Rent strike idea gaining steam during coronavirus crisis

ST. LOUIS (AP) — With millions of people suddenly out of work and rent due at the first of the month, some tenants are vowing to go on a rent strike until the coronavirus pandemic subsides.

Elections are all about choices; choices are about values

Elections are about choices and choices are about values. The race between Heather Scott and Kate McAlister provides a very clear choice for the voters of District 1.

CFHS grad soaring on movie sets

SANDPOINT — Locals heading out to see the latest Superman flick or Stephenie Meyer adaptation might be surprised to see a familiar name in the credits.

Not enough jobs

European Union leaders sound the alarm on youth unemployment

Forecast sees job growth lifting housing in 2011

Full recovery still more than two years away

ORLANDO, Fla. - The housing market could gradually begin to emerge from its doldrums this year, industry experts said Wednesday, but their forecast depends on a steady ramp-up in hiring and for the U.S. jobless rate to get no worse than it is right now.

Time to debunk some myths

Re: Myth: Conservative equals fiscal sense

The Front Row with BILL BULEY April 15, 2011

Boston bound: Hiebert to run marathon

On Oct. 18, 2010, Caleb Hiebert was ready.

GOP shifts on global warming

WASHINGTON - One thing that Tim Pawlenty, Jon Huntsman, Newt Gingrich and Mitt Romney have in common: These GOP presidential contenders all are running away from their past positions on global warming, driven by their party's loud doubters who question the science and disdain government solutions.

The FRONT ROW with TIM DAHLBERG Aug. 30, 2011

Some excuses are better than others

If nothing else, you have to give North Korea credit for being creative. Not that the country had much choice after five of its players tested positive for steroids at the Women's World Cup this summer.

Worst movies of 2011

Ticket Stubs

It could have been much worse.

A place to eat Down the Street

Sherman Avenue restaurant enjoying booming business

COEUR d'ALENE - Home cooking, made from scratch, southern flavors.

Surviving with help from SBA

Local businesses benefit from guaranteed loans

COEUR d'ALENE - A California vintner, a pair of Yugoslavian entrepreneurs, a care facility for mentally and developmentally afflicted individuals, a fitness club, a restaurant and a hair salon all have at least one thing in common.

Zag fans, get ready for same ol' ending

It's my favorite time of the year. Another season of Gonzaga hoops is on the horizon.

Midtown neighbors worry about project

COEUR d'ALENE - A mixed-use workforce housing and retail development project proposed for Midtown has some neighbors concerned the subsidized-living facility won't mesh well with the revitalized neighborhood.

Moody's: More cities at risk of bankruptcy

A cup of tea, anyone?

If the next cup of tea you drink leaves a bitter taste in your mouth, there's a good reason: It's a hangover from the tea party they just had in Washington, D.C. It isn't the first tea party to leave historic after-effects on this country, but it may turn out to be just as important as the original, a frenzied act of property destruction that Thomas Jefferson himself called cowardly because the perpetrators pretended to be Indians. This time around they are pretending to be patriots. The outcome of this tea party will steer history down a course far different than the course charted back in Boston Harbor, however. It is a course aimed at disaster and disguised as a rescue by a minority of unyielding Tea Party Republicans who mistook their midterm elections as an absolute mandate to lower the nation's debt at all costs when it was actually an outcry of frustration against the corruption and cronyism in our dysfunctional capital. They charged into office waving the banner of their patron saint Ronald Reagan, who preached that government was the problem and not the solution, and with stubborn blindness were unable to see that they were making an even bigger problem out of our government.

People divided on looming debt crisis

WASHINGTON - It might be time for another midnight ride by Paul Revere, this time warning "the creditors are coming."

Deal or no deal?

Whatever happens, weak economy is likely to suffer

WASHINGTON - No matter how the debt crisis ends, the economy will probably take a hit. The question is how big.

Reigning cats and dogs

Kootenai Humane Society adoptions on the rise

HAYDEN - The first time Tris Fisher laid eyes on Baylea, she knew.

Ford CEO gets $56.5M in stock award

DEARBORN, Mich. - Ford Motor Co.'s top two executives received nearly $100 million worth of stock for their performance during 2009 and 2010, years in which the company's profits and stock price surged.