A summer slide

Gas is 24 cents a gallon cheaper than Memorial Day

NEW YORK - Call it an Independence Day discount.

Otter signs last part of Luna plan

BOISE (AP) - The governor signed into law Friday the centerpiece of a major education reform plan that shifts money from salaries to fund new technology and teacher merit pay.

BofA settles discrimination suit

Company to pay $335M over Countrywide loans

Bank of America agreed to pay $335 million to resolve allegations that its Countrywide unit engaged in a widespread pattern of discrimination against qualified African-American and Hispanic borrowers on home loans.

Tips on talking money with your children

The financial literacy of high school students has fallen to its lowest level ever, according to a survey of high school seniors and college students released last year by the Jump$tart Coalition.

Tips for consumer protection

Like other attorneys general, Lawrence Wasden's primary job is legal advisor to the state. "State" doesn't only mean government. What takes about as much time and staff resources is another function: consumer protection.

Let's talk politics (while waiting for numbers)

with Mike Patrick, managing editor

Wahlberg gets star on Walk of Fame

LOS ANGELES - Rapper-turned-underwear model-turned-Oscar-nominated actor Mark Wahlberg has been enshrined in the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Goedde proposes charter legislation

Bill would lift limits on Idaho charter schools

BOISE - An Idaho lawmaker has introduced a bill that would allow more charter schools to open to aid underserved students.

Hammond leaving LCSC-CDA

Executive director cites organizational changes for move

National outrage spreads over neighborhood watch shooting

SANFORD, Fla. (AP) - An unarmed black teenager shot to death by a neighborhood watch captain told his girlfriend moments before he was killed that he was being followed, a lawyer said Tuesday as federal and state prosecutors announced they would investigate.

Records October 8, 2013

Murderer receives sentence

COEUR d'ALENE - Joseph Herrera on Thursday was sentenced to 22 years to life in prison for the Christmas day 2011 murder of his girlfriend Stefanie Comack.

Consumer agency sets mortgage protections

Rules protect homeowners from hidden costs, bad service

LCDC reveals budget

COEUR d'ALENE - Lake City Development Corp. expects to spend $18.6 million in 2013, triple the amount it did two years ago, in large part due to the urban renewal agency's commitment to fund a big chunk of the McEuen Field redevelopment project.

In theft, trust is the greater loss

No matter how much trust you think you've earned, no matter how much of a "family atmosphere" you think you've created, there always seems to be somebody who's determined to take advantage.

Color Me Healthy takes aim at childhood obesity

Movers and Shakers June 11, 2010

Wells Fargo hires Bickel as business banking specialist

Discharge fight continues

POST FALLS - Kootenai County agencies that discharge wastewater into the Spokane River aren't giving up in their fight for equal treatment with the Spokane River cleanup plan.

Entertainment Briefs for November 5, 2010

Kiefer Sutherland heads to Broadway

Mortgage rates hit low for year

WASHINGTON - Rates on 30-year fixed mortgages fell this week to the lowest level of the year and were barely shy of the all-time low.