Week in review

MONDAY

Internet-based hunting — in which hunters can shoot game with the click of a mouse — may be outlawed in Idaho under a bill lawmakers are considering this session.

TUESDAY

A federal appeals court indicated it would overturn a permit for Coeur d’Alene Mines Corp.’s proposed Kensington gold mine in Alaska due to concerns over disposal of tailings.

WEDNESDAY

Schweitzer Mountain Resort plans to raise season pass prices by about $100 for the 2007-2008 ski and snowboard season. The proposed “early-bird” price is $599, which jumps to $999 after Halloween. The Sandpoint-based ski area is moving away from discount-pricing.

THURSDAY

Almost 300 Washington residents and one Idahoan were among the thousands of individuals nationwide who received a total of $300 million from companies that sold life insurance policies to European Jews who perished in the Holocaust.

“ Teaching, nursing and retail sales will be among North Idaho’s hottest job prospects through 2014, according to a study by the Idaho Commerce and Labor Department.

■ The next 17 years will bring hundreds more giant windmills to the Pacific Northwest, generating enough electricity to light five Seattle-size cities. But wind power needs to be backed up with other sources, which increases its cost, regional power experts said in a new report.

FRIDAY

Spokane County commissioners approved a plan to channel up to $25 million of state sales tax money to aid infrastructure development in The River District, a commercial and residential development in and near the city of Liberty Lake.

“ A partnership between the owner of the Ridpath Hotel and a Spokane-based restaurant management group will breathe new life into two of the hotel’s restaurants. The Artisan Room opened March 15 in the former space of the Silver Grill and what was Ankeny’s rooftop restaurant will become Soleil.