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MY TURN: Use common sense when voting
We just received the mailer from the KCRCC touting their picks for our local elections on Nov. 8.
MY TURN: An open letter to the community
I’m proud to have served North Idaho College these last six months as I believe it was my civic duty to work on issues affecting our community college. It also…
SHOLEH: Bilingual baby babble won’t baffle
When asked what I wanted the grandkids to call me, I didn’t hesitate: Maman.
OPINION: Bedke seeks traditional role for lieutenant governor
House Speaker Scott Bedke of Oakley, once viewed as one of the bright young stars in the Republican Party, is now an aging political figure who has yet to have…
Bring abuse into the light of day
October is Domestic Violence Awareness Month, but for those who live in the hell of that reality, it’s every month 24/7.
Give your vocabulary a chortle
In this age of shrinking vocabularies it’s fun to go against the current and use as large a variety of words as possible. Especially when they sound funny.
Strongest and deadliest hurricanes
Last week, Hurricane Ian moved through southwestern Florida as a Category 4 hurricane with winds up to 150 miles per hour.
Huckleberries
Huckleberries, by Dave Oliveria
Slow down on Coeur Terre annexation
There is no obligation to annex this property into Coeur d'Alene at this time.
Sources of Strength should be retained
It is distressing and rather amazing that the Sources of Strength suicide prevention program has even become controversial, as recently reported in the CDA Pre…
Return Idaho to our true values
Last weekend was to me one of the best weekends in Kootenai County. It truly was a countywide effort to peacefully fight back against hate and some distorted v…
MY TURN: Do your homework; NIC and the business community
Brent Regan’s last column, Work not Woke, was a little amusing. The silver spoon trust funder has taken a few college classes in California, but he’s never ben…
MY TURN: Save NIC from FUD
Why do we read in this paper on September 16th, that representatives of the majority of the county, the Republican Party (63,755 voters, 63% of registered cou…
MY TURN: Retired? Change Lives through Volunteer Legal Work
I still have the handwritten card from my client.
Goal reached, a finish line toast
On Sept. 1, Dani Zibell Wolfe began a quest to celebrate the month of her birth 64 years ago by running one mile for each year she’s been alive.