ADVERTISING: Advertorial — Improving heart health

In today’s world, improving heart health isn’t something you do just after having a distressing diagnoses, but something that should occur as part of your daily living routines before and hopefully instead of a cardiac-related diagnosis.

There's no business like show business

On Monday I had the opportunity to visit with Dennis Franz, Ellen Travolta, Jack Bannon, Dane Stokinger and Jessica Skerritt, professional actors all. On Aug. 1 they will be joined by Patty Duke in a very special staged reading of "Over the River and Through the Woods" with the Coeur d'Alene Summer Theater. This one-time event will celebrate and benefit the theater in its 45th year, and will mark the debut of veteran actor, now Coeur d'Alene resident, Dennis Franz to the CST stage.

Nutrition: Choose wisely

Nutrition is the No. 1 area of health and wellness that everyone can, and should, make a priority.

Realtor.com to become mainstream

Changes are in store for the real estate search website, realtor.com. It was announced last week that media mogul Rupert Murdoch's News Corp. has purchased Move, Inc., the parent company of realtor.com for $950 million. This is a bargain for the site when compared to the $3.5 billion paid by Zillow in a move to merge with Trulia last summer. Neither deal has been approved by regulators as of this writing.

CONTRACEPTION: It's 'intrinsic evil'

Saturday, Aug. 24, in “My Turn” Unus Vocate wrote about the evil of abortion and said “it is a crime against humanity.” I heartily agree with him. He then wrote contraception is the way to stop all abortions and elaborated all the benefits of using it. On this I emphatically disagree and must set forth the true facts.

A slump in McDonald's stock drags Dow lower

As coronavirus affects the economy, Washington farm industry faces potential threat from logistics problems

Spokane-area farmers have begun spring planting, and apple growers set a new sales record during panic buying as the region continues to adjust to a pandemic that has disrupted most daily lives.

Shoshone County home sales up, prices down

Flood plain insurance a sticking point for some

Shoshone County housing market numbers increased 3.4% from May 2023 to May 2024 numbers according to real estate portal, Multiple Listing Service, surprising Shoshone County realtor Cindy Carlson. "It’s typically slower in an election year, "Carlson said.

COVID-19 vaccination walk-ins now available

Safeway and Albertsons pharmacies offering all three FDA approved vaccines

Colleges buy land they don't know how they'll use

Schools banking on future growth to make purchases good investments

NEW YORK - Colleges and universities are buying up chunks of land at bargain prices, sometimes without a clear idea how they'll be used.

Why home sales are surging

Resurgence a sign that economy has found another source of growth

TASK FORCE: Open letter to the people of Shoshone County

For over 42 years, the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations has been committed to joining communities across America to speak up and take peaceful actions to promote human rights for all people in the face of the purveyors of hate and discrimination. We love the people of Shoshone County, and we stand with you.

Stock market rallies for a flat finish

NEW YORK - Stocks closed little changed Thursday on another disappointing jobs report and growing concern over an investigation of banks' foreclosure practices. But the market made up earlier losses as investors anticipated that the Federal Reserve will take steps soon to strengthen the economy.

Schools face spending deadline

BOISE (AP) - School districts are facing a deadline to submit plans for spending $13 million Idaho set aside for technology upgrades in classrooms under a plan that was crafted by public schools chief Tom Luna and signed into law last year.

Coeur d'Alene Taxi moving

Business Bits

Offering shuttles, charters, buses, limousines and, of course, taxis, Coeur d’Alene Taxi has moved from Fourth Street to 2320 Government Way (just over Interstate 90).

California dreaming? More like a nightmare

The term “Californification” is not meant to be a slur on people who move here from California. Instead, with my famous minor in economics, I would like to address “the creeping degradation of our local economy toward the California model.”

U.S. mortgage rates jump to 2-year high of 4.46 percent

Think your home value is soaring? Talk to a farmer

Farmland prices have even climbed in California despite concerns about persistent drought

Farewell to a world-class storyteller

A couple of years ago Ric Clarke called and invited me to coffee. He wanted to “pick my brain” to make a list of local long timers to feature in the profile series he’d be writing for the Press. Our coffee visit at Calypso’s lasted a couple of hours. Our friendship lasted nearly four decades.

Cold snap draining fuel supplies, prices spiking