By Larry Olmsted Weather is not the first criterion most people consider when shopping for a vacation home, but maybe it should be. Weather is something that needs to be dealt with every single day -- and in Coeur d'Alene, they deal with it by boating, biking, hiking and playing golf.

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By Becky Kramer, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Jan. 26--The Coeur d'Alene Resort and Lakeland School District are launching a two-year hospitality class that will introduce students to careers in Idaho's third largest industry.

By Erica Curless, The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Aug. 3--Businessman Duane Hagadone is scrapping his $100 million plan to build condos, shops and offices on Blackwell Island and will greatly scale back plans to upgrade the existing marina.

By The Spokesman-Review, Spokane, Wash. Apr. 28--Imagine the Coeur d'Alene Resort without its boardwalk, a semipublic breakwater that gives landlubbers access to Lake Coeur d'Alene almost year-round.