Jeannie LaRae Kistler, 77

Jeannie LaRae Kistler, 77, a longtime resident of Sandpoint, Idaho, passed away May 19, 2019, at Kootenai Memorial Medical Center. She was born December 20, 1942, in Carlsbad, California, a daughter of James and Norma (Buck) Martin.

FAITHFUL OBSERVATIONS: Compass International

It is amazing to run across businesses and enterprises that are headquartered here and we often know nothing about them. One such international ministry is Compass International, headquartered in Coeur d’Alene and celebrating its 25th year of ministry. It’s founded by Bill and Susie Perkins. We had a chance recently to catch up with Bill and find out more about Compass, what they do and what is planned for this next year.

Grocery store locating in west Moses Lake

Lep-Re-Kon Harvest Foods to break ground in October

Home sales slowly rebounding

Winter squashes are varied and versatile

There are several different kinds of winter squash and many of them have a very distinctive taste. Pumpkin is probably the most popular squash and easiest to find. Butternut, blue hubbard, acorn, and spaghetti squash are also found in most stores. You might have found others at the farmers market.

Walmart to sell UK chain Asda in $8.8 billion deal

LONDON (AP) — Retail giant Walmart has agreed to sell its British chain of supermarkets, Asda, to the investors behind an international group of gas stations and food shops in a deal that values the company at 6.8 billion pounds ($8.8 billion).

Walmart to sell UK chain Asda in $8.8 billion deal

LONDON (AP) — Retail giant Walmart has agreed to sell its British chain of supermarkets, Asda, to the investors behind an international group of gas stations and food shops in a deal that values the company at 6.8 billion pounds ($8.8 billion).

Walmart to sell UK chain Asda in $8.8 billion deal

LONDON (AP) — Retail giant Walmart has agreed to sell its British chain of supermarkets, Asda, to the investors behind an international group of gas stations and food shops in a deal that values the company at 6.8 billion pounds ($8.8 billion).

Walmart to sell UK chain Asda in $8.8 billion deal

LONDON (AP) — Retail giant Walmart has agreed to sell its British chain of supermarkets, Asda, to the investors behind an international group of gas stations and food shops in a deal that values the company at 6.8 billion pounds ($8.8 billion).

AP PHOTOS: Italian grape harvest plows on through pandemic

LATINA, Italy (AP) — Change can come slowly to Italy’s centuries-old wine industry, but the coronavirus pandemic has radically altered the path from vine to table in a matter of months, beginning with the fall harvest.

Raffle home in Post Falls

North Idaho College’s Really BIG Raffle grand prize home is back in Post Falls this year at Syringa Park. Community members can try their luck for a chance to win this brand new $270,000 park-front home as well as a $20,000 car, $10,000 boat, $3,500 vacation package and $2,000 shopping spree. This marks the 23rd year of NIC’s largest annual fundraiser, which is a collaboration between the NIC Foundation and the NIC Carpentry program.

CoiNuts operators to receive sentences

COEUR d'ALENE - The trial later this spring of CoiNuts owner-operator Kevin E. Mitchell has been vacated and he now is scheduled to be sentenced next week.

Briefs

National Day of Service and Remembrance ceremony today

Back to School shopping is a lot of fun, but you might not realize that school supplies, clothes and shoes cost a lot a money!

Spend, Save, and Share for a Happy New Year

Community support critical to animal shelter

The Panhandle Animal Shelter dog walk was a fun event last Sunday  as we walked the dogs from the old shelter to the spacious new one on Kootenai Cutoff Road. Maybe you saw our long line of dog walkers? This community is so blessed to have the donation of the shelter building as well as the thrift shop, by the Wild Rose Foundation.

Lois Josephine Harbison, 81

Lois Josephine Harbison, 81, passed away peacefully at Bonner General Hospital on July 20, 2006.

Board considers Town Center annexation

The Daily Inter Lake

THREATS: Stand up to hatred

Hate is rearing an ugly head in our region and our town and making national news. On May 26, the AP posted an article “Hate makes a comeback in the Pacific Northwest,” which mentioned Kootenai County specifically in reference to the Post Falls extremist Brittany Pettibone, who seeks to bring her far right Austrian boyfriend to Idaho to live. The article also described nine far right hate groups operating in our area now.

Whitefish begins montly art-gallery series

A new downtown Whitefish art program, First Thursday Gallery Nights, begins Thursday from 6 to 9 p.m.