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Senior volunteer program deserves a life preserver
RSVP stands for Retired Senior Volunteer Program. This program is designed to allow those retired seniors who have time on their hands and want to give back to…
Indian gaming is an ongoing target
Squabbles over gambling in Idaho may be with us forever.
Stephen Hawking, in his own words
In early 1963, just shy of his 21st birthday, England’s Stephen Hawking — easily the most recognizable, award-winning physicist in history — was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), more commonly kno…
Weather records just keep falling
Worldwide weather patterns are becoming more and more unusual with each passing season or year. In Coeur d’Alene and other parts of the Inland Northwest, it was the case of three winters. The first one was in early…
Chaos is one busted routine away
Happy St. Patty’s Day!
Beware the collaboration trap
Many of the environmental/conservation groups in the West are participants in various collaboratives.
Veterans village would help those who served
This letter is in response to an article in your Feb. 27 paper titled: “Neighbors rally in opposition to project before formal application, Veterans’ village envisioned.”
An Irish tale while sipping green ale
Coeur d’Alene is not without its own Irish myths, such as the legend of a long lost journal kept by an Irish immigrant who worked at Fort Sherman in the 1890s. The story goes that Sean Cleary’s journal was found 10…
Big Brother getting even bigger in China
How will the massive amount of data about a Chinese citizen be captured? By smartphones, surveillance cameras, and the ongoing capturing of data from China’s already nearly captured citizenry. But smartphones are t…
Medicaid help can lead to independence
I recently attended an event at Pilgrim’s and had the opportunity to sign the petition to put the Idaho Medicaid expansion on this November’s state ballot. Whi…
Wait to implement Big Ideas Math curriculum
An open letter to the school board
Panacea in a 12-ounce (burp) can
Please forgive us one historical sexist reference, because it fits with a much happier story line.
Voters will judge the bench
Elections can be a little odd.
Irish gifts go beyond good beer
It’s almost Patricks’ Day (no, that’s not a typo) — time for corned beef stewed in Irish stout (this “poor man’s” dinner is mostly an American tradition), and shepherd’s pie (that’s more Irish).
Spring ushers in birds, bees and scammers
With warm weather come tourists, and with them come the scammers and crooks masquerading as tourists.