The building boom is on

Construction throughout county is the best it has been in a decade

Don't cry over spilled (or spoiled) milk anymore

Especially for consumers who do drink milk, but not a lot of it — Ultra Pasteurized Milk! One of my pet peeves is opening a carton of milk that I remember having just purchased, (to be completely honest, sometimes I forget how long ago I actually purchased it!), and pouring out totally spoiled milk that resembles rotten yogurt instead of nice fresh milk. Last time I did this it was so bad that when I poured it down the disposal, the disposal started gagging!

Granny's got a gun

I just got a call from a grandma in Post Falls. She wanted to tell me how she handled the “grandma call” — you know, the one where the caller pretends to be the consumer’s grandchild. This consumer had a unique way of shutting down the would-be scam artist.

Pssst: Here's why Idaho Central is the best place to work

For a computer guy, Kent Oram’s not a bad CEO.

Cd'A among leaders in state GDP growth

COEUR d’ALENE — Idaho’s largest metro areas are growing faster than the national average, according to new numbers released by the U.S. Commerce Department Bureau of Economic Analysis.

Beware charity auction items with strings

People in our area are truly generous. A consumer called me with a sad story. It made me angry as I listened to him.

Hard questions for vigilant consumers

There seems to be recent resurgence of very aggressive, itinerant door-to-door sales people in our area. (Why don’t these people show up in the middle of a North Idaho winter?) So far this year, it seems to be limited to roving bands of 20-somethings hawking satellite and cable television services. According to several callers, the game goes like this:

When financial pressure squeezes your brain

Debts and liens are not the same! This week I had a consumer call me with a real problem. The consumer had gone through filing a Chapter 7 bankruptcy, then tried selling their home to cash out the equity and start over.

Flying pets, CBD and mysterious callers

FLYING PETS: There has been much about the deaths of pets on board commercial airline flights. United Airlines has been involved in a number of these unfortunate incidents. United has just come out with a total ban on transporting certain types of pets. It turns out, after much study, that dogs (and cats), with short noses — brachycephalic animals — are unusually susceptible to death while being transported on commercial air carriers.

Comfort after combat

A story of a Marine and a dog that saved each others' lives

Scott Widmayer calls Ranger his "fur child."

Boomers benefit from Obamacare

Older Americans are early winners under Obama's health law

Former DC Mayor Marion Barry dies at 78

Sharecropper's son rose to power before arrest in FBI drug sting

Reform efforts shaped Luna's seven years

Hours before Tom Luna made his surprise announcement on Jan. 27 that he would not seek re-election, Gov. Butch Otter placed a pre-dawn phone call asking the schools chief to hold off.

Sorry, but a horrible contract can still be a legal contract

One very dedicated consumer called me with what I consider to be legitimate concerns about the long-term lease that an owner was insisting a lessor sign in order to be able to purchase a home. The prospective homeowner actually owns the home but not the property on which it sits, much like a mobile home in a mobile home park.

Listen carefully whenever someone pulls heartstrings

One of the scam calls I really dislike is the fake charity call. It goes something like this:

'I'll sue!' But irked consumers rarely do

While most of us have never actually gone to court over a consumer issue, we’ve all felt like throwing down the legal gauntlet at least a few times in our lives. The problem is that often, the amount of money in question isn’t large, or the circumstance surrounding our situation isn’t clear (like not having a contract).

Fast start, frozen finish

COEUR d’ALENE — Lake City coach Bryan Kelly said it was the best five minutes of basketball his team had played all season to open the 5A Region 1 girls basketball tournament on Friday night.

Legals January 29, 2018

No. 25089 Jason J. Henderson MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM 38 Second Ave E Dickinson ND 58601 Phone: 701-227-1841 Fax: 701-225-6878 Attorney for the Plaintiff [email protected] MT Bar #11414 MONTANA ELEVENTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, FLATHEAD COUNTY U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-11, Plaintiff, v. Jesse S. Wall, Jr.; Marcia K. Wall; Montana Department of Revenue; U.S. Bank National Association, Trustee for Lehman Brothers, Defendants. Cause No. DV-16-484D NOTICE OF SALE Notice is hereby given that by virtue of a judgment of foreclosure by the District Court of the Eleventh Judicial District in and for the County of Flathead and State of Montana, and entered and docketed in the Office of the Clerk of said Court on August 28, 2017, in an action wherein U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee for Structured Asset Investment Loan Trust Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2005-11, was Plaintiff, and Jesse S. Wall, Jr.; Marcia K. Wall; Montana Department of Revenue; and U.S. Bank National Association, Trustee for Lehman Brothers, were Defendants, in favor of Plaintiff and against the Defendants for the sum of $498,645.03, which judgment and decree, among other things, direct the sale by me of the real property hereinafter described, to satisfy the amount of said judgment, with interest thereon and the costs and expenses of such sale, or so much thereof as the proceeds of said sale will satisfy; and by virtue of a writ issued to me out of the office of the Clerk of said Court, I, Chuck Curry, Sheriff of Flathead County, Montana, or a Deputy on behalf of the Sheriff, will sell the property described in the Judgment to the highest bidder for cash or credit bid at public auction at the lobby of the Justice Center in the City of Kalispell in the County of Flathead, and State of Montana, on Tuesday the 20th day of February, 2018, at the hour of 10 o'clock A.M., to satisfy the amount due, with interest thereon, and the costs and expenses of such sale, or so much thereof as the proceeds of such sale will satisfy. The property to be sold is situated in the County of Flathead, and State of Montana, and described as follows: LOT 31 OF STILLWATER ESTATES SUBIVISION PHASE I, ACCORDING TO THE MAP OR PLAT THEREOF ON FILE AND OF RECORD IN THE OFFICE OF THE CLERK AND RECORDER OF FLATHEAD COUNTY, MONTANA Physical location: 120 West Bowman Drive, Kalispell, MT 59901 Dated this 24th day of January, 2018. FLATHEAD COUNTY SHERIFF CHUCK CURRY By: /s/ Jeff Weyh Civil Department MACKOFF KELLOGG LAW FIRM 38 Second Ave E Dickinson ND 58601 Attorney for the Plaintiff January 29, February 5, 12, 2018 MNAXLP __________________________

Show explores suspicious death of man with ties to valley

The story of an American electronics engineer who died under mysterious circumstanes in Singapore nearly six years ago will be aired Sunday evening on the Science Channel show Deadly Intelligence.

Beighle's answered prayer helps doom Glacier

By EVAN MCCULLERS