New online map a hit with recreationists

Provides details about OHV trails on Forest Service, BLM land

BOISE - ATV, motorbike, UTV and 4WD enthusiasts now have a handy online resource available for finding new places to ride in Idaho. It's called the Idaho OHV online map. The web address is: http://trails.idaho.gov.

Economy showing signs of recovery

Hiring surges in January; jobless rate at 8.3%

Beef industry woes may mean poorer meat

Struggle to get competitive price is helping to push producers out of business

AINSWORTH, Neb. - In this Great Plains ranching town, cowboys still lasso steers as part of their daily routine and cattle producers like Bob Sears still take pride in the long tradition of raising American beef.

List of national retail chains requiring masks is growing

Target, CVS Health and Publix Super Markets  on Thursday joined the growing list of major retailers that will require customers to wear masks as cases of COVID-19 spike

Gourmet Dinner Group celebrates 40th anniversary

Those were the days. A gallon of gas cost 40 cents, the average price of a house was $32,500 and "All in the Family" was America's favorite TV show.

News of the World says goodbye

Phone hacking scandal brings down 168-year-old newspaper

LONDON - Britain's best-selling Sunday tabloid the News of the World signed off with a simple front page message - "THANK YOU & GOODBYE" - leaving the media establishment here reeling from the expanding phone-hacking scandal that brought down the muckraking newspaper after 168 years.

Fed acknowledges economy is growing more slowly

AIDS vaccine is closer

As much as I hate the metaphor, it's a perfect storm for this potentially fatal disease.

Aromatherapy attraction

Rustic Romance brings in clients from throughout U.S.

COEUR d'ALENE - In the world of aromatherapy, Alexandria Brighton is considered "a foremost authority" on the ancient healing art.

Assisted living facility loses license

Tenants moving out; bank forecloses on two Hayden facilities

The operator of the two Autumn Haven assisted living facilities in Hayden has been notified by the state of Idaho that its operating license has been revoked.

Don't drink the privatized liquor punch

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Help with housing

Mortgage relief program to help homeowners injured by adverse economic or medical conditions

COEUR d'ALENE - A program is under development to provide emergency mortgage relief to underemployed or unemployed homeowners at risk of foreclosure, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

Tips for consumer protection

Like other attorneys general, Lawrence Wasden's primary job is legal advisor to the state. "State" doesn't only mean government. What takes about as much time and staff resources is another function: consumer protection.

Feds ask judge to dismiss health care suit

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) - President Barack Obama's administration on Monday asked a federal judge in Virginia to dismiss the state's lawsuit alleging Congress overstepped its constitutional bounds with the new health care reform law.

National outrage spreads over neighborhood watch shooting

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - An unarmed black teenager shot to death by a neighborhood watch captain told his girlfriend moments before he was killed that he was being followed, a lawyer said Tuesday as federal and state prosecutors announced they would investigate.

More tags for moose

Overall number available in Panhandle up for this year, 2014

COEUR d'ALENE - The Idaho Department of Fish and Game has increased the overall number of bull moose tags available for the Panhandle region hunting areas for this year and 2014.

LIBERALS: Fed up with falsehoods

Having a left wing relative who sends me the Huffington Post and other blog rants, I get to read the material before Mr. Pappas rewrites it for his letters. In parroting these opinions he gives little regard for truth or common sense.

Stein's still in business five generations later

KELLOGG - When Edward Stein opened his first market in Kellogg in 1929, he might not have thought that five generations later his family would still be in the grocery business, with five stores in Idaho and Montana.

Rosy day for Rotary

Club sells over 1,000 bouquets during sale

COEUR d'ALENE - The Rotary Club of Coeur d'Alene delivered a record 1,109 dozen roses Friday as part of its annual rose sale.

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