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Veterans: Views of a soldier
While veterans of all generations have a positive view of their military service, only one-in-five feels the government treats them well; less than half say they get the medical and support benefits they were promi…
Hackers are cracking your email, people
EDITOR’S NOTE: Consumer advocate Bill Brooks continues to recover from surgery after fracturing a bone in his leg. He’d like to let his readers know that this column is in great hands with Terri Dickerson, and he e…
Overturning abortion law won't be so easy
Republican candidates over the years, including those running in Idaho, have done a good job steering away voters from basing votes on a single issue — specifically abortion rights.
The Halloween gag gone (really) bad
Sure, it’s Wednesday.
Morning-after election reflections
Voting early, absentee or at the polls on election day ... I’ve always preferred the latter. Having lived in the same precinct for decades, I’m a familiar face on election day, as are many of the returning poll wor…
Elect apolitical judges
When you vote — and vote we must today; can’t waste the right which cost the lives of so many — you may notice the section marked “nonpartisan.”
A trip to the Great Barrier Reef
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef has been listed as one of the seven natural wonders of the world. It’s the Earth’s largest coral reef system, composed of nearly 3,000 individual reefs and approximately 900 islands s…
Beware deceptive calls about your Medicare
The government started mailing new Medicare cards in April 2018 and they expect to have the process completed by April 2019. We’ve received some calls from local readers asking when they can expect their card to ar…
Not your finest hour, Governor
It was just swell of Butch Otter to step forward this week.
Hayden: It's all about the citizens
Here are some important points about Hayden’s levy increase request.
Storm clouds ahead for many retirees
The county is full of happy retirees.
Step up and make hatred back down
Last week once again we witnessed horrific acts of violence and murder in the United States that targeted members of the African American and Jewish communitie…
Let's make Election Day a holiday
Look, gang, it’s Thursday, so of course that means …
Millennials, this is your election
The nation’s largest and most powerful voting block is adults 18 to 30. Their views vastly diverge from older adults and the political status quo, according to Pew Research, yet because folks over 50 are the larges…
Halloween has passed but zombies linger
There is an actual term for debt that has come back from the dead to haunt you. Zombie debt (also known as ghost debt) is a dormant debt that is resurrected by debt collectors and is designed to get you to pay for …