Northwest Notes Dec. 3, 2011

Play in a Day to return to Kroc Center

Christian Youth Theater-North Idaho will host the eighth annual Play in a Day fundraiser Dec. 27 and 28 at the Salvation Army Kroc Center in Coeur d’Alene.

Pandemic leads to bicycle boom, and shortage, around world

Fitness junkies locked out of gyms, commuters fearful of public transit, and families going stir crazy inside their homes during the coronavirus pandemic have created a boom in bicycle sales unseen in decades.

Come on baby ...

Federal Reserve extends 'Twist' program to drive rates lower

WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve is trying again to jolt the American economy out of its stalled recovery. It's extending a program that aims to encourage borrowing and spending by reducing long-term interest rates.

Federal judge OKs Oregon's new high-capacity magazine ban

Multiple gun rights groups, local sheriffs and gun store owners have sued, saying the law violates Americans’ constitutional right to bear arms

'I just try everything'

Street Fair, Taste of Cd'A, Art on the Green off to hot start

Street fair magic

Hitting the highway to happiness

Long road riding motorcycles ends painfully for Rathdrum man

Fifth-generation motorcyclist hands up his leather jacket after five decades

Attacks, deaths rampant at wild cat sanctuaries

PORTLAND, Ore. - Over the past few decades, as an exotic pet trade boomed and Americans bought cute tiger cubs and baby monkeys, sanctuaries sprang up across the nation to take care of the animals that were abandoned when they reached adult-size or were no longer wanted.

At NIC, love is the answer

'Choose Love over Fear Day' is Friday

COEUR d'ALENE - The Beatles may have been onto something when they said, "All you need is love."

Feds overstep their bounds in demanding voter data

The federal government sent shock waves around the nation over the Fourth of July weekend when it demanded that states turn over a trove of your personal and voting information to be kept in a centralized database in Washington, D.C. The purpose of the demand is ostensibly to investigate voter fraud.

Hanks drops out of Senate race, supports write-in over Souza

Shem Hanks, the former chair of the Kootenai County Democratic Central Committee, has dropped out of the race for District 4’s Senate position.

Last chance for land code

The closer Kootenai County moves toward adopting a new Unified Land Use Code, the greater the tempest blows against it.

LEVY: Small price to pay for kids

As an involved and concerned parent of children that will soon join the public school system here in Coeur d'Alene, I am painfully aware that state cuts to our schools have a direct and negative effect on our children and the quality of their education. That is why passing the Maintenance and Operations Levy this March is so important. It is even more important in light of the disproportionate impact those cuts will have on our already under-resourced district schools.

Azarenka breezes in opener

TAXES: Tapping a drying well

Unemployment in Kootenai County is up to 12.9 percent and over 2,000 homeless walk our streets seeking aid!

Boston snowfall briefs

Feel the chill from the north

Psssst.

Another old friend is passing on

Sears is dying a slow, painful death. Many of us are complicit.

Energy efficiency translates into big bucks

COEUR d’ALENE — Coeur d’Alene school officials’ prowess at power conservation has earned the school district a six-figure rebate.

Ontario leader disappointed in Biden for not sharing vaccine

TORONTO (AP) — The leader of Canada’s most populous province expressed irritation