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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 …
Bucket list adventure is close to home
Several years ago Bert and I decided we needed to do an annual adventure and made a list of things we hadn’t done but wanted to do. So far we’ve checked off jet boating in Hell’s Canyon, whale watching in the San J…
Dads just want a day free of guilt
All right, girls, admit it. We’ve all done it.
The heat index and wildfire forecast
Next Friday morning, June 21, the official start of summer begins in the Northern Hemisphere. However, we’ve already seen very hot temperatures across parts of the country, especially in the Southeast where highs r…
Education quality goes beyond national rankings
If you pay attention to what you read and hear about the national rankings, you might think that our public schools are in the water hazard.
D-Day at a glance
War may be as old as mankind, but few were so clear-cut in purpose as World War II. A madman bent on domination, enslavement and genocide engaged nearly all of the world’s nations (most of them Allies) and cost at …
Life's a breach
Quest Diagnostics is the latest company to be breached. According to the company, 12 million patients were affected. That means these targets may have had their financial and medical information hacked. The persona…
Love a parade? Here's a tip or two
Parade season is gearing up and every year I like to give suggestions to those who will fill out the parade applications/entry forms. My perspective comes from years of organizing parades, announcing parades and pa…
MLP: Hitting the very bottom of the barrel
Help, Dear Readers! The situation is dire. Calamitous, dreadful (anything but “very bad”). Bored to the point of fainting, one might say — comatose, spent (how much more these words convey!).
A rough spring for the central U.S.
Weather conditions for 2019 have already been “extreme” across North Idaho and the rest of the world. We had the record snows in February and the driest first half of May in history before the soaking rains moved i…
Disagreeing with my state rep
I’m an Idaho resident and have lived at the same address the past six years. My address so happens to fall within the Legislative District 2 boundaries: Steve …
Fulcher enters new model of House Freedom Caucus
The conservative-based House Freedom Caucus, which gained political fame by ousting one Republican House speaker (John Boehner) and making life miserable for another (Paul Ryan), has added a new member to its circl…
10 tips for those addicted to studies
If you’re a regular reader of this column you’ve read a little bit about a lot of studies. Academic research is one of journalists’ best tools to explore topics.
Alexa, please forget everything I've said
Many consumers wonder how much of their data is being collected by Alexa — and for what purpose.
Decades of goblins bid adieu
It’s the end of a spooky era for the Post Falls Lions. Its nearly four-decade run operating the epic haunted house will be no more in 2019.
Epigenetics: Nurture your genes
Each year as a volunteer judge for Coeur d’Alene High School senior projects, I learn something new. This year, it’s that “nature vs. nurture” doesn’t complete the debate.