Entertainment Calendar

"Wit!:" 7:30 p.m. Winner of the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. A renowned professor of English has been diagnosed with terminal ovarian cancer. During the course of her illness, Vivian comes to reassess her life and her work with profundity and humor. Lake City Playhouse, 1320 E. Garden Ave., Coeur d'Alene. $11-$17. Buy online: www.lakecityplayhouse.org or call: (208) 667-1323.

Fall foliage time

Well, friends, As much as I hate to admit it, it seems our “growing season” is over for this year. Soon you’ll be seeing sprinklers being “blown out” all over your neighborhood. If that isn’t a sign of the times, I don’t know what is.

Spring dashes into summer; get ready

Only one week until Spring Break arrives at most area schools, and many a parent is at least somewhat prepared.

Piping hot pastries, had-made are the perfect summer morning food

hand-made, are the perfect summer morning food

Bringing the great outdoors inside

COEUR d’ALENE — All eyes were on the pinewood race cars as they zipped down the track.

Deep freeze, deep snow

Latest in 'biblical' string of snowstorms slams New England

Big cities getting bigger

Rural parts of Idaho see decrease in population

COEUR d'ALENE - Coeur d'Alene outpaced the state when it comes to population growth, the U.S. Census Bureau announced Thursday.

Housing market chills as mortgage rates, prices scare buyers

The rate on a 30-year mortgage averaged around 5.54% this week, according to mortgage buyer Freddie Mac; a year ago it was close to 2.78%

LaPriel Myrtle Marks Johnson, 97

LaPriel Myrtle Marks Johnson, 97, passed away

Analyzing the rides at Silverwood

Silverwood means different things to different people.

Give thanks for customers

Today's mail included the first holiday greeting of the season - for Thanksgiving. One of our vendors sends us an eye-catching Thanksgiving card every year, thanking us for our business. This is an approach I started my first year in business.

Mother, caregiver must choose between heat or holiday meal

Buy or rent?

Realtors will be quick to reply that you should buy, but let’s face it, we’re biased. If you want an objective opinion do some research online. The Department of Housing and Urban Development is a great resource for those of you who want to educate yourselves on how the advantages of Buying vs. Renting a home apply to your situation. In addition to the step-by-step process outlined on their website: http://www.hud.gov/buying/index.cfm there is a handy little calculator on realtor.com that will help you decide whether or not it makes sense to buy a home: https://www.realtor.com/mortgage/tools/rent-or-buy-calculator/ Click on advanced options. There you can enter in your current rent, let’s say $750 per month. Enter in the purchase price of a home, for this example we will use $200,000. Enter the percent down from your lender, but don’t forget about Idaho Housing, FHA, Rural Development and USDA loans that offer lower down payment loans. Then put in the number of years you plan to stay in your home. The default for this field is 30 years, but you can put in whatever you like. The yearly property tax rate is defaulted at 1 percent, so you may want to check with the Assessor or your Realtor to get a rate for the home you are considering buying. The calculator also projects a modest appreciation of 2 percent per year for the time you are in your home.

Lt. Gov: Ready for less federal funds

Little says Idaho Legislature will have to weigh its options

COEUR d'ALENE - Idaho needs to steel itself, Lt. Governor Brad Little says.

Say goodbye to tax-free internet purchases

COEUR d’ALENE — Idahoans buying products over the internet will now have sales tax collected on most purchases, thanks to a bill Gov. Butch Otter signed into law Thursday.

Junk ... or gems?

Treasure Hunters Roadshow begins Tuesday

Everyone has their treasures.

Carol L. Stott, 73

Carol L. Stott, 73, Trellis Lady of Dalton Gardens, passed away at home where she

REFORM: Beware many online pitfalls

I am disturbed that the Idaho Legislature recently passed the education reform bill SB1184 which diverts money from teachers' pay in order to buy laptops and require online courses. As a pediatrician I frequently counsel parents and students about the need to limit "screen time" that can consume hours each day as kids log-on to the Internet, play video games or watch TV. Consequently, vital communication and social skills are often not well developed. Of course, our students need to be computer competent but to suggest that online courses replace real time, live instruction and classroom discussion is negligent and doomed to fail.

Spokane's small businesses starting to feel the pinch as customers stay away over virus concerns

The Garland Business District was abnormally quiet Friday afternoon. Its pedestrian-friendly streets were empty and some shops – normally open on weekdays – were closed.

Share your candidate endorsements

In case you’d forgotten, there’s an election coming up.