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OPINION: Idahoans must show that the Gem State is too great for hate

by JIM JONES/Guest Opinion
| June 20, 2023 5:11 PM

Back in the early 1980s, when Idahoans in the Coeur d’Alene area were confronted with a growing number of dangerous hatemongers at the Aryan Nations compound near Hayden, the community swung into action. Father Bill Wassmuth, Tony Stewart, Norm Gissel and many other good people formed the Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations to counter the hate group and protect local citizens...

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