Litter mates

Fairfield woman adopts two cats, wins litter robot

A local animal lover has hit kitty cat pay dirt. Lynne Foresman, who lives in Fairfield on the Idaho-Washington border, is the lucky winner of a Hillpig self-cleaning cat litter box.

Karen Kay Moore, 79

Karen Kay Moore, 79, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho went to be with Jesus in the early morning hours of Sunday, June 11, 2023.

Ronald Thomas Moen, 89

Ronald Thomas Moen passed away on July 23, 2024, at the Life Care Center of Coeur d’Alene. Ron was born January 15, 1935, to Anton and Naomi Moen (Carlson) in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, the city he lived in for the following 89 years.

Open the floodgates

LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. (AP) - In an agonizing trade-off, Army engineers said they will open a key spillway along the bulging Mississippi River as early as today and inundate thousands of homes and farms in parts of Louisiana's Cajun country to avert a potentially bigger disaster in Baton Rouge and New Orleans.

MY TURN: Homeowners exemption program needs an update

As a trustee on the District 271 school board in Coeur d’Alene, I spend substantial time thinking about how to lower the property tax burden in our district while also ensuring our public schools have the financial resources they need to provide excellent educational resources and opportunities to our students.

Choose and Cut

Oh, the sweet smell of a fresh-cut Christmas tree. For many, the fragrance is even sweeter when you cut the tree yourself.

Let there be SHOPPING

Downtown, mall, stores have high hopes for holiday season

Christmas shopping to start

Kazakh president: Forces can shoot to kill to quell unrest

'Those who don’t surrender will be eliminated'

GUNS: Consistency left out

According to the left, we should raise the age of eligibility to buy an AR-15 to 21. This is apparently a great idea; after all, 21 is the age required to buy a handgun from an FFL dealer. This would apparently keep us safe from minds that aren’t fully formed and are subject to impulsive decisions. However, we have to balance this line of thought with not only the Constitution of the United States, but also the left’s other stances on policy issues and to whom we should be listening.

Grappling with blunt questions

Do penalties for smokers and the obese make sense?

Bad for business

AP survey: Income gap is holding back economy

Just in time for the holidays, a bad economic mood

Consumer confidence falls to lowest level since March 2009

NEW YORK - Americans say they feel worse about the economy than they have since the depths of the Great Recession. And it's a bad time for a bad mood because households are starting to make their holiday budgets.

Back to blue collar

Michigan governor puts renewed emphasis on manufacturing jobs

WATERTOWN TOWNSHIP, Mich. - Only a few short years ago, Michigan leaders talked excitedly about diversifying the state's economy beyond the auto industry, envisioning a Silicon Valley-style workforce that would be less dependent on manufacturing and more invested in technology and green energy.

Stronger fire department benefits police, others as well

Neighborhood of the week: Downtown Coeur d'Alene condos

If you're new to the area, you're not surprised at the sight of the high-rises downtown. But longtime residents of Coeur d'Alene weren't sure what to make of the new buildings when they first rose over Sherman Avenue.

Jobs lost, middle class Afghans slide into poverty, hunger

International aid also fueled projects around the country that provided jobs

'I don't like injustice'

Nearly 20 years after starting her battle, Kathy Hunt thrilled with HB444

The bill would amend Idaho Code Section 31-808 to exclude property acquired by tax deed from being gifted to other government entities without compensation to the property owner, according to the Mountain States Policy Center.

Post-Summit Web page takes shape

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has begun to add video segments of the recent Idaho Wildlife Summit to its website.

Cd'A deputy city administrator arrested on suspicion of DUI

Coeur d’Alene’s deputy city administrator was jailed over the weekend on suspicion of driving under the influence and released on a $500 bond, according to the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office’s booking log posted online Monday.

ANTIFA: Destroying beautiful Portland

Recently as I read the headlines from my online news source, I felt a heavy sadness.