Fatal flu is here

Idaho reports first death due to flu this season

Influenza has claimed its first Idaho victim this season.

The 3D release nobody wanted

Ticket Stubs

Check your movie listings today (um, online?) and you'll notice "Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace" is back in theaters. Of course, on the Internet, you might know the film as "The absolute worst movie in the history of cinema."

Wishing upon a Star

Idaho contemplates computer devices for students

How GM's return played in 3 cities with a stake

NEW YORK (AP) - General Motors returned to Wall Street with the satisfying roar of a muscle car's engine, embraced by traders at the New York Stock Exchange who stood in a crowd eight deep for the chance to buy a piece of a resurrected American icon.

Lakefront property for sale in Bitcoin

Proposed Chateau de Loire site in spotlight again

Government will sell Citi stock, reap bailout profits

NEW YORK (AP) - Bank bailouts are turning out to be great business for the government. Unfortunately for taxpayers, other federal rescues will almost certainly wind up in the red.

Sheriff's Log

The Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office received 258 calls for service between 6 a.m. Friday, Jan. 27, and 5:59 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 31.

'Jeopardy!'-winning computer delving into medicine

Watson will be able to diagnose, suggest treatments

YORKTOWN, N.Y. - Some guy in his pajamas, home sick with bronchitis and complaining online about it, could soon be contributing to a digital collection of medical information that will be designed to help speed diagnoses and treatments.

BENEFITS: Worried for winter

After the disgraceful resignation of Health Secretary Tom Price and Sunday’s headline, “Food Stamp Benefits About to Drop,” I thought I would reach out to address my own SNAP problem.

DMV alert: Slower times dead ahead

Customers at the Kootenai County Department of Motor Vehicles licensing and registration office should prepare for longer wait times later this month.

Acupuncture helps PTSD

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) is an anxiety disorder that can develop after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened. Traumatic events that may trigger PTSD include violent personal assaults, natural or human-caused disasters, accidents, or military combat. Any situation causing emotional, physical or mental trauma can result in PTSD. The use of acupuncture for PTSD has been scientifically proven to show reduced anxiety levels and stress in individuals. In the past few years acupuncture has been shown to be one of the most effective treatments for PTSD.

ADD and ADHD

We have probably all heard the terms and we probably all know a little bit about the behaviors associated with these titles. Here is what you might not know:

Chiropractic: A low-cost solution to high-cost healthcare

Numerous studies have shown that services delivered by doctors of chiropractic (DC) are cost effective and safe. Examine the research, and decide for yourself if these services offer tremendous potential in meeting today’s healthcare challenges. The following is a list of excerpts from several studies:

Kettle worker warms hearts, homes of the less fortunate

COEUR d’ALENE — Wesley Winberry is one of the 40 paid kettle workers employed by The Salvation Army Kroc Center to ring bells for the Red Kettles.

MOVING HISTORY FORWARD — Marcus Wright: The Tie King of North Idaho

Marcus Wright, a native of Kentucky, moved to the village of Spokane Falls in 1877. By the

Hayes tries to calm recall fervor

Clerk reminds all of recall rules

COEUR d'ALENE - The Kootenai County Clerk's Office is warning everyone involved in the Coeur d'Alene City Council recall and anti-recall efforts to play it straight.

Getting the Landing to take off

Site owner receives letter of interest from undisclosed local developer

White House wants less government in mortgage system

WASHINGTON - The Obama administration wants to shrink the government's role in the mortgage system - a proposal that would remake decades of federal policy aimed at getting Americans to buy homes and would probably make home loans more expensive across the board.

Henry (Hank) Viebrock Jr., 85

Henry Viebrock Jr., 85, of Rathdrum, passed away Oct. 27, 2015, at Generations Care Center in Rathdrum. He was born June 22, 1930, in Kahlotus, Wash., and was the son of Henry and Goldie Viebrock. Soon after his birth his family settled in the Rathdrum area.

Randall (Randy) William Rockwell Beach, 44

The world lost an incredible human on June 26, 2022, when Randy left us while making International Sawdust in the Bahamas.