Giving until it feels good

Economy doesn't dampen volunteer spirit

COEUR d'ALENE - National Volunteer Week finds the spirit of service alive and well in Kootenai County.

A brief 2014 North Idaho weather review

Weather Gems

January of 2014 was an unusually mild and almost snowless month until the very end of the 31-day period, when nearly a 'foot' of snow fell in Coeur d'Alene at my station on Player Drive. Temp-eratures dipped into the more seasonable teens and 20s after being in the upper 40s in mid January.

Our aging satellites may lead to a 'weather gap'

Weather Gems

My longtime friend from Wolf Lodge, Bob Hollingsworth, also an 81-year-old student in Randy Mann's physical geography course at North Idaho College, gave me an interesting article last week from the Sept-ember 2014 issue of Popular Mechanics entitled, "The Weather Gap," by Kathryn Miles.

Old to new: Ground broken on Museum of North Idaho relocation 20,000 square foot facility to replace confining 4,300-square-foot building

COEUR d’ALENE — In the world of museums, old is good.

Cd'A Charter Academy leads Idaho on SAT

Idaho’s SAT scores are in.

Officials say it's time for nonresidents to pay

Parks, waterways awash in out-of-staters

Fee increases topic of discussion as outdoor recreation sites see influx of out-of-state visitors

A magnetic pole 'shift' may be causing our rash of 'super storms'

Weather Gems

I've received a lot of phone calls and e-mails lately concerning the recent story by FOX News that our planet's magnetic pole is slowly, but steadily, heading towards Russia. Airlines in Florida, for example, have been "thrown off course" by this polar magnetic shift, still not fully understood by scientists.

Idaho churches allowed to reopen May 1

Idaho churches can reopen May 1

Jobs Plus honors Barlow

Becomes first Bob Potter Excellence in Economic Development Award recipient

Movers and Shakers June 3, 2011

American Angus Association welcomes Good Hope Ranch

The lesser appellations

We have written much of the tough vintages of 2010 and 2011, however as we continue to taste the red wines from these vintages specifically from California there is a bright spot emerging, albeit small it is a bright spot nonetheless. The big problems in these years were the early onset of cold and very rainy weather in the appellations of California. In 2010 this came on the heels of the coolest summer in some 50 years in the state. All of these forces conspired to prevent much of the fruit from ripening to the point it was usable, or if it did get ripe enough to use in many cases the flavor profiles were less than stellar.

Lums sweep Cranbrook

COEUR d'ALENE - Grant Curtis and Alex Krapas had three hits apiece as the Coeur d'Alene Lumbermen swept the Cranbrook Bandits 14-0 and 7-5 on Saturday night at McEuen Field in a North Idaho League "AA" American Legion matchup.

'Until the bitter end'

Cd'A rally shows opposition to gay marriage in state

COEUR d'ALENE - A rally in support of Gov. Butch Otter and Attorney General Lawrence Wasden in their efforts to keep same-sex marriage illegal in Idaho was held in front of Sower Bible Bookstore Friday evening.

A sense of place

Trends come and go in the modern wine industry. As the United States becomes the largest wine consuming country (in both absolute and per capita terms) both domestic and international producers are going to seek a way to access this large and growing market of wine consumers. Domestically though, this is leading to a trend most wine consumers find disconcerting.

Proposition 2: Now fight begins

COEUR d’ALENE — The petitioning, door knocking and media coverage worked.

Chinese hit 'Wandering Earth' seems out of time

Back in the ’90s, Hollywood loved big, loud disaster films. Movies like “Armageddon” and “Independence Day” gleefully destroyed famous landmarks while bombarding audiences with convoluted sci-fi missions to save humanity from annihilation.

Innovia Foundation gifts big bucks to Kootenai County nonprofits

More than $1.2 million granted to regional organizational partners

Innovia Foundation awards more than $1.2 million to regional organizational partners

Humphreys wants a debate

Gubernatorial candidate 'done' with giant corporations, career politicians

Gubernatorial candidate Ed Humphreys speaks with The Press about his campaign, platforms

OPINION: Let’s not render Idaho’s domestic terrorism law useless

Idaho’s landmark Terrorist Control Act will be rendered useless by passage of a bill recently introduced in the Idaho Senate.

Kootenai County median home prices edge up

Study shows nearly 100,000 people left Idaho in 2022

Housing prices move up