No voucher but maybe a bill

Obama Medicare plan

New-car conundrum

Demand sky high, inventory rock bottom - and here's why

Automotive shortage an hidden repercussion of COVID-19

Small business resolution: People first

The National Retail Federation reports that of America’s nearly 3.8 million retailers, 99 percent are small businesses. That means that unlike their big counterparts, most business owners don’t have big budgets or dedicated teams of MBAs guiding their marketing strategies.

Spirit Lake land owner wins easement over Inland Paper land

A Spirit Lake property owner was awarded an easement on timber land after suing a pulp company over the use of an access road.

McEUEN: Price a starting point

Oh, where to start? Lack of a price tag, future home of year round boat launch with ample and close by parking for boat trailers, future home of the American Legion ball fields? No answers to these questions, just that we will find out at a later date, just go along with us and we will fill in the blanks. Sure sounds a lot like the health bill, doesn't it? Before I buy anything I find out what the cost will be so that I can be sure it fits into my budget; that only makes financial sense.

A battle is brewing

You already know that an algorithm determined by data you submit to a real estate website will result in a less-than-accurate guesstimate of your property’s worth. Some For Sale by Owner properties may in fact be sold for less than their true value when sellers use these Automated Valuation Models (AVM) to determine how much to sell for. These sites often rely on less-than-complete data to provide the value as determined by their automated Comparable Market Analysis. In states like Idaho where sold price data is confidential outside the parties involved, these guesstimates may be egregiously erroneous.

Dorothy’s got it figured out

We can all agree that the quality of our lives is more important than the quantity.

You're a winner! (No, you aren't)

Every year, just like the swallows returning to the old mission at San Juan Capistrano, in the late summer and early fall Publishers Clearing House deluges consumers with TV ads and email spam attempting to lure them into entering their sweepstakes.

Applying for Obamacare

Process could be just as daunting as filing taxes. Associated Press reports

'Gross' comment raises eyebrows, ire

Hayden councilwoman heard saying 'gross' during apartment discussion

White says she was making pun about number

Want cheapskates to spend? Hawk gizmos that save

NEW YORK - How do you get penny pinchers to spend these days? Pitch products that promise to save them money.

Deputies seize the 'spice'

Illegal drug confiscated from two local Big Smoke shops

COEUR d'ALENE - More than five pounds of a synthetic form of marijuana known as "spice" was seized on Tuesday from two Kootenai County businesses.

Housing ups and downs

Mortgage rates going down, but so is confidence of buyers worried about employment

Why the bond market is more fragile than you think

NEW YORK - A bottleneck is building in the global market for bonds.

Legals October 4, 2017

AMENDED SUMMONS FOR PUBLICATION ON COMPLAINT FOR JUDICIAL FORECLOSURE AND DECLARATORY RELIEF Case No. CV-2017-0004509 IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE FIRST JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF KOOTENAI BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., Plaintiff, v. THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, ASSIGNS AND DEVISEES OF JERRY L. SMILEY; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, ASSIGNS AND DEVISEES OF LORETTA H. SMILEY; FIRST AMERICAN TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY; BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.; FIRST AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY OF IDAHO, INC.; AND DOES 1 THROUGH 20, INCLUSIVE, including all parties with an interest in and/or residing in real property commonly known as, 2743 E. Shoshone Ave., Rathdrum, ID 83801, and legally described as: LOT 10, BLOCK 1, SHAMROCK RANCH 1, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT RECORDED IN BOOK "G" OF PLATS AT PAGE 202, RECORDS OF KOOTENAI COUNTY, IDAHO, Defendants. TO: THE ABOVE NAMED DEFENDANTS THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, ASSIGNS AND DEVISEES OF JERRY L. SMILEY; THE UNKNOWN HEIRS, ASSIGNS AND DEVISEES OF LORETTA H. SMILEY; FIRST AMERICAN TITLE COMPANY OF IDAHO, INC.; AND DOES 1 THROUGH 20, inclusive, including all parties with an interest in and/or residing in real property commonly known as 2743 E. Shoshone Ave., Rathdrum, ID 83801: You have been sued by BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., the Plaintiff, in the District Court in and for the County of Kootenai, Idaho, Case No. CV-2017-0004509. The nature of the claim against you is an action for declaratory relief and judicial foreclosure of the real property currently known as and legally described as LOT 10, BLOCK 1, SHAMROCK RANCH 1, ACCORDING TO THE PLAT RECORDED IN BOOK "G" OF PLATS AT PAGE 202, RECORDS OF KOOTENAI COUNTY, IDAHO. Any time after 21 days following the last publication of this summons, the court may enter a judgment against you without further notice, unless prior to that time you have filed a written response in the proper form, including the Case Number and paid any required filing fee to the Clerk of the Court at 451 Government Way, P.O. Box 9000, Coeur d'Alene, ID 83816, (208) 446-1180, and serve a copy of your response on the Plaintiff's attorney, Sydney K. Leavitt, at ALDRIDGE PITE, LLP, 13125 W. Persimmon Ln. Ste. 150, Boise, ID 83713. A copy of the Summons and Complaint can be obtained by contacting either the Clerk of the Court or the attorney for Plaintiff. If you wish for legal assistance, you should immediately retain an attorney to advise you in this matter. Dated this 25 day of Aug., 2017. JIM BRANNON CLERK OF THE DISTRICT COURT By: /S/: SUSAN MCCOY DEPUTY LEGAL 8340 SEPTEMBER 20, 27, OCTOBER 4, 11, 2017

Medical billing code errors really can make you sick

Now that we all have health insurance and everything is paid for, we don’t need to pay attention to our hospital/doctors/or other medical bills and charges. Right? WRONG!

Sheriff's Blotter

Notable calls for the day!

WinEconomy IV: Another round...

Against the backdrop of year end and the coming shuffling of wineries and the distributors who represent them that we see in the first quarter of each new year, we are experiencing yet another round of drastic price cutting. While consumers, retailers and restaurants welcome these price breaks in the near term this round of price cuts to me as a wine professional is far more disconcerting for the long-term health of the wine industry here in North Idaho.

Pills before, after sex can help prevent HIV

Ocasio-Cortez navigates the expectations that come with fame

The intensity of interest in Ocasio-Cortez — and the sometimes misplaced belief that she can solve any problem — is on display during her visits to the district