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Boys of summer living the dream
A tip of the baseball hat to Toni and Ken Capaul and Chris and Tony Johnson. Their respective sons, Alex Capaul and Kyle Johnson, will be heading out in a few weeks for spring training in Phoenix.
Superfund Straight Talk - December 2012
Superfund Straight Talk
Superfund Straight Talk - July 2012
Superfund Straight Talk
Superfund Straight Talk - November 2012
Happy Thanksgiving! We wanted to give a few highlights of our appreciation!
Guns double in U.S.
To Europe we're still cowboys; they see the U.S. as having a love affair with guns. Not that it bothers us. Perhaps the image is as much a product of our Wild West origins as any current realities, but either way t…
We set many new weather records in 2012
There were literally dozens of new weather records for both temperatures and precipitation in 2012, which turned out to be the wettest year in recorded history since at least 1895.
Post Falls Center is calling you
Dear Seniors and/or fellow members of Post Falls Senior Center:
Health plan just doesn't fit for Idaho
The common belief is that the entirety of the Affordable Care Act (ObamaCare) is now the "law of the land" and must be implemented by the States under penalty of losing existing Medicaid funding. This is not the ca…
Deal offers reasons for hope
I wasn't worried. I had full confidence that Congress wouldn't send us over the "fiscal cliff." It would have been political suicide, let alone bad for the rest of us.
Surviving adversity a reason to celebrate
Last Friday, Dec. 28, marked the eighth anniversary of Coeur d'Alene Police Officer Mike Kralicek being shot in the line of duty with little chance of surviving the catastrophic gunshot wounds. But survive he did, …
Happy Hogmanay to all
What makes English so challenging to learn is also what makes it so colorful: its melting pot of root languages, idioms, and expressions. Aye (yes), for the latter we may thank our Scottish brethren. More than "Aul…
SROs are already on the job
Since the tragedy In Newtown, our nation has entered into an important discussion about school safety. A lot has been said about gun control, about mental health, about arming teachers, and about physical security.…
Banning guns won't solve our problems
The emotional ranting of Kathleen Peterson in her MY TURN column probably served as a release for her. I am glad she was able to unload her deeply held feelings. Now she can pack up and head for California where sh…
Doomsday: Self-fulfilling prophesy?
News flash: Doomsday has come and gone - again.
Tribe: Let compromise prevail
It's time to buckle down and address one of the biggest budget issues this country has faced in decades, the "fiscal cliff" - a series of expiring tax cuts and automatic spending cuts that are set to go into effect…