DUCK: Stop blowgun sales

What a shame that some moron felt the need to shoot a mallard duck in the neck with a blowgun dart. If it was a child that did it one can only wonder what motivates parents to buy such crap for their children.

MUSLIM: If you disapprove, act

If you really want the rest of us to believe you are the so-called “religion of peace,” then why aren’t you reining in your Muslim brothers such as Elton Simpson? You better if you want us to buy this narrative, because your silence and inaction shows you tacitly accept their violent actions. It also makes you complicit.

WELFARE: Require a drug test, Idaho

Thank you Florida, Kentucky, and Missouri, which are the first states that will require drug testing when applying for welfare. Some people are crying that this is unconstitutional. How is this unconstitutional? It’s OK to drug test people who work for their money, but not those who don’t?

Today's ghastly groaner

A customer walked into a pet shop and inquired about buying a goldfish.

FUHLED: And loved it

It was nice to find out that I’m not the only dummy in town. You really got me with the April Fool article. I was ready to buy some real estate. It took me a full day to realize that it was a joke. I’M CANCELING MY SUBSCRIPTION, EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY.

Senate panel advances ed reform

Luna plan's third piece underwent major changes

BOISE - Lawmakers voted Tuesday to advance the third piece of a plan to reform Idaho's public schools with legislation to boost technology in the classroom.

Winning the influence game

Online companies the victors in piracy fight

Up to 200K deaths foreseen in U.S. as Spain, Italy demand help

By MATT SEDENSKY and MICHAEL R. SISAK

Officials propose school reform

Luna, Otter call for sweeping overhaul of education system

COEUR d'ALENE - Nearly every facet of Idaho's kindergarten-to 12th-grade public education system will be affected by a comprehensive reform package proposed Wednesday by Idaho Superintendent of Instruction Tom Luna and Gov. Butch Otter.

Let your sweets do the talking

Spirit Lake man hopes personalized chocolate hits production line

Bret Wengeler was on a long, lonely road trip back home when he had a sweet idea: The Spirit Lake man wants to personalize chocolate.

Russia takes losses in failed river crossing, officials say

Britain’s Defense Ministry said that Russia lost “significant armored maneuver elements"

OPINION: HARVEY MACKAY — Business lessons from the pandemic

Harvard Business School surveyed 600 CEOs recently and asked them what keeps them awake at night during this global pandemic. The results found that almost every aspect of doing business must be completely rethought for both short-term survival and long-term success.

Negotiating 101: 40 years of experience

If you ask me what one skill has made the biggest difference in my career, hands down I would say: negotiating. It applies to selling, purchasing, hiring, firing, expanding, downsizing and every other phase of business you can name. It's part of the game that I am particularly fond of, and it's not just to see how much I can get the other person to give. I like to learn from the varied strategies that other people use.

Supreme motivation should change in tough times

After many decades of being a business owner and salesman, I have never, ever changed my Golden Rule of Selling: Know Your Customer.

Riding to the rescue?

Low prices, weak hiring raise odds of Fed action

$1,600,000,000.00

By BRIAN WALKER

What's up with paddleboarding

Every year, I like to do a column on stand up paddleboarding. This week, I will be starting a two-part series on stand up paddleboarding. First, let's look at what stand up paddleboarding is all about.

Flexing old muscles

In 2014, U.S. economy began shaky, finished strong

Alaska Air to buy Hawaiian Airlines in a $1.9 billion deal that may attract regulator scrutiny

The companies also said the combination would triple the destinations that can be reached within one stop in North America for travelers from Hawaii

Cooking and coughing: Respiratory diseases plague Kenya as more people burn wood to save money

Respiratory diseases have been the most prevalent diseases in Kenya for the past several years and are on the rise, according to government authorities, with 19.6 million reported cases last year.