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Another big fire season across the northern hemisphere in 2018
The big weather news across much of the country — and even the world — has been the destructive wildfires erupting across the West, and in Europe as well. Within the last week alone, many new blazes have begun in t…
Is your child living two lives?
On a Monday in June, 16-year-old Austin Croffoot left home sometime between midnight and 5 a.m.
Soft isn't helpful for drug offenses
The events (Friday, July 27) causing many lives to be put into danger by the “alleged” drug user, who rampaged on the freeway from Washington to Idaho, has brought to my attention exactly how big of an issue drugs …
The great lake debate rages on
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls …
Jordan in spotlight - just not in Idaho's
Kyung Lah, a senior national correspondent with CNN who recently talked to me about the Idaho governor’s race, has worked on countless political campaign stories during her career.
Take this tip to the bank
Just this week, I have received an unusually large number of reports of bank account hacking and fraud. In that most of our transactions are electronic, it often happens before you know it.
On 228th birthday, here's to Coast Guard
Hats off to Mr. Hamilton.
Lyrics to lift you when you're down
If you’re a “feel good” person — and yes, I really am — sometimes the bad news seems just too much.
First August weekend signals summer's homestretch
For as far back as I can remember, the first weekend of August — with Art on the Green, Taste of Coeur d’Alene and the downtown Street Fair — has signaled the homestretch of summer. In the 1960s, with JC Penney bet…
Americans, warm up to need for I.C.E.
As the president of the Western States Sheriffs’ Association, I have the privilege of representing sheriffs from 16 states west of the Mississippi River on a variety of issues. One of the most predominant issues fa…
Of smarty cats and roundabout weirdness
I don’t even have to mention it again, right?
5 simple steps to prevent a disaster
The devasting breadth of destruction in California’s beautiful Redding-Shasta area is a rude awakening to an especially dry 2018 fire season. Forest fires are part of life in the Northwest, but many are entirely pr…
A tale of two coasts
It’s a tale of two coasts for July. In the far west, including North Idaho, it’s been extremely hot. In fact, readings will likely be near the 100-degree mark through Tuesday. However, across the Mid-Atlantic and n…
Let's play the name game
You seem to love our polls.
Pull the plug on power company scams
Here we go again.