Students encouraged to save

COEUR d'ALENE - It's the kind of thing most kids don't want to hear.

Let the arrow fly

Hundreds gather at Farragut for archery tourney

Emily Vig of Coeur d'Alene pointed her bow toward the ground, knocking the arrow to the string.

Police: Accepting gifts a 'fine line'

Residents show support in light of shootings, but policies squelch many offerings

Ron Bjorklund actually wants to be pulled over by police.

Market slows ... some

Well what do you know? Preliminary August statistics from the Coeur d'Alene Multiple Listing Service do show signs that the market is slowing - at least in Coeur d'Alene. August sales for the city were just 4 percent higher than those in 2013. The average price there up just 2 percent. This would suggest that the year over year increases may have peaked in July even if temporarily. After nearly 24 months of increases, there has to be some adjustment, yet prices are still increasing.

Canfield children create candy companies

Meet Adrianna Preciado, the genius mind behind Candy Stuck - a candy company with a vision to bring fandoms together over the sweetest treat on Earth,  the Troll Chocolate Bite.

Vandalism follows citizen outrage over apartment project

Oil dumped on construction equipment, survey stakes stolen

POST FALLS — Just two days after residents expressed outrage at City Hall over a 208-unit apartment complex, the construction site sustained thousands of dollars in vandalism damage.

Feds arrest aquarium owner after new allegations

BOISE (AP) - The president of a new public aquarium in Boise has been arrested again by federal agents, facing new allegations that he directed a relative to cancel delivery of illegal nurse sharks and destroy information related to the shipment.

KINGS: More like hypocrites

This is a response to the letter from Doug Jewel on fireworks noise. I've seen your columns before and like my neighbor, you seem to expect everyone to live by your rules instead of the law or common courtesy. Fireworks are legal and until they are outlawed buy earplugs!

REALTY: Pitching plenty of positives

I am a Realtor with the CDAMLS here in North Idaho. I think Mr. Kim Cooper is doing the best he can with the information he has to work with. There is very little for him to use in his articles in today's real estate market that is positive.

Cashier charged in lottery ticket scam

KELLOGG - A 27-year-old gas station cashier has been arrested for allegedly partially scratching lottery tickets, scanning them and selling the losers to customers while buying the winners.

Feds won't sue to stop marijuana use in Washington, Colorado

WASHINGTON (AP) - Despite 75 years of federal marijuana prohibition, the Justice Department said Thursday that states can let people use the drug, license people to grow it and even allow adults to stroll into stores and buy it - as long as the weed is kept away from kids, the black market and federal property.

Bowls on the Edge set for June 15

Savor ice cream in a hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind bowl and support art programs for families living in transitional housing during Bowls on the Edge, a fundraiser taking place from noon to 4 p.m. on June 15 in downtown Coeur d'Alene.

ON Semiconductor to invest $15.7M in Idaho

POCATELLO (AP) - ON Semiconductor will buy $15.7 million in new production equipment for a manufacturing plant in Pocatello, the manager of the eastern Idaho plant said.

HEALTH: A step in right direction

Audacious! After the Supreme Court decision, President Obama said the health care plan was not done for political reasons, but because it was the right thing to do. It’s ironic that Obama’s health care plan was first introduced by Romney, who is now attacking it. People with a pre-existing condition can now get health care, there is no dollar limit, and our children can stay on our insurance until the age of 26. It provides affordable medication for the elderly.

ECON: It's all about demand

Brent Regan takes a classical supply-side approach in his letter of Friday, Oct. 19. Unfortunately, he’s wrong. The capitalist (at least any sane one) only takes the risk of investment when there exists a market to buy his product.

Woman becomes 2-time lottery winner

POST FALLS — Dawna McCallum of Cheney, Wash., became a two-time Idaho Lottery winner on Friday after simply following her instincts both times.

MYSTERY: Did man get help?

As I was driving west on Appleway on Saturday, Oct. 4, I saw a tall, terribly thin young man with shoulder length matted hair walking westward along the north side of the street. He was wearing navy blue sweat pants and a short-sleeved dark T-shirt. He carried a black hooded sweat shirt, but had no backpack or sleeping bag. Since traffic was moving slowly, I saw that quite a few people were also watching him as he continued westward. I hoped that a man would offer him help, but when no one did, I drove to a nearby gas station to buy him a banana, nuts and a sports drink. When I caught up with him and gave him the food, I asked him where he was going. He told me that he was trying to find a food bank. I’m writing this on Sunday and I’m wondering what happened to him and if anyone else tried to help him. He wasn’t asking for help, but obviously needed it. He was looking for someplace to find it.

U.S. consumer confidence rises in December

Impressed with an improving economy, American consumers are feeling more confident, a private survey showed.

Starbucks: Prices for some drinks to go up

COLUMN: Don't be fooled

Why do progressives like Jeff Bourget accuse others of what they are preparing to do themselves? In his column Friday, he accused someone of buying “into whatever the conservative spin doctors tell him without a shade of truth.” He then accuses the person of not doing basic fact checking, right before he launched a series of falsehoods.