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MY TURN: North Idaho College is proof voting works

There will always be a need to safeguard the gemstone of our community.

Updated 5 years ago
MY TURN: Strong foundations for children begin at home

Ensuring young children and their families have access to a stable, affordable home is a key ingredient in their lifelong success.

Updated 5 years ago
Doctor, Press fan flames of alarm

During this health crisis, the public deserves accurate, relevant information.

Updated 5 years ago
NIC: Silent majority, speak up

The Saturday 18th My Turn in the Press suggesting the “NIC trustees are on right track” highlighted the rescinding of President MacLennan’s mask mandate as a m…

Updated 5 years ago
C1 My Turn: NIC trustees on the right track

Banducci, McKenzie and Barnes doing what most people want them to do.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
My Turn: Proposal for unvaccinated COVID patients

Reserve some beds just for them.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Best way to protect school kids from COVID

Have industrial hygienists check all school ventilation systems.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
A look inside the Taliban

ISIS, al-Qaeda, and the Taliban are rivals in control of Muslim people and their government.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Partisan politics poisoning NIC

What’s taking place at NIC is a blazing wake up call for voters.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Open letter: Medical professionals urge path forward for schools

Dear Trustees Brumley, Morrisroe, Pickford, May and Smith of the Coeur d’Alene School District Board and Trustees Banducci, Barnes, McKenzie, Howard and Wood of the North Idaho College Board…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
An iceberg? In Kootenai County?

Yes, the Coeur d'Alene region has an iceberg.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Highway district shows strong ROI to taxpayers

Lakes hasn't raised taxes in six years.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Op-Ed: Lessons in failure

Recent events in Afghanistan have been heartbreaking.

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
City councils have power to control growth

In a Aug. 9 front-page article (“Moratorium on growth: Not an option”), Post Falls City Attorney Warren Wilson and Mayor Tom Jacobson said there’s nothing Post…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Freedom Foundation fires back at Furniss

Representative Rod Furniss recently wrote in a Press article, “I often reflect on why I was chosen to serve as a legislator in the Idaho House of Representativ…

Updated 5 years, 1 month ago
Vaccines, assets and liabilities

Friday’s front-page article describing the protest opposing vaccine mandates for medical personnel illuminated some interesting thoughts.