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Updated 3 days, 1 hour ago

Benches invite people to sit a spell

Updated 4 years, 6 months ago
Response to accusations against the KCRCC

Can the truth be part of a lie? Yes. In fact the most persuasive lies have an element of truth.

Updated 4 years, 6 months ago
Opinion: Say no to white guilt

I am 100% American. My heritage is a quarter Cuban, a quarter Puerto-Rican, a quarter Irish, an eighth French, and an eight English.

Updated 4 years, 7 months ago
The story behind spring

Outlook for last gasps of snow fading away.

Updated 4 years, 7 months ago
March spotlight shines on social workers

The nation’s almost 720,000 social workers entered the field because they have a strong desire to help people and to make our communities, our nation, and our …

Updated 4 years, 7 months ago
Tyranny is their name

We are longstanding members of the Kootenai County community.

Updated 4 years, 7 months ago
Windy the T-Wolf

Not long ago, a wolf ran with mortals in the Lake City.

Updated 4 years, 7 months ago
Irish roots reveal surprises

Each year as March 17 approaches, this column features some glimpse of all things Irish – St. Patrick’s story (okay, so he was English, but I digress), Irish-American traditions, Celtic history, three-leafed shamro…

Updated 4 years, 7 months ago
Longtime Republican now an outcast

What I have learned: It is often possible in politics that your friends are not your friends and your party has turned on you.

Updated 4 years, 7 months ago
Opinion: Apology Re: My recent column ‘ukrainian Flaws’

On Friday, March 11, I submitted a "Keep Right" Op-Ed column, “Ukranian flaws do not justify war.”

Updated 4 years, 7 months ago
Opinion: Character is destiny

Some of my favorite homilies are: You cannot cheat an honest man; honor is the gift a man gives to himself; character is what you are in the dark.

Updated 4 years, 7 months ago
Showing up for our children is a win-win

Last fall, I shared the story of a most memorable high school football game with our youngest grandson.

Updated 4 years, 7 months ago
My Turn: Trustee addresses violence at NIC

Christie Wood says she should have filed police report when threatened by Todd Banducci.

Updated 4 years, 7 months ago
Seriously, beware the Ides of March

Maybe Shakespeare’s warning foreshadowed more than Caesar’s death in the Bard’s 1599 tragedy. March 15 hasn’t exactly been a good luck charm in real life.

Updated 4 years, 7 months ago
Freedom applies to Democrats, too

I am a lifelong Idaho Democrat.

Updated 4 years, 7 months ago
All eyes on the sun — and its spots

Locally, chance of more snowfall is slipping away.