Outdoors briefs May 23, 2013

Outdoors reminders this time of year

Stocks fall on third day of government shutdown

NEW YORK (AP) - Investors sold stocks across the board Thursday as a U.S. government shutdown dragged into its third day and the nation inched closer to a critical deadline to raise its borrowing limit.

MORSE: I'm upholding the law

Sheila Waller, Secretary

All hail the champs

You live in a county of champions.

Records October 26, 2010

CRIME REPORTS

Ex-Idaho nurse resentenced, released in 2018 murder case

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (AP) — A former nurse in Idaho who admitted to helping a Colorado rancher cover up the killing of his fiancee Kelsey Berreth was released on parole after receiving a reduced sentence.

Basham receives deferred sentence

Benjamin Jay Basham will serve a deferred, three-year sentence for allegedly absconding from Montana with his six-year-old daughter last summer.

Events will help local man battle cancer

COEUR d'ALENE - Two events are coming up to help a local man battling cancer.

Records Oct. 23, 2012

CRIME REPORTS

Coeur d'Alene student nearly reaches fourth round at national spelling bee

Woodland Middle School student Sarah-Jessica Sedy almost made it to the fourth round of the Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C.

Idaho briefs March 9, 2012

SANTORUM: A few questions

Dear Mr. Santorum: Tangible platforms aside, as a registered voter in Idaho I need you to do something for me so that I can fully appreciate your convictions as a candidate. I want you to prove, without a reasonable doubt, to me that God exists. I know this is asking a lot, but don’t you think it’s asking a lot for people like me who have never had any heavenly intervention, to assume that an elusive, omniscient entity (somewhat like Santa Claus) has given us what are, you would have us believe, unsecured rights? I find the concept hard to grasp.

Movers and Shakers November 2, 2011

LifeNexus Personal Health Card to be used

Anonymous in Athol extends deadline Not too late to donate

Time for a collective groan: The desperate attempt to reach $150,000 for Press Christmas for All by 5 p.m. Wednesday fell short.

Carol Ann Harmon, 75

Carol Ann Harmon, on May 9, 2011, the Lord eased mom's pain after a short but courageous battle with cancer at the age of 75. Carol was born March 24, 1936, in South Gate, Calif., to Robert E. and Elanore (Austin) Lee.

OCCUPY: Try this on, see how it fits

I have the ideal starter program for these Wall Street protesters. They are unlikely to get what they're after without some starter operation like this to set the stage so to speak. 

SEC reviews funds' derivatives use

Chairman calls for Congress to impose new oversight

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Securities and Exchange Commission is reviewing the use of financial derivatives by mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and other investments to determine whether new protections are needed for investors.

Rachel Tennery

Rachel Bohannon (Tennery) was born April 6, 1909, of American parents in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. For 10 years she and her parents lived on their wheat ranch 200 miles east of Calgary with winters in California and Illinois.

'Make a Splash' with summer reading

Coeur d'Alene, Post Falls libraries start programs this week

COEUR d'ALENE - The libraries in Post Falls and Coeur d'Alene are beginning summer reading programs this week.

Litehouse announces new facility in Utah

SANDPOINT - Food manufacturer Litehouse Inc. will build a new facility in the southern Utah city of Hurricane - an expected investment of more than $10 million that will eventually add 162 new full-time positions in the rural community.