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OPINION: Bad news keeps coming for the extremist branch of the Republican Party
The past few weeks have not been kind to the Dorothy Moon faction of the Idaho Republican Party, which has taken over party control since the GOP primary was c…
Thanks for 'The Price Is Right' memories, Bob
Quintessential and iconic game show host Bob Barker died this week at age 99. In his honor, I share some personal Bob Barker trivia.
Is knowledge as we know it fading?
Never before has critical thinking been more necessary.
El Niño seems to be getting stronger
Sea-surface temperatures along the equatorial regions are still climbing and U.S. forecasters who carefully watch the trends of ocean warming and cooling have …
HUCKLEBERRIES: 'This is our dream'
Duane Hagadone loved sizzle. He wanted his projects to inspire awe — a floating green on a lakeside golf course, the world’s longest boardwalk to extend the Co…
My Turn: ITD open house observations
Some thoughts on the Idaho Transportation Department open house on Aug. 22 regarding Interstate 90 improvements, both in "design phase" and "being studied."
OPINION: Don’t be fooled by low jobless rate
An unemployment rate of anything under 3 percent is like music to a politician’s ear, especially to those lucky enough to sit in the Oval Office or a governor’…
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…