Burning recall questions go to court

Prosecutor files suit to clarify time to check signatures

COEUR d'ALENE - Kootenai County wants a judge to rule how many days recall petitioners have to collect signatures in their drive to oust four Coeur d'Alene incumbents.

Youth Sports: Aug. 2, 2023: Water polo, flag football and more

Updates on area Kroc Water Polo Club and signups underway for Coeur d'Alene Recreation leagues.

Citigroup CEO steps down

Vikram Pandit, who steered Citigroup through the 2008 financial crisis and the choppy years that followed, abruptly left the bank on Tuesday, stepping down as CEO and as a director.

Visual search to shop: Gimmick or game changing?

NEW YORK - Imagine using your phone to snap a photo of the cool pair of sunglasses your friend is wearing and instantly receiving a slew of information about the shades along with a link to order them.

Despite market unrest, Fed likely to pare stimulus

Beyond the Uber surge

How to get around on New Year's Eve

NEW YORK - New Year's Eve: the day to overpay for everything from that glass of flat Champagne to the impossibly-high heels you'll wear just once, to, once again, that ride home from Uber.

Low inventory frustrates buyers

As reported in this paper on Friday, the real estate market is healthy but not to the extent where members of the Coeur d’Alene Association of Realtors are fearing a bubble. Even though 2016 sales exceeded the historic high year of 2005 in the number of sales people are actually required to qualify for a loan by proving income. That is a requirement lacking in the bubble period just prior to the Great Recession.

Housing market stays strong

Growing inventory giving buyers more options

Real estate strong

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Some, not all, of U.S. regains wealth lost from recession

WASHINGTON (AP) - America as a whole has regained all the household wealth it lost to the Great Recession and then some, thanks to higher stock and home prices.

Survey: Plunging stock prices hit U.S. consumer sentiment

Idahoans to travel as Memorial Day projections top pre-pandemic levels

Gas prices dip slightly before big travel weekend

Today, the average price for a gallon of regular in the Gem State is $3.85.

Even if you're careful drugs can end up in water

PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - The federal government advises throwing most unused or expired medications into the trash instead of down the drain, but they can end up in the water anyway, a study from Maine suggests.

North Idaho Reserve Police Academy goes online in 2012

The North Idaho Reserve Academy, typically hosted by the Coeur d'Alene Police Department (CDAPD), has undergone some technological updates designed to make it easier, and less expensive, for reserve officers to attend classes. This year, the CDAPD partnered with the Idaho Peace Officers Standards & Training (POST) Academy and all classes for the North Idaho Reserve Academy will be broadcast over the Idaho Education Network (IEN). The IEN is a secure, online network that can be accessed in every community through local, public high schools.

Kootenai County sales lead Spokane

Those of you who also read the other newspaper in the region, read on Monday that the Spokane area experienced a 20 percent increase in January housing sales when compared to last year. That is terrific news!

Six things to drink this year at Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is flat-out our favorite holiday for wine and food pairing. Our opulent national meal for the last Thursday of November offers so many choices for pairings, we get a bit of the proverbial “kid in a candy store” syndrome each year, as we try to choose what will be best to serve to friends and family gathered around our holiday table. Here is our short list of candidates to bring home for our Thanksgiving Day!

Mid-season rosé update

The Fourth of July holiday is here and it’s the prime-time for drinking dry rosé. These lovely, bone-dry wines are most often released during the spring and summer months and come from many wine producing regions and are made from several different varietals. Regardless of where it comes from or what grape is used, the best wines are crisp and clean, have low alcohol levels and are perfectly refreshing in the warm weather. Production levels most times are small, so some rosé will come and go in a matter of weeks, thus the need for our update. Here are our favorites right now.

A hasty consideration of the Valley and Greenacres

We’re all about North Idaho real estate in this column space. Except for today.

30 of 70 precincts reporting; Coeur d'Alene incumbents holding up so far

County sees high turnout for a local, nonpartisan election.

Online TV spats mean fewer free shows on Web

LOS ANGELES - Broadcasters took a big step toward eliminating free TV shows on the Web after they blocked access to their programming online this month to enforce their demands to be paid.