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City-by-city outlooks feature snowy winter ahead
At this time of year, Cliff and I issue our annual city-by-city winter snowfall predictions for Coeur d’Alene and other areas across the Inland Northwest.
HJR 5: Question of balance
One of the Founding Fathers’ most precious tenets — separation of powers — will soon be tested in Idaho. On the Nov. 8 ballot is HJR 5, a second bite at an apple we rejected in 2014. The ballot question is written …
Preventing suicide
Sitting in the church sanctuary, I take a deep breath, look around and see young children and wrinkled faces, holding tissues and staring blankly at the podium on the stage. The room is quiet, save a few sad parish…
Saluting those who drive our children
The third week of October each year is dedicated to the recognition of school bus drivers throughout the country. If any group is deserving of our appreciation, it’s those who transport such precious cargo as our k…
Fall colors a seasonal lay-off
All seasons have their beauty, but October is something special. The rich palette is reminiscent of life itself — its cyclical patterns, its breadth and variety a fiery blast before the big sleep.
Management 101
Congress, the Media and Depositors are outraged at Wells Fargo Bank for starting phony accounts in their customers' names and then charging them fees for services they never asked for nor authorized. Everyone is de…
A very wet and windy October in our region
We had a big change in the weather pattern late last week. Potent storms have brought moderate to heavy rainfall and strong winds. The storm that came in on Thursday and into Friday brought 1.19 inches of rain to C…
Airport, Hayden on same team
The Friday, Oct. 7 Press headline “Airport airs Hayden Village worries” and accompanying article were well written, but they may have created the wrong impression in readers’ minds regarding the interaction between…
Lab offers balance between Idaho environment, economy
It’s been little more than a year since I became director of Idaho National Laboratory. What an exciting and enlightening 12 months it has been. My family move…
Civility's solution: Less me, more us
It negatively impacts everyone, yet we persist. Incivility has been rising for years, permeating society from living rooms to schoolyards and Capitol Hill. Generally, civilization progresses. Why, then, do humans s…
Spend time by yourself to think
Sometimes a man needs to think!
Chris vs. Chris, Round Two
A couple weeks back I critiqued a “double truck” ad in the Coeur d’Alene Press written and paid for by a prominent local real estate executive, Chris Walsh, who owns Revolutionary Realty.
Making deadline, a dad worth missing
Oct. 12, 2004, was a Tuesday, a beautiful bonus summer-like blue sky sunshiny autumn day. It was a day I will never forget — not the sunshine or the sounds or the words that came out of a doctor’s mouth as I stood …
Idioms are misspelled, by and large
Bad grammar and misspelling spread faster than gossip in a hair salon. Your Mrs. Language Person can’t fathom why English speakers are so apt to misuse and abuse our colorful language, rather than toe the line of c…