ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Using a tarot reading to manifest a better outcome

If you have ever done a tarot reading with the Celtic Cross spread, you are probably familiar with that "moment of truth" feeling as the final Most Likely Outcome card is revealed.

Our atmosphere is quickly losing heat

Weather Gems

Almost an 'ice age winter' elsewhere in the northern hemisphere

Weather Gems

East of the Rockies, especially east of the Mississippi River, February of 2015 will go into the record books as the COLD-EST, and in many cases, SNOW-IEST February ever.

'El Nino' has faded away, which is not good news for California

Weather Gems

The residents of California were hoping for at least a weak to moderate warm El Nino event for the winter of 2014-15. An El Nino is the abnormal warming of sea-surface temperatures along the Equatorial regions.

Five things to drink right now, and what to eat with them

Spring release is upon us and spring weather is hopefully not far behind. This time of year, we get to taste many new things as our distributors bring around all of the newly released wines. We get to see the trends as they emerge and revisit new vintages of old favorites; it is one of our favorite times of year and should be for wine consumers, too. Here are some of the things we are enjoying the most.

Your food is on drugs

Studies show fish and other edible creatures are consuming our drugs and plastic.

Moon makes campaign stop in Cd'A

Seeks Republican nomination for Idaho Secretary of State

Moon, Souza seeking Secretary of State slot

Look for more wide weather 'extremes' in 2012 and beyond

Weather Gems

The recent all-time record October snowstorm that crippled parts of New England and the upper Mid-Atlantic states was just another example of our long-standing cycle of WIDE WEATHER 'EXTREMES' that I've been talking and writing about for decades.

OPINION: CHUCK MALLOY — Bipartisan cooperation? There’s hope

In the Gem State, we have the Idaho Freedom Foundation’s “freedom index,” which attempts to sort out the true conservatives from the RINOs while driving some legislators nuts in the process — particularly those Republicans who are branded as liberals.

Oakland's Braden is perfect against Rays

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Caroline Rice Hern, 90

Caroline Rice Hern, a woman of immense grace and dignity, left us on October 1, 2013. Lucid until the end, Caroline never lost her curiosity, humor, graciousness & perspective on life even though she knew she was facing her last hours. Caroline was born on March 22, 1923, beginning her 90+ years of life in Spokane, Washington. Her parents, Stuart Archibald Rice and Hildegarde Schurmeier Rice, raised Caroline on Spokane’s South Hill where she attended Hutton Elementary School. Summers were spent on Coeur d’Alene lake. After her father died when she was 12, Caroline and her mother lived part of the year in California. Caroline graduated from the prestigious Bishop’s School in La Jolla, which was under the auspices of the Episcopal Church and, at that time, only for young women. After high school, Caroline spent two years attending Wellesley College in Wellesley Massachusetts. Her college days were cut short when, in 1942, she married Jack Hern. Caroline met Jack at the wedding of her cousin in St. Paul, Minnesota when she was 16. Caroline was a bride’s maid and it just so happened that Jack, who was attending the University of Minnesota, was the best man. Jack later said that he knew when he first saw Caroline that he wanted to marry her. Caroline and Jack made their homes in Spokane and on Coeur d’ Alene lake. They raised three children, John who predeceased them, Alan and Katherine. From these roots, Caroline had four grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren. Jack died in 1996. Caroline was an uncommon person, a throwback to the days when politeness and manners were of paramount importance. She never lost those traits. She was a person of strong beliefs, spiritual and political, but was not one who sought to impose those beliefs on others. One always knew where she stood on issues which she expressed at all times in the nicest of ways, particularly if she thought you might not share her views. For many years, like her mother, Caroline was a member of the Jr. League of Spokane. Showing the breadth of her many interests, she was a knowledgeable and passionate equestrian who rode and raised Morgan horses on her 5 acre farm on Hangman Creek. Caroline was at once intelligent, articulate, humorous, caring, gracious, inquisitive, positive and optimistic. She was extremely creative with a lovely sense of style which encapsulated everything she did from correspondence to interior design to landscaping. Caroline will be missed. The world has lost one of its gems. A memorial service held on Saturday, October 19th, 2013 at 1:00p.m. at the Lincoln Heights Community Church, 3527 E. 29th Avenue, Spokane, Washington 99205.

An expansion on Memory Lane

Business Bits

Memory Lane Gems and A Stroll Through Memory Lane have come together into one store in the old Painted Pony location in The Plaza Shops downtown (Suite 121 at 210 E. Sherman Ave.).

Catch a wave

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. - A geological gem awaits hikers in the wilderness along the Arizona-Utah border. Swirls of searing reds, oranges and yellow fold into a bowl that visitors from around the world seek out on an unmarked path past sandstone buttes and sage brush.

Gov candidate asked about record; responds

COEUR d’ALENE — Chairing state task forces on transportation and cybersecurity, shepherding legislators in the state’s biggest property tax decrease, and recruiting businesses to locate in the Gem State are some of Lt. Gov. Brad Little’s accomplishments as legislator and lieutenant governor, he said Wednesday.

If Otter retires early, Little gets a big boost

Lt. Gov. Brad Little, the political establishment’s golden boy in the race for governor, has some big plans for the Gem State if he’s elected.

Fish and Game aerial surveys start this month Department using all its tools to gather data of Panhandle big game

Idaho Fish and Game is pulling out the stops this winter to get a better handle on the number of big game animals that roam the Panhandle of the Gem State.

Going the distance

Idaho’s postsecondary completion numbers are rising, but the Gem State has made little progress toward a longtime educational goal.

Briefs October 13, 2010

Post Falls man injured during motorcycle crash

TRUMP: Tax code concern

Congress is set to take on tax reform next and President Trump recently released his tax plan. There are many things I like about the president’s tax plan such as reducing the number of brackets from 7 to 4, eliminating the income tax for households earning less than $50,000 per year, and lowering taxes for everyone.

Kootenai County sees jump in population

Kootenai County’s population increased by nearly 4,500 people, or 2.9 percent, in 2017, according to the Idaho Department of Labor.