Community considers plan for 2030

Planner: Region must be willing to roll up its sleeves

COEUR d'ALENE - Why not?

Candidate Profile-Dennis A. Engelhardt

State Senate District 2

Birth date: Feb. 6, 1952

Candidate profile: State Senate District 2, Steve Vick (R)

The therapy of handmade

MaryJane's Everyday Organic

When we consider the back-to-basics movement, there are a few questions that present themselves over and over again. Why have the crafts of the past gained so much momentum? Why do we still insist on the substantiality of books in a Kindle era? Why were knitting and crocheting at the heart of a revivalist movement among America's youngest and most modern women: college students? And why are the unapologetically anti-establishment types purchasing land and raising livestock like their austere great-grandparents did? I have the answer. It's the therapy of handmade.

Eurozone wins respite ...

... but it could be brief

FRANKFURT, Germany - With their late-night deal to cut Greece's debt and support other wobbly countries, European leaders bought time to work out more lasting solutions to the crisis plaguing the euro currency bloc. What they do with that time will determine whether this summit succeeds where many others have failed.

FEDS: Government saved my life

I thought it was the strawberries. Really.

Nilson seeks seat on NIC Board of Trustees

Ground Force of nature

Company to construct two more buildings, hire 100 new employees

POST FALLS - Just as Ground Force Worldwide CEO Ron Nilson is getting his new 65,000-square-foot manufacturing facility up and running, he has plans to add another 40,000-square-foot factory and a 8,200-square-foot corporate office here.

At the bottom of minimum

Report: 7.7% of Idahoans on hourly wages make minimum or less

Tamitha Murphy knows she had a lot of company when she made minimum wage.

World Nation Briefs May 9, 2013

Kidnapping and rape charges in Cleveland case

Thanks shouldn't have 24-hour shelf life

Happy Thanksgiving!

Facebook results soar; CFO to step down

NEW YORK - Facebook's earnings nearly tripled and revenue grew sharply in the first quarter, surpassing Wall Street's expectations thanks to an 82 percent increase in advertising revenue.

Hoping to level the playing field

Jury says Silicon Valley firm did not discriminate

Job openings surge

WASHINGTON (AP) - It turns out we may be able to breathe a little easier about the slowdown in hiring last month.

7 points to ponder on Idaho etiquette

North Idaho is growing rapidly with an influx of residents and businesses from all sectors of the country — particularly California. People are moving here for various reasons, but more than anything, for the quality of life, affordability of housing, and the exquisite beauty of the area.

Supreme Court deals big setback to labor unions

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Wednesday that government workers can’t be forced to contribute to labor unions that represent them in collective bargaining, dealing a serious financial blow to organized labor.

Nasset steps down from top police post

The leader of the Kalispell police force for more than a decade is stepping down.

Consider the injustice of forced union dues

As you shop for back-to-school supplies for your kids or food for the Labor Day cookout, consider this: the clerks, shelf stockers, truck drivers and factory workers who make that possible can all be legally forced to pay money to a union or else be fired.

OPINION: A new social engineering mission won't save USPS

The U.S. Postal Service has lost money every year since 2007, and its financial finances aren’t likely to improve any time soon. Thanks to declining mail volume due to greater reliance on email and exorbitant labor costs, the postal service loses billions per year despite a range of benefits that include taxpayer subsidies, a government-enforced monopoly on certain types of mail, and exemptions from state and local taxes.

OPINION: Ban on trapping would backfire

I’ve been an avid outdoorsman for more than 40 years; a hunter, fisherman, trapper and conservationist. I am proud of the work that likeminded folks have accomplished for wildlife and wildlife habitat.