Vintage Stock replacing Hastings

Business Bits

Vintage Stock will take over the space of the Hastings store “going out of business” at 101 E. Best Ave.

Wal-Mart cuts profit outlook

Stock dragged down by sluggish sales, high health care costs

BENTONVILLE, Ark. - Wal-Mart Stores Inc. cut its annual profit outlook on Thursday amid sluggish sales, higher-than-expected health care costs and the need to invest more in its e-commerce operations.

Post Falls students help with Japan disaster

POST FALLS - One math problem, licorice strand and coin at a time, local students are making a difference to victims of the earthquake and tsunami in Japan.

Hey, kids! Seniors aren't the only targets

During the past few months it seems that many — if not most — of the scams and cons we’ve covered, specifically target those of us who are over the age of 50. It seems that the elderly are being disproportionately targeted. This is not necessarily true.

True story: You can buy unclaimed packages

Websites offer unclaimed merchandise for sale.

Virus fears fuel spike in sales of guns and ammunition

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — The world's largest gun store, in metro Atlanta, has had lines that are six and eight people deep. A gun store in Los Angeles had lines that stretched down the block. And at least one store in Idaho put limits on sales after its shelves were nearly cleared out.

Bad news, good news

Woman's car, gifts stolen, then son visits unexpectedly

Done with The Duke?

Texas movie set used by John Wayne fading away

BRACKETTVILLE, Texas - Time and Mother Nature are threatening to dismantle the Alamo. Not the original, but the replica 18th-century Spanish mission and Old West movie set John Wayne built for his Oscar-nominated 1960 movie and that for decades was a tourist mecca and film production site.

Hayden man sentenced to 25 to life for child sex charges

COEUR d’ALENE — A 53-year-old Hayden sex offender who was lauded by friends and family as someone who takes responsibility for his actions, was sentenced Wednesday to more than 25 years behind bars after he tried to convince a Coeur d’Alene judge that his charges had been inaccurately portrayed.

Opinion: Please, awaken me!

I seem to be descending into a nightmare.

SENATORS: Time for a new vision

Now that elections season is over, Senators Risch and Crapo should be reconsidering their vision for U.S. engagement in the Middle East. Decades of hyper-militarism in the Middle East clearly isn’t working for anyone but some defense contractors profiting off war. The invasion and occupation of Iraq unleashed widespread sectarian violence that led to the creation of the Islamic State, which then began to thrive off the Syrian civil war.

Payroll tax hike: Killer whale or red herring?

WASHINGTON - Companies are rushing to describe the impact of higher Social Security taxes that took effect in January. They paint a bleak picture.

Boo-boos that can burst your credit score bubble

I recently received a pleasant email from a reader letting me know that he bumped up his credit score by almost 100 points with information I shared in this column. In that spirit, I thought I would share some more practical tips to avoid mistakes — and maybe boost your score as well.

Up next: Stage three

Could open bars, tourism, gatherings as early as Saturday

What the virus outbreak means for home loans, mortgage rates

The Federal Reserve cut short-term interest rates by half a percentage point on Tuesday in an effort to protect the economy from more damage from the virus outbreak. The move may present options for mortgage shoppers.

Raymond Joseph 'Joe' Schneider (Hoy), 26

Raymond Joseph “Joe” Schneider (Hoy), of Post Falls, died much too soon July 28, 2013, at the age of 26 with his wife and infant daughter at his side holding his hand after fighting so hard to come back to them for over a month. He was born in Tulare, Calif., and spent the majority of his life in the Coeur d’Alene area.

And so it begins 33rd Christmas for All campaign launches now

It’s the day after Thanksgiving, which means at least three things:

Robert Ovnicek, 75

Robert Martin Ovnicek, 75, passed away December 22, 2022.

Michigan bill would make ticket scalping legal

Today's ghastly groaner

Artie, a well-known thief, entered Safeway late one night.