The new family portrait? 3-D-printed statue selfies

NEW YORK - Walk into Eddie DaRoza's office and you'll find two of him there: the actual 32-year-old video producer, and a 5-inch statuette of him.

Road fees may stop store plans

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Hospital Auxiliary to hold tourney

Tourney is Sept. 11

EPHRATA — The Columbia Basin Hospital Auxiliary will host the “Famous 9 of 09” golf tournament Sept. 11 at the Lakeview Golf and Country Club in Soap Lake.

Yesterdays: Montana House in Apgar open for its first Christmas

New shop in Apgar was opened by Mr. and Mrs. Hans Jungster. The Montana House is an Apgar institution today, owned by their daughter, Monica. The front page photo featured the shop, with the trees that surround the shop just saplings. Today, they tower over it.

Shop around for affordable health coverage

Who doesn’t love a deal? Especially at this time of year, we all like to find the best price on groceries and holiday gifts. And we all have a friend who will stand in line in the dark and cold for a Black Friday sale.

The Latest: France criticized for slow vaccine rollout

PARIS — France's cautious approach to its virus vaccine rollout appears to have backfired, leaving just a few hundred people vaccinated after the first week and rekindling anger over the government’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic.

The Latest: Nearly 5,000 new infections in a day in Spain

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Massive fire destroys plywood plant

It took a mere three minutes to arrive on site Thursday night after the 911 call came in but Libby firefighters found the former Stimson Lumber Co., plywood plant fully engulfed in flames.

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US and Mexico to curb border travel to control coronavirus

WASHINGTON (AP) — Mexico and the U.S. announced Friday that they would prohibit all “non-essential” travel across their shared border as part of efforts to control the spread of

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Fire crews jump on Libby area wild fires

Forest officials said all fires remained under one-half of an acre with the majority now contained and crews continuing with line construction and mopping up.

A homeless vet tells of his disastrous return to Montana

Yoga studio is 'point of change'

SANDPOINT — The body politic has devolved into an embarrassing spectacle where grown men and women now insult one another with schoolyard taunts and squabble like toddlers over pretty much everything.

Supreme Court rules permit for Rock Creek Mine is valid

The site of the proposed copper and silver mine is located beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness...

Stolen plane, chalk-drawn feet: Is teen burglar back?

SEATTLE - A stolen airplane found in the San Juan Islands and chalk-outline feet drawn all over a burgled grocery store suggest that Washington's infamous teenage "barefoot burglar" is back at it.

Cracker Barrel is keeping its old-time logo after new design elicited an uproar

The tempest over the logo began last week, when the company announced plans for a simplified design featuring only the company's name. Lebanon, Tennessee-based Cracker Barrel, which has 660 restaurants in 43 states, made the change as part of a wider plan to modernize its restaurants and appeal to younger customers.

Chinese retailer Miniso raises $608 million in IPO

HONG KONG (AP) — Miniso, a Chinese discount retailer known for its fashionable but affordable household products, raised $608 million in a U.S. initial public offering in New York.

Gold fever sweeps criminal underworld

LOS ANGELES - Gus Rodriguez looks more like a soldier than a jewelry store security guard, with a Beretta handgun strapped to his bulletproof vest, shades wrapped around his shaved head and pepper spray bulging from a breast pocket.

Verizon coming to Appleway and 4th

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A Cellular Sales store from Verizon Wireless will replace what has been several restaurants in the building being reconstructed on the northwest corner of Appleway and Fourth.