HEALTH: A better prescription

Republicans released their long awaited health care plan, and it’s a doozy. Their plan applies their standard “specialty tax credit” strategy to health care. This plan uses the same economic theory that has generated our current “low income” economy and insane level of debt. Create special tax cuts that get passed along to businesses, and then those businesses will do great things for us. That plan hasn’t worked out too well for most of us, has it? The credit is also too small to offset the cost of health care, is blind to need, and you only get it once a year. We pay for insurance each month. How many of us have extra cash to make monthly loans to the government?

EDITORIAL: Put restraints on government, not parents

There was never any doubt what the 2015 Legislature intended when it approved a law that allows tax credits for donations of up to $150 to private school scholarships or to innovative educational programs in public schools.

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Suspected fake Haggard a branded man

Man charged with impersonating famous country singer's son

Senator Taylor wants transparency in budgets

Greetings from Helena! We passed the revenue estimate out of the Senate Taxation Committee last week. The 2013-year estimate is nearly $2 billion, and the 2014 and 2015 estimates are over $2 billion each year. That’s lots of money.

Woman sentenced in Glacier Park thefts

A Whitefish woman was sentenced in Flathead County District Court Thursday for stealing wallets and credit cards at area bars and in Glacier National Park in 2015.

Libby board OKs grade moves

Fourth-grade classes will be moved to Libby Middle School, kindergarten classes will be at Asa Wood Elementary and high school students will have more stringent graduation requirements next year following action Tuesday by the Libby School Board.

Man charged after stolen cards found under soles of shoes

EPHRATA — A Moses Lake man was charged after stolen debit cards, credit cards, identification cards and checks were found underneath the soles of his shoes.

Congress sneaks guns into Glacier in credit card bill

Tucked inside a bill that tightens regulations on credit cards is a provision that opens the door for gun possession in national parks.

Numerica awards $372K to regional nonprofits

Local recipients are Family Promise, Third Avenue Marketplace, Safe Passage

Safe Passage, Family Promise of North Idaho and Third Avenue Marketplace (formerly the Post Falls Food Bank) are among 21 regional nonprofits awarded a total of $372,000 in grants by Numerica Credit Union. The funds were distributed through the 2024 Numerica Charitable Fund, a June 6 news release said. This annual program partners with organizations that align with the credit union’s philanthropic initiative, Numerica CARES for Kids.

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Congress sneaks guns into Glacier in credit card bill

Tucked inside a bill that tightens regulations on credit cards is a provision that opens the door for gun possession in national parks.