NIC symposium runs March 14-18

Free presentations focus on the book 'Brain Rules'

This year's North Idaho College Cardinal Connections symposium "Brains Rewired" scheduled March 14-18 will focus on brain research and how the mind can impact success at home, work and in the classroom.

Adopt 10 financial resolutions

Considering a New Year’s Resolution? Healthier habits and weight loss are probably the most common, and the topic of a recent column. Others resolve to be kinder or more patient, perhaps less stressed — which are not unrelated.

Public servants provide essential services

The "My Turn" article in Press on March 21 finally angered me enough to give a piece of my mind concerning the profession of being a government employee or "public servant."

Living well with chronic disease is attainable

With self-management, most people with chronic conditions such as asthma or fibromyalgia can live independent, fulfilling lives. A little training is all that's needed.

Mandatory trapper education classes to be held in Cd'A

Beginning July 1, 2018, every trapper who purchased their first trapping license after June 30, 2011, will be required to attend and pass a mandatory trapper education course before they can purchase an Idaho trapping license.

GPS workshop is Aug. 9 in Cd'A

Bones crave calcium and vitamin D to stay healthy

‘Tis the season of ghouls, goblins, and skeletons. Skeletons — a reminder to keep your bones healthy! Calcium and vitamin D are essential for a healthy skeleton.

THE FRONT ROW with MARK NELKE: Pigskins, potholes, pigs and other stuff

Maybe it stems from growing up watching Arnold Ziffel on Green Acres ...

Ice cream recalled due to potential contamination

SNOHOMISH, Wash. (AP) - Snoqualmie Gourmet Ice Cream said it is voluntarily recalling nearly a year's worth of ice cream and related products because of possible listeria contamination.

Mary Jo Gregg, 87,

Mary Jo Gregg, 87, of Hayden, Idaho, passed away peacefully on July 12, 2014, at Hospice House, after being lovingly cared for by her husband in the home they built together.

The stay-at-home dad: A new (and wildly different) school year

School looks different for everyone this

Understanding this political 'f'-word

Everything you ever wanted to know about the political 'f'-word

Op-Ed: Shifting new growth burden from existing taxpayers

Local property tax relief has been a hot topic in this year’s legislative session. With SB 1108’s defeat last week, its’s about to get hotter. After meeting

Religion, school can mix

Nothing stirs passions so fervently as religion. Its interpretations and practice, its imposition and freedom, the very mention of it can instantly inflame or inspire. Well, perhaps one other topic stirs the same passion: children. Combine the two, and the spirit can feel like fireworks on the Fourth.

Time-wasting fun websites to visit

Ask The Propellorheads

Dear PropellerHeads: My girlfriend just broke up with me, so I have more time on my hands. Do you have suggestions for some fun websites I can visit just to kill some time?

Please Answer the Question, Mr. Labrador

Raul Labrador is an attorney and it shows. He is smooth, pleasant and sometimes evasive - very good qualities in a lawyer but not such great stuff when you are running for Congress. So I have some questions for him regarding two very hot topics this political season.

Other parties infiltrating the GOP

After much consideration and prayerful thought, I am writing what I witnessed at the Republican Central Committee meeting on Tuesday, Feb. 28. I hold an important position within the Republican party as the president of Kootenai County Republican Women Federated, and because of this I have had several questions as to what actually transpired at said meeting. I take my position with this club very seriously and truly love the ladies that I am honored to work with. We are the educational branch of the Republican Party. With a brand new Republican caucus being added, I have been attending the many meetings that have been held to help explain how the caucus will work. I have been educating our members, associates, and myself as I get information on the process and what this caucus means to Republicans in Idaho.

Show us the money

Cost estimate for McEuen project to be unveiled Thursday

COEUR d'ALENE - Here come the costs.

McEuen marathon

Thoughts? Here's a penny, have at it

COEUR d'ALENE - If the cost of a thought is a penny, somebody should scrounge through every Coeur d'Alene sofa for some extra loot.

More sex education at younger ages pushed

New standards would address sexual orientation by fifth grade

WASHINGTON - Young elementary school students should use the proper names for body parts and, by the end of fifth grade, know that sexual orientation is "the romantic attraction of an individual to someone of the same gender or a different gender," according to new sexual education guidelines released Monday by a coalition of health and education groups.