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Stop NIC use of 'legal plunder'
The Coeur d’Alene Press article dated Jan. 4, 2018, with the title of “Collaborating on curriculum,” was written by Marc Stewart. Two statements in the article are obviously shocking: “North Idaho College is leasin…
Speaking up for the Quiet Man
One of Idaho’s most effective “behind-the-scenes” operators has been making the rounds at the Capitol building this week, introducing his successor to legislators and key folks in state government. Well-known in th…
Idaho went too far on noncompetition agreements
The Legislature put the shoe on the wrong foot in 2016 when it passed a bill requiring employees to prove they did not harm their former employer if they violated a noncompetition agreement. The new law presumes i…
MLP: Drop eggcorns from yon tenterhooks
READ, people; read literature! Please, and urge others to follow suit (do the same, like a card game). So many commonly abused and misused phrases — which the Brits call eggcorns — are simply a matter of inadequate…
Happy birthday to everyone!
I’m often asked how to have a name appear in Main Street birthdays. What started as an occasional birthday shout-out a couple of decades ago has grown to include nearly two thousand best wishes annually to the newl…
Earthing's great, even if it's so obvious
Ever shake your head at a “new” trend, because (a) it’s so obvious, and (b) it’s as old as dirt?
Legion: 'Good Ol' Boy' system needs to go
As current legionnaires, military veterans, former post officers and former executive committee members of the American Legion, Post Falls Post No. 143, we are outraged to read in a public forum that the state (dep…
Adopt 10 financial resolutions
Considering a New Year’s Resolution? Healthier habits and weight loss are probably the most common, and the topic of a recent column. Others resolve to be kinder or more patient, perhaps less stressed — which are n…
Thanking those who make a difference
Back in October, in reference to the mass shooting in Las Vegas, I mentioned a quote by Mr. Rogers about helpers.
Two words that tower over 2017 socially
Hold on to your hats, folks. It’s a youthquake — the Oxford Dictionaries Word of the Year.
Weather and climate disasters mar 2017
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has been updating the weather and climate disasters for 2017. As of mid-December, there were 16 major events that had losses of $1 billion or more across the Unit…
Missing the old Fish and Game guys
There used to be a day living in Lewiston when I felt a heartfelt reverence and gratitude toward all of our Fish and Game wardens. Lewiston and Clarkston, being a border town, produced great men on both sides of th…
Shoshone County: Taxation, yes; representation, no
By MIKE BLACKBIRD
Cd'A schools have big decision coming up
Several months ago I was the crazy man running around Coeur d’Alene dressed as the “YES” man... promoting the passage of the Coeur d’Alene School District bond…
What you don't know about school challenges
In a recent series of articles Idaho Ed News reporter Kevin Richert did a good job of pointing out some of the benefits of the state’s efforts to increase the college enrollment rate of Idaho high school students. …