Business Highlights

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Novelist Patchett has Nashville bookstore customers swooning

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville bookstore that opened and thrived while others were closing their doors is once again defying the odds, thanks, in part, to its famous novelist co-owner.

Novelist Patchett has Nashville bookstore customers swooning

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville bookstore that opened and thrived while others were closing their doors is once again defying the odds, thanks, in part, to its famous novelist co-owner.

Novelist Patchett has Nashville bookstore customers swooning

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville bookstore that opened and thrived while others were closing their doors is once again defying the odds, thanks, in part, to its famous novelist co-owner.

Novelist Patchett has Nashville bookstore customers swooning

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — The Nashville bookstore that opened and thrived while others were closing their doors is once again defying the odds, thanks, in part, to its famous novelist co-owner.

Shooting her way

Darcy sticks to her guns to create old-style photography

COEUR d'ALENE - Sylvia Darcy remains convinced that technology is not necessarily a better way to get the job done.

CONSUMER GAL: How to fight 'shrinkflation'

Have you noticed package sizes or weights at the grocery store are getting smaller while prices remain the same?

The Latest: Israel to issue badges as proof of vaccination

JERUSALEM -- Israel unveiled a plan on Saturday to allow people who have been vaccinated against the coronavirus to attend cultural events, fly abroad and go to health clubs and restaurants.

Bringing smiles to the infirm one nuzzle at a time

Hagen pleads not guilty to multiple charges

The Libby man accused of stealing from several area stores while armed last month has pleaded not guilty to all charges in Lincoln County District Court.

4 Big Tech CEOs getting heat from Congress on competition

WASHINGTON (AP) — Four Big Tech CEOs — Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg, Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Sundar Pichai of Google and Tim Cook of Apple — are set to answer for their companies’ practices before Congress as a House panel caps its yearlong investigation of market dominance in the industry.

Mother's Day don'ts: dish gloves, Cougar shirts

NEW YORK (AP) — What were they thinking? Through plastic smiles or gritted teeth, moms have to suck it up sometimes when Mother's Day means a gifted toilet, unsolicited wash tub or anti-aging cream.

Glacier Town Center: Talking traffic on Tuesday

Everyone is getting ready to rumble over two proposed traffic lights.

Law roundup: Employees try to iron out theft case

Stumbling across an online post featuring a waffle iron, an employee of a hotel suspected it might be the very same waffle maker that had earlier gone missing from the business.

Commentary/Book review: A notetaker's narrative of Tiananmen Square

Most Americans perceive modern China through vague memories: “ping pong diplomacy,” President Richard Nixon standing on the Great Wall, and the fuzzy image of a solitary man with shopping bags blocking a column of tanks in Beijing on June 4, 1989. In recent weeks, coverage of the COVID-19 outbreak has brought global attention to China’s massive response to this unpredictable and deadly disease.

NHL's top draft prospect staying patient amid uncertainty

Alexis Lafrenière could never have envisioned ending his prolific junior hockey career in such an anticlimactic setting.

NHL's top draft prospect staying patient amid uncertainty

Alexis Lafrenière could never have envisioned ending his prolific junior hockey career in such an anticlimactic setting.

Coal suspension affects 30-plus mining projects

BILLINGS — At least 30 applications from companies seeking to mine hundreds of millions of tons of coal face suspension as the government reviews its sales of the fuel from public lands, U.S. officials disclosed Friday.

Major updates at Cork & Tap in Riverstone

Major changes and activities are happening at Cork & Tap at 2034 N. Main St. in Riverstone.

TownPlace Suites by Marriott Hotels to open in November

The TownPlace Suites by Marriott Hotels will open about the end of November where the Outback Steakhouse restaurant was in Northwood Center Court southeast of the intersection of Interstate 90 and Northwest Boulevard.