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End of a local radio era
Kerri Thoreson remembers when the lights went out on KVNI-1080 radio because she literally flipped the studio swit…
Yes, words matter!
Remember that old saying, "Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never hurt me?" Don't you believe it; not for a minute. Bones heal far more rapidly than deeply wounded self concepts.
We need to prepare for post-Medicaid
I think most of us who have been paying attention would agree that Medicaid is in trouble. Like most programs that LBJ and friends started back in the 1960s it was done with the best of intentions and with the most…
Census plies political landscape
Up and up those northern numbers go, and where we'll be drawn nobody knows. Sometime in the coming weeks Idaho will get precinct-level population figures from the 2010 census. When it does, the state redistricting …
From Texas to Trump Tower ... via Post Falls
I've watched most of Donald Trump's "The Apprentice" since the beginning, and in this recent 10th season had found myself cheering for Texan Clint Robertson ... even before I discovered that he'd been transplanted …
Winter gardening
Gurney's, Burpee, Garden Fairy, Park Seed, Pepper Joe, Annie's Annuals, Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds, The Cook's Garden Plant and Seed and Willamette Valley Hop Farms catalogs will arrive in my mailbox in the next fe…
Uncle Sam wants tattlers
Never have waste and fraud been desirable, but in this political and economic climate tolerance has reached a low point. With public funds the waste really hits the fan. Given the last two years of executive branch…
Coeur d'Alene's new 2011 precipitation and snowfall averages
At the end of each decade, I recalculate temperature, precipitation and snowfall data for the Coeur d'Alene area dating back to the inception of regular weather observations in 1895.
Hart fight is one for freedom
It's time the record be set straight regarding the Phil Hart controversy. Judging from the litany and content of criticisms leveled at Hart, it's apparent that his detractors (aka sore losers at the ballot box last…
On taxes: We live in different worlds
Special to The PressUpon receiving my 2010 commercial property tax bill, I was in shock. Between the City and County tax levies, my commercial property tax bill increased by over 30 percent for FY2010-2011.
Wanted: Your blood
In winter all things are scarcer. For hospitals that includes blood; coupling frigid temperatures with distractions of holiday activities and travel, people donate far fewer pints of blood this time of year. That's…
Food hurts and helps
A wise Spanish proverb states, "The belly rules the mind." Our tummy controls our behavior, cognition and mood. We overeat to feed the growling beast within, refuse to eat to control parents who try to control and …
Plunging into the New Year
Once again the best New Year's party was held on New Year's Day at Sanders Beach for the Polar Bear Plunge. As fifth time plunger Dani Zibell-Wolfe remarked, "the most fun packed into 30 minutes all year long!" It …
Cuisine a matter of taste
Her name was Allison and she was a retired racer.
From mild 'El Nino' to a wet 'La Nina'
Here's a month-by-month review of 2010's weather, which continued the recent trend of "wide weather extremes."
Steps to stop childabuse
We're all in this together. That's one of the messages we got from the recent, extremely disturbing revelations about the 2-year-old Crossley twins.