PRESS: All about local

The front page of Monday’s Coeur d’Alene Press caused me to reconsider a letter to the editor published in Sunday’s paper. Several letters to the editor were published regarding impeachment. One letter complained that impeachment was on page 3, not the front page. The issue the writer raised was apparently that impeachment, as a national concern, should be on the front page.

When I opened Monday morning’s paper and read the front page I reconsidered that letter. Today’s paper starts with a new subdivision in Rathdrum, the redevelopment plan for East Sherman and the Press Christmas for All 2019. These are issues that directly affect us here in Kootenai County. This is the information that I need. This is where I live, this is where we work and this is the information that affects my life. Growth, helping others in our community, what our local governments are doing are our concerns. These are the articles that belong on page one.

If I want to know about national issues, I will go to a national publication which has both the staff and resources to cover those issues. I do not expect my community newspaper to be my source for national information, although some reference to those issues is important, but page 3 is good enough. I can find my way to a national source for more detail.

A community newspaper covers the community first. The Coeur d’Alene Press did that well Monday. And that’s what matters most to me.

PHIL WARD

Coeur d’Alene