What's Happening: Italy under lockdown, officials infected

ROME (AP) — Italy enters its first day under a nationwide lockdown after a government decree extended restrictions on movement from the hard-hit north to the rest of the country. As the numbers of infected surged in Italy, there were more signs of normality returning to China, where President Xi Jinping’ made his first trip to the virus’ epicenter of Wuhan. The contrast illustrated the global east-to-west spread of the virus.

Male suspect attempts to rob Post Falls pharmacy

Suspect displayed knife, demanded Oxycontin

Vintages: Review and preview

We have started to see some of the wines from the troubled 2010 vintage here in our market so it seems a good time to update you the consumers on what we think of the wines so far. Last year was one of the worst recent vintages for all of the western appellations with California experiencing the coldest summer in 50 years, followed by an intense four-day fall heat wave, and the Northwest experiencing an early cool down in the fall. This for both areas led to long hang time, but slow or no ripening followed by early rains that caused many of the varietal crops in California to rot on the vine ultimately being dropped and never harvested.

Oregon governor takes sweeping action to cut global warming

SALEM, Ore. (AP) — In an end run around Republican legislators, Oregon's Democratic governor ordered the state on Tuesday to lower greenhouse gas emissions, directing a state agency to set and enforce caps on pollution from industry and transportation fuels.

Online Coronavirus Tests Are Just The Latest Iffy Products Marketed To Anxious Consumers

Companies with experience in the “at-home” testing market began announcing in mid-March that they would be offering direct-to-consumer test kits for COVID-19.

Controlled hunt tags must be purchased by Aug. 1

Conversations this time of year among hunters often start with the question “Did you draw any controlled hunt tags?”

Hunting deadlines quickly approaching

The Idaho Department of Fish and Game wants to remind sportsmen that June 5 is the deadline for controlled hunt applications.

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George Peter Stachecki, 94

George Peter Stachecki, 94, was born at home on February 10, 1928, to Thomas Michael and Anna (nee Bobowska) Stachecki in Detroit, MI.

Stepdad guilty of killing boy

A jury late Friday found Joseph J. Davis guilty of murdering his 17-month-old stepson.

What makes a great restaurant?

I struck a nerve. A few weeks ago I asked readers what they view as important when dining in North Idaho. The response was tremendous. More than 50 of you took the time to express your love, hate, frustration and suggestions for local purveyors of food in our region. Most suggestions were wonderfully helpful as I help guide a local restaurant to regain success while other comments rightfully attack lack-luster, complacent, unimaginative food and service.

Books on how to buy, improve, green

A home is one of the biggest investments you'll make, so it's natural that you want to read up on how to get the most for your money.

VIOLENCE: Numbed by repetition

According to the A.C. Nielsen Co. (a statistics gathering company), the average number of violent acts seen on TV by the age of 18 is around 200,000. CNN Annalist Mark O’Mara claimed in July 2014 that “by the time a child is 18 years of age, they’ve killed over 100,000 people in video games and other online things.”

Fed plans to raise rates as soon as March to cool inflation

The Fed’s actions are sure to make a wide range of borrowing costlier over time

Apple's cloud system could finally make piracy pay

LOS ANGELES - Apple Inc. CEO Steve Jobs on Monday introduced more than just a cloud storage system for songs that fans buy legitimately through iTunes. He unveiled a system that might finally get music lovers to pay for the songs they got through less-than-proper means.

Napa's high end

The Napa Valley is perhaps the most iconic and well known wine region here in the States. It is in fact the birthplace in many ways of the American wine industry, with some of the best known wine dating back decades. Over the history of Napa some of the highest end brands have been developed contributing some fabulous "juice" to the wine market. As these names have developed so too have the price tags for many of them, and like all things in life some of these prices are justified and some not so much.

Stocks fall after surprisingly weak retail sales

NEW YORK - A surprisingly weak retail sales report drove stocks lower on Tuesday, giving the Dow Jones industrial average its second straight day of losses.

Stepping up for civility

Civility starts with each of us. What are you doing to encourage respectful interactions with your fellow man? What do you do when someone is uncivil toward you? Do you match their nasty tone and then raise them one, taking the conversation from warm to boiling, from yellow light to flashing red?

Ask your audiologist...

Are mail order hearing aids any good?

Welcome relief in the heartland

Fueled by oil, agriculture sector welcomes low diesel prices