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200K Idahoans ready to roll

Memorial Day gas prices will be most expensive since 2014

Memorial Day gas prices will be most expensive since 21014

Ready for growth in Spirit Lake

City buying site for future land application

SPIRIT LAKE - Spirit Lake is planning for future growth, which means buying property to dispose of its treated wastewater.

Kohl's will help you return Amazon orders

Beginning July 1, Kohl’s is launching an Amazon returns program nationwide. Why would Kohl’s do this? In May’s investor report, Kohl’s CEO admitted that sales were soft the first part of the year and she believes this initiative is a good way to get people into the brick-and-mortar stores to help reverse the downward trend in sales.

Home sellers are cutting list prices as spring buying season starts with higher mortgage rates

The pickup in the share of home listings with price cuts is a sign the housing market is shifting back toward a more balanced dynamic between buyers and sellers

Liquor sales continue climb

State estimates 2-percent hike; Post Falls store is No. 1 in sales

POST FALLS - The doors of the state liquor store on Seltice Way next to the White House Grill may as well have just been kept propped open on Friday.

Holiday events ready to begin

The 2013 Coeur d'Alene Resort Holiday Light Show will illuminate Coeur d'Alene with 1.5 million lights from Nov. 22 to Jan. 1.

OBAMA: Buying Democratic votes

In the grade school book “Animal Farm” the animals agreed that they were all equal. Over time, the pigs decided that they were “more equal,” so they moved into the farmhouse and lived like kings over the other animals.

Retailers take on Silicon Valley

Target, Kohl's among those opening technology test labs

Kroger and Albertsons head to court to defend merger plan

Kroger and Albertsons defended their plan to merge – and tried to overcome the U.S. government’s objections – in a federal court hearing that began Monday in Oregon.

Enjoy Sandpoint's fall colors at the new Sandcreek Lofts

Vibrant reds, oranges and yellows are taking over North Idaho, and there’s no better locale than Sandpoint to take in the autumn beauty.

Silver prices hover near high

Experts differ on investment opportunities

KELLOGG - Silver prices are remaining near their highest point in decades.

Arsenic and other issues

We taste and have wines on our shelves here at the dinner party that range from the very inexpensive - around $10 per bottle - to prices many of us would find unreasonable to pay for a single bottle of wine. There are customers and markets for all of them. It goes without saying that much more care, attention, and quality goes into premium bottles of wine than the value priced ones. From farming methods and crop levels, to the time wines spend in barrels and fermenters, all have an impact on what a bottle costs to produce, and ultimately the quality of the end product.

More people buying homes

U.S. housing market boosted by jobs, higher rents

Opioid Solution Symposium set for Oct. 10

Join Panhandle Health District (PHD) on October 10th for the second annual North Idaho Rx Opioid Solution Symposium. The symposium is open to all community members who have an interest in collaborating to reduce opioid misuse, abuse and overdose within our region.

'Diff'rent Strokes' star Coleman dies

42-year-old actor suffered a brain hemorrhage

PROVO, Utah - Gary Coleman, the adorable, pint-sized child star of the smash 1970s TV sitcom "Diff'rent Strokes" who spent the rest of his life struggling on Hollywood's D-list, died Friday after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was 42.

Planned Parenthood app allows real-time consult with physicians

COEUR d’ALENE — Planned Parenthood launched a new web application in Idaho that will allow users to consult with their physicians over a secure real-time video to order birth control or STD test kits.

Felony case against Anna Nicole Smith confidante dismissed

It's about time

Prices at the pump head below $3 in much of U.S.

NEW YORK (AP) - The price of a gallon of gasoline may soon start with a "2'' across much the country.

Washington man sentenced for trafficking meth

Prosecutor calls on Legislature to create law outlawing trafficking fentanyl

A Washington man arrested in August for trafficking methamphetamine was sentenced last week to 15 years in prison with parole eligibility after five years.