Bitcoin is booming

Digital payment option soaring in popularity, stocks jump

Holiday spending 'record' not as good as it looks

Holiday spending reached the highest level on record last year, but that news isn't as good as it sounds.

Holiday shopping season is strong

World/Nation Briefs November 30, 2012

White House 'fiscal cliff' offer gets cold shoulder from GOP

'Tis the season! To give the gift of music. Buy tickets for the popular Festival at Sandpoint before they're all gone.

Looking for the perfect stocking stuffer? The annual Festival at Sandpoint features amazing performances, world class musicians and memories to last a lifetime.

GUNS: Idaho v. California

Mr. Boothe, in Idaho, you can buy one or more guns and take them home the same day. In California — A STATE RUN ENTIRELY BY DEMOCRATS — if you purchase a gun, you must wait 10 days to take it home, BUT only if you prove you have a STATE-APPROVED firearm safety device, lock box, or gun safe for your new weapon. Nor can you purchase more than one handgun in a 30-day period.

Seasonal firefighters seek health care coverage

DENVER (AP) — They work the front lines of the nation's most explosive wildfires, navigating treacherous terrain, dense walls of smoke and tall curtains of flame. Yet thousands of the nation's seasonal firefighters have no health insurance for themselves or their families.

Holy sheet! Don't pay fees up front

Upfront fees? Never! That’s my rule.

A hair-pulling morass of bad design

Prom dress shopping perilous for plus-size girls

NEW YORK - Maria Giorno has nothing against long gowns with high waists and flowing fabric - dresses that are designed to camouflage curves on plus-size women.

Trouble in toyland: Consumer protection group cautions about dangerous toys

Buying toys for kids this holiday season?

Entertainment calendar May 10, 2103

Brian Crain, Classical Piano Concert: 7:30 p.m. at Jacklin Arts and Cultural Center, 405 William St., Post Falls. $20/$15 students, group discounts available. Tickets: 457-8950 or www.thejacklincenter.org

Housing prices hold their course

Asking prices haven't changed, even with higher mortgage rates

Real state market 'like nothing we have ever seen'

Heart of Business: Shop local

For those who like to shop local, farmers markets are at the "way local" end of the spectrum and shopping online at Amazon is at the other end, said Dave Cavanaugh, local businessman and Heart of Business member.

‘Our community needs us’

After mass arrest, Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations works to combat hate

After mass arrest, Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations works to combat hate

Museum of North Idaho opens

Two new exhibits added this year

Hunters reminded to purchase controlled hunt tags by Aug. 1

Conversations this time of year among hunters often start with the question: "Did you draw any controlled hunt tags?"

Who's who in music streaming: Tidal, Spotify, Pandora and more

The collective sigh

That collective sigh of relief that is audible to most every wine consumer is coming from grape growers and winemakers around the appellations of the western U.S. After two unbelievably tough years of poor quality harvests and extremely low tonnage of usable wine grape stock, it appears at least for now that the 2012 crop is going to be larger than normal, in some cases much larger, and of very good to great quality!

Post Falls Police offer safe places to meet

POST FALLS - The Post Falls Police Department encourages citizens to utilize its parking lot for meetings with strangers, especially for purchases of goods advertised online.

In emails, Jobs determined to keep iPod Apple-only

Lawsuit accuses company of using unfair tactics

OAKLAND, Calif. - Legendary Apple CEO Steve Jobs had seven words for a subordinate when he learned that a rival company was about to introduce a program that would let music fans buy songs anywhere and play them on Apple's iPod devices.