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OPINION: A compliment to Raul Labrador for wanting to learn about Idaho water
It may seem out of place for the treasurer of one candidate for Attorney General to compliment the other candidate, but water law and policy is so vital to the…
70 is the new happy
Sholeh Patrick Dear under-50s: If you aren’t looking forward to getting old, think again. Turns out, far from being the depressing decline we envision in…
OPINION: McGeachin keeps wasting taxpayer dollars
McGeachin keeps wasting taxpayer dollars
The arts inspire throughout our communities
On Saturday night, Janet Carlson and her sister, Linda Hall, attended a performance of Love Letters starring Mike Pearce and Anne Lunceford Capellen at the Bay…
COMMENTARY: Idaho’s total abortion ban is now in effect
Idaho's total abortion ban took effect on Aug. 25. A subsequent ruling issued by Judge B. Lynn Winmill in federal court temporarily protects doctors who treat …
How does the IRA affect you?
The Inflation Reduction Act, a big bill signed into law this month, is broader than its name may imply. With tax credits and other provisions for climate chang…
Tropical storms and hurricanes may be increasing very soon
More hot weather is expected across the Inland Northwest, especially around the middle of the week, as we’ll like have more 90-degree plus temperatures.
COMMENTARY: The real facts on our school levy
I appreciate the editor’s note at the end of Brent Regan’s Aug. 26 commentary on our proposed School Safety and Deferred Maintenance levy. If you missed that p…
Huckleberries
Remembering out best, brightest
OPINION: AG candidates disagree on ER care
On Aug. 2, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed its first-in-the-nation suit against a state law preventing women from receiving necessary emergency care…
MY TURN: Cd'A School District $80M levy
Let me say first that I am all for our children's safety in school. Secondly, I, along with many others in this community am a senior citizen with very limited income. Last year I paid $478.19 to District 271. I ha…
OPINION: A new voice for free market policy
This fall, Idaho and the Mountain States welcome a new voice for free market policy and ideas, and a voice for limited, constitutional government. The Mountain…
COMMENTARY: School levy facts
This coming Tuesday Aug. 30 there is a School Plant Facilities Reserve Fund Levy Election that would authorize the Coeur d’Alene School District No. 271 Board …
MY TURN: Mini motel district, the STR issue
As a 26-year resident of the Garden District I am appalled of many things in the changing neighborhood landscape, but the short term rental issue is tops. I have observed seven Vrbo/Airbnbs, and one more developing…
Stressed? Go fish
August is National Fishing Month. As if simply indulging in the experience isn’t enough, many studies have confirmed the benefits of spending time in nature…