Food prices are squeezing Europe. Now Italians are calling for a pasta protest

Spain has avoided price controls

MY TURN: Help combat Idaho opioid crisis

Start by cleaning out your medicine cabinet

Marty and Max: Real Estate Recipes

Today we will discuss two ways to buy an actively marketed home at a bargain, where you actually want to live.

Exxon Mobil doubles down on fossil fuels with $59.5 billion deal for Pioneer Natural as prices surge

Woods explained that Exxon and Pioneer will be able to use their combined capabilities to drive down emissions and produce lower carbon intensity oil and gas

UPS reaches tentative contract with 340,000 unionized workers potentially dodging calamitous strike

Under the tentative agreement, existing full- and part-time UPS union workers will get $2.75 more per hour in 2023, and $7.50 more per hour over the length of the five-year contract

Poverty closer than it used to be

Eleven million American children, or about 1 in 7 kids, live in poverty. Most were born to it. Statistics say their children will be more likely to experience the same.

Marty and Max: Mid-June Real Estate Update

We have been discussing how the real estate market is reacting to the interest rates hovering at 7% and following are our expert's thoughts.

Gas still going up

Blame falls on crude oil costs, spring switch to summer-blend fuel

Meanwhile, the national average currently sits at $3.60 per gallon

Idaho drivers ring in 2024 with lower gas prices.

Gem State currently ranks 15th in the country for most expense fuel, out of Top Ten list

Gem State ranks 15th in the country for most expense fuel, out of Top Ten list

Gem State gas prices jump another 9 cents

Meanwhile, the national average sits at $3.63 per gallon, which is 3 cents more than a week ago and 20 cents more than a month ago, but 4 cents less than a year ago.

Local gas prices hold steady

Prices dip into $3.80s

Idaho gas prices under $4 a gallon

Crude oil back at $87 per barrel as tensions build in the Middle East

Small cars, big cars, semi trucks and more

Rip-roaring Father Fest and weekend events at Stateline Speedway

Daily events starting Friday through Sunday should pack the Findlay Stadium Stateline Speedway.

City eyes $65K water rate study

Director says that doesn't mean costs will increase

The General Services/Public Works Committee on Monday unanimously approved a request for an agreement with FCS Group to prepare a 2023-24 water rate study.

Rising rents squeeze Idaho families

Network: Affordable homes shortage means low-income suffer most

Maggie Lyons, executive director of the Panhandle Affordable Housing Alliance, said there is a large segment of the population in Kootenai County that needs affordable rentals, but the high cost to buy a home is equally concerning.

Expect a hot, smoky summer in much of America. Here's why you'd better get used to it

The stuck weather pattern is “awfully unusual,” said NOAA's Carbin who had to look back in records to 1980 to see anything even remotely similar

Idaho gas prices continue to fall

Cheaper crude oil, lower gasoline demand helping drive prices down

Idaho currently ranks seventh in the U.S. for most expensive fill-ups

Mid-year market report

The first half of 2023 is in the books. This week in many ways is the turning point in the year for housing. Home purchases start to decelerate and price reductions increase in the second half of the year.

MY TURN: ignite cda and Atlas Mill

Short-term win for some, long-term loss for many

The ignite cda pledge “We want what You Want” was holding its own on the Urban Renewal Districts for the Lake and River. We certainly received a balance of Public and Private business related boosts throughout high profile areas serving tourists, taxpaying citizens and businesses alike. Multiple developers and entities showed up to build the wide ranging visions.

Kootenai County median home price rises

Study: Idaho most expensive state to own a home

Home prices inch up