Amid virus, US students look to colleges closer to home

By COLLIN BINKLEY

Election indicators suggest GOP edge

'America's Test Kitchen' has the recipe to hit season 20

LOS ANGELES (AP) — There are cooking shows hosted by celebrities, some of whom may know a fricassee from a frittata, and shows that feature arrogant chefs and bad cooks. There’s an upcoming digital series in which blindfolded chefs get smacked in the face with a dish and compete to identify and make it.

Medicaid expansion and your Legislature

The backslapping and hand shaking for a job well done is over.

Education battle tops Idaho news for 2012

NOMAD Episode 11: Caught

Story by KAYE THORNBRUGH

Here comes Obamacare

Local healthcare facilities gearing up for changes in medical laws

Like it or not, Obamacare is here, and our healthcare leaders say they are doing their best to deal with that.

Daily life near a standstill as nations try to halt pandemic

ROME (AP) — Meeting with friends, dining out, worshiping and other daily routines have nearly halted as nations take drastic steps to try to stop the coronavirus pandemic.

ElderHelp to help with winterization

Cd'A School District updates science curriculum

COEUR d'ALENE — Opportunities to update school books and classroom materials seem about as rare as the appearance of Halley's Comet, said Mike Nelson.

Think your home value is soaring? Talk to a farmer

Farmland prices have even climbed in California despite concerns about persistent drought

Laid off? Read this

Idaho Labor urges coronavirus-cut workers to file for unemployment

'Teachers, not computers'

PFHS, middle school students rally against education reform

POST FALLS - Josh Wellsondt believes one-on-one contact with his teachers is not replaceable.

Little requests audit of possible improper purchases with tax dollars

Idaho Gov. Brad Little has requested a “full financial audit” of the troubled Empowering Parents education microgrant program, amid signs that taxpayers might have gotten the bill for thousands of improper or dubious purchases.

The NRA wins again

Obama, victims' families overcome by gun owners

WASHINGTON - Four months ago, President Barack Obama promised a grieving nation he would do everything in his power to change gun laws after 26 students and staff were shot to death at Sandy Hook Elementary School. Turns out his power and the impassioned pleas of devastated families were no match for the force of gun rights advocates in Congress and across the nation.

Republicans take to mask wars as virus surges in red states

The issue has packed local school meetings and sparked heated exchanges

For all she does

Mother's Day an annual boost to the economy

COEUR d'ALENE - Thanks, Mom. For all she does, this Sunday is the day when husbands, children and others show their appreciation. "Moms, you've gotta love them," said Dan Clark, owner of Clark's Diamond Jewelers on Sherman Avenue. "Where would we be without them."

How slow can it go?

Building permit numbers dismal so far in 2010

POST FALLS - If there are any hints of an economic recovery, you won't find them with local cities' building permit numbers.

Sugar: Still the real thing, baby

Due to recent influences of a fitness-obsessed son, we're trying something new in this house: Coconut flour. OK, so it's not really about the flour. Nor is it the absence of that fresh wheat bread whose soft and salty taste I still miss. It's not even the rice-based pasta (which actuallytastes good) I now buy. Not directly. It's gluten that's driven me to change. Coupled with my expanding, middle-aged middle, if I'm honest.

Have gas prices bottomed out?

Gas prices continue to decrease; AAA explains Post Falls/Cd'A spread

COEUR d'ALENE — Local gas prices continue to drop toward the $1.50 mark at some stations, and AAA doesn't believe they've quite bottomed out.