Spring Prairie developments stride into summer work

A new shop and two restaurants are planned in the North Kalispell commercial district.

From tee to green

Has the game of golf improved since the days of wooden clubs, hickory shafts and feather filled balls? The answer depends on whom you talk to about the changes.

From tee to green

Has the game of golf improved since the days of wooden clubs, hickory shafts and feather filled balls? The answer depends on whom you talk to about the changes.

Big wineries versus small wineries

Which is better big or small? The answer when it comes to production sizes of wineries like most things in life is complicated. The most accurate response is it depends. And the most important determining factor in the answer is your own palate. All of you have read it enough times to know what makes a wine good or not good is how you as the wine consumer feels about it when you taste it. The discussion though is a valid one to have.

New year requires new Idaho licenses

Each of the 50 states has its own licensing system for hunting and fishing. Unlike Idaho, many states have hunting and fishing licenses that expire on dates other than Dec. 31.

Congressional appropriators invest in rural business

Across rural America, small businesses are the heart of main street. From local coffee shops to the hardware store, these businesses employ local residents, provide important services to the community and serve as anchors for their local economies. With the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2019 passed on Feb. 15, Congress has made an investment in rural small entrepreneurs nationwide.

Klothes Kloset sales zoomed in 2014

Klothes Kloset sales zoomed in 2014

Food Bank shopping spree

BONNERS FERRY — Shriners and Helping Hands in Naples visited Super 1 Foods Tuesday, Sept. 19, to utilize the raffle winnings won at the Boundary County Fair 2017.

Man upset over 'communist' dump rules

St. Paul vacations will give you a glimpse of the other Twin City

St. Paul's twin city Minneapolis often gets more media attention, but Minnesota's capital has the kind of attractions that not only keep visitors entertained, but might make them fall a little bit in love with the city.

Kehoe's Agate Shop owner talks gems, jewels and family history

Every spring, Leslie Kehoe travels to eastern Montana to take in the green, rolling hills and do her favorite activity: birding.

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Bad luck: Pope acknowledges he got caught at record store

Pope slipped out of the Vatican to bless the newly renovated Stereo Sound shop near the Pantheon.

Japanese Americans were jailed in a desert. Survivors worry a wind farm will overshadow the past.

Roughly 120,000 people of Japanese ancestry were taken from their homes and incarcerated in camps as a potential threat against the U.S.

A disappointment so far

Holiday shopping season on slower pace than expected

NEW YORK - Sparse crowds at malls and "50 percent off" signs at The Gap and other stores offer clues as to how this holiday season is shaping up so far: It's the most discount-driven one since the U.S. was in a deep recession. It's also the most disappointing for stores.

List growing for Small Business Saturday

The Small Business Saturday event is growing with gusto.

‘Never a dull day’

Fish and Game officers in Idaho’s Salmon Region always on the run

While spring steelhead season keeps local conservation officers busy, they do much more

Commercially sustainable?

Development continues as retail vacancy rates have soared

COEUR d'ALENE - The real estate adage that "commercial follows rooftops" meant a surge in retail and office space development in North Idaho, but when the roof fell in on the housing market, the commercial sector was close behind.

Target sales dinged by shortened holiday season

NEW YORK (AP) — Target reported strong fourth-quarter profits, though its sales were weighed down by weak demand for toy and electronics during the crucial holiday shopping season.