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Toast the summer solstice
Cheers to the longest day of the year. How will you celebrate the summer solstice? A trip to the beach, dinner from the grill, maybe a little yoga — a nice “sun salutation”?
An urgent message for today's parents
In some of my parent circles I’m known as the “progressive parent,” meaning we don’t necessarily shield our kids from tough things but we prefer to guide them, talk with them, watch shows with them, and answer toug…
One grand two-fer for the environment
By any name, greenhouse gases are a problem. Connect them to climate change, global warming, or plain old air pollution, and however opinions shake out, we can all agree these effects of society’s industrialization…
Father's love inspires local runners
When an invitation was extended for me to emcee an event on June 23, I was interested in details before accepting. What I discovered was a wonderful new nonprofit that I was unaware existed. Team Hoyt Coeur d’Alene…
Let Flag Day bring us closer together
As spring clears winter’s harsher climate and the nation’s birthday draws near, flags again venture outside, adorning more homes and businesses. For many, emotions swell. Flags symbolize so much — history, identity…
Lightning - facts and figures, odds of being hit
We’re now near the end of the spring season and many areas have already seen more thunderstorms in 2017 than at the same time in 2016.
Transit Center a 'done deal' thankfully
Brent Regan is wrong to keep opposing a new Kootenai County Public Transit Center ("Why bus Taj Mahal is unwise and unsafe," June 3). Funding for the Riverston…
We must care for our public lands
After reading the June 3 article titled “Bullet Holes and Trash,” I feel compelled to respond and call attention to what is at stake when it comes to public la…
Idaho has room to improve on safety
Do you feel safe?
Making new merry- go-round memories
On Friday at 11 a.m., when the ribbon is cut for the return of the carousel to Coeur d’Alene, it will be an incredible gift with credit due to those who persevered and believed it could happen. The Coeur d’Alene Ca…
Honoring veterans means honoring Americans' rights
Throughout Idaho and across the country, American citizens on Memorial Day rightly paid tribute to those soldiers who sacrificed their lives on the battlefield, a demonstration of what President Abraham Lincoln des…
Water lovers, share your splash of blue
Today is one of those amazing days in North Idaho when the air is dry and warm, the sun is shining and everything just sparkles. So I am compelled to get outsi…
Is it memory loss or Alzheimer's?
Alzheimer’s disease represents just one form of dementia, a general term for abnormal loss of memory and other intellectual capabilities which significantly interfere with daily function. There is yet no cure for d…
The effects of our full moon
Weather patterns across the Inland Northwest flipped to the hotter and drier side late last month. On May 30, Coeur d’Alene and other stations reported their f…
Why bus 'Taj Mahal' is unwise and unsafe
Opposition to the Riverstone Mass Transit Hub and Administration Building complex is about fiscal responsibility, service and safety, not hate.