Senator uses Skype to chat with WMS students

THRIFTS: The very best are right here

Coeur d’Alene charity thrift stores: a perspective. I have been to thrift stores from Paris to Washington, D.C. Ours are the best. Only Orlando and Seattle have decent stores.

Bigfork Thrift Store closing its doors

By ALEX STRICKLAND

Miller’s Country Store reopens as planned

You’d never know walking into Miller’s Country Store on Monday that just a few days prior there was a vehicle inside the Sandpoint business. While things did not go as planned on Friday morning, they did on Monday morning. The store reopened on schedule Monday after closing Friday morning to repair damage caused when a car crashed through the front of the building.

Joann at Silver Lake Mall avoids closure list

The Silver Lake Mall store opened in 2013 and has been an anchor tenant, attracting a loyal clientele of crafters. Joann Fabrics had previously operated on Fourth Street next to Safeway in midtown Coeur d'Alene.

US loses 140,000 jobs, first monthly drop since spring

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers shed jobs last month for the first time since April, cutting 140,000 positions, clear evidence that the economy is faltering as the viral pandemic tightens its grip on consumers and businesses.

US loses 140,000 jobs, first monthly drop since spring

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers shed jobs last month for the first time since April, cutting 140,000 positions, clear evidence that the economy is faltering as the viral pandemic tightens its grip on consumers and businesses.

US loses 140,000 jobs, first monthly drop since spring

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers shed jobs last month for the first time since April, cutting 140,000 positions, clear evidence that the economy is faltering as the viral pandemic tightens its grip on consumers and businesses.

The Latest: Italy to lock down 4 regions to slow COVID surge

ROME — Four regions in Italy are being put under severe lockdown, forbidding people to leave their homes except for essential reasons, in an effort to slow surging COVID-19 infections and prevent hospitals from being overwhelmed.

Texas eases virus rules as cases drop, but bars still closed

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas is ready to relax coronavius restrictions for the first time in months, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday, but bars remain closed indefinitely and a mask mandate is still in place following a massive summer spread that became one of the deadliest outbreaks in the U.S.

Ritzville's Mennonite auction reaches globally

Funds used to obtain clean water, basic health education

RITZVILLE — For many people, Saturday’s Menno Mennonite Country Auction is synonymous with homemade food and crafts in a crisp, fall atmosphere.

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Plenty of Christmas cheer this weekend

North Idaho cities to hold parades, tree lightings, family-friendly activities

Communities throughout the area are planning Christmas festivities tonight and Saturday.

Jody 'Jo' Ann Staley, 51

Jody "Jo" Ann Staley, resident of Athol, passed away Sept. 1, 2011, in Coeur d'Alene. She was born June 27, 1960, in Fairmont, W.Va., to James Howell and Gloria Davidson and later adopted by Lenerd Davidson.

Civility…a lost art

The Linotype

My first visit to North Idaho was in 1986, the second 10 months later. Back home in Flagstaff, Ariz., friends asked about Idaho; I said it was civil, that people opened the doors for each other at the post office and smiled. Idahoans seemed to take life easier than in Arizona and things moved slower in Flagstaff than in Chicago, my hometown.

Animal from Wolf People stars in film

Documentary chronicles wolf that roamed from Oregon to California and back

COEUR d'ALENE - Niwa, a 5-year-old timber wolf under the care of the Wolf People education program, played the role of a famous wolf known as OR7 in a new documentary film.

COLUMN: Gather all your intel before fishing new waters

A few columns back, I wrote about why I conduct seminars and how lucky we are in the Flathead Valley to have so many experienced anglers, guides and charter captains who are willing to give their time and share their experiences to help make you and I better anglers.