Idaho House Minority leader in Cd'A Saturday

The Kootenai County Democratic Party will welcome Idaho House Minority Leader Mat Erpelding to Coeur d’Alene on Saturday, Feb. 11.

Fish and Game breakfast next week

University of Idaho graduate student Matt Nelson will share updates of his research project on Idaho black bears at next week’s sportsmen’s breakfast.

What's in and out at school

The Agriculture Department is proposing new nutritional rules that would apply to most all foods sold in schools.

School and Senior Lunches

March 11-15

A salty caramel makeover for Rice Krispies Treats

To be honest, I had no idea about Rice Krispies Treats. That is, I certainly knew of them, but I'd never made them. And I never knew just how delicious they could be.

What? Eat clean

Clean eating, what does that mean exactly? The terms eat clean or clean eating has started to become a huge catch phrase in the health and fitness world. For fitness professionals and avid body builders, eating clean has become a central mantra. For some health care professionals and nutritionists, the term can be meaningless, misguiding and even frustrating.

FAITHFUL OBSERVATIONS

By ROBERT SHILLINGSTAD

Give young trees a little TLC

As a result of city growth, Coeur d'Alene has many newly-planted trees. The city's street tree inventory shows that about half of the city's street trees are less than two inches in diameter. Young trees, like young people, need a little extra care to get off to a good start.

ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Secrets to getting to sleep, staying asleep and waking refreshed

We all have memories of falling asleep as soon as our heads touch the pillow, sleeping like a rock, and then waking up completely refreshed and ready for the day.

'Choose Local First:' Let's do it again

The Heart of Business is an association that seeks to help grow and protect local businesses. We feel that we can best accomplish this in two ways. The first is to provide weekly inspirational trainings and robust networking. The second is to spearhead a Choose Local First movement designed to encourage consumers to shift more of their buying habits from the national chain stores to the locally owned businesses and the backbone of our community.

Recreation safety newsletter March 2015

Editor's note: This is part of a series of monthly newsletters the Kootenai County Sheriff's Office Recreation Safety Section is writing. It will cover safety, current events and other topics related to the backcountry and marine areas of Kootenai County.

Humanities Lecture to feature Pulitzer winner

Pulitzer Prize-winning presidential historian Jon Meacham will deliver the Idaho Humanities Council’s 14th annual North Idaho Distinguished Humanities Lecture at 7 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, at The Coeur d’Alene Resort. Meacham’s topic will be “America Then and Now: What History Tells Us About the Future.”

Satisfy dad's sloppy side this Father's Day

Could there be a more perfect Father's Day meal than a sloppy joe sandwich?

LEGION BASEBALL: Lums top Iron Pigs

Coeur d’Alene hosts the Spokane Expos 17U in a doubleheader on Saturday at Thorco Field.

Wine tasting 101

Sariah Vieira, wine specialist at Coeur d'Alene Cellars, is hardly the snooty continental type - even though she can distinguish a syrah grape from a petite verdot by smell. She lived and sipped wine in France and Lausanne (French-speaking Switzerland), traveled throughout Europe, and is Portuguese-American, but she won't mention it unless pressed. She's as sweet as the chardonnay twirling in her glass, and she knows her wine.

Volunteer & Advocacy & Leadership

Getting up to speed on podcast

Ask The Propellerheads

Edinger spoke about job rule

Family hire conflict re-surfacing topic; discussed in 2000

COEUR d'ALENE - City Councilman Ron Edinger says he never knew about a law prohibiting jobs for family members. But a newspaper article he was quoted in gave him a chance to learn it.

Inside the teenage mind

By DEVIN WEEKS

Idaho governor, lawmakers eye tax cuts with budget surplus

State budget analysts say Idaho has a record $1.6 billion budget surplus,