My Turn
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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.
C1 MY TURN: Questions for CDA school board
5-0 is unacceptable for the school board
MY TURN: Fire disasters waiting to happen
Re: “Protecting Idaho’s forests and
MY TURN: Our local malignancy
OUR LOCAL MALIGNANCY
C1 My Turn: And who will heal the healer?
What About the Physician ... Who will
Our beauty is being chopped away
Enough is enough. As a local resident with deep roots, I am just constantly sick to my stomach as I watch new residents and longtime residents who just don’t c…
OPINION: JESSICA MAHURON — Here’s what’s needed for a great election
Nationally, we are facing an election fraught with challenges to ensure all eligible citizens can vote safely. For months, nonpartisan voting, civil and human …
OPINION: SHELLY BLANK — 10 thoughts on the actions of a disgruntled customer
1. All people are not ALL people. When you use the word “ALL” with regard to a group of people, it implies that you are including ALL the people in that catego…
OPINION — Voter fraud: Research shows it’s basically a myth
As the social media has evolved less reliable or unsubstantiated information has exploded on the internet. This erroneous information is posted by unknown or l…
OPINION: CHUCK MALLOY — Insulin users can’t wait for long-range fix
As a wise fellow once told me, “You turn 70 only once.”
For Dorothy, keep history alive
My good friend Dorothy Dahlgren, the director of the Museum of North Idaho, is taking a well-deserved retirement after a long 38-year career. I have known and …
Better options than mail-in voting
There is a critical difference between mail-in voting and absentee voting, and that difference is like night-and-day when it comes to the safety of elections a…
How can we help?
The pandemic has hit nursing homes hard all across the country, leaving illness and death in its wake. Even though the number of assisted living and nursing ho…
OPINION
The angst many educators and parents have surrounding whether students should return to the classroom or learn online is not surprising, given the news we rece…
OPINION: JIM JONES — Anti-maskers might give Biden boost
The coronavirus has uprooted life in the United States like no other single cause in recent memory. Serious conflicts have arisen among our people as to when a…
OPINION: CHUCK MALLOY — Bipartisan cooperation? There’s hope
In the Gem State, we have the Idaho Freedom Foundation’s “freedom index,” which attempts to sort out the true conservatives from the RINOs while driving some legislators nuts in the process — particularly those Rep…