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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.
Building code plan has real positives
When the county commissioners suggested that a property owner may be given the option of using the county to verify building code compliance, people started losing their minds. The fear mongering was cranked to 11 …
True church-state union makes a strong nation
Mr. Black foments fear in his recent series of articles condemning the union of church and state. In reality a strong nation keeps religion and politics together. The union of state and church existed successfully …
Building codes: Examine the facts
By BRENT REGAN
A strong nation keeps religion, politics apart
By UYLESS BLACK
County got it right on building code
Personal property rights are a fundamental part of our American liberties. Increasingly, property owners are being forced to comply with restrictive building c…
Welcome to the Silver Valley, Idaho's Siberia
Thomas Jefferson said a long time ago that government works best when it is closest to the people.
Separation of church and state in jeopardy
One of the provisions in the tax bill that is being written by Congress would invalidate a 1954 law that bans churches (and other nonprofit organizations) from making political speeches or participating in other po…
President's Muslim-bashing hurts American interests
The president’s statements, tweets and retweets that demean, vilify or ridicule Muslims are harmful to American interests in a number of ways. Whether he is denigrating a Muslim Gold Star family or retweeting anti-…
Wildlife management is an Idaho travesty
Open Letter to the Idaho Governor, Legislature, commissioners, biologists and employees of the Idaho Department of Fish and Game:
Building on faulty premises
Homebuyers, young couples and retirees may need to learn the meaning of buyer beware. Some of our Kootenai County commissioners do not believe there is a need …
Earning an 'F' for school taxes
After reading the letter from Mrs. Grossard from Athol in regards to school taxes, my wife and I are in the same boat. We are in the process of selling our home, not because we want to, but we can’t afford to live …
Miners Need Assurance They Can Produce Minerals for the Nation
This week, reason prevailed and the American minerals supply chain won. After being forced into a nonsensical rulemaking process born from environmental litigation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) de…
Let's pass on a clean and hopeful world to our children
On the front page of the Sunday, Oct. 22 edition of The Press was a report, by Steve Cameron, titled “Clergy and Climate.” It provided much-needed insight into a dire situation which, if not addressed “now,” will l…
One candidate's uphill battle
There’s an old expression, “pride cometh before the fall.” Ancient Greek dramatists wrote great theatrics around this all too common human foible. In these tragedies, they wrote about hubris, the excessive pride ma…
Labrador hopes poll numbers hold up
Congressman Raul Labrador has neither raised nor spent a ton of money for next year’s governor’s race. But there’s a quiet confidence within the Labrador camp that suggests things are going quite well.