Trojan boys make their move, beat Vikings

- BOYS

US, Ukraine top military chiefs meet in person for 1st time

After several months of losing territory it had captured, Russia in recent days claimed it took control of the small salt-mining town of Soledar

Addicted to cigs? Free help is here

Nonprofit steps up for targeted groups

Nonprofit organization offers free services for nicotine addiction

Sheldon Adelson, casino mogul and GOP power broker, dies

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sheldon Adelson, the billionaire mogul, Republican mega-donor

Signs of the season

Have you captured an image you think epitomizes spring in North Idaho? Send it to us and we'll add it to our

Custer's Grass Band live at the JACC

Custer’s Grass Band, one of the Northwest’s premiere bluegrass bands, will perform at 7 p.m. Sept. 21 at the Jacklin Arts and Cultural Center, 405 North William Street.

Mary Christine Fisher

Mary was born March 16, 1959 in Omaha, Nebraska to Edward and Marianne Piskorski.

Idaho expands plan to compete with private business

By JAY PATRICK

Apple to dole out $100B to shareholders

Taking credit where credit is due

Ask The Propellorheads

Dear PropellerHeads: My small business has a web site but we don't take orders over the Web. What do I need to know before taking credit card information online?

More war? 75 percent say no

WASHINGTON - Three in four Americans think history will judge the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan as failures, according to an Associated Press-GfK poll that shows that about the same percentage think it was right to pull forces from the two countries.

China's Chengdu enforces strict lockdown despite earthquake

Most Chengdu residents are confined to their apartments or residential complexes

Waiting for word from Bernanke, stocks move higher

Rise in signed contracts gives housing market lift

Fourth increase in five months

NEW YORK - People are starting to buy homes again, lifting a battered industry that is bracing for its worst sales year in more than a decade.

The supply side of the wine glut

The current state of the economy and more specifically the "wineconomy" has resulted in many bargains to be had in wine as we have talked about before. The supply side of this wine glut though, is yet another silver lining to the dark economic clouds that overhang the wine world.

Home prices increase in 17 cities in June

Prices expected to fall through rest of the year

COEUR d'ALENE - Home prices rose in June for a third straight month as now-expired tax credits inspired a burst of home-buying. But prices are expected to fall through the rest of the year now that demand has faded.

This train keeps a-rollin'

City, LCDC near agreement to buy old railbed along river

COEUR d'ALENE - The Spokane River waterfront corridor sat idle for years after the old lumber mills shut down in the 1990s, but that may change in the near future.

Mandate wrong way to raise wages

I'm not an economic expert, but it seems to me that raising the minimum wage by mandate is a shell game.

Europe worries stalk Wall Street; Dow loses 161

Fearing a financial rupture in Europe, investors around the world fled from risk Wednesday. They punished stocks and the euro and flocked to bonds, driving the yield on the benchmark 10-year U.S. Treasury note to its lowest point since World War II.

Prepare doesn't mean revolt

Oath Keepers speak about recent media coverage

COEUR d’ALENE —“Prepare, plan and stay informed,” said Washington State Rep. Matt Shea, quoting from the Federal Emergency Management Agency’s website.