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• Keeping seasonal beliefs aloft

  December 19, 2010 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 My son, Seth, is a 31-year-old doctor today, in his first year of neurosurgery residency at the University of Florida. But 26 years ago, he was a kindergartner suffering a …

• Judge dismisses Hart appeal

    December 9, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A5 An Idaho district court on Wednesday tossed state Rep. Phil Hart’s attempt to appeal a state Tax Commission order that he pay more than $53,000 in back state income taxes, … 4

• Hart ruling may come today

  December 8, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A6 Idaho state Rep. Phil Hart, R-Athol, was in a Coeur d’Alene courtroom Tuesday attempting to appeal a state Board of Tax Appeals decision rejecting his state income tax appeal. The …

• Plenty to chew on about economy, but hard to swallow

  November 28, 2010 in Business on Page E1 The Inland Northwest’s 2011 economic prospects have all the appeal of leftover green bean casserole. That’s pretty much the dish from local economists who see the near future in the …

• Local recovery slow going

  November 17, 2010 in Business on Page A8 The economic recovery will grind slowly forward next year, extending this year’s modest improvements but not breaking out strongly enough to significantly affect unemployment and household income, economists John Mitchell … 3

• Post Falls man sentenced for theft

  October 4, 2010 in City on Page A6 A Post Falls man was sentenced to six years in state prison Wednesday for taking money from a Kootenai County real estate firm. Jerry A. Hill, 52, was convicted in …

• Ex-insurance agent sentenced for fraud

  September 30, 2010 in City, Idaho on Page A9 A former Mutual of Omaha insurance agent from Rathdrum was sentenced Tuesday for one count of insurance fraud after he submitted a life insurance policy application in one of his …

• Man sentenced for heroin crime

  April 29, 2010 in Idaho on Page A6 A Coeur d’Alene heroin dealer will spend four to 15 years in prison after being sentenced in Kootenai County District Court.

• Forecasters say region’s economic growth will be minimal in 2010

  November 13, 2009 in Business on Page A1 Inland Northwest residents should not expect much out of the region’s economy next year, forecasters John Mitchell and Grant Forsyth said Thursday. Job and income growth will be minimal, housing … 1

• Local economists see little, if any, turnaround in 2010

  November 12, 2009 in Business Inland Northwest residents should not expect much out of the region’s economy next year, forecasters John Mitchell and Grant Forsyth said Thursday. 1

• Regional outlook tepid

  November 14, 2008 in Business on Page A10 The 2009 outlook for the Spokane-Kootenai County economy is more of the same marginal growth that has characterized most of 2008, Eastern Washington University professor Grant Forsyth said Thursday. Speaking …