10 reasons to make the library part of your routine

You can buy eBooks on Amazon and paperbacks at your local book store. You can enjoy free WIFI with purchase at the coffee shop. You have access to educational opportunities with tuition. You can do extensive research using Google or another search engine.

Zero-percent financing turns heads, but may not be best deal

DETROIT - When a car dealer offers to loan you the money to buy a car at zero interest, it gets your attention. Yet that cheap money might not be the best deal you can get.

County goes backward on recycling

The Flathead County Solid Waste District is taking steps to decrease the number of recycling sites at green-box collection facilities from eight to four. We can’t help but feel this approach is extremely short-sighted.

JAN NIBJ: Four big mistakes local businesses make over and over again

At North Idaho’s Small Business Development Center, we coach and teach hundreds of business owners and leaders every year. Time and time again, we see them struggle with the same four pitfalls, failures, and challenges. What are these pitfalls and what can you do to overcome them?

Four big mistakes local businesses make over and over again

At North Idaho’s Small Business Development Center, we coach and teach hundreds of business owners and leaders every year. Time and time again, we see them struggle with the same four pitfalls, failures, and challenges. What are these pitfalls and what can you do to overcome them?

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Relieve stress with knitting and goal-setting

With summer winding down, I was reflecting on a recent summer trip we took that helped get me focused and set my sights on the goals for the year ahead.

Nancy Marie Radenz, 58

Nancy Marie Radenz, 58, of Athol, passed away September 21, 2013, after a courageous battle against cancer. She was born December 16, 1954, in Chicago to Lorraine Radenz and Ken Olsen, and was later adopted by Melvin Radenz. She grew up in Elmhurst, Ill., where she completed high school and obtained an Associates Degree in Accounting. She worked for McDonalds Corporation as an accountant for 12 years until she moved to Osage Beach, Mo., and had three beautiful children, Amanda, Rebecca, and Matthew Radenz. Nancy then worked for Dress Barn as a store manager for 10 years until she moved her three kids to Athol in 2001. In Idaho she continued to work for Dress Barn managing two stores until an opportunity arose as a front end manager for Home Depot; where she worked for the last seven years.

Your hands are a window to your heart

With autumn just around the corner, our store customers who knit have been keeping busy through the summer months on projects for the holidays and charity projects we help support throughout the year. We're always setting goals and sharing stories around the knitting table. Some are huge goals like our knitter Mary Ford, who completed the Coeur d'Alene Ironman along with her husband Jim. Others are focused on learning to knit socks or picking up the challenge of a hand-knit sweater. Setting goals and sharing time with others is key to a healthy lifestyle.

Alvin Raymond Sylling, 84

Alvin Raymond Sylling, beloved father and grandfather, departed on his next adventure to reunite with his Lord and his beloved Suzanne on Oct. 2, 2019, from WEL-Life Assisted Living in Kalispell. Born June, 1935, as the youngest of Alvin O. and Nettie Larson Sylling’s four children, Alvin possessed a lively sense of humor, an entrepreneurial spirit and an enduring love for his family and the people of his hometown, Big Timber. A curious child with many friends, Alvin regularly slipped away from his mother to visit every business and cafe in town. His love for adventure grew to include hikes into the mountains, a stowaway trip to Minnesota and a miraculous escape from a collision with a train. Big Timber also shaped his remarkable work ethic. After he paid off his first bank loan for a bicycle with money from his newspaper route, Alvin developed a zeal for hard work and entrepreneurship. From major construction jobs to building affordable housing, ranch work, a cowboy boot store, National Video stores, wholesaling Christmas trees and a car rental business, Alvin enjoyed exploring new horizons in business.

Alvin Raymond Sylling, 84

Alvin Raymond Sylling, beloved father and grandfather, departed on his next adventure to reunite with his Lord and his beloved Suzanne on Oct. 2, 2019, from WEL-Life Assisted Living in Kalispell. Born June, 1935, as the youngest of Alvin O. and Nettie Larson Sylling’s four children, Alvin possessed a lively sense of humor, an entrepreneurial spirit and an enduring love for his family and the people of his hometown, Big Timber. A curious child with many friends, Alvin regularly slipped away from his mother to visit every business and cafe in town. His love for adventure grew to include hikes into the mountains, a stowaway trip to Minnesota and a miraculous escape from a collision with a train. Big Timber also shaped his remarkable work ethic. After he paid off his first bank loan for a bicycle with money from his newspaper route, Alvin developed a zeal for hard work and entrepreneurship. From major construction jobs to building affordable housing, ranch work, a cowboy boot store, National Video stores, wholesaling Christmas trees and a car rental business, Alvin enjoyed exploring new horizons in business.

Cd'A has its fill of rain

Downpour floods streets, yards in city

COEUR d'ALENE - Heavy rain in a short period of time on Friday caused a handful of streets and intersections to be flooded in the city. Some stormwater manhole covers were lifted up from the street as torrents of water gushed up from underneath.

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Soldier's bear highlights Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation banquet

POLSON — Army National Guard Sgt. Dennis Delano couldn't be at last Saturday's Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation banquet, but in many ways, he was there in spirit.

This Week in History - Dec. 28, 2023

Local history in Boundary County, from Naples to Porthill, and from Bonners Ferry to Moyie Springs.

NIC ROUNDUP: Cardinal volleyball sweeps at Colorado Northwestern

Sophomore Rylie Dolven had 14 assists, sophomore Brecklan Weaver 16 digs and freshman Eileen Schmidt 12 digs for NIC (14-10, 3-4 SWAC), which is currently fifth in the six-team conference.

Lack of snow, crunchy conditions made hunting tough

Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks tallied more than 10,000 hunters at its four regional check stations in northwest Montana. Hunters reported harvesting 761 white-tailed deer, including 567 bucks and 97 mule deer.

Second straight year of record skier numbers

Pilot community events calendar Nov. 12-18

• The City of Whitefish hosts planning firm Crandall Arambula in a public meeting to discuss proposed updates to the Downtown Master Plan on Wednesday, Nov. 19 at 6 p.m. at the O’Shaughnessy Center.

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