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'Tis the season of shopping and gratitude
It's Thanksgiving Eve and there are four categories of people today. Those who are traveling, those who are grocer…
OPINION: Affordable Idaho
[SARCASM LOCK ON] Reclaim Idaho has a brilliant plan to deal with Idaho’s drug, crime, and homelessness problems while making housing more affordable for ever…
Thanks for the respite, but bring summer back
It’s the last week of the fair ... AKA, the third week of August. Predictably, I find myself shaking my head, muttering, “Where did summer go?”
OPINION: Let's talk about suicide
It’s always sad to learn of a friend’s death. But when a friend dies by suicide the news can be especially jarring.
OPINION: Fair warning to public school patrons across the Gem State
The Idaho Freedom Foundation may be coming to your school district to carry out its publicly-proclaimed goal of getting the government out of the business of e…
Want to live longer? Go for Medicine 3.0
It’s everywhere. Advice on how to live better, longer, healthier, happier is so voluminous (and hard to prove) it can leave the average person overwhelmed. Cou…
Fires and hurricanes in the West
Despite the lowest number of total burned acres in the U.S. to date in more than 10 years, three major wildfires broke out that sent air pollution levels into …
HUCKLEBERRIES: Origin of huckleberry ice cream
North Idahoans love all things huckleberry. Huckleberry pancakes. Huckleberry muffins. Huckleberry syrup and jams. Huckleberry shakes from Paul Bunyan. And …
MY TURN: Stemming global warming begins at home
Aug. 14 was an historic day. Amid local scorching heat, nearby wildfires and smoke, 16 young people in Montana prevailed in the first ever climate trial. They showed that their constitutional rights to a “clean and…
OPINION: GOP’s outrage is Trump’s gain
Idaho Republican Party Chairwoman Dorothy Moon is fired up, and for good reason. At least, that seems to be the consensus of the party’s faithful.
MY TURN: Common sense solutions to community problems
Housing: Spokane is doing a wonderful job of repurposing buildings from commercial to residential. The Ridpath hotel was repurposed into apartments. Also, some cities are allowing ‘mother-in-law’ houses to be built…
OPINION: Stockholm Idaho
Imagine an office size cage containing four monkeys. In the center of the cage is a stepladder and above that is a bunch of bananas suspended by a cord from th…
MY TURN: Response to Regan
Response to Brent Regan’s Opinion, Friday, Aug. 11: America’s strength is tied directly to its equity and diversity. Equality of opportunity does not exist without equity. If you doubt this, consider the struggle t…
OPINION: The fight for women's rights marches on
One hundred and three years ago this month, Febb Burn changed the course of American history.
OPINION: What the 2022 Alaska elections can tell us about ranked-choice voting
The Dorothy Moon faction of the Republican Party has enlisted Sarah Palin to speak in Idaho Falls on August 19 about the supposed evils of ranked-choice voting…
MAIN STREET: Full circle of life on Cougar Bay
Roberta Graves Larsen was born on Aug. 8, 1936, at the home of Dr. Blackwell, which is now known as the Blackwell House on Sherman Avenue. She grew up in the h…