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Drought patterns are difficult to break
As I’ve mentioned in previous articles, the western portion of the country, especially the Southwest, has been in …
Research: Does your pet have an app?
There’s an app for just about anything man can conceive. Did I say man? I meant furry friends, too.
Virus can also sicken weather forecasts
Our snowfall season across the Inland Northwest is winding down, especially in the lower elevations. As of the weekend, Cliff had measured a total of 69.6 inches of snow for the 2019-20 season. That’s only 0.2 inch…
Drawing parallels: COVID-19 and smallpox
This coronavirus COVID-19 and the “isolate at home” and “social distancing” rules got me thinking about an episode in my grandfather’s journal from 1912.
Not your normal campaign season
Political season is in full swing. Not here, but in a parallel universe where the only place you see “coronavirus” is the answer to 23 across in the Sunday cro…
OPINION: DAVE OLIVERIA — DFO: We need The Press
I have competed against the Coeur d’Alene Press since September 1984 when I stepped off a U-Haul truck from the Lewiston Tribune.
Research: MLP: Take your pun-ishment
Once upon a time, your Mrs. Language Punster didn’t appreciate a silly slip o’the tongue. Groan, she did, rolled her eyes and snittily shook that biddy-old head.
The doom and gloom of Zoom
If you’re using Zoom or are considering using it, you need to be aware the FBI and many state attorneys general have issued a warning particularly to schools and doctors’ offices. This warning is based on a rise in…
Memo to Rep. Heather Scott: You are sickeningly wrong
Reprinted from the April 5 Bonner County Daily Bee.
Diary of a shut-in, week 4
“Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing things historians usually record; while on the banks, unnoticed, people build homes,…
Research: Relax and call your spirit back
We could all use a little inspiration right now.
Yes, that was a terrific temblor
Several weeks ago, I wrote an article on the earthquake activity across the globe. Since then, other quakes that were higher than a 5.0 magnitude were reported in Indonesia and parts of the South Pacific Islands.
Biological sex or gender identity?
Gov. Little recently signed into law H500, the Fairness in Women’s Sports Act. The focus of this bill is to protect women’s sports for women and girls. Rep. Ba…
Re-entry center benefits abound
By BEN SIMPSON
Research: This veto was in kids’ best interests
Bureaucratic molasses is frustrating. Yet it’s generally there for good reason, well-intentioned if inefficient.
A not-so-charitable organization
A Coeur d’Alene reader emailed to ask about an organization called Children’s Emergency Food Vouchers. Her mother had received a phone solicitation asking her to help this organization feed hungry children and then…