Business Highlights

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CRITICAL THINKING: ‘Look for outcomes’

Critical thinking is: “The ability to interpret, evaluate, and analyze facts and information that are available, to form a judgment or decide if something is right or wrong.”

HUCKLEBERRIES: Prepared to die, but lived long lives

Jim Shepperd and Earl Hunter expected to die.

Little effort, lasting impact

Send hunger on its way this Saturday by donating non-perishable food items to the 26th annual Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive.

The Latest: University of Arizona suspends athletics

The Latest on the effects of the coronavirus outbreak on sports around the world:

Virus ripples through travel, energy, financial markets

The economic affects of the coronavirus have preceded the spread of the virus itself, with financial markets swinging wildly, companies closing offices or asking employees work from home in affected areas, and throttling air travel across the globe. Following is a brief look at how things are changing in the economy and the workplace today as the outbreak widens.

CHILD: An inspirational moment

Just recently I was waiting in a car around the corner from Fred Meyer’s. I watched as an older lady emerged from a shop with several large empty cardboard boxes. Most likely, she was moving. Just behind her toddled a little boy about 4 years old. He was “helping” his grandmother by carrying two boxes precariously perched in his arms.

Heart Ball celebrates healthcare heroes

Event raising money for BGH Emergency Department

The annual Heart Ball — being held virtually this year — is not only a lot of fun, it's a critical fundraising tool used to keep the hospital and its technology up to date and top-notch.

Local seed exchange, swap mingle set

Winter weather has spring on everyone’s mind and what better way to begin preparation for a spring garden than to attend a local seed exchange.

Local Boeing firefighters continue to picket during lockout

MOSES LAKE — Staffing, safety and pay scales are at the root of a contract impasse that’s had Boeing firefighters locked out of the company’s Moses Lake facility since Saturday. “Currently, there is no fire protection here at Grant County other than one manager that's been here since Friday,” said Daryl Gummere, business agent for IAFF Local I-66, the union representing Boeing firefighters. “They're trying to protect the plant with just one person.”

Arizona official: Show kindness to ease virus burdens

PHOENIX (AP) — Arizona residents should show empathy and kindness to help ease each other's burdens in the face of the pandemic and other troubles, the state's top education official said.

Coeur d'Alene 'streamlines' child care licensing process

Those 16 and 17 can obtain a provider license, “as long as they are continuously supervised by a licensed provider and are not left alone with children.”

PREP BASKETBALL: Coeur d'Alene's 3s sink Lakeland

Results from Friday's slate of prep boys and girls basketball games, along with an update on today's state girls play-in games.

Maverick French designer Pierre Cardin dies at 98

PARIS (AP) — Pierre Cardin, the French designer whose famous name embossed everything from wristwatches to bedsheets after his iconic Space Age styles shot him into the fashion stratosphere in the 1960s, has died, the French Academy of Fine Arts said Tuesday. He was 98.

News-Press to host Silver Valley Community Christmas Telethon

Brought to you by the Shoshone News-Press and Dave Smith- Chevrolet, readers and listeners far and wide are invited to be a part of the annual Silver Valley event on Wednesday, Dec. 7 by keeping an eye on the News-Press Facebook page from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Rosemary Eckel, 94

Rosemary Eckel, 94, passed away on Saturday, Jan. 20, 2024, at Sunset Home in Bonners Ferry, Idaho.

Bill would turn Supreme Court into a partisan political body

The three of us have known each other dating back a half century when Dorothy Bradley and Bob Brown were young legislators and Marc Racicot was emerging as a top prosecuting attorney.

You can make a difference!

Long ago, a huge fire erupted in a forest, and all the animals fled in terror. A wolf spotted a hummingbird flying back and forth high overhead and asked what it was doing.

Paul Robert Gertsch

Paul Robert Gertsch passed away on October 21, 2020.

T-Falls' Baxter scores low at divisional tourney

The golf season at Thompson Falls High is nearly completion, but not before a lone, standout golfer has a shot at bringing home some hardware from this weekend’s State golf championships.