Containment of Ridge Creek Fire at 32%

Evacuation status downgraded in the Bunco area

The Ridge Creek Fire grew to 4,360 acres over the weekend, but containment also climbed to 32%, with a plan to extinguish the remaining heat sources in place.

Home sales increase in North Idaho

MLS reports 800 homes have been sold from Jan. 1 to May 31

COEUR d'ALENE - Home sales are on the rise around the five Northern counties so far in 2010, the highest they've been at this point in the year since 2007.

Is this the right Round Lake?

COEUR d'ALENE - If my life on Tuesday was a Sherlock Holmes mystery, a fitting title to the story might be: "The Case of the Wrong Round Lake."

New strip mall near Post Falls Walmart

Business Bits

Construction may begin in February on a new strip mall in the northwest corner of Mullan Avenue and Cecil Road on the east side of Post Falls. Tentatively called the Mullan & Cecil Retail Complex, the $3 million project will comprise two multi-tenant buildings of 8,000 and 9,000 square feet north of the Walmart complex.

Youth Sports: Aug. 2, 2023: Water polo, flag football and more

Updates on area Kroc Water Polo Club and signups underway for Coeur d'Alene Recreation leagues.

OP-ED: Caregiving in the era of COVID-19

By LUPE WISSEL

Nonviolence, community action at heart of MLK Day event

Civic Engagement Alliance, HREI host Community Conversations online seminar

Civic Engagement Alliance, HREI host online seminar on Martin Luther King Jr. Day

Reader Comment: Caregiving in the Era of COVID-19

Even in ordinary times, the 200,000 of unpaid family caregivers in Idaho face a daunting set of daily tasks. Oftentimes with little or no training, they may be responsible for wound care, tube feedings, dressing, managing the finances and medical bills of their loved ones, transportation and more.

Azarenka breezes in opener

Boston snowfall briefs

World Nation Briefs April 6, 2013

Judge rules that morning-after pill can be sold over-the-counter

State workers' pay lags behind private sector

Legislators heard this morning that Idaho state employees' compensation packages now fall short of private sector workers' salaries and benefits by nearly 20 percent, reports

THE FRONT ROW WITH MARK NELKE: Thursday, November 27, 2014

It's all in the eye of the beholder

Watching that standup act the other day involving Richard Sherman and the cardboard cutout known as Doug Baldwin was pretty entertaining.

Neo-Nazis linked to sign over I-90

The Post Falls Police Department removed the sign hanging from an overpass Wednesday morning.

North Idaho's parks generate $25 million for economy

By RALPH BARTHOLDT

Teeth grinding and night guards

Do you grind your teeth at night, or do you wear a night guard? If you answered “yes” to either of these questions, this article is for you. The typical way to treat tooth grinding, also known as bruxism, is with a night guard. You can have one professionally made by a dentist or purchase one over-the-counter at any drugstore or even over the Internet! But does this treat the underlying cause of the bruxism?

Summer time is show time at Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre

It is hard enough to bring one new show to theatre fans after producing shows for over four decades. But Coeur d'Alene Summer Theatre (CST) manages to bring four new shows to the area this season.

The last camel

Niger nomad's sale of final animal is a sign of hunger

Top online stories share unsavory themes

To all the tender souls who insist that readers crave good news, cover your eyes, please.

ANALYSIS: A social media danger to society

Part two: Lowering Standards for Trusted Information

In the first report of this series, I wrote, “In the past, mass media output, especially newspapers, magazines, and books, were subject to the eyes of readers and other critics who kept a watch on their contents. Today, these information media still have some of this kind of review, but not as much as earlier times.” In a much more rigorous fashion, the same idea holds true for scientific papers and academic manuscripts, including journals. These writings have long been subject to a vital process called “peer review.” It involves the piece being thoroughly examined by experts in the field of the manuscript’s subject matter. This review occurs before the work is published.