Fancy ATM skips the folding cash, spits out gold

BOCA RATON, Fla. - Shoppers who are looking for something sparkly to put under the Christmas tree can skip the jewelry and go straight to the source: an ATM that dispenses shiny 24-carat gold bars and coins.

Backyard Chickens Part 1: Preparing to buy healthy birds

After egg prices hit record highs in late 2022 and early 2023, having a flock of backyard chickens to provide a personal supply of eggs can be tempting.

Mandate wrong way to raise wages

I'm not an economic expert, but it seems to me that raising the minimum wage by mandate is a shell game.

No. 12 rises

Local die-hard Seahawk fans primed for today's Super Bowl

Seahawk Nation across Kootenai County is ready to rumble.

Consumer look at Idaho liquor law

As a wine retailer we are governed daily by Idaho Liquor law as are all of our great local wine distributors, Idaho and out of state wineries, and all other restaurants, grocery stores, warehouse stores, and any place else you purchase wine by the glass or bottle.

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.

USDA targets stores in food stamp trafficking

Retailers suspected of trading deals with customers

A new culinary identity

As French idea of restaurant changes, so does law

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

Bunker Hill Mine in Kellogg sold

KELLOGG (AP) - Galena Mineral Resources Group is buying the long-closed Bunker Hill Mine in Kellogg, Idaho.

The Internet: Eroding hard copy and concrete

With the increased use of the Internet for the transport of email, text, and instant messages, it is logical to assume there would be an associated decrease in the transport of hard copy mail. Likewise, the same idea would hold for an increase in online shopping and a decrease in business at street stores, as well as a surge in Internet traffic and a decline in hard copy news circulations. These are indeed the trends, as discussed in this article. If these trends continue, the world’s societies and how people spend time will be altered significantly.

Buyer Bonus is answer

Coldwell Banker to offer credit beginning May 1

COEUR d'ALENE - Not content to wait to see what the market does in the wake of the expiration of the federal tax credit that expired on April 30, one real estate company is responding with a bonus program of its own.

HOUSING: Key to economic recovery

Pat Tebo’s My Turn titled, “We, the people need to save this country” (June 26) was a well written article with 30 years of personal experience in banking and a solid MBA education to back it up. Right up front he declares there is no political spin from the RNC or the Tea Party, and I will even also throw in the DNC or Liberal agenda after reading his article. He approaches our dire DEBT problem very successfully, but it is much worse than he or anybody else realizes.

Federal Reserve now the only stimulus game in town

$600B in bond purchases intended to spur lending

WASHINGTON - Any more stimulus spending by President Barack Obama and Congress is dead, after this week's election blowout by the Republicans. Yet, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's "Hail Mary" pass to pump $600 billion into the banking system is really stimulus spending under another name.

More than one way to lose money

Here before, we have addressed the "fence sitter" and have described the folly of waiting for the bottom of the market. As we have reported, in many parts of North Idaho, the bottom has passed and we are on our way up. Still there are bargains to be had, but our recent improvements in activity have led to a dearth of opportunities in some price ranges.

'Lower for longer'

Oil, gas, power, prices: big themes from energy meeting

LaPriel Myrtle Marks Johnson, 97

LaPriel Myrtle Marks Johnson, 97, passed away

Calls to suspend gas taxes across U.S. grow as prices surge

Pennsylvania’s 57.6-cent-a-gallon gas tax is the highest in the nation, just ahead of California's

TAXES: Tale of two cities

It is well known that resident property taxes in Post Falls are more than double those in Hayden even though both generally provide the same services. One might conclude that Hayden is a more desirable place to live and buy a house and certainly more affordable.