Short on happiness? Volunteer

Feeling a bit down, lonely, or unconfident? The pervasive expertise - be it from national health services, counselors, famous self-help authors, the Dalai Lama or local pastor - is that a basic element of mental health is to help others. Why? Volunteering connects us with fellow man, keeps us active, provides learning to stimulate growth/end stagnation, and provides a perspective which inevitably leads to improved self-awareness. Feeling useful makes us feel valued and valuable.

This Lounge is so Fly

Business Bits

A redone atmosphere with an array of beverages, foods and entertainment are offered at the Lounge Fly, formerly Club 41, at 900 Highway 41 N., Post Falls.

A one-stop rock shop

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The history of this Stutzke Stone family is an interesting as its products, especially if you're into rocks.

Movers and Shakers October 27, 2011

Sleep Country USA announces acquisition of Mattress Outlet

Movers & Shakers July 8, 2010

Networking at Hayden chamber tonight

Hilde Kellogg dies at 92

Longtime legislator, business owner blazed trails for Post Falls

POST FALLS - Whether she was serving in the Legislature or on city and chamber boards, Hilde Kellogg had her finger on the pulse on Post Falls.

Miller Paint comes to Idaho

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Miller Paint is more than just a new paint store coming to Coeur d'Alene.

Peterson elected Republican chair

Mountain Home hardware store owner to lead Idaho GOP

Shoes, eggs hurled at ex-British PM

Blair was in Dublin to sign his book "A Journey"

DUBLIN - Protesters hurled shoes and eggs Saturday at Tony Blair who held the first public signing of his memoir amid high security in Ireland's capital. Hundreds more people lined up to have their books autographed - evidence that the divisions left by Blair's decade as British leader have yet to heal.

Google tightening privacy leash on its employees

SAN FRANCISCO - Google Inc. is tightening its privacy leash on employees in an effort to ensure they don't intrude on people while the Internet search leader collects and stores information about its users.

Unclaimed $2.5M jackpot has winner after all

Officials extended claim deadline to Feb. 22

INDIANAPOLIS - Eric White didn't realize he'd left $2.5 million sitting on the desk in the office in his Indianapolis home for six months.

KHS dismisses director

Rondi Renaldo let go after nearly 2 years

COEUR d'ALENE - The Kootenai Humane Society is looking for a new executive director.

Steering away from 'the store bought'

Author Anthony Doerr encourages writers to stay away from cliches

COEUR d'ALENE - The Idaho Humanities Council explains the humanities are "a vehicle to understanding the human experience" and on Friday evening, writer Anthony Doerr illustrated just what that means.

Army scrapping chemical weapons incinerators

Margaret M. Kossky, 87

Marge Kossky, of Coeur d’Alene, passed away peacefully at Hospice House on Wednesday, Aug. 7, 2013.

Baked goods available downtown

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It's a tiny but effective and visible spot.

Savvy ski snacks

It's getting to be that time of year when everyone is putting away their bikes and pulling out their skis. What better way to spend a weekend enjoying the fresh mountain air then hitting the slopes with friends and family?

Have gas prices bottomed out?

Gas prices continue to decrease; AAA explains Post Falls/Cd'A spread

COEUR d'ALENE — Local gas prices continue to drop toward the $1.50 mark at some stations, and AAA doesn't believe they've quite bottomed out.

The case of the missing birds

Where have all the birds gone? That depends who you ask.

More food headed this way

Business Bits

Three new eateries are in the works, according to the Coeur d'Alene building permits. (That's where I get several of my leads.) Two are for fast foods - Jack-in-the-Box and Subway in the Crossroads (WinCo) shopping area, and one is for Buffalo Wild Wings (see the difference) in the north end of the Super Supplements mini-mall.