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May Day all but forgotten
Owen, my friend, this is for you.
When will we hit 90 degrees? Check out a new contest...
We had a taste of summer on Friday as temperatures soared into the 80s across the region. The record for that date in Coeur d’Alene was 85 degrees, set back in 1980. Cliff reported a near-record high temperature of…
Don't redial, lettuce worries and kudos
NO REDIAL: When you get a call to your landline and the caller does not leave a message and you don’t recognize the Caller ID of the caller — DON’T push the “auto redial” number. When you do this, you make yourself…
The proper role of government
What should be done by government and what should be done by private enterprise? The Founding Fathers wrestled with this question. Our Declaration of Independe…
In gridlock? Remember this, drivers
Be sharp, class.
U.S. 95: Partnerships guide growth
If you take U.S. 95 through Coeur d’Alene and Hayden, you undoubtedly have experienced the congestion during your drive every day.
Reasons to say no to Hydro One
“Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! — I know not what course others may take; …
Slot machine title race in homestretch
The Coeur d’Alene Tribe stands accused of harassment, thuggery, bullying, bribes and felonious election fraud.
Who knew N. Idaho was readerland?
As your teachers used to say …
22 tips to reduce plastic use
Tuesday’s column shared the disheartening and almost overwhelming statistics of our increasing, and increasingly Earth-strangling, plastic-filled lives. What can the average person do to reduce it? Here are a few i…
Let us look at lettuce
The Cd’A Press as well as other print and electronic media outlets have done a good job alerting us to the E. coli hazard connected with eating romaine lettuce. Unfortunately, not everyone always listens carefully …
Scott-Boeck contest big one in North Idaho
It will be interesting to see what state government will look like at this time next year, with a new governor taking office along with a new lieutenant governor.
Prom-goers feel the kindness of strangers
It’s the little things, and not so little things, that bring a smile and the awareness that there’s much good to celebrate in our communities and world. Jane Hamons, who owns Embers by the Lake in Hauser Lake with …
'Atlas Shrugged' is North Idaho's favorite book
My friends would be happy to say that almost nothing leaves me speechless.
Our plastic planet
I can’t stand clutter, but throwing anything away increasingly consumes me with guilt. So my house furnishings are old, décor outdated, and clothes never in fashion — plenty of use left in what we have. The floatin…