Side effects linked with cholesterol medications

Is it fair to expect the President to be a role model for our children?

Washington teacher Mandy Manning was recognized by the President as 2018 National Teacher of the Year at a White House ceremony on May 2. Manning teaches refugee and immigrant children at the Newcomer Center of Joel E. Ferris High School in Spokane.

Super Bowl logic for amateurs

Super Bowl Sunday is a few days away and it’s been a little low key on the promotion this year. For those who no longer have a dog in the fight the last two teams standing, Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers, are up for game day fan grabs.

Rathdrum Council to mull dog licensing

City wants to increase compliance

RATHDRUM - The Rathdrum City Council tonight will consider whether the city should stop dog licensing and require owners to do it on their own.

Today's Ghastly Groaner

It's embarrassing to admit I got hit on the head by a book.

DOG PARK: Try it, you'll like it

The Kootenai County Off Leash Dog Park, located on Atlas Road and Nez Perce Drive, opened on Labor Day 2010 and has already become a destination for many happy citizens and dogs. An off leash dog park ranked No. 3 when the city of Coeur d'Alene polled voters on what improvements they would like to see in our community.

A. Mardell Muller, 87

Mardell Muller went to be with her Heavenly Father on July 26, 2011. She was born Feb. 20, 1924, in Winchester to Manford Cash and Nell Cash Matthiesen. She was the oldest of three daughters.

Donna Lucille Schober, 79

Donna was born in Martinez, California on April 21, 1944.

MY TURN: Rare Disease Awareness Month is February

There’s a quote which goes like this: “When you hear hoofbeats, think of horses, not zebras.” It means you look for what is normal, not the unusual. This is why the zebra is the symbol for rare disease awareness. I am writing this article to educate my community about people like myself who deal with the daily struggle of living with a rare disease.

'Frozen zoo' helping endangered species

ESCONDIDO, Calif. (AP) - Whenever an endangered animal dies at the San Diego Zoo, researchers race out, regardless of the hour, to remove its sperm or eggs, maybe a bit of ear or eyeball, and carefully freeze the cells in liquid nitrogen.

WOLVES: Map points them out

It seems as though each week there is a letter or notice of more and more wolf sightings in the state of Idaho and surrounding states, especially during hunting season. After three failed attempts on the Idaho Fish and Game website to report a wolf-killed elk cow sighted while riding on horseback near our home in Orofino, I decided to take matters into my own hands and founded a non-profit organization, the Northwest Wildlife Foundation, Inc. and started a real-time, resident-reported, wolf sighting mapping program with the intent of better public safety.

Traders recall the 'rush' and 'roar' as famed pits close

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Ilene Charron, 86

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James R. Brinton, 86

House fire claims dog, causes $200K damage

COEUR d’ALENE — An early morning fire destroyed half of a home on Pine Hill Drive in Coeur d'Alene and claimed the life of a small dog on Thursday.

CDA: Great people, good for dogs

So many good people: Helping lost dogs in the middle of the road often seems to be one of my missions in life. The one time that I was too busy to help a small chihuahua puppy, on a cold morning in Green Bluff, I was saddened the next day to see a sign, “Lost Chihuahua Puppy.”

Whole-food supplement landscaping is changing

Doctor of Oriental Medicine

We are happy to hear that the retail landscape of dietary supplements is favoring whole-food vitamins. While the conventional vitamins sold are enjoying a 5.8 percent increase, the whole-food supplement growth rate is 15 percent over the past year, according to market researcher SPINS. As long term advocates of whole-food supplements, we are happy to hear people are waking up to the difference in vitamins.

The stay-at-home dad Fear of the outdoors

Fear of the outdoors

Karen Faye Davisson, 71

Karen Faye Davisson, of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, beautiful and adored mother, donned her wings and returned to Heaven on Sunday, June 26, 2016, at the young age of 71.

Joseph Patrick 'Pat' Acuff, 78

Joseph Patrick “Pat” Acuff, left his beloved Coeur d’Alene Feb. 9, 2024. He passed peacefully at his home in Fernan Lake Village with his wife by his side and his heart filled by the love of all his friends and family. Pat was born March 20, 1945, in Coeur d’Alene at Lake City General Hospital (now the Iron Horse parking lot) to Joe and Lucile Acuff. Pat was a fourth generation Idahoan and proud of it!