AP-GfK Poll: Americans support menu labeling

WASHINGTON - More than half of Americans say they already have enough information at restaurants to decide whether they are making a healthy purchase. But they want even more.

Spending kept in check

U.S. retail sales flat-line in April

WASHINGTON - U.S. shoppers kept their spending in check in April, as modest wage growth over the past year keeps family budgets tight.

War games erupt in White House battle

AP Commentary

Everywhere you turn in politics a war is raging - at least of words.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Remedies for heartburn, reflux and indigestion

There are many remedies for the symptoms of heartburn, reflux and indigestion.

US-French spat seems to simmer down after Biden-Macron call

France last week recalled its ambassadors to the United States and Australia to protest what the French said amounted to a stab in the back by allies

Press response to white supremacist protesters

Calls came into the newsroom Friday alerting us that members of the Aryan Nations were protesting near North Idaho College and the Human Rights Education Institute.

Speakers to explore human rights history

Kootenai County Democratic Club offers series in August

COEUR d'ALENE - The history and impact of human rights advocacy in the region will be the subject of a five-part weekly speaker series hosted in August by the Kootenai County Democratic Club.

A Super return

35 win Silver Mountain season ski passes with Super Bowl kickoff return

Bill Higgins is glad he listened to his mother, Judy, on Sunday.

Consumer price index jumps on costlier gas

Increases on commodities costs could spur inflation

WASHINGTON - Consumer prices rose last month as the cost of gas increased by the largest amount since June 2009. But outside of energy costs, there was little sign of widespread inflation.

Fuming about gas prices

Idaho feeling ripple effect of California refinery explosion

COEUR d'ALENE - Pamela Johnson knew something was up when she rolled into a Coeur d'Alene gas station on Wednesday.

Joe Leigh, 85

Joseph Reid Leigh of Hauser passed away peacefully Saturday, Oct. 11, 2014, with his family by his side.

U.S. rate on 30-year mortgage falls to 3.51 percent

Woman with fake ID arrested for grand theft at Hayden bank

A 55-year-old New York woman was arrested Thursday in Hayden after attempting to withdraw money from another person’s bank account.

Google social net is about preserving leadership

NEW YORK - Google didn't build its new Plus service simply to have an online hangout like Facebook.

Birth control causes more abortions

The Wednesday Oct. 17, Cd'A Press "Food and Health" section had a piece written by AP medical writer Lauren Neergaard titled Study: Free birth control leads to fewer abortions. Actually the opposite is true because all birth control meds and devices are abortifacient. How does it happen?

The complexity of weight loss: Part I

Post Falls police to host medicine turn-in Saturday

POST FALLS - Post Falls police will host a free medication turn-in program on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. for residents wanting to dispose of their unused or unwanted prescription drugs as part of the National Take Back Initiative.

Exchange debate starts early

BOISE - Ideological objections to federal health care reform clashed Thursday with the more pragmatic interests of business as Gov. Butch Otter joined lawmakers, industry and the state's top insurance regulator in the debate over whether Idaho should establish its own insurance exchange.

Mexican opium farmers expand plots

Helped by U.S. heroin boost

MY TURN: Housing crisis remains

We all have memories of how things used to be. Sometimes those memories are distorted by the passage of time and appear significantly different today. Kootenai County in 1980 had a significantly smaller population and more people have wanted to share in it. That has continued to the current time. The problem is the pie is only so large. Too many of us want a bigger piece than we are entitled to. If our community is to be economically viable and provide housing for all the people who will be here, we need to start sharing the pie. Groups such as Kootenai Connect are an essential part because it’s focus is regional. We all need that wider focus as well. We can achieve that by electing knowledgeable leaders and keeping the good ones we have. We must support leaders who offer hope and solutions not people who offer only blame.