The seeds of no change

House passes bill to prevent mandatory GMO labeling

WASHINGTON - Food companies would not have to disclose whether their products include genetically modified ingredients under legislation passed by the House Thursday.

Could feds help with school WiFi costs?

The federally administered "e-rate" funding program - much maligned by state elected officials - could actually provide a boon to Idaho.

Land of opportunity?

A quarter-mile of Spokane River frontage may become a public beach if a plan by the city of Coeur d’Alene to purchase the property reaches fruition.

It's a team effort

This time of year as we think of all we are thankful for, we want to take this opportunity to thank our affiliate members. These members work tirelessly behind the scenes to make sure that the transaction you enter will be completed and that all parties will be protected from loss.

More and more, real estate is a global concern

Whether you agree or not, government plays a role in the housing market. From the Government Sponsored Enterprises, like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mack to the loans insured by the Small Business Administration, Federal Housing Administration or United States Department of Agriculture, the government does have a hand in the market.

Successful popcorn salesman, decorated holiday hero

Twelve hundred dollars can buy a lot of video games.

Fair trail fee being groomed

COEUR d'ALENE — A Kootenai County board is exploring how to blaze a new trail so all backcountry users during the winter pay their fair share for grooming services.

Marty and Max:Should I Stay or Should I Go

Is now the right time to sell your home?

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Once per year

It is hard for me to believe that I have been a member of the Board of Directors for Hospice of North Idaho for eight years.

Scramble on for new fuel routes after Colonial Pipeline hack

RALEIGH (AP) — State and federal officials

The stay-at-home dad: Halloween costume roulette

My kids struggle to decide what they want out of a Halloween costume.

Life's gales can't blow us away

Blown away again.

Judge denies leniency for contractor

A Coeur d’Alene judge denied a motion Friday for a more lenient sentence for a 58-year-old Post Falls business owner serving up to 20 years in prison for child molestation.

Cracks in wall of patriotism

The traveling Wall that Heals left a trail of tears in Hayden, not all of them at the actual site of the Vietnam Wall replica.

STUDENTS: Don't denounce efforts

To the writer of a recent letter to the editor (as well as to anyone who may have nodded their heads in agreement), who seems to imply that students are incapable of forming collective action groups out of their own convictions or concerns, let me unabashedly use myself and my fellow members of the North Idaho College Gay-Straight Alliance as a counterexample.

Ex-ISU professor set to wage legal fight

BOISE (AP) - A former Idaho State University professor challenging the dismissal of his lawsuit against the school has collected more than $70,000 from education groups to continue his legal fight.

Give them options

You don't have to have kids at Hayden Meadows Elementary or even in the Coeur d'Alene School District to feel like you have a stake in tomorrow's school board meeting.

Autopsy: White residue on spoon in Houston's room

Arsonist gets 10 years for blaze at newspaper office

WALLACE - Shoshone County District Court was packed Monday for the sentencing of the Kellogg man who torched the old Shoshone News-Press building in September and later returned to the scene to "admire his handiwork" before being arrested.

World/Nation Briefs October 4, 2011