Shipping snags prompt US firms to mull retreat from China

For decades, companies have piled up profits by moving manufacturing to China and other low-wage countries

Retail sales post strongest gains since late 2007

NEW YORK - Shoppers returned to the nation's malls last month, buying a surprising amount of spring clothing and other items and helping stores post the strongest retail sales since November 2007, a month before the recession began.

Hundreds line up to buy legal pot

26 million tons of clothing end up in China's landfills each year, propelled by fast fashion

To achieve a game-changing impact, what fashion expert Shaway Yeh calls “circular sustainability” is needed among major Chinese clothing brands so waste is avoided entirely.

Conquering cabin fever: Tips include self-reflection, talking and avoiding overeating

As we stay home to prevent the spread of COVID-19, those four walls can start to feel confining. Cabin fever sneaks up.

Public schools chief details changes to education reforms

BOISE - Public schools chief Tom Luna on Monday detailed a list of changes to his plan to overhaul Idaho's K-12 education system, further easing online course requirements for students and making other changes, but doing little to appease leaders of the state teachers union who have condemned the plan.

HYDROS: Don't complain, moochers

Being a Cd’A kid during the ‘60s, I fondly remember the Diamond Cup races and often wished we could see them again. As an adult I weighed the logistics of having them return and must admit I was skeptical. After a great weekend I am pleased that it put that little kid smile back on my face.

Sales are neck and neck year over year

Many of the agents we spoke with last week are saying they are busy so we wanted to see why. On Friday, we checked the Coeur d'Alene Multiple Listing Service to see how the market was stacking up to last year. Remember last year was the year of tax incentives to spur housing activity.

Allred offers option to federal health care reform

BOISE - Democratic gubernatorial candidate Keith Allred said Wednesday that the best way for Idaho to get out from under the new federal health care mandates would be for the state to design its own plan for providing insurance and for controlling rising medical costs.

It is about more than money

With better employment in the county and with interest rates dropping again last week, there are likely more qualified buyers in the market than at any time in recent history. The problem many of those prospective buyers are having is finding suitable properties to buy.

Cd'A to spend $1M for police expansion

Will buy 1.6 acres north of station

Police Station expansion moves ahead

Former charter school poised for fight

Bible, religious texts barred as teaching tools

NAMPA - While bargain hunters descended on the remains of what used to one of the biggest charter schools in Idaho, buying desks and textbooks at auction, attorneys prepared for battle in a case that defined Nampa Classical Academy's short existence.

National activity reflects some improvement in real estate

Some good news this past week from the national market as reported by the National Association of Realtors.

Consumer prices rise just 0.1 percent in May

A lament to the lost art of weekend getaways

Destination: Everywhere

Confession: I love buying luggage. About a week ago I came across an elephant print weekender bag that I fell in love with and I ordered it on the spot. After the initial rush of excitement faded though, reality set in and it occurred to me that I don't really need a weekender bag. I don't take weekend trips.

Beware of magazine scam

Post Falls woman falls for 'perfect pitch' of door-to-door salesman

Once the men at Randi Stevens' front door last July started talking, she just couldn't say no.

Crain to perform concert May 10

Brian Crain will be performing a classical piano concert May 10 at 7:30 p.m. at the Jacklin Arts and Cultural Center, 405 William St., Post Falls.

Many happy returns

Shopping, shipping and the post-Christmas shuffle

Post-Christmas shoppers roamed the Silver Lake Mall on Friday afternoon, some carrying opened gifts in crinkled shopping bags. They stood in lines at customer service desks to return or trade the gifts that had recently been removed from beneath their Christmas trees. Stores braced for the volume of returns by bulking up staffs and having employees work a little longer to cover all the bases.

Stocks rally worldwide with hopes for a return to “normal”

NEW YORK (AP) — Brimming hopes that people will again return

Small business owners targeted by marketers

It's not a scam, but good advice