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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.
The true value of libraries
I am one of five people serving on the Community Library Network Board of Trustees. I volunteer my time to serve because I know the value of our libraries. We …
Where political correctness and free speech collide
I came across an article about a restaurant chain in Colorado named Illegal Pete’s. Several Latino firebrands are demanding the name be changed and the word illegal be dropped, because they claim it has racial conn…
Party politics can't solve local issues
Recently the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee created a resolution declaring their opposition to the transit center in Riverstone. This resolution,…
Trump faces rising storm of historical challenges
Donald Trump’s grandiosity may or may not have been clinically diagnosed, but there is a dimension of his 100-day presidency that is unique: None of his predecessors has so quickly become entangled in as many const…
We can't be too busy to help
Many of you have seen the Walking Man.
How the U.S. can help economy - and you
Where is much of America’s economic prowess and associated wealth going? Some of it is not finding its way into America’s economy. It remains overseas.
When we were young
Well, maybe not so young, but it was a few years ago when we first met in 2005. Then Col. H.R. McMaster was with his command sergeant major when they boarded t…
Cd'A Tribe honored for civil rights commitment
It is with great enthusiasm that we present the 2016 Kootenai County Task Force on Human Relations Civil Rights Award to the Coeur d’Alene Tribe based on our four criteria of eligibility for the award.
Catastrophic logging threatens national forests
National Forests across the West are facing dire threats from politicians, the timber industry and the Forest Service. The public is currently being misled int…
How to overcome governor's vetoes
Here’s what Gov. Butch Otter’s vetoes mean to everyday Idahoans:
We've got a real race on our hands
A few years from now political scientists and historians may look back on Idaho’s 2018 gubernatorial election as one of the most significant, game-changing elections since Cecil Andrus knocked off Republican incumb…
Cd'A schools' hiring practices unacceptable
After learning about the recent allegations against Jeffrey Kantola, a former LCHS teacher facing charges of lewd conduct with a child under 16, I reached a ti…
Why a dirty window is beautiful
In your Dec. 9, 2016, edition, there was a picture where “A bird leaves its mark Thursday on the window of 360 Fitness.” I was very sad to see the photograph. …
And the winners are
Jerry: It appears the Idaho Legislature has finished embarrassing us for another year.
April Fools' Day
People around the world have been celebrating April Fools’ Day since 1369 when a friend of Chaucer’s heard him toying around with the notion of pulling merry pranks on April 1. This same pheasant, drunk on mead, sh…