The Front Row with Jim Litke February 14, 2011

Who's more greedy in NFL dispute?

NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell was right when he said fans "don't care about the details" of contract negotiations.

Healthcare for our children

While healthcare costs are skyrocketing, there are some simple steps that we can all take to make sure our future generations help ease healthcare costs instead of raising them. After all, healthcare works like any other economic system. Supply and demand is the basis for a burgeoning or failing business. Less demand equals lower prices. More demand equals higher prices.

First-class headache delivered

Postal Service deals with holiday crush

Here are suggested mail deadlines you should know.

Hoisted bank cards can't buy an Xbox

School meal payments return with higher cost

Cd'A School Board approves prices after federal funding for free lunches ends

After a two-year hiatus from having to pay for school meals, parents in the Coeur d’Alene School District will be paying higher prices for their kids to eat breakfast and lunch at school. The school board approved the price increase Monday during a special meeting. Breakfast for elementary school students will now cost $1.90 and middle and high school students will pay $2.10. The lunch price for elementary school students is now $3.15 and $3.50 for middle and high school students. "If we don't use those prices, we would need to get the difference somehow, but not through our program," Coeur d'Alene School District Director of Nutrition Services Ed Ducar said Wednesday.

Brokers fight data sharing

Several weeks ago we suggested, when looking for real estate, you begin with your local Multiple Listing Service instead of the well advertised third-party sites. The top reason for our recommendation was accuracy. Often the third-party aggregators will have the same address listed more than once with different prices, or different status than is factual.

Summer sanctuary at the Parkside Bungalows on Lake Pend Oreille

Paddle along a gorgeous and peaceful lake inlet with North Idaho’s majestic mountains as a backdrop. That’s an everyday option for residents of the Parkside Bungalows neighborhood on Lake Pend Oreille.

Needles over narcotics - acupuncture needles that is!

There has been much in the press of late regarding the opioid crisis. The addiction rate to opioids is skyrocketing at such an alarming rate that it deserves the attention it is getting and more. According to the NIH National Institute on Drug Abuse, “Opioids are a class of drugs that include the illegal drug heroin, synthetic opioids such as fentanyl, and pain relievers available legally by prescription, such as oxycodone (OxyContin), hydrocodone (Vicodin), codeine, morphine, and many others.”

VACCINE: A shot of stress

The 65 and older COVID-19 rollout was less than perfect. In fact, it was a disaster.

Tax credits expire. Now what?

We all know the housing stimulus has worked and now it is over. Reports last week suggested that seven of 10 home buyers took advantage of the tax credit when purchasing homes. What is not known is how many of them would have bought homes anyway. As of Friday the Coeur d'Alene Multiple Listing Service showed 614 home sales pending.

Let's get moving

Active Family Healthcare incorporates range of treatments to help patients

HAYDEN - The white sheet of paper with black words leaves no room for doubt. No space for misinterpretation.

Idaho governor signs 'abortion trafficking' bill into law

The law also gives the attorney general the ability to prosecute someone for alleged violations of the law

Panel passes reform

BOISE - Legislation to eliminate "tenure" for new teachers, restrict collective bargaining and introduce merit pay is headed toward its final hurdle in the Idaho Legislature.

US employers add a solid 372,000 jobs in sign of resilience

Numerous sectors of the economy posted strong job gains in June

Have gas prices bottomed out?

Gas prices continue to decrease; AAA explains Post Falls/Cd'A spread

COEUR d'ALENE — Local gas prices continue to drop toward the $1.50 mark at some stations, and AAA doesn't believe they've quite bottomed out.

A permanent nest

Olympia owner hopes to buy heron art that was stolen, returned

COEUR d'ALENE - To (mostly) ensure the blue heron statue never leaves again, Eva Itskos, co-owner of the Olympia restaurant, wants to buy it.

Fuel prices still falling

Gas prices kept tumbling last week amid record-high stock levels and continued low demand due to COVID-19 precautions. With another eight-cent drop for the week (the second-largest in the country behind Alaska), the Idaho average price for regular fuel is now just seven cents higher than the national average.

Take that back!

Returns are big for the holidays

NEW YORK - Ah, the warm feelings of the holidays: Comfort and joy. Good cheer.

Police blotter

Recent reports from Kootenai County law enforcement agencies

Cutting condo costs

Ridgepointe units begin to move

COEUR d'ALENE - The collapse in the North Idaho condominium market once again means price cuts and other concessions as unsold projects remain on the market.