Finding the best child care for your budget

Choosing child care can be daunting. You want the best quality and care for your children, but that care has to fit into your budget. It's similar to buying a car: you may want a Mercedes-Benz but you buy a Honda Accord because it fits into your budget and still offers high quality, but at a lower cost.

HOUSING: Key to economic recovery

Pat Tebo’s My Turn titled, “We, the people need to save this country” (June 26) was a well written article with 30 years of personal experience in banking and a solid MBA education to back it up. Right up front he declares there is no political spin from the RNC or the Tea Party, and I will even also throw in the DNC or Liberal agenda after reading his article. He approaches our dire DEBT problem very successfully, but it is much worse than he or anybody else realizes.

What is the cloud?

In light of celebrity hacks, here's how to protect data

Fitness enthusiasts think outside the gym during coronavirus

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Steve LaTart in Minnesota is thinking of installing a space heater in his basement to recreate the atmosphere of his hot yoga classes now that his gym has closed due to coronavirus fears.

Reeta Bigelow, 93

Reeta Bigelow, wonderful mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, wife and friend over the many years, has left us to join her family and friends that were waiting for her in Heaven.

ENT Creatives, unwrapped

Show to open Saturday at Art Spirit

The Art Spirit Gallery is opening their 25th annual Small Works show, “Unwrap the Creative,” on Saturday with a reception from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. The two-month long show, ending Dec. 24, will showcase over 100 new artists, consisting of approximately 1,500 pieces all by artists predominately throughout the Inland Northwest.

World/Nation Briefs March 16, 2011

House passesspending stopgap bill

Bought and paid for

New tech is changing the restaurant reservations game

At noon on a recent Wednesday in May, San Francisco's Lazy Bear restaurant began taking reservations for June. Just 45 minutes later, nearly every seat for the entire month was sold out.

Hitting the road to manage growth

County looks at broad plan with cities as key players

Kootenai County to seek input on management plan

Oil prices down sharply for a second day

NEW YORK - Oil prices plunged for a second day Thursday, raising hopes that a relentless rise in gasoline prices may slow or reverse at least temporarily.

Heading in the wrong direction

Gasoline prices get early start on spring surge

NEW YORK - Gasoline prices are getting an early start on their annual spring march higher.

Mom raising daughter alone after dad's suicide

This mom is raising her daughter on her own. The girl's dad committed suicide three years ago.

Christmas without her husband

It will be this grandma's first Christmas without her husband.

Mortgage rates back near record low

Average 30-year fixed loan sinks to 4.78 percent

WASHINGTON - Turmoil in the stock market and the European debt crisis are making life easier for American homebuyers and families looking to refinance: Mortgage rates are inching closer to a record low.

Cutting condo costs

Ridgepointe units begin to move

COEUR d'ALENE - The collapse in the North Idaho condominium market once again means price cuts and other concessions as unsold projects remain on the market.

When life gives you lemons

Another summer has come and gone in North Idaho, and I hope it served you well.

DIY butter: Easy, insanely good

Why go to the trouble of making butter at home? After all, that's why they package it all up neat in little sticks for us at the grocery store... So we don't have to.

After holiday spree, economic doubts linger

NEW YORK - Holiday spending surged this year, but Americans still have their doubts about the economy.

What new gadgets are out there to buy?

Dear PropellerHeads: The news just covered a big electronics show out west a few weeks ago. Will I have some new gadgets to blow my money on soon?

Let the fun begin...!

My Garden Path

Happy (almost) Spring! It's time for us to get started gardening again. Although we can't actually go outside and start planting things, we can "make do" indoors.