Recycling event, curbside pickup in Post Falls is Saturday

POST FALLS — Post Falls is offering to lighten its residents' load on Saturday.

Local control being tested

There's no need to get up in arms over the proposal to broaden people's ability to carry guns on Idaho university and college campuses.

Headed for print

Here are some of the stories we're working on for Friday's print, web and mobile editions of The Press.

Growth may lead Fed to slow bond buys

WASHINGTON (AP) - A stronger-than-expected rise in U.S. economic growth last quarter will likely strengthen the hand of Federal Reserve officials who want to slow the Fed's bond purchases next month.

Music Independence Day

MTV networks going back to roots for July Fourth

Cuba fuel shortages prompt rationing, event cancellations

Cuba has also received oil from Russia, though details of these agreements are unknown

Fast Five: Melissa DeMotte: Book-lover, story adventurer and The “Well-Read Moose”

Meet Melissa DeMotte, bookstore owner, nature lover, nerdy aunt!

Bonita (Bonnie) Joan Anderson, 79

On Monday, December 13, 2021, Bonita (Bonnie) Joan Anderson, surrounded by her family singing hymns, peacefully took her last breath at Kootenai Health in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho.

Movers & Shakers July 2, 2010

KMC welcomes Dr. Robert Seeley

Tick-tock, tick-tock ...

Tips for last-minute shoppers

'American dream' out of reach for many in Kootenai County

Affordability gap driving lifelong locals elsewhere

Just 30% of people make enough to buy a home, and that excludes financial factors like debts from student loans or car payments and money in savings for a down payment. So who can afford to buy a home in Kootenai County?

Idaho endowment lands produce record $124 million

Highrise could bring lawsuits

Developer ready to go to court if neighbors sue

COEUR d'ALENE - The Colorado developers proposing to build a highrise apartment complex in downtown Coeur d'Alene are one step closer to making the project happen.

What you might not know about McEuen

The year was 1956. Coeur d'Alene was in economic doldrums. The lumber market was slow. The 50 motels only filled in the summer. City population seemed to have leveled off at 16,000. Downtown was dormant.

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.

GIFT: Food for thoughtful

I would like to thank the lady who paid for my groceries at Super 1 Foods grocery store in Post Falls on the afternoon of Dec. 8. I came up to the counter and when I was going to pay for it, the manager told me a lady had just paid for it and had gone home. I was so surprised and thanked the manager and clerk. I appreciate the woman's kindness and generosity.

GUNS: Wake up to solutions

Since Liberal/Progressives are more apt to gather in gun free zones, due to their belief that guns cause crime, they are more vulnerable to terrorist attacks than most of we pro-gun advocates. Given the fact that terrorists are known to attack soft (unarmed) targets, a number of Sheriffs and Police Chiefs around the country are now advocating their citizens carry concealed firearms to counter terrorists’ attacks. Some universities have seen the light and are allowing armed students on campus. Hopefully, the Liberals/Progressives in both political parties will wake up and smell the roses.

PETS: Some food for thought

Is James H. Mundy IV really saying he’s OK with cats and dogs being up on kitchen counters and tables in restaurants? I am not OK with that.

Kindness rally Saturday at Hayden park

Counter to planned gathering of white supremacist group

Insurance odds are stacked against you

Last week a middle-aged consumer, a husband and a father of three young children, called me to complain that he could not get life insurance. As the story unfolded, last year he noticed an unusual bump and discoloration on his wrist. Being a smart person, he immediately called his family doctor. He was referred to an oncologist who diagnosed that the patient had the beginnings of nodular melanoma — a very serious, dangerous type of skin cancer.