High hopes

Economy adds 195,000 jobs; unemployment at 7.6 percent

Neighborhood of the Week: Summer sales — Favorite price cuts around Lake Coeur d’Alene

In recent columns, Neighborhood of the Week has been highlighting the various price cuts on homes around North Idaho.

Warm Alpaca socks make winter fun

Alpaca re-invents warm and durable socks with Alpacor

With the cold snowy days upon us in North Idaho, it is important to keep active outdoors and enjoy all the beautiful scenery winter brings us. My husband and I enjoy walks with our dogs down to the shore at Hayden Lake and last week took an evening stroll around the resort boardwalk to have a 360 view of the beautiful holiday lights.

IDAHO: Confusion over values

IDAHO: Confusion over values

JUDD JONES: Got ACV?

We all remember the old saying “An apple a day keeps the doctor away.” Well, perhaps, “Three teaspoons of apple cider vinegar a day keeps the doctor away” is the better saying?

NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE WEEK: Summer living on Lake Cd’A — Part I

Kidd Island Bay

It was the best of times, it was the worst of times

With apologies to Charles Dickens, this is the tale of two markets, the buyer's market and the seller's market, for it is both.

Markets balance

Buoyed by continued strong growth in Post Falls and the Rathdrum area housing markets — where new construction of single family homes is booming — the Coeur d’Alene Multiple Listing Service reports Kootenai County is 7 percent above the housing sales achieved in 2015 as of the end of August. Overall the average price in our North Idaho market is 5 percent higher than last year while in Kootenai County that number is 4 percent.

Sorry, but you can't take GEG with you

I love Spokane’s airport! However, when we leave GEG (that’s airport lingo for Spokane International Airport), we become subject to the vicissitudes of other, not so friendly airport environs.

U.S. rates on 30-year mortgage slips to 3.54 percent

Lawyer: Relatives of Spokane woman feared dead want to return home after Texas arrests, clear up 'sinister' accusations

Spokane police could soon know more about what happened to a missing Spokane woman feared dead. A local lawyer has taken on the case of her adoptive mother and brother, who fled to Texas during a criminal investigation last fall.

The Front Row with MARK NELKE April 4, 2010

96 teams: More not always better

I have had the good fortune (as well as understanding bosses, and a group of friends who for some reason continue to put up with me) to attend (or cover) the first and second rounds of the NCAA men's basketball tournament in 25 of the past 27 years.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Helping you find wine

It is one of our most frequent requests and has been since we opened the shop 15 years ago.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Your palate knows best

We sometimes hear from customers and readers that they “feel like they should like” this wine or that one but just don’t.

MOVING HISTORY FORWARD: WAVES in North Idaho

The attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941, quickly propelled the construction of new naval training bases across the U.S., and in order to release as many men as possible for sea duty, a women’s branch of the Naval Reserves was created in July 1942 (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service), the WAVES.

Community Library Network receives Cd'A Rotary grant

Coeur d’Alene Rotary awarded a grant for $1,000 to the Community Library Network Youth Services Department.

Mary Lou Bilte, 90

Mary Lou Bilte passed away on Super Bowl Sunday, Feb. 12, 2023.

Community college to get appraisal for property

Economist: Recession is coming

Robert Dietz says labor shortage, rising housing prices, interest rates, inflation contributing factors

Recession is 100%

'HJ' Henry John Parent Jr., 33

"HJ" Henry John Parent Jr., 33, of Post Falls, died Aug. 14, 2011, at Kootenai Medical Center due to injuries caused by an accident with a train in Rathdrum. HJ was born May 14, 1978, to Donna and Henry Parent. HJ was born in the same hospital where he died.