Nigeria paying $800M to oil suppliers to end crisis

LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) - Nigeria's outgoing government has agreed to pay a debt of $800 million to resolve a months-long fuel crisis crippling the economy days before the inauguration of a new president in the country, oil suppliers said Wednesday.

Sandpoint considers beer, wine, liquor tax

SANDPOINT - A proposed city tax on beer, wine and liquor sales by the drink has some local business owners questioning whether they should shoulder an additional tax burden.

'Guns, Wedding Gowns, Cold Beer'

New England general stores evolve in eclectic ways

WEST DANVILLE, Vt. - At Hussey's General Store in Windsor, Maine, offbeat merchandise is a specialty. The sign out front says so, in no uncertain terms: "Guns, Wedding Gowns, Cold Beer."

Home business runs afoul of city code

PF woman stands up for her She Shed

Post Falls crafter hopes to save her haven

How to arrive safely on your landing page

A landing page is, literally, where your online visitors "land." It is your web page that is displayed when a visitor clicks an online advertisement, or a link from search engine results pages. This may or may not be your home page, but it definitely needs to be a page that is designed to convert quality leads into customers.

Robert Wayne King, 77

Robert Wayne King – Rathdrum - October 17, 1944 to November 10, 2021.

Reader's Digest is dead

Why do most doctors and nurses take supplements if they aren't useful? The April issue of Reader's Digest ran an anti-vitamin article that's generated quite a lot of responses. That may be because more than half of all Americans currently take nutritional supplements.

No Christmas miracle

U.S. holiday retail sales growth weakest since 2008

News outlets join to oppose gag order in Idaho stabbing case

Cd'A Press among 22 organizations to form coalition

Twenty regional and national news organizations, including the Coeur d’Alene Press, have formed a coalition to ask a judge to narrow a gag order in the case against a man accused of killing four University of Idaho students.

It's not just Peng. China is cracking down on MeToo movement

Many activists have been dismissed as tools of foreign interference

Lake refuses to concede in Arizona governor's race she lost

About 17,000 ballots were not scanned at precinct-based vote counters and were instead placed in a collection box to be counted by more sophisticated machines at the county's election headquarters

Here comes 9 cents a gallon 'Gasinine'

If the high price of gas is the greatest threat to President Obama's re-election, Democrats have the answer.

Average rate on 30-year loan at 4.40 percent

Molpus Woodlands buys 26,786 acres

Spokesman declines to name seller, purchase price

COEUR d’ALENE — A timber management group from Mississippi has purchased nearly 27,000 acres of timberland from a single seller in North Idaho and eastern Washington.

A big fat beautiful negotiation

“We’re going to open up the power of the free markets, you’re going to love your insurance, prices will go down and insurance will be better,” well, so said President Trump on Monday 13 March.

New year, new real estate coverage

Neighborhood of the Week: Dec. 27

Free spuds arrive in Kootenai County

COEUR d’ALENE — Fifty-thousand pounds of potatoes rolled into the Kootenai County Fairgrounds Monday morning.

U.S. Silver reports record earnings

OSBURN - U.S. Silver reported record earnings for the 2011 first quarter, the company announced last week.

Investors cheer dividend increases at large banks

NEW YORK (AP) - Bank shareholders got a long-awaited gift from the U.S. Federal Reserve on Friday when the central bank cleared the way for major lenders to increase their dividends.

Shopping for a home?

Buying a home means more than choosing between granite countertops and a two-car garage. It’s about moving to a neighborhood that can make your life better or worse for years.