Oregon's new governor requests $1B for housing spending

State fiscal analysts expect to have a $4 billion surplus at the end of the current budget cycle

Winter storm cancels flights, keeps thousands without power

Nearly 430,000 customers in Texas lacked power early Thursday

COMMERCIAL AIRPORT: Will devastate Cd’A area

Thank you Dennis Edelbrock for your letter on Jan. 27. He explains exactly what happens to the surrounding countryside without a care as to how it affects the people and our land when commercial airlines are invited to land here.

Preparing your food animals to beat the cold

When the weather dips into cold and freezing temperatures, especially at night, humans stay cozy by turning on heaters and pulling out extra blankets.

A love affair with chocolate

Tickets almost gone for annual downtown event

Tickets include a bite-sized gourmet chocolate treat at each of the more than tasting locations, with the option to add wine tastings.

'Karma Bums' takes a road trip to Idaho

Portion of new adventure, thriller shot in Porthill

When the pandemic hit, Keon Hedayati had been shopping around a few scripts. But COVID shut everything down and money to shoot films was nowhere to be seen. It was then, the multi-hyphenate director, actor, and writer decided to go on a road trip — one that ended up in Porthill near the Canadian border.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Glassware still matters … a lot

Nothing makes a great glass of wine even better than a great glass.

When Do I Tell Clients Not to Put Real Estate into a Living Trust?

One of the most important parts of having a living trust designed to avoid probate is to have those assets which would normally require probate assigned to the trust. By this I mean that the trust needs to be the owner of the probate-causing assets (more technically, the Trustee of the trust is the owner, but in his or her capacity as Trustee). In Idaho, one asset that will almost always implicate the need for a probate after death is real estate. So, when I help clients establish a living trust for estate planning, I also assist them in getting their real estate retitled into their trust. This typically means preparing, executing, and recording a new deed for the client’s personal residence which names the trust as the titled owner of the property going forward (again, technically, the deed shows the Trustee of the trust as the titled owner, but in their capacity as Trustee of said trust). If a client owns more than one residence, we will be repeating this process for each.

Tyre Nichols case shows officers still fail to intervene

Chuck Wexler, executive director of the Police Executive Research Forum, a Washington-based think tank, said duty to intervene policies became common after officers attacked and badly injured Rodney King in Los Angeles in 1992

Knoll a finalist in Coca-Cola scholars program

Cd'A student could receive $20K

Alex Knoll has made the cut as a regional finalist from over 91,000 original applicants for a Coca-Cola Scholars Program Scholarship for $20,000.

PREP GIRLS BASKETBALL: Coeur d'Alene wraps up IEL title, top seed to regionals

The regular season for both wraps up Tuesday night, with Coeur d’Alene home vs. Lewiston, and Lake City at Post Falls.

Milestone Announcements

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Holstein named Hayden Chamber Volunteer of the Year

Stateline Speedway named Business of the Year

2022 was a great year for the Hayden Chamber of Commerce, said CEO Andrea Fulks at an annual awards breakfast Thursday. Roughly 45 people met at the Best Western Plus Coeur d’Alene Inn to network and mingle over breakfast and coffee, while Fulks lauded the Chamber’s accomplishments through 2022 and presented awards to exemplary members.

Ex-Twitter execs to testify on block of Hunter Biden story

Months later, Twitter’s then-CEO Jack Dorsey called the company’s communications around the Post article “not great.”

REO Speedwagon coming to Festival at Sandpoint

Legendary band to perform Aug. 4

REO Speedwagon is coming to the Festival at Sandpoint on Aug. 4. Tickets for the concert are on sale now. Formed in 1967, signed in 1971, the band has been fronted by Kevin Cronin since 1972. REO Speedwagon’s unrelenting drive and non-stop touring and recording jump-started the burgeoning rock movement in the Midwest. Platinum albums and songs dominating the airwaves soon followed, setting the stage for the release of the band’s explosive "Hi Infidelity" album in 1980. Among the hits on the album were “Keep On Loving You” and “Take It On the Run.” The landmark album spent 15 weeks in the No. 1 slot and has since earned the RIAA’s coveted 10X Diamond Award for surpassing sales of 10 million units in the United States.

The spinning of Earth's core may be slowing

Our second winter season arrived with much colder temperatures and windy conditions.

‘Poker Face’ a lively refresh of the ‘howcatchem’ genre

Plus: Kenya Barris’ uneven ‘You People’

For those looking for a more regular dose of twisty, “Glass Onion”-esque fun, consider Rian Johnson’s new Peacock series, “Poker Face,” starring the chaotically charming Natasha Lyonne.

OPINION: Fraudulent 'Freedom:' The IFF Files, Part 1

The Idaho Freedom Foundation started back in 2009 with the noble intention of helping beleaguered legislators who have little staff and even less time to research issues. IFF offered information, ideas and support.

Don't fear the competition

A flock of chickens were in a yard when a football flew over the fence and landed in their midst.

Alfieri pushes to remove March, August school elections

A new bill introduced in the Legislature on Tuesday would eliminate Idaho’s March and August school bond and levy election dates and move nonpartisan school elections into alignment with election days for partisan elections in May and November. First-year Rep. Joe Alfieri, R-Coeur d’Alene, said he wants to eliminate two of the four possible dates on the calendar for school bond and levy elections because he believes those elections are dishonest.