Impressive activity in early 2015

If we were to tell you it is a brisk real estate market it would be an understatement. With more than half the year left the end of April statistics have been compiled and the market continues to show signs of acceleration. Not only are homes selling faster, the volume of homes sold is increasing and prices are rising.

Saving time at the DMV

COEUR d'ALENE — Waiting in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles can make time feel like it is standing still.

Today's Ghastly Groaner

As one ages, it is important to remember which pocket has the pills and which pocket has the change.

Piping hot pastries, had-made are the perfect summer morning food

hand-made, are the perfect summer morning food

Farm allergies: Have your spine checked

We've all seen the hay being cut in the fields and the hazy days that signal copious amounts of pollen in the air. To most of us, this signals that summer is in full swing.

Long-running land spat headed to court in March

COEUR d’ALENE — The outcome of a March trial will determine if a Coeur d’Alene landowner who is the head of a Kootenai County Republican group may legally use property his neighbor purchased in a tax sale.

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UPS strike looms in a world grown reliant on everything delivered everywhere all the time

The 24 million packages UPS ships on an average day amounts to about a quarter of all U.S. parcel volume

Encouraging numbers increase confidence

Although last week we noticed several reports that the housing market was softening - due to higher interest rates - that does not seem to be the case in the Coeur d'Alene Multiple Listing Service (MLS).

Obamacare off to slow start

Many unable to enroll because of high number of users online

Bunker Hill Mine in Kellogg sold

KELLOGG (AP) - Galena Mineral Resources Group is buying the long-closed Bunker Hill Mine in Kellogg, Idaho.

The Internet: Eroding hard copy and concrete

With the increased use of the Internet for the transport of email, text, and instant messages, it is logical to assume there would be an associated decrease in the transport of hard copy mail. Likewise, the same idea would hold for an increase in online shopping and a decrease in business at street stores, as well as a surge in Internet traffic and a decline in hard copy news circulations. These are indeed the trends, as discussed in this article. If these trends continue, the world’s societies and how people spend time will be altered significantly.

Buyer Bonus is answer

Coldwell Banker to offer credit beginning May 1

COEUR d'ALENE - Not content to wait to see what the market does in the wake of the expiration of the federal tax credit that expired on April 30, one real estate company is responding with a bonus program of its own.

Stocks slumping as 10-year yield near all-time low

HOUSING: Key to economic recovery

Pat Tebo’s My Turn titled, “We, the people need to save this country” (June 26) was a well written article with 30 years of personal experience in banking and a solid MBA education to back it up. Right up front he declares there is no political spin from the RNC or the Tea Party, and I will even also throw in the DNC or Liberal agenda after reading his article. He approaches our dire DEBT problem very successfully, but it is much worse than he or anybody else realizes.

Federal Reserve now the only stimulus game in town

$600B in bond purchases intended to spur lending

WASHINGTON - Any more stimulus spending by President Barack Obama and Congress is dead, after this week's election blowout by the Republicans. Yet, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke's "Hail Mary" pass to pump $600 billion into the banking system is really stimulus spending under another name.

Critterchat: Dog, slick stairs don't mix

By GRETCHEN HALL

'Lower for longer'

Oil, gas, power, prices: big themes from energy meeting

Utah man charged with trafficking meth

POST FALLS — A man from Utah is charged with multiple felonies after police said he was found with meth in a stolen vehicle.

Calls to suspend gas taxes across U.S. grow as prices surge

Pennsylvania’s 57.6-cent-a-gallon gas tax is the highest in the nation, just ahead of California's