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Home sweet — moon?
The year is 2040. You’re looking for a new home, and you want something a bit different. Maybe very different. L...
The fall foliage may be sooner this year
We’re into the early stages of the fall season and the beauty of the Inland Northwest is being enhanced by the annual “fall foliage.”
HUCKLEBERRIES: Off the air, but in our hearts
“Bubblehead” ordinarily isn’t a term of affection.
OPINION: Fear is the mind killer
Author Frank Herbert understood that fear can paralyze the body and prevent rational thought. Unlike the basic drives like reproduction, eating and status, f...
Marty and Max (and TaylorAnne): IS THE REAL ESTATE MARKET UP IN SMOKE?
Selling a home is a stressful, personal, and emotional process. This is why it is crucial to partner with a trusted professional who takes the time to unders...
MY TURN: About Regan's 'Fact Check'
I read Mr. Regan’s “Fact Check” opinion in Friday’s Coeur d'Alene Press. His life story is eerily similar to my own … without the wealthy parents’ part. I en...
MY TURN: The tragedy at NIC
Thank you Tarie, Brad, Nick, and SaveNIC. On April 28, 2022, Ken Howard and I resigned from the NIC Board of Trustees after many years of service. It was a d...
OPINION: Make informed choices, read the party platforms
One remarkable function of these weekly columns has been showing voters that they have a choice when it comes to politics. As the loyal opposition up north, ...
Move over June, September now month for nuptials
According to The Knot, September is the most popular month for weddings, with October coming a close second.
MY TURN: Thank you to Cd'A Basin community
Just a note to say thank you to the Coeur d’Alene Basin Community for the opportunity I have had to serve them as Executive Director of the Coeur d'Alene Basin Environmental Improvement Project Commission (BEIPC)...
Do I know you?
When prescient science fiction and reality start to blend, it really makes you think.
It's another active tropical storm and hurricane season
We’ve reached the peak of the tropical storm and hurricane season and it’s already going to be another memorable year.
HUCKLEBERRIES: Awakened to the dangers of white supremacy
I missed the commotion that day. And it has bugged me since.
MY TURN: Mammoths and Extinct Megafaunas: Climate change or man
Mammoths were not the only megafauna that went extinct at the end of the Great Ice Age (Pleistocene). Hundreds of large mammal species disappeared, including mastodons, woolly mammoths, woolly rhinoceros, Irish e...
MY TURN: Maybe the 'bad guys' are really the 'good guys'
Rumors and misinformation often align with group affiliations. Zeke Winchestor’s letter may be an example. He says the bad guys on the board at NIC are ‘the majority’ because they hired the wrong attorney. Newcom...
OPINION: Leadership choices as bad as they can get
Idaho Congressman Russ Fulcher is a self-described optimist, but he has trouble putting a smiley face to what he’s seeing on the national level.