous but whether you are serving a crowd or looking for the perfect Tuesday night wine, these are priced right.

Brewers growl over seal proposal

State rule intended to close police concerns about open containers, growlers

When Jeff Whitman heard about a proposed rule requiring growlers of alcohol to be sealed with official tape at the time of sale, he had mixed feelings.

BBB: With lower inventory, rental scams rise

A tight housing market with low vacancy rates and rising rental costs means