Keeping pace with growth

Economy, real estate prices challenge school districts

For decades, steadily growing student populations have driven an ongoing need for Kootenai County school districts to acquire land, build schools and hire more teachers for new classrooms. However, a drastically changing economy is exacerbating those challenges for local school districts. Kootenai County has seen some of the highest population growth of any county in the U.S. over the past decade. This population growth coupled with a low supply of affordable housing has led area realty prices to soar.

University of Washington moves classes online over virus fears; EWU moves finals online, up

Despite the University of Washington’s announcement Friday to move all classes online, Washington State University, Idaho and other area colleges will continue holding classes while monitoring developments with the coronavirus outbreak, officials said.

'Tis the season: Workers fill important roles on holidays, year-round

Family, food, friends and fanfare. The holidays are a time for families to celebrate together.

Seasoning a winter soup with nutritional yeast

It's awfully hard to get excited about a food called "nutritional yeast flakes." It sounds like something you either need a prescription to get. Or a prescription to get rid of. Even worse, it resembles yellow flaked fish food. But trust me, this is an ingredient worth looking beyond its name and appearance.

Sweet summer stirs up generational contrasts

Over this last, past sultry Fourth of July weekend I had the opportunity to speak to a number of "Millennials" - visiting friends of my college-aged sons.

Despite global weakness, Fed upbeat about U.S. economy

WASHINGTON - Federal Reserve policymakers who met in December expressed concern about weakness overseas but were upbeat enough about the U.S. economy and impact of lower oil prices to prepare for a likely interest rate hike sometime this year.

'Traditions of Christmas' limits ticket sales

Popular holiday show will have higher price, fewer players, fewer audience members

Dow breaks 13,000 but can't hold gains

NEW YORK - It came and went in a flash each time, a number on a board for mere seconds, but its symbolic power couldn't be dismissed.

Dell drama takes new twist with two new buyout bids

'Lives transformed'

PAHA's Lyons has high hopes housing plan will benefit first-time buyers

Lyons was one of four speakers at the annual growth meeting put on by the coeur d’Alene Regional Chamber

The Exhausted Dad: Saying yes to the dress and no to everything else

Shopping with my oldest daughter is a danger to my bank account.

Cleaned out, PO’d

CDA man whose car, goods were stolen blames the police for lack of arrest

2014 exceeds expectations

The Coeur d'Alene Association of Realtors was excited to tell you last October that we had surpassed our 2006 sales volume for residential real estate. Because our production is not tallied until the last sale of the month has completed, even we were not aware of how well the market would finish at the end of December.

GAS: Smells like price fixing

Hey, what the h--- is going on with gas stations and the cost of fuel in Coeur d’Alene? Post Falls, as long as I have been here, was at least 10 cents higher, and Spokane even higher.

HOUSING: Costs through the roof

The housing costs in little ol’ Coeur d’Alene have gone from reasonable to the extremes of absurdity.

Neighborhood of the week: StoneRidge

If you believe that you need to play golf to live in a golf course neighborhood, think again. StoneRidge Golf Community, nestled in the mountains north of Rathdrum, is a hidden paradise perfect for anyone interested in an active, year-round lifestyle.

Atlantic City loses fourth casino as Trump Plaza closes

Coeur d'Alene councilwoman: 'A very smart investment'

Funds could be key to finding affordable housing solutions

A March report from the Housing Solution Partnership stated that 24 of 30 categories of local workers are unable to buy a home.

Peggy L. Irving, 88

Peggy L. Irving, 88, passed away peacefully on Thursday, March 28, 2013, in Coeur d'Alene, following a brief illness. She was born October 18, 1924, in Moscow, Idaho. She is survived by her husband Bob, sons Richard and wife Susan, Bill and wife Lisa and daughter Janet. She is also survived by her brother Bob Knudson with wife Myrna of Spokane. Peggy and Bob were married on August 28, 1949, in Coeur d'Alene. Peggy has five grandsons: Ryan, Justin, John, Mark and Dylan. She "inherited" more grandchildren in 2009: Brian, Robert and Leah, and two more in 2012: Alisha and Tessa. Peggy grew up in the "fort grounds" of Coeur d'Alene. She graduated from Coeur d'Alene High School in 1942. Peggy went on to the Spokane Sacred Heart School of Nursing and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 1946. Peggy worked as a Registered Nurse in many different medical areas: many hospitals, Head Start program in Sacramento, California, the Central Washington University Student Health Center, Red Cross, and the Dirne Clinic in Coeur d'Alene. Peggy and Bob retired in 1987 and moved to Coeur d'Alene at that time. Peggy organized and staffed all of the volunteer nurses, mid-level practitioners, doctors and pharmacy staff for the Dirne Clinic.

Cheer up, things could be worse

So the old saying goes. "And then I cheered up and sure enough, things got worse," said the curmudgeon. But things don't appear to be getting worse in our real estate market.