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OPINION: NIC win-win
Now that the North Idaho College trustee election is over we can set aside the rhetoric and review the facts.
OPINION: What's with the Mountain States Policy Center? Part 1
The Mountain States Policy Center recently burst upon the political scene in Idaho with 10 policy recommendations for the legislatures of Idaho, Washington, Mo…
OPINION: Fulcher: Elect McCarthy, move on with business
Idaho Congressman Russ Fulcher is a member of the House Freedom Caucus, where some members of that group are standing in the way of Rep. Kevin McCarthy’s quest…
MY TURN: Consequences of accreditation loss are coming
Although you may have been told that accreditation was not at risk, it seems that most knowledgeable people consider it to be inevitable. NIC will lose accredi…
No speaker. Does it matter?
It’s been 100 years. And McCarthy is only the second. The last and only other time a Speaker of the House wasn’t elected on the first ballot was in 1923. Li…
OPINION: GOP rule change will disenfranchise potential young Republican voters
It has come to our attention that on Jan. 6-7, the Idaho Republican Party will be voting on two proposed rule changes that will have a significant impact on ho…
OPINION: Now elected, you represent all of us
Idaho’s majority Republican elected representatives face an interesting irony: once elected, they work for all Idahoans, not just the interests of their party.
OPINION: Ready to be 'duped' again?
“I was duped!” This exclamation came from a Kootenai County voter after last May’s Republican primary election. Many other voters have said the same as they re…
Birthdays are a big deal to Main Street readers
I’m often asked how to have a name appear in Main Street birthdays.
MY TURN: Don't forget the students; reinstate Swayne
The last couple of years have been challenging for all of us. In particular, it's been an extremely difficult time at North Idaho College. I am not going to…
Laugh more, resolve less
“What’s a New Year's resolution? It goes in one year and out the other.”
December extremes and New Year's Records
It was certainly a wild December weather-wise across the Inland Northwest and other parts of the country.
Huckleberries
The spry Sylte Sisters' storied singing
MY TURN: No athletics at NIC without accreditation
It is now very clear how decisions by the elected Board of Trustees for NIC have brought into doubt the continued accreditation of NIC by the Northwest Commiss…
OPINION: Laundering lies
It used to be a joke, but now you can seriously consider that if you assume everything you hear or see on the news is a lie you will be closer to the truth the…
OPINION: An Idaho Attorney General transition that courts danger
As far back as I can remember, transitions in the Idaho Attorney General’s office have been rather seamless and non-political. The manner in which I took over …