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Marty and Max: 2024 Real Estate Market - Boom or Bust?
Nationally we have higher inventory than last year with 546k single homes of the market. New listings are slightly higher than last year at this time and we ha…
OPINION: Presidential Caucus fact check
“I’m a lifetime Republican and I’m really worried I won’t be able to participate in the Presidential Caucus,” said Jim, an 89-year-old combat veteran during a …
MY TURN: Camp Easton, Safety first
First and foremost, Camp Easton is a privately owned property that can be done with at the discretion of the owners which just happens to be the Inland Northwest Council of the Boy Scouts of America. While stunning…
MY TURN: An open letter to Dan English
Dear Councilman English, I recently read the Jan. 1, 2024. Coeur d'Alene Press article titled, “Leaders Look to 2024.” Within the piece you suggest that you are concerned about the deteriorating relationship betwee…
OPINION: Abortion ban reflects GOP views toward women
No one should mistake how the Republican Party treats women.
Today is tomorrow's good old days
Over the weekend, I posted a 2009 photo from a roast for Cliff Hayes’ retirement from the Post Falls Police Department on my Facebook page.
Are we eating plastic?
A bag sits in our laundry room filled with empty plastic. I’ve been trying to choose more products sold sustainably, but it’s hard to avoid plastic anymore bec…
It's been a wild start to 2024
We’re barely a week into 2024 and some parts of the world have experienced Mother Nature’s wrath.
HUCKLEBERRIES: A kind man in a tough business
And so begins my 40th year in Coeur d’Alene. I’m not a native, neither am I a newcomer.
MY TURN: Response to Marvin George Miller
America is not slipping away … possibly your vision of your America is changing … which is a positive. I cannot argue with your values regarding our National Debt, the Border Crisis, or the Illicit Drug Trade and i…
MY TURN: Be aware of citizen journalists on the prowl
I am a professional writer with nearly three decades of experience, including working as a journalist for over 15 years. My parents were both longtime journali…
OPINION: The business of politics
The most powerful lobbying agency in Idaho is unknown to most Idaho voters. This organization wields enormous power and influence over every state elected offi…
Swimming and why we need another competition pool
I love swimming! It offers a fantastic full body workout with little to no impact on bones and joints. Because of this, absolutely anybody can partake in wate…
OPINION: Limits of free speech
Words, once flown, have consequences we can’t control.
Everyone on the banks has a story
“Civilization is a stream with banks. The stream is sometimes filled with blood from people killing, stealing, shouting and doing things historians usually rec…