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El Nino continues to strengthen
For many months, we have been featuring the strengthening El Nino in the waters of the south-central Pacific Ocean…
OPINION: Little is not the education governor
Last Tuesday, the Coeur d’Alene Regional Chamber of Commerce held its Annual Scholarship Breakfast. More than 200 of our area’s best and brightest students gat…
Here's to May baskets, birthdays and fast horses
I love my birthday month of May, which I celebrate all month long with a hundred or so Main Street Birthday Club friends, starting with May Day, the Kentucky D…
MY TURN: Truth over spin: Setting the record straight on the KCRCC town hall
I’m writing in response to Brent Regan’s recent opinion piece, “The truth will keep you free.” I read it with a mix of disbelief and concern — not just as a resident of this community, but as the person who recorde…
Water loss may be changing the Earth's wobble
According to a report in Science, researchers have determined that water on land, which includes soil moisture levels, underground aquifers, lakes, rivers and …
HUCKLEBERRIES: The house that blew up
LeeAnn Kohli Cheeley didn’t hear of her family’s tragedy during her formative years. “It wasn’t something they told me as a child,” LeeAnn said. “It was kind o…
MY TURN: Norris should be held accountable for his actions
By now, everyone has heard about the assault on my good friend Teresa Borrenpohl at the KCRCC town hall on Feb. 22. Everyone has heard about the charges brought against the six men who assaulted Teresa and several …
OPINION: Hey Grok, what is trespass?
People who are pushing a false narrative about the February Town Hall are trying to distract you with irrelevant Strawman arguments. To get a neutral answer I …
MY TURN: In times of division, community unity is a health issue
We often think of health in terms of checkups, prescriptions, and clinic visits. But health is also about the world we live in, how connected we feel, how safe…
MY TURN: 'Supplemental' levy?
Public schools are the foundation of our nation’s democracy. Article IX Section 1 of the Idaho Constitution requires the state to “establish and maintain a gen…
MY TURN: Michelle Lippert’s fabrications and fantasies
In her “My Turn” opinion piece in the CDA Press on April 8, Michelle Lippert leveled numerous spurious accusations against the Community Library Network (CLN) …
OPINION: Utah voucher law found unconstitutional. Idaho’s law is also vulnerable
A district judge in Utah issued a marvelous decision on April 18, finding Utah’s school voucher law to be unconstitutional. The 60-page decision was based on a…
OPINION: Protestors demand a return to the rule of law
Twice in just four weeks, local citizens have protested along Coeur d’Alene’s busiest thoroughfare. A thousand turned out on April 5th. Hundreds showed up in t…
It takes a village and awareness to save lives
Today marks the 54th anniversary of a drunk driving crash that has impacted three families, including mine, for over half a century. On April 23, 1971, Larry O…
MY TURN: Library metaphysics
On May 20 we are having a consolidated election in Kootenai County.
The colors of the moon
There have been articles in the past that have focused on the moon. Many of our long-range forecasts are often based on the lunar cycles. Potent storm systems …