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La Niña may become official very soon
Snowfall has finally started to increase across the lower elevations of the Inland Northwest. Although Coeur d’Ale…
OPINION: Risch, Crapo, Simpson — Stop federal usurpation of state water rights
Without prior warning to state water managers in California’s Tulare County, federal officials suddenly dumped a torrent of water from two lakes in the state’s…
OPINION: The intersection of religion and politics
In the 1960s, clerics led powerful movements to protest human rights violations and war. It was their religious devotion that motivated them to step into publi…
A dream is a wish your heart makes
Admittedly, I don’t personally know each of the nearly 2,000 readers who appear throughout the year in Main Street birthdays but I do know quite a few.
Did Punxsutawney Phil see his shadow?
Sunday was Groundhog Day and the world’s most famous groundhog of all time, Punxsutawney Phil, the Pennsylvania woodchuck, made his annual appearance. Each yea…
HUCKLEBERRIES: Cops, quotes, cash and coals
Sandpoint gained national media attention — but not the kind it wanted — 30 years ago when news broke that Mark Fuhrman wanted to buy a house there. Fuhrman, o…
MY TURN: Medicaid expansion isn’t broken
The legislature is back in session and putting the Medicaid Expansion back on the chopping block. We know the voters approved it, many of our legislators don’t…
OPINION: The fall of the Lava Ridge project
Idaho’s congressional delegation has spent years battling with the Biden administration and the Bureau of Land Management over the Lava Ridge Wind Energy Proje…
OPINION: Whining
The Trump victory has resulted in a seismic shift in the direction of the country. Domestic, regional, international and economic policies have taken a new dir…
MY TURN: Putting minors in harm's way
Is the CLN board banning books from our public libraries? No. Books are being challenged all over our state, but a challenge is not a book ban. A challenge occurs when a parent or guardian exercises their right of …
MY TURN: Hayden lacks good governance
How does a small city manage unanticipated growth while ensuring quality, sustainable services for all its citizens? The city of Hayden is facing this dilemma. Growth is already straining the infrastructure, servic…
OPINION: Private school subsidies will produce a few winners and many losers
Let’s be honest. The push to require Idaho taxpayers to subsidize private and religious schooling is not about “choice.” Experience in voucher states indicates…
OPINION: With malice toward none; with charity for all
In the spirit of working together to build something bigger than ourselves — a more perfect and bipartisan union — the Kootenai County Democrats are reaching a…
Listen to your body, life is a blessing
In January 2008, I was emceeing the Post Falls Chamber's Annual Banquet at Templin's Resort. During the evening, I felt a bit clammy and muddleheaded, but fini…
There's more snow near the gulf states than North Idaho
January has produced some amazing and unbelievable weather patterns across the U.S. The lower elevations of North Idaho continue to struggle for snow as only 8…
HUCKLEBERRIES: Opportunities to play
Arnold (Red) Halpern’s name is on the Rock of Fame at Memorial Field. But it probably should be on something else, too: a park, a softball field, a building.