Anheuser-Busch, Miller companies eye global merger

LONDON (AP) - The makers of Budweiser aren't satisfied with being the king of beers. They want an empire.

Rathdrum wants to hear from residents

RATHDRUM — Rathdrum officials want to know what citizens think the city’s next park should look like. They also want to hear from residents interested in updating its comprehensive plan.

EDITORIAL: Let's build bridges, one unit at a time

Press encourages Hayden City Council to give The Bridge a green light.

Swanky beach enclave hit with bird stench

Poop in paradise

Connect Kootenai targets housing challenges

Group launches surveys, will host open houses June 1, 2

Though the name is new, Connect Kootenai — formerly CDA2030 — is continuing the mission and priority of the Regional Housing Growth Issues Partnership: To increase the affordability and availability of housing in Kootenai County.

Retailers see slow start to back-to-school season

NEW YORK - Shoppers are holding off on back-to-school shopping, and those who delay long enough might be rewarded with some steep discounts from desperate retailers.

Facing an uphill battle

SAN FRANCISCO - Dell's board rejected CEO Michael Dell's attempt to change the voting rules for his bid to buy the slumping personal computer maker, a decision that is likely to doom the deal.

Musk abandons deal to buy Twitter; company says it will sue

Twitter could have pushed for a $1 billion breakup fee that Musk agreed to pay under these circumstances

Could it really happen two vintages in a row?

The headline for this week was a question posed by a winemaker we know in California at the beginning of September when he was lamenting that fruit from one of his most prized vineyard sources had not yet begun to turn from green to purple. After the disastrous vintage of 2010 and a very cool and wet spring of 2011, growers and winemakers from the Northwest and California went into the start of harvest hoping for a warm dry fall to get their grapes ripe.

Strong job growth points to COVID's fading grip on economy

“Very strong numbers in very uncertain times.”

Home invasion report unfounded

NEIGHBORHOOD OF THE WEEK: Wide open spaces close to town — Brickert Country Estates

In most cases, buyers wanting acreage need to look well outside traditional city limits. Brickert Country Estates in Post Falls offers tons of space without sacrificing proximity to civilization.

Tale of a teapot

Collectable is stolen, found, needed as evidence

COEUR d'ALENE - Carolyn Berry loves to tell the history behind the items for sale at her Wiggett's Antiques store.

Spirit Lake Police joins Safe Trade initiative

SPIRIT LAKE — The Spirit Lake Police Department has joined the Safe Trade initiative for safer completion of online transactions.

Trepidation over Trump

Like it or not, a licensed real estate broker will soon be in the White House as commander in chief. Since the election, there has been much speculation about the future of our country but recent developments provide some insight into the future of the housing market. Soon to be President Trump has set the nation on its ear and the reaction has been wide and varied. The stock market plunged, then rallied and bond rates rose, affecting mortgage interest rates which followed suit. Mortgage rates follow loosely the yield on the 10-year Treasury bond.

Holiday travel slows activity

Staff does not like to report statistics so early in the year. Small numbers mean even a couple of sales can yield a large number as a percentage more or less. Even so, we like to see what is happening by comparing year to year activity. Our abbreviated report shows us that sales dipped a bit in January after a strong end to 2013.

Thyroid disease on the up-swing

A couple of decades ago, it seemed only overweight women had thyroid disease. Boy has that changed. It is estimated that one in 13 people in the U.S. have thyroid disease and another one in 20 are undiagnosed. In 1924 we started putting iodine into our salt to combat thyroid disease. So why is thyroid disease still increasing?

Medication management and Medicare

We are always getting questions concerning senior issues. Lately the subject has been concerning medication management and Medicare coverage. For this question, we went to the expert - Vickie Nostrant, Director of Nursing with North Idaho Home Health.

Margaret Martin Jennings, 92

March 5, 1918 - Oct. 9, 2010

Accessible birth control

A bill introduced by an Idaho Senate panel would make birth control more accessible for women in the state.