Google buys travel software company

WASHINGTON (AP) - Government officials are imposing significant conditions on Google Inc. as they allowed the Internet search leader on Friday to proceed with its $700 million purchase of airline fare tracker ITA Software.

Many Americans are still shying away from EVs despite Biden's push, an AP-NORC/EPIC poll finds

Younger people are more open to eventually purchasing an EV than older adults.

White supremacist group eyes Hayden Lake

Plans gathering in March

Aryan Freedom Network eyes Hayden Lake gathering

U.S. wholesale stockpiles rose slightly in March

Purchase controlled hunt tags by Aug. 1

The big game controlled hunt drawings for deer, elk, antelope and bear tags were completed June 22. Applicants can find out if they were lucky enough to draw a tag by checking the controlled hunt drawing results on the Idaho Department of Fish and Game website. It is the responsibility of controlled hunt applicants to check to see if they were drawn for these limited entry hunting opportunities.

Defying warnings, millions in the US travel for Thanksgiving

Millions of Americans took to the skies and the highways for Thanksgiving at

U.S. grows, world slows

Top business stories of 2014

The East envied our lovely White Christmas

Weather or Not

Many residents east of the Rockies are looking at the West with envy. We are one of the few places that enjoyed a White Christmas. In fact, there was plenty of the white stuff for sledding as about 19 inches was reported on the ground on Christmas Eve at Cliff’s station and other areas. The ski resorts were reporting snow depths of 4 to 7 feet.

The East envied our lovely White Christmas

Many residents east of the Rockies are looking at the West with envy. We are one of the few places that enjoyed a White Christmas. In fact, there was plenty of the white stuff for sledding as about 19 inches was reported on the ground on Christmas Eve at Cliff’s station and other areas. The ski resorts were reporting snow depths of 4 to 7 feet.

Shirley Ellen Gose, 84

1927-2011

Afghans protest Taliban in emerging challenge to their rule

Demonstrations a show of defiance after the Taliban fighters violently dispersed a protest Wednesday

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — DR. WAYNE M. FICHTER: Mask or not to mask?

Right now we can’t go to Costco without a mask, or even to Washington State for that matter. So I started looking into it more and I found an article from the New England Journal of Medicine. For those of you who don’t know, this is probably the most prestigious medical journal in the world.

IDFG recommends buying licenses, tags, permits online

In a response to COVID-19 fears, Fish and Game will no longer accept cash payments starting March 30 at its statewide offices.

We win again!

You have probably read by now, that the deadline to extend the tax credit was extended in the 11th hour to Sept. 30. This is not an extension that allows buyers to gain a credit by buying before then, instead it protects those who had accepted offers by April 30 from losing the credit because transaction complications delayed their closings. Those in a panic over losing their dreams of owning a home can heave a sigh of relief.

Retailers take on Silicon Valley

Target, Kohl's among those opening technology test labs

Black Friday: Is it worth all the hype?

Black Friday isn’t what it used to be. Once a doorbuster dash by only the most committed Christmas shoppers in the wee hours following Thanksgiving, “Black Friday” sales have stretched from three-hour mad grabs to multi-day specials lasting a week or more.

Realtor.com to become mainstream

Changes are in store for the real estate search website, realtor.com. It was announced last week that media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has purchased Move, Inc., the parent company of realtor.com for $950 million. This is a bargain for the site when compared to the $3.5 billion paid by Zillow in a move to merge with Trulia last summer. Neither deal has been approved by regulators as of this writing.

World/Nation Briefs April 24, 2011

Yemeni president agrees to step down in 30 days

Last-ditch Person Field confab tonight

By TOM HASSLINGER

Stocks nearly unchanged as fiscal threat looms

U.S. stocks closed nearly unchanged Monday, after a day of uneven trading plagued by investors' fears about the approaching "fiscal cliff."